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Blake Kim

Managing Director
Communications Equipment, Enterprise Computing & Storage
+1 415.364.2567
bkim@tweisel.com


Blake Kim is a Managing Director of Communications Equipment, Enterprise Computing & Storage Investment Banking at Thomas Weisel Partners. Blake joined the firm in 2004 and is based in San Francisco. He has over 14 years of experience in Investment Banking. Prior to joining the firm, Blake was at Lehman Brothers where he was responsible for their Communications Equipment and Storage banking on the West Coast. Prior to Lehman Brothers Blake was an Associate at Bear Stearns M&A Group. He received a BS degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Notable Transactions

Company Name
Ticker Trans. Type Trans. Amt.
(in M)
Trans. Date
3PAR
PAR IPO $105.0 USD 11/15/07
Starent
STAR FO $192.0 USD 10/31/07
Infinera
INFN FO $220.0 USD 10/30/07
Compellent
CML IPO $93.2 USD 10/9/07
Voltaire
VOLT IPO $51.9 USD 7/25/07
Netezza
NZ IPO $124.2 USD 7/18/07
Data Domain
DDUP IPO $127.5 USD 6/26/07
Infinera
INFN IPO $209.3 USD 6/6/07
Starent Networks
STAR IPO $145.4 USD 6/5/07
Riverbed Technology
RVBD FO $178.8 USD 2/22/07
Motorola Inc./Netopia Inc.
MOT M&A $214.5 USD 2/6/07
Cray
CRAY FO $86.3 USD 12/13/06
Riverbed Technology
RVBD IPO $98.4 USD 9/20/06
Rackable Systems, Inc./Terrascale Technologies, Inc.
RACK M&A $38.0 USD 9/11/06
Redback Networks
RBAK FO $200.3 USD 5/18/06
Rackable Systems
RACK FO $336.4 USD 3/9/06

TWP transactions indicated in bold.