G. Bradford Solso Ashwood Management Partners

G. Bradford Solso is the founder and managing partner of Ashwood Management Partners. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in business administration from San Francisco State University and is a certified public accountant, licensed in California. Mr. Solso began his career at KPMG, LLP where his clients included financial services companies and investment funds. Following KPMG, Mr. Solso was the Senior Vice President, Treasury at Visa International where he was responsible for all capital markets activities, including managing Visa’s first time rating by Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s rating services, and first time issuance of commercial paper in the European market and medium term notes and commercial paper in the United States market. Additionally, Mr. Solso was a member of the team that negotiated and executed Visa’s sponsorship of the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary, Canada and Seoul, Korea. After Visa, Mr. Solso has managed transactions, valued at over $1 billion, including the initial public offering of Preview Systems and sell-side mergers, advised venture funds on investment transactions in the technology and financial services industries, and assisted Boards of Directors and management of numerous private and public companies with business strategy, financing strategy, exit strategy and stock option pricing.

In addition to his business activities, Mr. Solso has serves on the Board of Directors of Community Gatepath, a 501(c) (3) corporation that provides services to children and adults with disabilities where he was Chairman of the Board for four years, and the Olympic Club Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) corporation that support athletic programs for disadvantaged children. Lastly, Mr. Solso served on the Northern California Chapter of the U.S. Olympic Committee and was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 42nd International Children’s Games, an event affiliated with the International Olympic Committee