1. SEVAL OZ
14610 Quito Road, Saratoga, CA 95070
Phone: (408) 761 1669 • E-mail:sosevaloz@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Wharton School of Business Philadelphia, PA
MBA, Finance and Marketing, with Distinction
Wellesley College / M.I.T. Wellesley, MA
BA, Double Major in Economics and Political Science, cum Laude
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cuil Inc Menlo Park, CA
VP Business Development and Finance 2009-present
• Responsible for all business partnerships, strategic funding, and internal financial planning.
• Helped define product roadmap to align technical expertise of team with top line growth strategy.
• Lead global corporate development initiatives resulting in an acquisition.
Healthcorps Foundation Saratoga, CA
Director and Advisory Board Member 2004-present
Expanded the national health, nutritional and fitness education curriculum to 18 new high schools across America. Founded
as a private foundation, this public and private national service program is now in 52 schools across America.
Urban Media Communications Inc Palo Alto, CA
VP Finance and Strategy 2000-2003
Responsible for all funding requirements and strategic negotiations. Completed USD32million in venture lending
facility and USD 60 million in strategic equity round at USD 150 million valuation.
Versata Inc Oakland, CA
VP Finance and Strategy 1999-2000
• Successfully negotiated and closed four acquisitions, maximizing pre-IPO market capitalization by growing sales,
distribution, and service capacity.
• Transactions included structuring share purchase agreements, buyout valuations, and compensation schemes resulting in
less than 1% dilution of the firm’s equity capital.
Berkeley Networks Milpitas, CA
Consultant to VP of Engineering 1998-1999
Formulated acquisition versus IPO models based upon optimal valuation scenarios leading to management’s decision
for a stock swap alliance with FORE, and subsequently GEC’s USD 4.2 billion acquisition of FORE.
Global Emerging Markets Advisors, L.P. New York, NY
Principal 1994-1998
Involved in all aspects of business development including marketing, sales, trading, research and administration for
the global emerging markets debt and equity fund, GEM Opportunity Fund Ltd.
Merrill Lynch & Co New York, NY
Director of Emerging Market Equities 1992-1994
• Built Merrill Lynch’s worldwide institutional research sales effort in Latin America enabling Merrill Lynch to number
one ranking in international underwriting.
• Coordinated privatizations of Telebras, TelMex, Telefonica de Argentina, and other major corporate issuers in Latin
America.
Salomon Inc New York, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong
Vice President, Equities 1986-1992
• Managed global equity desk, which sold emerging market debt and equity to domestic pension, mutual fund, and
international money managers.
• Developed, priced, hedged and traded Salomon Inc.’s proprietary equity derivative book in New York, the Far East and
Europe.
• Authored Global Equity and Derivative Trading, an internal trading manual for Salomon Inc.’s equity desk.
2. PASSION PROJECTS
Wharton School of Business Philadelphia, PA
Wharton Interactive Media Department Guest Lecturer 2009
• Lectured on “Search, New Media and its Monetization” as part of a Monetizing Emerging Interactive Media class in the
new Wharton Interactive Media Initiative.
• Panelist on Wharton’s Technology and Publishing Conference, Knowledge@Wharton Annual Series.
Endeavor Global Leadership Organization New York, NY/Menlo Park, CA
Global Advisory Board Member 2010
• International Selection Panelist for choosing the top high-impact global entrepreneurs held in Istanbul, Turkey.
New York Public Library New York, NY
Steering Committee Member 2009
Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) Menlo Park, CA
IIM USA Global Leadership Conference 2009
• Speaker and Panelist on Mentorship, Social Media and Corporate Development in Silicon Valley.