Led by leading experts in the field of startup financing, the limited-seat Fast Track is an intensive, interactive full-day seminar designed to provide entrepreneurs and investors an in-depth understanding of what it takes to raise early-stage capital for a startup. http://www.thecapitalnetwork.org/programs/venture-fast-track/

1.
1
Jon
Adani
Sales
Consultant
TriNet
@TriNet
Jon
is
an
experienced
sales
manager
with
a
specialty
in
business
development
and
an
outstanding
record
of
success
and
growth
throughout
his
ten-­‐year
career.
He
has
leveraged
his
diverse
skills,
including
prospecting,
needs
analysis
and
creative
sales
and
marketing
strategies
and
tactics
into
a
highly
profitable
and
consistent
pipeline
of
Fortune
1000
business.
His
expertise
lies
in
his
ability
to
truly
understand
the
business
needs
of
each
prospect
and
through
an
effective
and
focused
approach
build
relationships
at
all
organizational
levels
including
senior
management.
Most
importantly,
his
consultative
and
productive
approach
has
led
to:
·
Consistently
open
new
target
markets
and
companies
while
managing
existing
business
·
Close
some
of
the
largest
accounts
acquired
by
his
organization
·
The
ongoing
renewal
and
growth
of
over
90%
of
his
accounts
·
Advancement
to
expanded
roles
and
responsibility
throughout
his
career
Laurie
Anglin
Regional
Sales
Consultant
TriNet
@LanglinTrinet
Extensive
experience
in
the
Small-­‐Midsize
marketplace.
Consultative
approach
selling
for
Payroll
and
Human
Resource
Solutions.
Specialties:
Capital
Equipment,
Aesthetic
Laser,
Payroll,
Human
resources,
Retirement,
Insurance
Jeffrey
Arnold
Mass
Med
Angels
&
Boston
Harbor
Angels
Mr.
Arnold
is
the
president
of
Arnold
Strategies,
LLC,
a
strategic
advisor
to
early
and
growth
stage
CEO's.
With
prior
experience
running
R&D,
marketing
and
operations
for
large
and
midsized
corporations,
Mr.
Arnold
then
spent
20
years
as
the
CEO
of
multiple
technology
and
life
science
companies.
As
CEO
he
raised
over
$140
million
in
venture
capital,
IPO
and
post
IPO
financings
and
achieved
considerable
returns
for
investors.
He
has
founded,
grown,
turned
around,
bought
and
sold
companies
and
taken
them
public.
He
now
applies
what
he
has
learned
to
helping
business
owners
and
entrepreneurs
improve
the
performance
of
their
companies
and
avoid
mistakes.
Mr.
Arnold
is
a
guest
lecturer
at
the
MIT
Sloan
School,
member
of
the
MIT
Venture
Mentoring
Society,
on
the
Grant
Review
Board
of
the
MIT
Deshpande
Center
and
an
investor
with
Boston
Harbor
Angels
and
Mass
Medical
Angels.
He
was
formerly
Chairman
of
the
Greater
Boston
Chapter
of
the
American
Heart
Association.
He
received
a
BSEE
from
MIT
in
1972.

2.
2
Mirena
Bagur
Founder/President
The
CONTeXO
Group
@mirenabagur
Mirena
Bagur
founded
the
company
in
2005.
During
almost
two
decades
of
marketing
and
communications
experience,
Mirena
has
counseled
a
wide
variety
of
technology-­‐inspired
companies.
In
addition
to
executing
marketing
programs
for
clients,
Mirena
is
the
Course
Co-­‐Director
of
the
joint
Harvard-­‐MIT
Division
of
Health,
Sciences,
and
Technology
course
HST.921
"Information
Technology
in
the
Heath
Care
System
of
the
Future".
Prior
to
this,
Mirena
was
a
senior
vice
president
at
Weber
Shandwick,
a
leading
global
communications
agency.
She
collaborated
with
emerging
and
enterprise
companies
to
conceive
and
execute
strategic
marketing
and
PR
programs.
Mirena’s
capabilities
to
grasp
not
only
clients’
brand
issues,
but
also
understand
the
challenges
associated
with
educating
the
influencers
on
the
adoption
of
complex
concepts
and
technologies
in
business
environments,
translated
into
leading
roles
in
numerous
technology
and
healthcare
accounts.
She
led
teams
that
thoughtfully
coordinated
marketing
programs
with
strategic
partners,
led
communications
campaigns
for
industry
analyst
firms,
and
was
chosen
to
lead
national-­‐level
initiatives
designed
to
elevate
Weber
Shandwick’s
brand
and
to
increase
visibility
in
new
markets
(start-­‐ups
and
healthcare
businesses,
boomers’
market)
resulting
in
numerous
referrals
and
revenue
increase.
Mory
Bahar
President
&
CEO
Personal
Remedies
@MoryBahar
Innovative,
energetic
and
a
hands-­‐on
CEO
and
marketing
executive
with
proven
track
record
in
sales
&
marketing,
business
development,
and
product
management.
Last
ten
years
as
the
President/CEO
of
three
different
start-­‐ups.
Led
the
marketing
and
business
development
teams
at
two
market
share
leading
companies
which
went
public.
Considerable
fund
raising
and
international
experience.
Knowledge
of
several
foreign
languages.
Top
rated
speaker
and
presenter.
Specialties:Marketing;
Guerrilla
Marketing;
Go
to
Market
execution
&
growth;
International
expansion;
Biz
Dev;
Start-­‐ups;
Fund
Raising;
M&A;
Mergers;
Company/Product
Positioning;
Entrepreneur;
Public
speaking;
Explaining
complex
subjects
in
simple
terms;
Coaching;
Getting
results;
Enterprise
software
(applications
&
tools);
Mobile
apps;
Mobile;
SaaS;
Web
2.0;
Google
AdWords;
SEM/SEO;
Social
Media
Kent
Bennett
Partner
Bessemer
Venture
Partners
@kentbennett,
@BessemerVP
Kent
Bennett,
a
Partner
in
Bessemer's
Cambridge,
Mass.
office,
joined
the
company
in
2008.
Kent
focuses
on
investments
in
the
"big
data",
data-­‐infrastructure
sectors
as
well
as
tech-­‐enabled
consumer
service
models.
At
Bessemer,
Kent
has
been
involved
in
investments
including
data-­‐management
companies
Endeca
(acq.
by
Oracle),
Streambase
(acq.
by
TIBX),
Vertica
(acq.
by
HP),
Hadapt,
Infinio
Systems,
Netuitive
and
Portrait
Software;
mobile-­‐communications
companies
BroadSoft
(IPO),
Millennial
Media
(IPO)
and
Enforta;
as
well
as
in
Blue
Apron,
a
subscription
food
business
and
Goal.com
(acq.
by
Perform
Group)
the
world's
largest
soccer
portal.
Prior
to
joining
Bessemer,
Kent
was
a
creative
executive
for
an
entertainment-­‐
production
company,
where
he
developed
and
sold
original
material
including
a
network
television
pilot
and
a
feature
film.
He
began
his
career
with
Bain
&
Co.,
where
he
worked
on
projects
in
industries
spanning
IT,
retail,
consumer
products,
healthcare
and
biotech.

