Tom Hopkins founded Colchester Capital, LLC in 2003 and leads all investment activities for the firm. In addition to his principal activities, Hopkins has many years of investment banking experience at Deutsche Bank (and its predecessor Alex. Brown), Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns. He started his investment banking career at Drexel Burnham Lambert.

Hopkins has worked on a large variety of capital raising and strategic advisory transactions for companies in a wide range of industries including the communications, technology, healthcare and industrial sectors. He has completed over 80 financing and advisory transactions representing approximately $13 billion in aggregate value. He has extensive experience in restructurings and leverage finance and has been the principal banker on dozens of restructurings, recapitalizations and high yield financings. In addition, Hopkins has originated and executed IPO's, secondary equity offerings and convertible debt offerings as well as merger and acquisition transactions.

Prior to investment banking, Hopkins worked as an attorney for four years, focusing on litigation and general corporate work. His educational background includes an M.B.A. (Wharton), a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law and a B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Burkus has worked on over 125 financing and advisory assignments totaling over $19 billion in value for companies in a range of industries, including technology, consumer, transportation, energy and financial services. Since 1994, Burkus has focused mainly on the technology industry, particularly in the software, IT services and semiconductor sectors.

Mr. Burkus also has extensive experience in restructurings and leveraged finance. He has worked on, among others, the restructurings of Tivoli Audio, Synchronoss Technologies, Wang Laboratories, TWA, Sun Carriers, Emerson Radio, Carter Hawley Hale and Macys. He has been the principal banker on a diverse set of transactions, including M&A transactions, restructurings, exchange offers, private financings, IPOs, follow-on equity offerings, convertible bond offerings, and high yield financings. He has led transactions for the following clients: Advanced Metrology Systems, MeMedia, Click Tactics, Brooks Automation, International Electronics, Bluestone Software, Exchange Applications, Hyperion Software, Spyglass, Eprise, Fairchild Semiconductor, LTX Corporation, ATMI, ADE, Sipex, Amkor, EMC, Polaroid, Datastream, Open Solutions, netGenesis, Braun Consulting, Breakaway Solutions, i-Cube and NEC.

Greg Burkus has been affiliated with Colchester Capital, LLC for over twenty years and has been an investment banker for over 27-years at Shasta Partners, Alex. Brown & Sons, Morgan Stanley & Co. and Drexel Burnham Lambert.

Burkus received his Masters in Management with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, and a B.A. in Economics from Yale University. Burkus is Series 7, 24, 28, and 63 certified