Ms. Melissa K. Blau This is Me

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1. 1. The GLP Team - Global Leisure Partners

   www.globalleisurepartners.com/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/31/2007   Last Visited: 5/31/2007

   Melissa Blau Executive in Residence
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   Melissa Blau has been working with early stage companies for over 10 years. Most recently, she was the CFO of St. Minver, a Gibraltar based white label operator of online casino, poker and bingo. Previously, Melissa Blau consulted for numerous start-up companies in the media, real estate & telecom industries. In her position, she provided financial, strategic and business advice acting as an external CFO. Prior to that, Melissa Blau was a General Partner and founding member of Constellation Ventures, a Bear Stearns venture capital fund with over $450 million under management, dedicated to the media and technology sector. Prior to that, she was Manager of Strategic Planning & Business Development at Viacom Interactive, and went over to launch Simon & Schuster Online as head of Business Development. Melissa Blau started her career in Investment Banking at Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. where she worked in the Leisure & Gaming Group advising numerous companies on public financings and mergers & acquisitions.
   
   Melissa Blau holds a B.S. from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard University where she wrote her thesis on "Online Gaming" (1995).

2. 2. www.verance.com

   www.verance.com/AdminSavR/news - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/5/2001   Last Visited: 6/13/2008

   As a result of this round of financing, Verance will expand its Board of Directors to include Melissa K. Blau, General Partner of Constellation Ventures and Bob Fox, a Principal at MMC Capital.
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   Ms. Blau brings excellent experience in new media, information services and finance.Her background with Viacom Interactive, Simon & Schuster Online and Oppenheimer & Co. offer comprehensive market experience and understanding.Ms. Blau graduated cum laude from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and received her M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
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   We believe the company is well positioned to become a major player in content management and related information services worldwide," said Melissa Blau, General Partner of Constellation Ventures.

3. 3. Biography of the Management Team

   www.constellationventures.com/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/18/2001   Last Visited: 3/18/2001

   Ronald D. Celmer Dennis Miller Melissa K. Blau Ross Miyamoto Angela L. Danielson Liza Schibuk
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   MELISSA K. BLAU
   
   Melissa Blau is a General Partner at Constellation Ventures. Ms. Blau is responsible for sourcing and structuring investments as well as working with portfolio companies in developing strategic partnerships and recruiting management teams. Ms. Blau has nine years of financial , strategic planning , business development and operational experience.
   
   Prior to joining Constellation Ventures , Ms. Blau worked at Viacom , initially at Viacom Interactive Services as a Manager of Strategic Planning & Business Development , initiating and developing strategic partnerships and joint ventures for all of the Viacom divisions. While at Viacom Interactive , Ms. Blau worked with Simon & Schuster Online helping develop their strategy. Soon after , Ms. Blau joined Simon & Schuster Online as the Director , Business Development where she was responsible for implementing the online business strategy. Prior to Viacom , Inc. , Ms. Blau worked at Oppenheimer & Co. , Inc as an Investment Banker in the Consumer Group advising clients on public offerings , mergers & acquisitions , capital markets and financial issues.
   
   Ms. Blau earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics , cum laude , concentrating in Finance and Multinational Management from The Wharton School , University of Pennsylvania and she received a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University.
   
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