3.
3
Will
Bernat
Senior
Associate
Nutter
McClennen
&
Fish
@NutterLaw
William
J.
Bernat
is
an
associate
in
the
Business
Department
and
a
member
of
the
firm's
Emerging
Companies
and
Commercial
Finance
practice
groups.
His
practice
is
focused
on
private
equity,
venture
capital
and
angel
financing
transactions,
mergers
and
acquisitions,
and
corporate
governance
issues.
Will
represents
clients
in
a
broad
range
of
industries,
including
life
sciences,
technology,
social
media
and
consumer
products.
His
representation
of
emerging
and
entrepreneurial
companies
spans
the
companies’
entire
lifespan,
from
initial
planning
and
formation
to
operations
and
exit.
Will
also
has
significant
experience
representing
major
lending
institutions
and
companies
in
complex
multi-­‐party
financings
and
asset-­‐based/commercial
lending
transactions.
Will
is
a
frequent
lecturer
for
Massachusetts
Continuing
Legal
Education.
Monica
Brady-­Myerov
Founder
&
CEO
Listen
Edition
@bradymyerov,
@ListenEdition
Monica
Brady-­‐Myerov
is
a
25-­‐year
veteran
public
radio
journalist
and
host.
Before
founding
Listen
Edition,
she
was
Senior
Reporter
and
Assistant
Managing
Editor
at
WBUR
in
Boston
and
her
reports
have
been
heard
on
NPR,
Marketplace
and
numerous
other
outlets
nationally
and
internationally.
Monica’s
reporting
on
education
won
two
2005
Edward
R.
Murrow
Awards
for
her
stories
on
closing
the
achievement
gap
and
First
Prize
from
The
Education
Writers
Association
in
2009
for
her
series
on
the
high
school
dropout
crisis.
Monica’s
work
has
also
been
recognized
with
a
2001
Carter
Center
Fellowship
on
Mental
Health
Journalism
and
a
2002
Journalism
Fellowship
in
Child
and
Family
Policy
with
the
University
of
Maryland.
In
1999
Monica
was
named
to
the
Board
of
Directors
of
Brown
University’s
radio
station,
WBRU-­‐FM
in
Providence
where
she
served
as
the
Alumni
Relations
Committee
Chair
and
as
President
of
the
Board
from
2006-­‐2010.
Anita
Brearton
Vice
Chairman
of
the
Board
MassVentures
&
Golden
Seeds
@massventures,
@GoldenSeeds
Anita
Brearton
is
an
experienced
start-­‐up
executive,
skilled
at
addressing
the
strategic
operational
and
marketing
challenges
faced
by
high
growth,
early
stage
businesses.
She
has
spent
over
30
years
in
the
United
States
and
throughout
the
Asia
Pacific,
working
with
a
range
of
technology
and
internet-­‐based
companies
as
a
senior
operations
executive,
marketer,
advisor
and
investor.
Anita
serves
on
the
board
of
MassVentures
as
Vice
Chairman
and
is
a
member
of
Golden
Seeds
and
Launchpad
Venture
Group.
She
served
for
two
years
(2009-­‐2011)
as
Golden
Seeds’
Boston
Forum
Co-­‐Leader.
Anita
is
an
advisor
to
Prosperity
Candle
and
Connect2Communications.
She
also
regularly
works
with
startup
companies
as
a
marketing
and
strategy
consultant,
helping
shape
the
go-­‐to-­‐market
strategies
that
enable
her
clients
to
achieve
their
marketing
and
business
goals.
In
this
capacity
Ms.
Brearton
has
worked
with
A123
Systems
Airvana,
Azuki
Systems,
Altruik
and
others.

4.
4
Win
Burke
President
&
CEO
and
Co-­‐
Founder
iGetBetter
@iGetBetter
Win
began
working
with
Stephan
and
Christian
on
the
iGetBetter
project
as
an
advisor
several
years
ago,
and
became
the
CEO
of
iGetBetter,
Inc.
when
it
was
established
in
February,
2013.
Win
is
a
serial
high
tech
entrepreneur
experienced
in
building
early
stage
companies.
His
previous
experience
includes
six
early-­‐stage
companies,
most
recently
as
CEO
of
Incentive
targeting,
which
was
sold
to
Google.
Other
early
stage
companies
include
Bungee
Labs
(Co-­‐Founder
&
CEO);
ViryaNet
(CEO,
successful
IPO);
ViewSoft
(SVP
of
Sales
&
Marketing,
sold
to
Citrix);
ObjectLink
(Founder
and
CEO,
sold
to
SunSoft);
and
Oberon
Software
(SVP
of
Sales
&
Marketing,
sold
to
OnDisplay).
He
is
also
experienced
in
larger
company
operations,
having
held
senior
executive
sales
and
marketing
positions
at
Orbotech,
Gentia
Software,
Applix,
Wang
Labs,
Apollo
Computer
and
Prime
Computer.
Following
his
training
as
an
EE/Computer
Scientist
at
MIT,
Win
began
his
career
as
a
software
engineer
at
MIT
Draper
Labs,
MIT
Lincoln
Labs
and
Data
General.
Win’s
healthcare
IT
experience
includes
selling
IT
systems
to
hospitals
while
at
Wang
Labs
and
operational
support
systems
to
healthcare
system
vendors
such
as
GE
Healthcare
while
at
ViryaNet,
as
well
as
participating
as
a
staff
member
of
the
joint
Harvard-­‐MIT
HST
program
course
HST.921
"Enabling
Technology
Innovation
in
Healthcare
and
the
Life
Sciences".
Win
is
a
PSIA
certified
part-­‐time
ski
instructor
at
Loon
Mountain
in
New
Hampshire.
Joe
Butt
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@LaunchpadVG
Joe
Butt
has
examined
the
convergence
of
media
and
high
technology
for
his
entire
career.
Prior
to
founding
Blackfriars
Communications
with
fellow
Seeking
Alpha
contributor
Carl
Howe,
Joe
led
entertainment
and
consumer
research
teams
at
Forrester
Research
and
explored
the
relationship
between
user
experience
and
system
infrastructures
as
a
senior
analyst.
Prior
to
Forrester,
Joe
helped
lead
the
creative
department
at
the
Strategic
Interactive
Group,
creating
and
executing
Internet
strategies
for
companies
such
as
Mobil,
IBM,
and
Lever.
Joe
had
previously
spent
15
years
in
the
New
York
creative
community,
where
he
was
active
as
both
director
and
producer.
Joe
is
a
graduate
of
Wesleyan
University
and
the
Harvard
Business
School,
and
he
is
a
member
of
the
Directors
Guild
of
America.
Lauren
Celano
CEO
Propel
Careers
@Propel_Careers
Lauren
Celano
is
Co-­‐founder
and
CEO
of
Propel
Careers
and
has
nearly
a
decade
of
experience
working
with
emerging
drug
discovery
&
development
biotechnology
companies.
Prior
to
Propel
Careers,
she
was
a
senior
account
manager
for
SNBL
USA,
where
she
worked
with
emerging
biotech
companies
in
Europe
and
the
US
to
help
characterize
and
advance
their
drug
molecules.
Prior
to
SNBL
USA,
she
held
business
development
positions
with
Aptuit
and
Quintiles,
where
she
focused
on
IND
enabling
studies
to
advance
therapeutics
from
discovery
into
the
clinic.
At
Absorption
Systems,
Lauren
held
positions
as
a
marketing
manager
and
account
manager
managing
clients
in
the
north
eastern
United
States.
She
has
a
BS
in
Biochemistry
and
Molecular
Biology
from
Gettysburg
College
and
an
MBA
with
a
focus
in
the
health
sector
and
entrepreneurship
from
Boston
University.
Lauren
is
on
the
membership
committee
of
the
North
Shore
Technology
Council
and
the
Healthcare
Businesswomen’s
Association
and
on
the
programming
committee
of
The
Capital
Network.

5.
5
Jeff
Chin
Cofounder
Mortgage
Auction
@MrJeffChin,
@LendersBid
Experienced
entrepreneurial
professional
with
a
broad
knowledge
of
mortgage
origination,
software
applications,
and
business
development.
Specialties:
-­‐
Startup
Practitioner
with
a
proven
track
record
in
Vision
Formulation
to
Product
Launch/Sales
with
bootstrapped
resources.
-­‐
Proven
Online
Marketing
skills
that
include
Social,
Web,
and
Mobile
"Growth
Hacking".
-­‐
Financial
Vertical
Knowledge
Depth
in
Mortgage
Lending
and
Consumer
Payment
Systems.
Barry
Coffman
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@LaunchpadVG
Barry
is
an
active
Angel
investor
and
nonprofit
leader,
former
professional
institutional
portfolio
manager
and
hedge
fund
manager.
Experience:
Fidelity
Investments
1986-­‐2001:
Portfolio
Manager
High
Income
Group
Boldwater
Capital
Management
2001-­‐2007:
Co-­‐Founder,
Portfolio
Manager
of
Boldwater
Credit
Opportunities
Hedge
Fund,
Boldwater
Partners
Hedge
Fund.
Paul
Cronin
Partner
Nutter
McClennen
&
Fish
@paulcronin,
@NutterLaw
Paul
J.
Cronin
is
a
partner
in
the
Litigation
and
Intellectual
Property
Departments
of
Nutter
McClennen
&
Fish,
and
a
member
of
the
Intellectual
Property
Litigation
practice
group.
His
practice
focuses
on
trial
work
in
cases
involving
patents,
trademarks,
trade
secrets,
and
copyright
disputes.
He
also
counsels
clients
with
respect
to
the
licensing
and
procurement
of
intellectual
property
rights,
due
diligence
studies,
and
product
clearances.

