Mr Jim Eisenstein

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Bio

Mr. Eisenstein is an accomplished serial entrepreneur and focuses on Internet services companies primarily in the mobile arena in his work with Point Judith. Jim is currently the CEO of a mobile tower operator in Brazil. He is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Optasite, Inc., a Point Judith portfolio company which he grew from start-up to a sale of over $430 million in September of 2008 to SBA Communications (NASDAQ: SBAC). Prior to joining Optasite, Jim was Chief Executive Officer of Concourse Communications Group LLC, a leading developer and operator of in-building distributed antenna systems in the nation's largest transportation venues, including New York (LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark Airports, the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, the New York/New Jersey Port Authority Bus Terminal and PATH train stations), as well as international airports in Detroit, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and Toronto. Prior to Concourse, Jim was Chief Development Officer of American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT), the largest owner and operator of wireless and broadcast towers in North America. Jim’s primary responsibilities were to seek out and oversee all acquisition and development opportunities for the company. He co-founded American Tower in 1995 and previously held the position of Chief Operating Officer of the company. Before co-founding American Tower, Eisenstein was Chief Operating Officer of Amaturo Group, Ltd. from 1990 to 1995. Amaturo Group owned and operated 11 radio stations in West Palm Beach, San Bernardino, Austin and Nashville, which were sold to American Radio Systems (an affiliate of American Tower). From 1988 to 1990, Eisenstein was Deputy General Counsel of Home Shopping Network. In this role, he was responsible for all transactional work of the company. Jim is a graduate of Georgetown University and holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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