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Mr. Strasser is a Managing Director of SWaN & Legend Venture Partners (SWaN).

Mr. Strasser sits on the boards of CAVA, Ordergroove, Urban Stems and Think Food Group. He is an active advisor to the boards of WTHN and Lekka Foods.

Prior to joining SWaN, Mr. Strasser covered the consumer and retail industries as an equity research analyst at Salomon Brothers, Citigroup, Bank of America Securities and Janney Montgomery Scott, for nearly two decades. Mr. Strasser’s in-depth understanding and insights into the world’s largest retailers, including WalMart, Home Depot and Best Buy, has led him to become an industry expert. He is a sought-after resource to many large U.S. retailers and media outlets.

In 2001, Mr. Strasser joined Andor Capital, where he built and led its consumer team. Andor Capital was one of the largest long/short hedge funds at the time with over $10B in AUM.

Mr. Strasser previously served on the board of Seeds of Peace, a conflict resolution organization that leads various cross cultural initiatives, including an annual summer experience in Maine where Israelis, Palestinians, Egyptians, Jordanians, Afghani, Indian and Pakistani teenagers are brought together to foster cultural and religious understandings of their respective worlds. Prior to Wall Street, Mr. Strasser was a franchisee of ICan’t Believe It’s Yogurt in New York City. He was also an analyst in the M&A department at Lehman Brothers following his undergraduate studies.

Mr. Strasser earned a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration from Cornell University and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.