6.
6
Ken
Deckinger
Co-­‐Founder
Jess,
Meet
Ken
@KenDeckinger,
@JessMeetKen
Co-­‐Founder
-­‐
Jess,
Meet
Ken
-­‐
Ken
Deckinger
is
a
serial
entrepreneur
with
close
to
ten
years
experience
in
the
online
dating
space.
He
previously
co-­‐founded,
and
was
CEO
of
HurryDate
pioneering
the
global
speed
dating
concept
in
45
cities
throughout
the
US,
UK,
and
Canada.
Eventually
expanding
the
idea
to
include
an
online
dating
site,
HurryDate
was
acquired
by
Spark
Networks
(parent
company
of
JDate.com
&
ChristianMingle.com).
He
spent
three
years
at
Spark
Networks
managing
HurryDate
and
overseeing
JDate’s
travel
&
events
business.
Ken
has
appeared
in
media
around
the
world
including
Time
Magazine,
The
Wall
Street
Journal,
The
New
York
Times,
The
Los
Angeles
Times,
USA
Today,
CNN,
BBC,
and
Dateline
NBC.
He
is
a
graduate
of
the
University
of
Florida,
where
he
was
honored
with
the
University’s
Alumni
Entrepreneur
of
the
Year
Under
40
award
and
sits
on
the
Board
of
Directors
for
the
Center
for
Entrepreneurship
and
Innovation,
and
has
an
MBA
from
Boston
College.
He’s
a
Mentor
at
TechStars
Boston,
actively
advises
entrepreneurs
nationwide
and
is
the
subject
of
a
Harvard
Business
School
case
study.
Charles
de
Gaspe
Beaubien
Founder
Groupize
@charlesdgb,
@groupize
Charles
de
Gaspe
Beaubien
is
a
Group
Travel
Guru.
His
25
year
career
in
the
travel
industry
has
included
experience
in
every
aspect
of
group
travel.
Whether
guiding
group
tours,
welcoming
thousands
of
guests
to
the
rafting
company
he
co-­‐founded,
helping
planners
select
Montreal
as
their
destination
while
at
Tourisme
Montreal
or
serving
in
executive
positions
for
major
group
tour
operators
including
Yankee
Holidays
and
Group
Voyagers
Inc.
(Globus,
Cosmos,
Monograms
and
more);
Charles
understands
the
complications
of
planning
and
booking
group
travel.
His
hands
on
planning
experience,
combined
with
his
extensive
experience
in
travel
technology
fuels
his
passion
to
bring
efficiencies
to
the
difficult
processes
involved
in
booking
and
managing
a
group.
Mark
DeMello
Regional
Sales
Consultant
TriNet
@TriNet
An
experienced
versatile
sales
professional
with
consistent
career
achievement
in
enterprise
sales
and
sales
management
in
the
technology,
information
services,
and
healthcare
industries
providing
services,
software,
and
hardware
technology
solutions.
Strong
ability
to
maximize
sales
and
transform
market
position
by
building
solid
relationships,
developing
strategic
partnerships,
and
executing
sound
business
plans.
Innovative,
passionate
and
resourceful,
with
excellent
understanding
of
today’s
demanding
business
environment.
Seasoned
sales
and
business
development
professional
with
a
specialty
in
building
and
fostering
customer
relationships.

7.
7
Jack
Doherty
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@LaunchpadVG
Jack
is
a
private
Angel
Investor
and
member
of
Launchpad
Ventures
and
Bay
Angels.
He
has
founded
2
companies,
Ion
Beam
Technologies
and
Micrion
Corporation.
Guided
the
growth
and
development
of
one
of
these
companies
(Micrion)
from
business
plan,
venture
financed
start-­‐up,
IPO
and
acquisition.
He
remained
a
member
of
the
board
of
Micrion
Corporation
from
1984
to
1999.
He
also
was
the
Non
Executive
Member
of
the
Board
of
Andor
Corporation
(UK).
Served
as
Independent
Non
Executive
Director
during
offer
period
in
2008.
Jack
is
a
seasoned
executive
with
30
years
experience
in
global
sales,
marketing
and
engineering.
He
holds
a
B.E.E.
and
M.E.E.
Degrees,
Rensselaer
Polytechnic
Institute
Matt
Douglas
Founder
&
CEO
Punchbowl
@mattdouglas
Matt
Douglas
is
the
Founder
&
CEO
of
Punchbowl,
and
has
guided
the
company
through
all
stages
of
growth.
Matt
has
raised
three
rounds
of
capital
from
Intel
Capital,
Contour
Ventures,
and
prominent
angel
investors.
Matt
has
15+
years
in
product
management
and
marketing
with
expertise
in
software
product
development.
At
Adobe
Systems,
Matt
was
responsible
for
Premiere
where
he
grew
revenue
from
$15M
to
$50M
in
four
years.
At
Bose
Corporation,
he
was
a
senior
manager
in
the
professional
division
where
he
led
a
hardware
and
software
product
team.
Matt
has
a
degree
in
music
from
the
University
of
Rochester
and
an
M.B.A.
from
UNC
Chapel
Hill.
Matt's
favorite
reason
to
celebrate
is
Groundhog
Day
–
he
and
his
wife
held
their
16th
annual
Groundhog
Day
party
in
2012.
Follow
Matt
Douglas
on
Twitter
(@mattdouglas)
or
read
his
startup
CEO
blog,
Startup
Swami.
Martin
Flusberg
CEO
PowerHouse
Dynamics
@eMonitorSystem
Martin
has
been
a
technology
entrepreneur
and
executive
for
more
than
30
years,
with
the
past
20
focused
on
energy
and
clean
tech.
He
currently
is
the
CEO
of
Powerhouse
Dynamics,
a
pioneering,
CommonAngels-­‐funded
company
in
the
energy
management
space.
Prior
to
that,
he
was
co-­‐founder
and
President
of
Nexus
Energy
Software,
a
global
provider
of
enterprise
software
solutions
for
the
utility
industry,
addressing
smart
grid
and
energy
efficiency.
Nexus
was
successfully
sold
in
2005
and
integrated
with
its
sister
companies
into
Aclara
Technologies.
Martin
previously
served
as
Director
of
Commercial
Systems
for
TASC,
with
responsibility
for
the
firm's
Lodestar®
product
line
for
the
utility
industry
(later
spun
out
as
LODESTAR
Corporation
and
sold
to
Oracle
in
2007).
He
was
also
founder
and
CEO
of
REALink
Systems,
a
software
company
serving
the
real
estate
industry,
and
CEO
of
Multisystems,
a
software
and
management
consulting
firm
focused
on
transportation.
Martin
has
a
Masters
of
Civil
and
Environmental
Engineering
from
MIT
and
a
Bachelors
of
Electrical
Engineering
from
CUNY.

