J. David Wargo, Senior Advisor, helped to establish New Mountain in January 2000. He is an investor with over twenty-five years of experience in communications and other industries. Mr. Wargo was a security analyst and partner of State Street Research and Management Company from 1978 to 1985; Senior Vice President and partner of Marble Arch Partners from 1985 to 1989; Managing Director and Senior Analyst of The Putnam Companies, 1989 to 1992; and founder of Wargo & Co., an investment company purchasing public equities in the communications industry since 1993. Mr. Wargo received his B.S. in physics from M.I.T. in 1976; his M.S. in nuclear engineering from M.I.T. in 1976; and his M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. in 1978. In the private equity arena, he has acted as a consultant for TCI Technology Ventures, Inc., Liberty Media Corporation and related entities on a variety of transactions since 1993. He is a former member of the Investment Committee of TCI Technology Ventures, Inc.; a former director of Liberty Media Corporation, GEMSTAR-TV Guide International, On Command Corporation, Liberty Digital, Inc., United Video Satellite Group, OpenTV, Inc. and Fun Technologies, Inc.; and a current director of Liberty Global, Inc., Discovery Holding Company and Strayer Education, Inc.