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Managing Director Profile, Technology Group

Virginia M. Turezyn joined American Capital in April 2006 as Managing Director of the Technology Group and currently serves as the group's co-director at American Capital's Palo Alto office. Ms. Turezyn brings over 22 years of experience in technology investing in areas that include software and services, consumer Internet and digital media. She served as Managing Director at Constellation Ventures, an affiliate of Bear Stearns Asset Management, was a Co-founder and Managing Director of Infinity Capital, LLC and its predecessor company Information Technology Ventures and served as Vice President in the Venture Capital Group at Morgan Stanley & Co., where she established a west coast presence and venture capital practice. She most recently served on the boards of Avolent, K12, FathomOnline, Orchestria, Siperian, United Devices and Webify. Her past successes include: Aspect Telecommunications, Aurum Software, E.piphany, Exodus Communications, HomeClub, Nellcor, Relational Technology/Ingres and Webline Communications. Ms. Turezyn is actively involved with American Capital’s technology group investments in CreditCards.com, HomeAway and Moxy Media and currently serves on Moxy Media's Board of Directors.

Nathan Horvath joined American Capital in June 2004 and worked in both the San Francisco and Paris offices prior to joining the Technology Group in 2007. Mr. Horvath’s experience includes originating, evaluating, negotiating, and managing both equity and debt investments, and he has been actively involved in more than seven new investments and two successful exits since joining the firm.

Mr. Horvath is currently involved in American Capital's Technology Group investment in HomeAway and serves as the American Capital Board Member for Edline LLC, a provider of software and technology solutions to K-12 schools. Previously, Mr. Horvath was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young where he provided financial and accounting due diligence to private equity firms and strategic acquirers. While at Ernst & Young, Mr. Horvath worked on more than twenty transactions in a broad range of industries. Prior to Ernst & Young, Mr. Horvath was the Manager of Mergers & Acquisitions for Cotelligent, a publicly-traded IT-consulting firm, where he was responsible for the valuation, analysis and due diligence of acquisition targets. Mr. Horvath began his professional career as a Certified Public Accountant at Arthur Andersen where he audited clients in the technology, manufacturing and service industries.

Mr. Horvath received his M.B.A from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a B.S. in Accounting. Prior to attending college, Mr. Horvath served four years in the United States Marine Corps and was a security forces team leader during the Persian Gulf War.

Matt Bigge joined American Capital in September 2006 in the Technology Group's Palo Alto office. Mr. Bigge comes to American Capital with over 15 years of operating and venture capital experience. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Narus, Coghead, Reefpoint and Zencon.

Most recently, Mr. Bigge was the Director of Corporate Development for Nanosys Inc. Prior to Nanosys, he was a venture partner at SVIC focused on investments in leading edge technology companies such as Cloudshield and Arcsight.  Mr. Bigge was also a co-founder and COO of MILCOM Technologies where he led the acquisition and commercialization of over $1.5 billion in technology ranging from wireless to software and semiconductors. He was instrumental in applying that technology to create and found over 10 product companies such as Meshnetworks (MOT) where he was a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Bigge is also a former Army Ranger with a distinguished record as an Infantry officer in the 10th Mountain Division. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School and B.S. from Georgetown University.

Mr. Gessel joined American Capital in September, 2005 as a vice president in the Operations Team. Previously, Mr. Gessel ran Black Rose Technology, an engineering consulting firm offering design and engineering services including mechanical engineering, thermal design and testing, and industrial design. Mr. Gessel co-founded several ventures including Keyspan Instruments, Inc. to design optical and experimental instruments including a temperature controlled ceilometer under contract to NASA. From 1993- 1997, Mr. Gessel was a Senior Researcher and Project Director at Interval Research Corporation where he was responsible for the development of a state-of-the-art rapid prototyping facility, designed and fabricated numerous projects including pen based computers, panoramic cameras, 3D video, ultrasonic arrays, and teleconferencing, and shared responsibility for the operation of the Electric Carnival which demonstrated the wonders of multimedia and the Internet throughout the U.S. and Canada. Prior to his tenure at Interval, Mr. Gessel spent three years as a scientist in Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group where he focused his efforts on digital camera technology, rapid prototyping, pen based computers, and display technologies.

Mr. Gessel holds a BS in Physics with a Concentration in Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been awarded seven US patents and two European patents.