8.
8
Adam
Ghander
Partner
Nutter
McClennen
&
Fish
@NutterLaw
Adam
B.
Ghander
focuses
his
corporate
finance
and
securities
practice
on
private
equity,
venture
capital,
and
emerging
companies
representation;
mergers
and
acquisitions;
and
securities
regulations.
He
represents
clients
in
a
wide
variety
of
industries,
including
banking
and
financial
services,
telecommunications,
social
networking,
manufacturing
and
professional
sports.
Adam
previously
served
as
in-­‐
house
counsel
for
a
publicly-­‐traded
manufacturing
and
technology
company.
Prior
to
his
in-­‐house
experience,
he
spent
many
years
as
a
corporate
attorney
at
the
Boston
office
of
an
international
law
firm.
Adam
lectures
frequently
on
corporate
finance
and
teaches
at
the
Boston
University
School
of
Management.
Chuck
Goldman
Entrepreneur
in
Residence
Great
Hill
Partners
@chuckyg
Chuck
brings
over
20
years
of
experience
in
enterprise
application
development
and
mobility
platforms.
He
founded
Apperian
in
2009,
and
has
spent
the
past
four
years
working
with
Kleiner
Perkins
Caufield
&
Byers,
Bessemer
Venture
Partners,
North
Bridge
Venture
Partners,
Intel
Capital,
Launch
Capital
and
CommonAngels
to
build
Apperian
into
the
market
leader
in
Mobile
Application
Management
(MAM).
As
Apperian's
founder
and
early
CEO,
Chuck
raised
over
$28
million
in
venture
capital
and
built
a
mobile
ecosystem
of
developers,
brands,
retailers,
enterprises
and
integrators.
Prior
to
Apperian,
Chuck
was
a
Director
at
Apple.
There,
he
helped
launch
the
iPhone
in
2007
and
managed
Apple’s
iPhone
Enterprise
Beta
Program.
Chuck
also
served
as
Apple's
project
lead
to
bring
Steve
Job's
vision
of
1:1
computing
in
education
to
life
by
deploying
the
State
of
Maine's
1:1
Laptop
Program.
Prior
to
Apple,
Chuck
founded
and
sold
two
technology
companies.
Mike
Gordon
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@LaunchpadVG
CEO,
The
Center
for
Competitive
Success,
a
results-­‐oriented
consulting
firm
with
expertise
in
Angel
and
Venture
Capital
Funding;
Transformative
Entepreneurial
Strategies;
Win-­‐Win
Leadership
Training;
Development
of
Corporate
Culture;
Negotiation;
Focused
Execution;
Governance
and
Boards
of
Directors
/
Advisors.
Multiple
Entrepreneur
-­‐
Started
5
businesses:
Plastic
Injection
Molding;
Static
Control;
Face-­‐to-­‐face
Angel
Network;
Virtual
Angel
Network;
and
The
Center
For
Competitive
Success.
Specialties:Entrepreneurial
Leadership,
High
Potential
Ventures,
Sustainable
Growth,
Gaining
Competitive
Advantages,
Corporate
Transformation,
Entrepreneurhial
Corporate
Culture

9.
9
Jeremy
Halpern
Partner
Nutter
McClennen
&
Fish
@startupboston,
@NutterLaw
Jeremy
Halpern,
is
a
Partner,
and
the
Director
of
Business
Development,
Emerging
Companies
Group,
at
Nutter
McClennen
&
Fish
LLP.
As
a
former
entrepreneur
in
mobile
and
entertainment,
Jeremy
concentrates
on
connecting
with
and
supporting
the
Entrepreneurial
Ecosystem
in
New
England,
working
with
current
entrepreneurs,
angel
investors,
venture
capitalists
and
corporate
strategic
partners.
In
addition
to
his
work
with
TCN,
Jeremy
is
an
angel
investor,
and
serves
on
the
Boards
of
MassVentures,
a
MicroVC
firm
and
Pintley,
a
next
generation
marketing
company
for
the
brewing
industry.
Jeremy
is
a
member
of
or
participates
at
Launchpad
Venture
Group,
Boston
Harbor
Angels,
Golden
Seeds,
TiE-­‐Angels,
MassChallenge,
Web
Innovators
Group,
MassTLC,
Mobile
Mondays
and
other
area
industry
groups.
He
is
a
graduate
of
UC
Berkeley
and
the
UCLA
School
of
Law.
Rick
Harris
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@rchphd,
@LaunchpadVG
Richard
C.
Harris
is
a
consultant
to
companies
and
professional
service
firms,
helping
them
raise
performance
by
aligning
around
a
core
mission
and
strategy.
A
consultant
for
more
than
25
years,
clients
have
recently
used
his
services
to…
• Build
strategic
alignment
within
senior
leadership
teams
• Coach
executives
on
how
to
achieve
higher
levels
of
individual
performance
• Provide
high-­‐stakes
facilitation
for
functional
teams
(sales,
engineering,
etc.)
Dr.
Harris
is
also
active
in
the
greater
Boston
start
up
community.
As
a
member
of
Launchpad
Venture
Group,
he
is
an
active
angel
investor.
Launchpad,
the
largest
angel
investment
group
in
the
Northeast,
is
focused
on
investments
in
technology
and
life
sciences.
In
addition
to
investing
he
acts
as
a
mentor
to
start
up
teams
and
provides
advice
on
how
to
communicate
with
potential
investors.
Ina
this
latter
capacity
he
co-­‐chairs
a
joint
venture
with
The
Capital
Network
that
brings
together
Launchpad
mentors
with
TCN
members.
Paulina
Hill
Senior
Associate
Polaris
Partners
@paulinahill
Paulina
Hill
is
a
Senior
Associate
at
Polaris
Partners.
Paulina
joined
Polaris
in
2011
and
focuses
on
investments
in
healthcare.
Prior
to
joining
Polaris,
Paulina
completed
her
postdoctoral
fellowship
in
the
Chemical
Engineering
department
at
the
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology.
In
the
laboratory
of
Bob
Langer,
Paulina
worked
on
developing
novel
biomaterial
scaffolds
and
drug
delivery
systems
for
neural
applications.
Paulina
is
the
founding
president
of
the
MIT
Postdoctoral
Association,
was
nominated
to
and
serves
on
the
MIT
Intellectual
Property
Presidential
Committee,
and
is
on
the
fundraising
committee
of
the
nonprofit
Women
Entrepreneurs
in
Science
&
Technology.
Paulina
completed
her
PhD
in
Molecular
Medicine
with
a
Tissue
Engineering
focus
at
Wake
Forest
University
School
of
Medicine.
Her
graduate
school
work
resulted
in
over
40
published
abstracts,
awards
and
peer
reviewed
manuscripts.
Her
research
contributed
to
numerous
patents
and
the
formation
of
the
startup
KeraNetics
to
commercialize
the
platform
technology.
Paulina
graduated
magna
cum
laude
from
East
Carolina
University
with
a
quadruple
major
in
biochemistry,
neuroscience,
biology
and
chemistry.

10.
10
Gail
Hoffman
Managing
Director
Golden
Seeds
@GoldenSeeds
Gail
Hoffman
is
an
active
angel
investor
and
mentor
in
the
New
England
entrepreneurial
ecosystem,
sharing
her
expertise
in
finance
and
strategic
planning.
At
Golden
Seeds
New
England,
Gail
focuses
on
new
member
growth,
investment
analysis,
capital
deployment,
and
investor
education.
Golden
Seeds
is
the
nation’s
fourth-­‐largest
angel
investment
firm
and
provides
early-­‐stage
and
growth
capital
to
women-­‐led
businesses.
She
is
also
a
member
of
Launchpad
Venture
Group,
New
England’s
largest
angel
investment
group.
Gail
began
her
career
in
the
Corporate
Finance
Department
of
Dean
Witter
Reynolds.
After
receiving
her
MBA
in
Finance
with
High
Distinction
from
The
University
of
Pennsylvania’s
Wharton
School,
Gail
joined
Boston
Ventures
Management
Inc.,
a
private
equity
firm
specializing
in
the
communications,
media,
and
entertainment
industries.
She
was
involved
in
a
number
of
successful
portfolio
company
acquisitions
and
divestitures,
including
Motown
Records,
The
National
Enquirer,
and
CPP/Belwin
Entertainment.
Gail
is
a
frequent
start-­‐up
judge,
mentor,
and
speaker
for
such
organizations
as
The
Capital
Network,
The
Angel
Capital
Association,
MassChallenge,
Boston
University,
Harvard
Business
School,
and
IBM.
She
is
a
Board
Director
for
Groupize
and
has
served
for
or
led
numerous
volunteer
efforts
for
the
schools
and
colleges
of
her
four
children,
as
well
as
several
Boston
area
healthcare
organizations.
Jennifer
Jordan
MassVentures
and
Golden
Seeds
MassVentures
is
a
venture
capital
firm
focused
on
fueling
the
Massachusetts
innovation
economy
by
funding
early-­‐stage,
high-­‐growth
Massachusetts
startups
as
they
move
from
concept
to
commercialization.
Jennifer
is
Vice
President
at
MassVentures,
where
she
identifies
and
vets
companies
in
the
areas
of
big
data
and
analytics,
enterprise
software,
robotics,
crowdsourcing
and
healthcare
IT
that
meet
the
fund’s
target
criteria
for
seed
and
early-­‐stage
investment.
Most
recently
she
was
a
member
of
the
Golden
Seeds
angel
investor
network.
She
has
also
provided
start-­‐
up
mentoring
for
entrepreneurs
through
Springboard
and
the
MIT
Entrepreneurship
Center.
She
is
the
founder
of
the
Reed
College
Start-­‐Up
Lab
and
has
served
as
a
first
round
judge
for
the
MIT
$100K
and
Mass
Challenge
business
plan
competitions.
She
served
as
Entrepreneurship
Lead
for
the
MIT
Accelerating
Information
Technology
Innovation
program
sponsored
by
Google
in
Cali,
Colombia,
where
she
lead
30
young
entrepreneurs
in
a
six
week
lean
start-­‐up
program
to
form
ten
new
mobile
technology
companies,
and
connect
them
to
mentors,
angel
and
venture
investors
in
the
region.
Previously,
Jennifer
served
as
Corporate
Vice
President
of
Investor
Relations
at
Cadence
Design
Systems
and
spent
10
years
building
an
investment
research
practice
in
early
search,
ecommerce,
mobile,
Internet
software
applications,
video
game
software
and
technical
software
as
a
Senior
Vice
President
and
Senior
Equity
Research
analyst
with
Black
&
Company
through
its
acquisition
by
Wells
Fargo
Securities.
She
is
a
black
belt
in
the
Indonesian
Martial
Art
of
Poekoelan
Tjimindie
Tulen
and
holds
the
title
Mas
Goeroe.

