ADVISORY/OVA Hosts Vice President of National Venture Capital Association.

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ADVISORY...for Mon. (March 8)

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Ohio Venture Association presents John Taylor, Vice President of Research, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) at its monthly meeting Monday, March 8, 2004.

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Cost:     OVA members $25 in advance/$38 at the door
          Non-OVA members $38 in advance/$40 at the door

John Taylor is VP of National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) which is based in the Washington, DC area. He is responsible for developing and overseeing association data and research efforts. The key element in this effort is the creation of a research consortium which was announced in 1998 involving the NVCA, Venture Economics, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In December of 2001, PricewaterhouseCoopers joined the team and the tri-branded MoneyTree(TM) survey became the definitive source for venture capital investment information. This team was created to ensure accurate, impartial, durable, and practical data on the venture capital and private equity industries. He joined the NVCA in 1996.

Mr. Taylor's career began with the company now known as Accenture where he was a senior consultant advising small business clients. He has since held senior product manager and IT positions in both large and small organizations. At a national computer services provider, he helped develop a new generation of minicomputer and microcomputer products for the residential real estate industry.

He has served as a board member of both for-profit businesses and non-profit organizations. In 1998, he was awarded the Maryland Governors Citation for outstanding volunteer service. He recently joined the Advisory Board of the John Foster Center for Private Equity at the Amos Tuck School. Currently he serves on the Page Center Advisory Board at Miami University and was an executive in residence at Miami in 1998. In addition, Bob serves as an advisor to the entrepreneurship program at Ball State University.

John is an alum of Dickinson College where he earned a BS in Chemistry and the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College where he earned an MBA.