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Founder and President of Rockport Solutions, a privately owned New York City-based company that focuses on automated solutions for the real estate and asset securitization industries. Mr. Jarrett also serves as a private advisor and investor to venture firms, as well as a board member of several companies. From 1986-2001, he was a founding member and senior executive of Thomson Financial, a leading vendor of information and technology solutions to the global financial community. During this time, he founded and directed Thomson Financial�s Corporate Venture Capital Group, served as the CEO of all non-US operations for seven years, and founded and developed many of the products and services for Thomson Financial�s Straight Through Processing (STP) initiatives, including the Thomson Electronic Settlement Group (now Omgeo). He joined Thomson Financial in 1986, with the acquisition of First Call/Technical Data Corporation, where he was a Principal and Chief Economist. Mr. Jarrett has an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from Harvard Business School. He worked as a Research Associate at the Harvard Business School and as a Professor at Simmons College Graduate Management Program. He previously served as a Captain in the U.S. Army after graduating with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point. | 