11.
11
Brad
Kayton
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@LaunchpadVG
Brad
is
a
serial
entrepreneur
turned
parallel,
and
an
angel
investor.
He
is
working
towards
building
a
boutique
and
cutting
edge
equity
capital
fund,
part
angel
part
hedge
fund,
along
with
some
colleagues.
He
is
also
spending
heavy
time
with
some
of
my
portfolio
companies,
in
particular
one
of
them,
as
an
advisor,
Board
member,
and/or
time-­‐sliced
executive.
Specialties:
Starting
and
growing
companies,
making
a
market,
P&L
management,
product
category
creation,
product
management
&
marketing,
strategic
planning
and
forecasting,
running
PR
programs,
identifying
and
developing
business
partnerships,
recruiting
talent,
team
leading
David
Kessler
Walnut
Ventures
I
am
a
management
consultant,
serial
entrepreneur,
angel
investor,
digital
artist
and
photographer.
You
can
see
some
of
my
art
and
learn
more
about
me
at
my
web
site:
http://DavidKessler.biz.
I
worked
in
the
software
industry
for
more
than
35
years.
During
that
time,
I
founded
or
co-­‐founded
a
number
of
for-­‐profit
companies
and
one
nonprofit.
I
started
and
ran
VieAbility
for
14
years
during
which
time
I
created
and
brought
to
market
a
number
of
products
including
FAST!
and
CD
Speedway.
VieAbility
also
provided
software
consulting
services
and
we
worked
on
some
prominent
products
including
Quicken
and
Lotus
1-­‐2-­‐3.
I
also
created
and
operated
a
business
consultancy
and
executive
coaching
practice
for
a
number
of
years.
After
9/11,
I
worked
for
a
time
teaching
TSA
baggage
screeners
at
airports
how
to
find
bombs
in
suitcases.
Mike
Koeris
Founder
Sample6
Technologies,
Inc
@mkoeris,
@sample6tech
Founder
of
for-­‐profit
(Sample6)
and
Not-­‐for-­‐profit
ventures
(BiotechStart.org)
in
Biotech
/
Lifesciences.
Avid
interest
in
bringing
lean/virtual
to
biotech,
startup
culture,
biotech,
VC/PE,
O&G,
finance,
basketball
and
all
things
Boston.
Specialties:
Biotechnology,
startups,
venture
capital,
technology
transfer,
management
consulting,
and
the
pick
'n
roll.

12.
12
Ben
Littauer
Boston
Harbor
Angels
and
Walnut
Ventures
@littweb
Mr.
Littauer
is
a
business
and
technology
management
consultant
with
expertise
in
Internet
and
communications
technologies,
as
well
as
healthcare
IT.
In
addition
he
is
an
active
angel
investor,
member
of
Boston
Harbor
Angels.
Mr.
Littauer
was
Technology
Strategist
for
Beth
Israel
Deaconess
Medical
Center
in
Boston,
where
he
defined
the
architecture
for
PatientSite,
a
system
that
allows
patients
to
communicate
securely
with
their
healthcare
team
and
view
their
own
medical
records.
He
also
was
a
consultant
to
the
Massachusetts
Health
Data
Consortium
on
healthcare
data
security
projects.
Mr.
Littauer
was
co-­‐founder,
President,
and
CTO
of
Baranof
Software,
the
leading
vendor
of
service-­‐level
management
software
for
messaging
and
Internet
applications.
Baranof
was
sold
to
Tally
Systems
in
1997.
Beth
Marcus
CEO
&
President
Playrific
@startupdoc,
@playrific
Beth
has
been
Founder
and
CEO
of
several
successful
startups,
most
notably
EXOS,
Inc.,
which
was
venture
capital
backed
and
sold
to
Microsoft
in
1996.
Since
then
she
has
been
involved
in
20
start-­‐ups
in
a
variety
of
fields
as
a
founder,
investor,
or
advisor.
She
was
an
advisor
and
investor
in
Leap
Frog
and
has
been
involved
in
entertainment
and
mobile
companies.
Beth
is
an
acknowledged
expert
in
the
hand-­‐
device
interface
space
and
has
been
an
expert
in
support
of
prior
patent
litigations.
Dr.
Marcus
has
a
Ph.D.
in
biomechanics
from
the
Imperial
College
in
London,
England
where
she
was
a
Marshall
Scholar.
Her
first
two
degrees
were
from
MIT
in
the
department
of
Mechanical
Engineering.
She
has
served
on
the
faculty
of
MIT
in
the
department
of
Mechanical
Engineering.
Dr.
Marcus
has
been
member
of
the
Board
of
the
MIT
Enterprise
Forum
and
the
MIT
Corporation
Visiting
Committee
in
Mechanical
Engineering.
She
is
also
a
current
member
of
the
Council
for
the
Arts
at
MIT.
Michael
McCarthy
Founder
Budi
Products
LLC
@BudiBar
Michael
McCarthy
graduated
cum
laude
from
NYU
in
Management
and
Finance.
He
worked
on
Wall
Street
since
he
was
only
18.
His
experience
includes
working
as
a
researcher
for
a
famous
money
manager
who
pioneered
market
timing.
Michael
started
his
own
investment
firm
at
26
and
was
ranked
the
#1
market
timer
in
the
US
every
year
for
10
years
(1994-­‐2004).
He
retired
from
Wall
Street
at
36.
Michael
McCarthy
struggled
with
anxiety
problems
for
years.
The
anxiety
was
so
bad
it
led
him
to
get
a
formal
education
in
the
fields
of
psychology
and
nutrition.
That
is
why
he
is
so
familiar
with
the
food
remedies
for
common
addictions
found
in
this
fascinating
article.
Michael
explored
several
nutritional
anxiety
remedies
and
discovered
his
nutrition
deficiencies.
Once
he
resolved
those
issues,
he
was
fine.
He
started
a
food
company
and
made
a
Superfood
Nutrition
Bar
he
called
Budi
Bars
(www.BudiBar.com).

