Corey Horowitz

Corey Horowitz has been an active private equity investor in technology， communications and banking since 1990. Mr. Horowitz currently serves as Chairman of Network 1 Security Solutions， Inc. Mr. Horowitz was an early stage investor in Network 1 and helped transform that company into an award-winning distributed firewall vendor prior to its being taken public in 1998. He negotiated and structured four PIPE financings post-IPO. In 2003， as Chairman， Mr. Horowitz supervised the winding down of operations and the sale of the product suite In 2004， Mr. Horowitz assumed the role of CEO and transformed the company into a business specializing in the licensing and enforcement of intellectual property， resulting in a 25 fold appreciation in its stock price.

From 1985 to 1990， Mr. Horowitz was a general partner， M&A， of Plaza Securities， Inc. where he oversaw all legal and financial transaction strategy and negotiated over $10 billion in acquisition financing in connection with several acquisitions， acquisition attempts and activist/control contests in the U.S. and U.K. From 1984 to 1985， he worked in the risk arbitrage business managing a $100 million portfolio. From 1980 to 1984， he was an Associate at Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom.Now he also is Parkview Ventures' senior advisor.

Mr. Horowitz holds a B.S （with Honors） from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Northeastern University of Law.