Princeton, N.J., USA - July 2, 2015, Princeton, N.J., USA - Dataram Corporation, a manufacturer of memory products and provider of performance solutions, announced two appointments to its board of directors.
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In the second half of June, the Company welcomed Trent D. Davis, President and COO, Whitestone Investment Network, Inc., and Edward Karr, Founder and CEO, RAMPartners S.A., to its Board.
Mr. Davis is President and COO of Whitestone Investment Network, Inc., which specializes in providing executive advisory services to small entrepreneurial companies, as well as restructuring, recapitalizing, and making strategic investments in small- to mid-size companies.
Mr. Davis is also currently the Chairman of the Board for Majesco Entertainment Company, which is an innovative developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment for consumers around the world. From November 2013 until July 2014, Mr. Davis served as the President and a director of Paulson Capital Corp. until he successfully completed the reverse merger of Paulson with VBI Vaccines.
He now serves as a member of its board of directors and its audit committee. Trent was also the Chief Executive Officer of Paulson Investment Company, a subsidiary of Paulson Capital Corp, from July 2005 until October 2014, where he supervised all operations.
Prior to that, commencing in 1996, he served as Senior Vice President of Syndicate and National Sales of Paulson Investment Company, Inc. Mr. Davis has extensive experience in capital markets and brokerage operations and is credited with overseeing the syndication of approximately $600 million for over 50 client companies in both public and private transactions.
In 2003, he served as a board member, and was Chairman of the National Investment Banking Association. Mr. Davis holds a B.S. in Business and Economics from Linfield College and an M.B.A. from the University of Portland and held the following FINRA Licenses: Series 7, 24, 63, 66, and 79.
Mr. Karr is the founder and CEO of RAMPartners S.A., a Geneva-based investment management and investment banking firm that he founded in 2005, and also a Director of the Board for Pershing Gold, a gold and precious metals exploration company that is pursuing exploration, development, and mining opportunities primarily in Nevada.
He has more than 20 years of capital markets experience as a financial analyst, money manager and investor. Since 2005, RAMPartners has helped raise more than $200 million for small capitalization companies in fields such as natural resources, high technology, health care and clean energy.
Prior to founding RAMPartners, Mr. Karr managed a private Swiss asset management, investment banking and trading firm based in Geneva for six years. At the firm, he was responsible for all of the capital market transactions, investment and marketing activities.
Prior to moving to Europe, Mr. Karr worked for Prudential Securities in the United States and has been in the financial services industry for over twenty years. Before his entry into the financial services arena, Mr. Karr was affiliated with the United States Antarctic Program and spent thirteen consecutive months working in the Antarctic, receiving the Antarctic Service Medal for winter over contributions of courage, sacrifice and devotion.
Mr. Karr studied at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Lansdowne College in London, England and received a B.S. in Economics/Finance with Honours (magna cum laude) from Southern New Hampshire University. Mr. Karr has lived in Geneva since 1997. He is a current board member and past President of the American International Club of Geneva and Chairman of Republican's Overseas Switzerland. ■