13.
13
Jess
McLear
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@launchpadVG
Jess
is
an
angel
investor
and
member
of
Launchpad
Venture
Group.
Her
family
has
been
investing
in
and
mentoring
startup
companies
for
over
20
years
in
both
Canada
and
the
US.
Her
portfolio
companies
fall
into
many
sectors,
including
manufacturing,
IT,
medical
devices,
and
consumer
goods.
She
is
an
observer
or
serves
on
the
board
for
various
non-­‐profits
as
well
as
portfolio
companies.
She
has
served
as
an
investor
and
mentor
for
several
companies
throughout
the
New
England
area.
Jess
earned
a
BA
from
Williams
College
and
MEd
from
Harvard
University
Joanna
Meiseles
Senior
Director
of
Operations
MassChallenge
@joannameiseles,
@masschallenge
Joanna
works
in
all
aspects
of
the
Accelerator
Program,
from
applications
to
judging
to
curriculum
and
events.
She
works
with
the
whole
team
helping
them
achieve
excellent
results
and
grow
both
personally
and
professionally.
Joanna
enjoys
coaching
the
startups
at
MassChallenge
too.
Prior
to
joining
MassChallenge
full-­‐time,
Joanna
was
a
volunteer
expert,
serving
as
a
judge
and
mentor
to
several
teams
in
2011
and
2012.
Joanna
is
the
founder
of
Snip-­‐its,
a
franchised
chain
of
hair
salons
specializing
in
children.
She
holds
a
BA
from
Duke
University
and
an
MBA
from
Babson.
She
lives
in
Wayland
with
her
husband
and
four
children,
and
she
loves
yoga,
drumming,
and
shoes.
Norm
Meisner
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@LaunchpadVG
Angel
investor
associated
with
Beta
Fund
and
Launchpad
Venture
Group,
making
angel
investments
in
high
tech
start
ups
in
the
greater
Boston
area.
-­‐
Principal
in
the
Beta
Fund,
a
Micro
VC
fund
investing
in
early
stage
high
tech
and
biotech
companies.
-­‐
Active
member
of
the
Launchpad
Venture
Group,
the
Boston
area's
largest
and
most
active
angel
investment
group
-­‐
Board
observer
for
Covocative,
a
company
providing
salesforce
performance
improvement
via
continuous
coaching.
-­‐
Board
observer
and
adviser
for
MoFuse,
a
company
providing
mobile
websites
for
SMB.
-­‐
Former
Board
observer
at
SmartCells,
acquired
by
Merck.
-­‐
Former
Board
observer
and
adviser
for
Copiun,
a
company
providing
endpoint
data
management
for
tablets,
smartphones
and
laptops
successfully
acquired
by
Good
Technology.
-­‐
Held
Business
Development
and
Sales
Management
positions
at
9
startups
in
security,
enterprise
software
and
telecommunications
leading
to
5
acquisitions
and
1
IPO.

14.
14
Christopher
Mirabile
Managing
Director
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@cmirabile
Christopher
Mirabile
is
the
co-­‐Managing
Director
of
LaunchPad
Venture
Group.
Christopher
is
a
full-­‐time
angel
and
an
active
member
of
the
Boston-­‐area
angel
investing
community
with
investment
more
than
25
start-­‐up
companies.
He
was
named
one
of
XConomy's
"Top
Angel
Investors
in
New
England"
for
2012.
Christopher
is
an
adjunct
lecturer
in
the
MBA
program
at
Babson
College,
a
regular
advisor
and
mentor
to
start-­‐ups,
and
a
frequent
panelist
and
speaker.
He
is
a
member
of
the
Board
of
Directors
or
Board
of
Advisors
of
numerous
start-­‐up
companies
as
well
as
several
non-­‐profits,
and
he
is
an
Entrepreneur-­‐in-­‐Residence
at
Babson's
Olin
School
of
Business.
Christopher
has
served
as
a
public
company
CFO
with
IONA
Technologies
PLC,
a
corporate
and
securities
lawyer
with
Testa
Hurwitz
&
Thibeault
and
as
a
management
consultant
with
Price
Waterhouse's
Strategic
Consulting
Group.
Christopher
earned
his
J.D.
from
Boston
College
Law
School
and
his
B.A.,
with
honors,
from
Colgate
University.
Gerard
Murphy
Co-­‐Founder
Mosaic
Storage
Systems
@gerard_murphy3,
@mosiacarchive
Gerard
has
had
a
passion
for
photography
since
borrowing
his
Mom’s
Pentax
as
a
kid
on
family
vacations.
Later,
Gerard
turned
this
passion
into
Mosaic
which
he
co-­‐
founded.
Gerard
grew
Mosaic
from
a
PowerPoint
and
a
dream
into
a
service
used
by
tens
of
thousands
of
Lightroom
users
daily.
He
is
also
an
avid
Lightroom
advocate
and
teacher
of
Lightroom
tips
and
tricks.
His
Lightroom
videos
have
been
seen
by
hundreds
of
thousands
of
photographers.
Gerard
has
been
featured
on
many
national
podcasts
and
large
photography
publications
teaching
Lightroom
and
talking
about
the
future
of
photography.
He
has
also
been
featured
in
Forbes
Magazine
as
a
young
entrepreneur.
Vinit
Nijhawan
Managing
Director,
Technology
Department
Boston
University
@vinit44
Vinit
Nijhawan
has
over
25
years
experience
building
five
startups:
as
CEO
of
three,
four
were
acquired,
and
the
fifth
has
grown
to
over
300
people.
Recently,
Vinit
was
Venture
Partner
at
Key
Venture
Partners
and
over
two
years
sourced
over
200
deals
and
made
one
investment
which
was
acquired
for
$430M.
Vinit
is
an
advisor
and
board
member
to
several
technology
startups
and
was
a
Mass
High
Tech
All-­‐Star
in
2005.
Vinit
has
participated
in
over
120
panel
discussions
and
paper
presentations,
and
is
a
Board
of
Trustee
of
TiE
Global,
a
non-­‐profit
that
fosters
entrepreneurship
globally.
Vinit
is
Managing
Director,
Office
of
Technology
Development,
and
Director
of
Enterprise
Programs
at
ITEC
(Institute
of
Technology,
Entrepreneurship
&
Commercialization)
at
Boston
University.
Vinit
also
teaches
an
MBA
course
on
Entrepreneurship
at
BU.
Vinit
earned
a
B.A.Sc
in
electrical
engineering
from
the
University
of
Waterloo
in
Ontario,
Canada.

15.
15
John
O’Brien
Founder
BVC
Group
John
is
the
founder
of
the
Business
Valuation
and
Consulting
Group
(BVC).
John
has
almost
25
years
experience
as
a
business
owner,
Chief
Financial
Officer
and
business
advisor.
His
extensive
background
in
corporate
finance
enables
him
to
understand
the
issues
from
both
sides
of
the
desk:
as
a
service
provider
and
consumer
of
professional
services.
John
believes
the
success
of
any
business
is
the
direct
result
of
client/service
provider
collaboration
because
it
fosters
a
positive
and
productive
working
environment.
His
dedication
to
clients
has
earned
him
trusted
business
advisor
status.
Before
starting
the
BVC
Group,
John
spent
the
past
three
and
a
half
years
as
Director
of
the
Valuation
Practice
for
a
leading,
forward
thinking
regional
CPA
firm
in
Massachusetts.
John
managed
the
execution
of
100+
plus
engagements
per
year.
He
was
instrumental
in
revamping
the
firm’s
valuation
deliverables
and
improved
the
practice’s
efficiency
by
almost
40%.
Greg
Pierce
Director
of
Business
Development
Northstar
Greg
serves
as
NorthStar’s
Director
of
Business
Development.
While
responsible
for
helping
to
implement
NorthStar’s
overall
sales
and
marketing
strategy,
Greg
also
serves
as
“Account
Executive”
for
his
clients
and
is
responsible
for
the
delivery
of
risk
management
and
property
and
casualty
insurance
solutions
for
clients
within
a
number
of
targeted
industries.
One
of
Greg’s
major
areas
of
focus
is
working
with
emerging
growth
technology
companies
to
develop
and
implement
comprehensive,
cost-­‐effective
risk
management
plans
throughout
all
stages
of
corporate
growth.
Prior
to
joining
NorthStar,
Greg
spent
four
years
as
an
associate
in
the
Boston
office
of
Ernst
&
Young,
LLP,
a
“Big
4”
professional
services
firm.
Greg
graduated
Magna
Cum
Laude
from
the
University
of
Notre
Dame
with
a
Master
of
Science
in
Accountancy,
and
received
a
Bachelor
of
Arts
in
Economics
&
Business
from
Lafayette
College,
where
he
played
on
the
varsity
lacrosse
team.
Greg
is
a
Certified
Public
Accountant
(CPA),
as
well
as
a
Massachusetts
Licensed
Insurance
Advisor
(LIA).
Adam
Pool
Owner
&
CEO
Environmental
Investment
Partners
With
over
16
years
experience
being
an
early
stage
investor
in
central
European
environmental,
cleantech
and
renewable
energy
SME’s
Adam
knows
how
to
both
provide
capital
(debt
and
equity)
as
well
as
coach
management
teams
into
being
growth
stage
companies.
Of
the
20
environmental
and
renewable
energy
companies
Adam
has
invested
in
and
mentored:
6
have
been
listed,
4
have
been
sold,
3
remain
private,
3
have
been
liquidated
and
4
are
still
partially
owned
by
Adam.
Equity
stakes
have
ranged
from
2%
to
50%.
Recently,
Adam
has
been
applying
his
start
up
mentoring
and
transition
economy
skills
in
America
and
Myanmar
where
he
has
been
assisting
in
the
establishment
of
renewable
energy
businesses.

