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Kenneth D. Anderson founded the predecessor to Anderson Pacific Corporation (APC) in 1978.
Upon graduating from the University of Iowa, he began his business career in 1972, performing mergers and acquisitions of cable television and broadcasting properties for a boutique investment banking firm based in Chicago.
In the late 1970s, Anderson became a principal in the cable television industry. A successor company to these efforts, Combined Cable Corporation, grew to more than 30,000 subscribers upon its successful sale in the mid 1980's.
Since then, Anderson has owned-and subsequently sold-other successful rural telecommunications properties. In the late 80's he broadened his investment focus to include beverage bottling and distribution, general merchandise distribution, golf course ownership, and venture capital investing.
Today, Ken Anderson, through his affiliated management company, Anderson Pacific Corporation, is currently an investor and is involved in the management and operation of several companies, as well as serving on board seats to others in the fields of telecommunications, local media or wholesale distribution.
Christopher J. Jensen, Managing Director of Anderson Pacific Corporation (APC), heads the company's day-to-day operations, identifies investment opportunities, structures deals, deploys capital and assists in the management of portfolio companies.
His past experience includes raising capital for high-profile Silicon Valley companies, early-stage medical device developers and energy partnerships. He has been involved in many areas of the telecommunications and information technology industries, including Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, RFID, mobile content and software, carrier Ethernet, data storage, and network infrastructure-related ventures.
Mr. Jensen also serves as Director of Business Development for i700, LLC and FiberLink, LLC, and has been named to the Board of Directors of Great Western Communications, LLC.
Christopher is a member of the Executives' Club of Chicago and holds a Bachelor's degree in finance from Indiana University.
Thomas P. Dakich
General Counsel
Thomas P. Dakich has been a mergers and acquisitions attorney with a specialization of international telecommunications transactions for the past 20+ years. Mr. Dakich has completed about $1B in transactions, including deals on every continent (except Antarctica) and in dozens of countries from Albania to Zimbabwe and Vietnam to Vienna. He has participated in the long term planning and development of a variety of companies, including a multinational company based in Tampa, and has been responsible for the creation, staffing and management of offices in London, Sydney and the Grand Cayman Islands.
Mr. Dakich founded a trade association that at its peak had more than $100M in assets, led the acquisition of more than thirty (30) different companies and the assimilation of more than two hundred (200) employees and laborers on four (4) different continents for various clients and has written over seven hundred (700) different agreements of virtually every commercial meaning, including dozens of types of business formation and acquisition documents, endorsement agreements, numerous employment and separation agreements and security agreements.
Mr. Dakich graduated from Wabash College in 1982 and the Indiana University School of Law in 1985. He is a member of numerous charitable and industry-related boards and has spoken at numerous seminars and conferences.
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