Jerry was founder of the Entrepreneurial Services Group at Arthur Young (now Ernst & Young). Clients included Autodesk, Fair Issac Companies and Broderbund. He was also a founding General Partner in Kline Hawkes & Co., a Southern California based venture fund. As General Partner with Kline Hawkes he led investments in a number of successful start-ups including Above Net (IPO) and Transoft Technology Corporation (sold to HP).
Jerry has served on the Board of Directors of a number of emerging companies including Maxis Corporation (acquired by EA), MicroNet Technology (acquired by Ampex) and Transoft (acquired by HP). He is a CPA and received his Bachelors degree from Penn State and his Masters from the Wharton School.