16.
16
Dimitri
Racklin
Launchpad
Venture
Group
Dimitri
Racklin
is
the
founder
and
principal
of
RacklinLaw
LLC,
a
boutique
corporate
law
practice
he
started
at
the
beginning
of
2013,
focusing
on
emerging
growth
and
other
privately
held
companies;
venture
capital
and
private
equity;
M&A;
corporate
partnering,
strategic
alliances
and
licensing/technology
transactions;
project
development/finance;
and
general
corporate
work.
Prior
to
starting
RacklinLaw,
Dimitri
was
a
corporate
partner
at
WilmerHale
(formerly
Hale
and
Dorr)
since
1995,
where
his
practice
followed
a
similar
focus
and
included
clients
in
biotech/pharma,
health
care,
technology
and
telecommunications,
energy
and
power,
financial
services,
gaming,
professional
services,
food
and
beverage
and
other
industries.
In
2007,
Dimitri
joined
Fidelity
as
a
Senior
Vice
President
and
Deputy
General
Counsel
(supporting
Devonshire
Investors,
Fidelity's
private
equity
arm),
returning
to
WilmerHale
in
2008.
Dan
Relihan
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@dan_relihan,
@LaunchpadVG
Dan
Relihan
is
a
quantitative
analyst
/
software
engineer
with
deep
experience
modeling
complex
financial
instruments
and
designing
&
building
robust,
automated
processes
to
help
people
be
10x
more
productive.
He
is
an
angel
investor
with
Launchpad
Venture
Group
and
has
other
notable
investments
in
local
companies
such
as
Ministry
of
Supply
and
Privy.
He
holds
a
B.S.
in
Computer
Science
and
Electrical
Engineering
from
MIT
and
enjoys
exploring
the
White
Mountains
in
New
Hampshire.
Heather
Repicky
Associate
Nutter
McClennen
&
Fish
@NutterLaw
Heather
is
an
associate
in
the
Litigation
Department
of
Nutter
McClennen
&
Fish,
and
a
member
of
the
firm's
Intellectual
Property
Litigation
group.
She
focuses
her
practice
on
civil
litigation,
with
an
emphasis
on
patent,
copyright,
trademark,
and
trade
secret
disputes.
She
represents
clients
in
all
stages
of
the
litigation
lifecycle—
pre-­‐trial,
trial,
and
appeal—in
both
state
and
federal
courts.
Heather
also
currently
co-­‐edits
the
Patent
&
Trademark
Bulletin
for
the
District
of
Massachusetts,
which
Nutter
publishes
on
a
bi-­‐monthly
basis.

17.
17
Derek
Roller
Associate
Nutter
McClennen
&
Fish
@NutterLaw
Derek
P.
Roller
is
an
associate
in
the
firm’s
Intellectual
Property
Department
involved
in
multiple
aspects
of
intellectual
property
law.
Exemplary
areas
of
experience
include
the
preparation
and
prosecution
of
patent
and
trademark
applications,
as
well
as
more
specialized
procedures,
such
as
inter
partes
reexaminations
and
trademark
concurrent
use
proceedings
in
front
of
the
U.S.
Patent
and
Trademark
Office.
Derek
also
has
experience
in
a
wide
variety
of
other
IP
projects,
including
strategic
portfolio
planning,
preparing
opinions
on
patent
infringement
and
validity,
as
well
as
conducting
freedom
to
operate
and
inventorship
studies
on
behalf
of
clients.
Derek
is
a
graduate
of
Northwestern
University’s
McCormick
School
of
Engineering
and
Applied
Science,
as
well
as
Boston
College
Law
School.
Rick
Rundell
Senior
Director
Autodesk
@rcklr,
@autodesk
Rick
Rundell
is
a
Senior
Director
at
Autodesk
leading
a
product
line
targeting
cloud-­‐
based
and
mobile
services
for
the
architecture,
engineering,
and
construction
(AEC)
industry.
He
is
active
in
acquiring
companies,
products,
and
technology
supporting
this
mission,
including
four
acquisitions
in
the
last
two
years.
Rick
previously
held
senior
roles
in
strategic
technology,
strategic
marketing
and
product
marketing
at
Autodesk.
He
joined
Autodesk
with
the
acquisition
of
Revit
Technology
Corporation,
where
he
was
director
of
product
marketing.
A
registered
architect
as
well
as
a
high-­‐
tech
marketer,
Rick
holds
a
Master’s
degree
in
Architecture
from
Harvard
University
and
a
B.A
in
Engineering
Science
from
Dartmouth
College.
Bardwell
Salmon
Chairman
&
CFO
Perillon
Software
@PerillonSoft
Bard
is
Chairman
&
CFO
of
Perillon
Software
Inc.,
an
enterprise
software
company
delivering
Operational
Compliance
Management
solutions
to
manufacturing
enterprises;
and
Chairman
&
CEO
of
Lexent
Technologies
Inc.,
a
wireless
security
company.
Bard
is
also
President
&
CEO
of
Beaver
Worldwide
LLC
of
Groton,
MA,
a
firm
providing
services
including
Mentoring
Entrepreneurs;
Advising
Investors;
and
Merger,
Acquisition
and
Valuations
for
Businesses.
Bard
is
a
serial
entrepreneur,
mentor
and
investor
in
early
stage,
fast
growth
information
technology
companies.
He
has
founded
six
companies
and
has
patents
in
the
fields
of
multimedia
matching
of
goods
and
services
and
in
wireless
security.
He
holds
a
BSCE
from
MIT
and
an
MBA
from
Northwestern
University.
Steve
Saunders
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@LaunchpadVG
Steven
is
an
angel
investor
and
member
of
two
local
angel
groups—
Hub
Angels
Investment
Group
and
Launchpad
Venture
Group.
As
an
active
participant
in
the
angel
investor
community,
hears
dozens
of
presentations
from
early
stage
entrepreneurs
each
year
and
regularly
conducts
extensive
due
diligence
on
potential
target
companies,
analyzing
both
their
core
businesses
and
their
intellectual
property
issues.
Steven
has
delivered
numerous
lectures
on
intellectual
property
and
its
impact
on
business
at
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology,
Boston
University,
Boston
College,
and
Northeastern
University,
and
currently
serves
as
a
mentor
for
both
BU’s
Kindle
Mentor
Program,
and
MIT’s
100K
Business
Plan
Competition.

