Bio for Capital Connections Conference

1. Frank X. Dalton – Mr. Dalton is a founder of Fulcrum Equity Partners, a growth equity fund
with over $140 million under management, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to joining Fulcrum,
Frank was a General Partner with Cordova Ventures and the managing director of Cordova
Intellimedia Ventures, L.P., a $41 million early-stage/seed fund launched in 2000. He is
currently a board member of Preparis, Path-Tec, and Bruder Healthcare and Mfg.com. Frank has
close to 20 years of experience in private investing; being involved directly and indirectly in over
125 investments.
In connection with his portfolio duties, Mr. Dalton is the former CEO of Market Velocity, Inc., a
service provider of promotion driven trade-in programs for the disposition of used IT assets and
consumer electronics, sold to Mediagrif (MDF) in 2007. He is also the former Chairman and
CEO of Axonn, LLC, a provider of satellite tracking products and services, sold to Globalstar
(GSAT) in 2009. Additionally, he has held management positions as a chief financial officer of
Caetec Systems, a venture-backed computer-aided design software company and as director of
operations of Microsouth, a national computer distributor of graphics products.
His background also includes investment banking to emerging technology companies
specializing in mergers and acquisitions, advisory services and capital raising. Mr. Dalton
started his career with Ernst & Ernst in Atlanta in 1978 and has a B.S. in Accounting from the
University of South Carolina. He was also an audit partner with BDO's Atlanta office in charge
of its Emerging Business Group, specializing and working with growth companies, both public
and private, with heavy emphasis in the technology sector.
Mr. Dalton is a past board member of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and the
past President of the Southeastern Software Association (SSA), former board member of the
Technology Executives Roundtable (TER), board member of the Southern Capital Forum,
member of the Atlanta Technology Angels, member of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum,
member of the Association of Corporate Growth-Tampa Chapter, board member of the Florida
Venture Forum and member of the Gold Coast Venture Capital Association. He is also on the
advisory board for the Faber Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of South Carolina.
Mr. Dalton is a former director of Xpanxion, LLC; an Atlanta based outsourced application
development and QA services company with significant operations in India (sold to UST in
March 2014). Mr. Dalton is also a former board member of publicly traded Tekgraf, Inc.
(TKGF) from November 1997 to April 2004, and was an active member of both the
compensation and audit committees. Also, he is a guest lecturer in Entrepreneurial Finance and
Venture Capital for the MBA Program at Kennesaw State University.