Lara Druyan

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Lara Druyan General Partner, Allegis Capital Prior to joining Allegis Capital, Lara Druyan had responsibility for Silicon Graphics' desktop software business. She identified market opportunities, developed and evangelized business strategy, and oversaw the successful development, execution and deployment of the SGI NetMeeting collaborative software suite into Fortune 500 companies. As a product manager, Ms. Druyan was also part of the team that launched the O2 and Octane desktop machines worldwide. Previously, Ms. Druyan worked at Merrill Lynch as an investment banker where she advised global media and telecommunications companies on corporate finance and merger and acquisition strategies. Notable transactions on which she worked include: E. W. Scripps’ $1.6B sale of its cable systems to Comcast and a high-yield debt offering by Videotron Canada. In 1991, she was a key member of the team that identified and engineered the use of auction technology for stock trading which culminated in the establishment of AZX, Inc. Ms. Druyan is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Apprion, Autonomic Networks, and Rosum Corporation. She represents Allegis on the Board of Directors of Packet Design. Ms. Druyan serves on the Board of Advisors to the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, an organization that supports and encourages the development of women-run businesses. She holds a bachelor's degree with Honors in Economics from the University of Chicago and a Masters of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.

investing, helping people build businesses, mentoring women, technology, art, modern design, my children and improving education for all.

We need to bail out the bottom of the pyramid, not the top! If we don't fix the housing crisis, this downturn is going to be much more protracted and painful than it needs to be.

Arm chair economics, Corporate Governance, Internet Technologies, Parenting Twins, Venture Capital, Wireless Internet

assessing people's strengths, weaknesses and motivations in record time, drawing, cooking, singing, the Sunday New York Times Crossword Puzzle, and identifying emerging artists.