18.
18
Katie
Schuller
Bleakie
Golden
Seeds
Prior
to
receiving
her
MBA
from
Simmons
Graduate
School
of
Management,
Boston,
Massachusetts,
Katie
graduated
from
University
of
Texas
at
Austin,
with
a
Bachelor
of
Journalism
degree.
She
owned
and
operated
an
Advertising
Agency
in
Austin,
Texas
before
moving
to
Boston
Massachusetts
where
she
ran
multiple
non-­‐profit
events
and
served
on
non-­‐profit
boards.
For
twenty
years
she
was
a
co-­‐manager
of
Fish
Investments,
LLC,
Houston,
Texas,
where
she
managed
a
multi
million
dollar
stock
portfolio
and
oversaw,
oil
and
gas
projects,
real
estate
partnerships,
and
other
investment
interests.
Simultaneously,
she
worked
for
several
privately
owned
Fashion
companies,
recruiting,
and
building
sales
forces,
overseeing
operations
and
manufacturing.
In
2005,
with
partners,
she
founded
Bill
Blass
New
York.
Bill
Blass
New
York
owned
the
bridge
line
license
for
Bill
Blass
Couture.
Bill
Blass
New
York
designed,
manufactured
and
sold
their
product
across
the
United
States
thru
a
network
of
private
sales
people
with
over
300
sellers
nationwide.
She
is
currently,
consulting
with
several
start-­‐up
companies,
is
a
board
member
of
Proxy
Apparel,
and
Gracious
Eloise.
She
serves
on
the
Entrepreneurial
Outreach
Committee
at
Simmons
Graduate
School
of
Management,
where
she
is
Executive
in
Residence
in
Entreperneurship.
She
is
a
Life
Overseer
at
the
New
England
Conservatory
of
Music,
and
a
member
of
the
Advisory
Board
of
the
Max
Warburg
Courage
Curriculum,
Boston.
Sheryl
Schultz
Golden
Seeds
@SherylSchultz,
@GoldenSeeds
As
the
president
of
SRS
Associates,
Sheryl
Schultz
has
participated
in
the
launch
of
some
of
the
most
successful
start-­‐up
companies
in
the
networking
industry
including
Acme
Packet,
ArrowPoint
Communications,
Sonus
Networks
and
Wellfleet
Communications.
During
her
career,
Sheryl
has
helped
create
companies
and
markets,
providing
sound
and
innovative
communication
frameworks
that
have
shaped
how
networking
companies
develop
and
deliver
product
and
services
messaging.
Working
with
senior
level
entrepreneurs,
Sheryl
helps
articulate
company,
product
and
technology
value
at
each
stage
of
a
company's
lifecycle.
She
holds
a
degree
in
English
and
Communications
from
the
University
at
Albany.
Arnie
Scott
Director
Sevo
Nutraceuticals
Arnie
currently
serves
as
Vice
Chairman
and
a
Director
of
First
Commons
Bank,
NA,
a
national
bank
which
he
co-­‐founded
in
2008.
He
also
serves
as
on
the
Board
of
Directors
of
Hub
Management
Co.,
Pneuron
Corp.
and
Sevo
Nutraceuticals,
Inc.
He
is
a
member
of
the
Advisory
Boards
of
AI-­‐Resource,
LLC,
Successimo
and
Vestmark.
Prior
to
2001
he
was
a
senior
officer
and
a
Director
of
MFS
Investment
Management.
He
also
has
been
a
lecturer
at
Boston
University
Law
School’s
Morin
School
of
Banking
and
Finance.

19.
19
Prahar
Shah
Mobee
@praharshah
A
native
of
Toronto,
Prahar
is
a
serial
entrepreneur
and
launched
his
first
startup
at
16.
His
experience
includes
supporting
business
development
at
Google,
merchandising
at
Kraft
Foods,
and
investing
in
early
stage
ventures
at
Bessemer
Venture
Partners.
As
a
management
consultant,
Shah
helped
launch
telecom
&
technology
operations
across
North
America,
the
Middle
East,
Africa,
and
Asia.
Shah
has
degrees
from
the
Richard
Ivey
School
of
Business
(HBA)
and
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
(MBA).
While
at
MIT
Sloan,
he
served
as
Entrepreneur
In
Residence
at
General
Catalyst,
where
the
concept
of
Mobee
was
born.
Gregg
Stone
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@LaunchpadVG
Mr.
R.
Gregg
Stone
serves
as
a
General
Partner
at
Kestrel
Management,
LLC.
Mr.
Stone
serves
as
the
Sole
Manager
of
Kestrel
Ventures,
LLC,
the
general
partner
of
two
venture
funds
-­‐
Kestrel
Venture
Partners,
L.P.,
and
Mass
Ventures
Equity
Fund,
L.P.
He
serves
as
a
Manager
of
Kestrel
Management,
LLC.
His
investments
have
included
healthcare,
software,
retail
and
manufacturing
companies.
Before
founding
Kestrel
in
1996,
Mr.
Stone
worked
at
Pell,
Rudman
&
Co.
Inc,
a
Boston-­‐based
investment
adviser,
and
was
the
General
Partner
of
its
venture
fund.
Mr.
Stone
has
been
a
Director
of
Cambridge
BanCorp.
since
November
2009.
He
serves
as
a
Director
of
PHT
Corporation
and
Clarity
Imaging
Technologies,
Inc.
Mr.
Stone
serves
as
a
Director
of
six
private
companies
and
as
a
Board
Observer
to
three
others.
He
serves
as
a
Member
of
Launchpad
Ventures.
He
served
as
a
Director
of
IntraServer,
Zeemote,
Inc.
and
Progressive
Technologies.
Mr.
Stone
is
a
Trustee
Emeritus
of
the
Beth
Israel
Deaconess
Medical
Center.
He
serves
on
the
boards
of
Boys
&
Girls
Clubs
of
Boston
and
Camp
Pasquaney.
Mr.
Stone
practiced
law
at
the
firm
of
Hemenway
&
Barnes
in
Boston.
He
holds
J.D.
and
A.B.
degrees
from
Harvard
University.
James
Stuart
Walnut
Ventures
Principal
with
Lion
Rock
Capital,
focused
on
venture
capital/private
equity,
fund
investments
and
special
situations.
Previously,
he
was
a
Managing
Director,
based
in
Europe,
of
SOFTBANK
Europe
Ventures.
Prior
to
SOFTBANK,
he
was
based
in
the
U.S.
and
Europe,
at
Insight
Capital
(now,
Venture)
Partners.
Sectors
in
which
he
has
invested
include
Information
Technology:
software
and
services,
Telecom,
Security,
Financial
Services,
Consumer
Products,
Information
Services,
Retail
and
Energy.
Before
moving
to
venture
capital,
James
was
an
investment
banker
with
Goldman,
Sachs
&
Co.
&
Deutsche
Bank
Securities.
James
is
a
graduate
of
Brown
University
and
has
an
MBA
from
the
Graduate
School
of
Business
of
the
University
of
Chicago.
He
speaks
English
and
basic
French.

20.
20
Jean-­Marie
Vallet
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@LaunchpadVG
Jean-­‐Marie
Vallet
is
a
curious,
technology
enamored,
data
driven,
transaction
oriented
French-­‐American
Life
Sciences
Executive
with
30
years
of
experience
in
various
roles,
including
R&D,
sales
&
marketing,
administration,
corporate
development
and
licensing.
He
worked
many
years
at
large
companies
(Warner
Lambert,
Bristol
Myers
Squibb,
Pierre
Fabre)
before
joining
the
more
entrepreneurial
world
of
the
biotech
industry
in
2002,
starting
with
Guilford
Pharmaceuticals.
He
arrived
in
the
US
in
1994
after
starting
his
career
in
France,
Switzerland
and
Germany.
Jean-­‐Marie
retired
in
2011
from
EnVivo
Pharmaceuticals,
a
fully
owned
Boston-­‐based
CNS
company
owned
by
Fidelity
Investments
to
found
Cyrma
Ventures
LLC,
a
small
consulting
firm
providing
corporate
development
services
to
emerging
life
science
companies.
Catherine
White
Golden
Seeds
Catherine
Friend
White
is
an
entrepreneur,
an
angel
investor,
and
a
director
experienced
of
publicly-­‐owned
and
private
company
boards.
Her
career
in
investment
management
spans
three
decades,
most
recently
as
president
of
FinArc,
LLC.
White
founded
FinArc
in
1990
to
serve
the
growing
needs
of
high-­‐net
worth
investors
wishing
to
incorporate
ESG
factors
into
their
portfolios.
She
sold
the
firm
in
2013.
Prior
to
FinArc
she
was
the
portfolio
manager
of
the
International
Heritage
Growth
and
Income
mutual
fund.
She
is
a
director
of
FinArc
Investments,
Inc.,
a
registered
investment
adviser
and
Chairman
of
the
Steven
D.
Cutler
Center
for
Investments
and
Finance
at
Babson
College.
She
holds
the
MBA
from
the
F.
W.
Olin
Graduate
School
of
Management
at
Babson
College
where
she
served
on
the
executive
board.
Jill
Wittels
Launchpad
Venture
Group
@LaunchpadVG
Dr.
Jill
Wittels
is
CEO
of
Sostenuto
Strategic
Advisors
and
a
Founding
Partner
and
Chief
Technology
Officer
of
Terra
Prima
Partners
LLC.
She
serves
as
Fiduciary
or
Advisory
Director
or
Strategic
Advisor
to
technology
companies
in
a
wide
range
of
markets.
Since
launching
SSA
in
July
of
2011,
Dr.
Wittels
has
also
done
consulting
work
for
several
of
the
top
rank
Aerospace
and
Defense
enterprises.
In
July
2011
she
retired
as
Corporate
VP
of
Business
and
Technology
Strategy
at
L-­‐3
Communications,
which
she
had
joined
in
February
2001
to
report
to
the
CEO,
Frank
Lanza.
During
her
tenure
at
L-­‐3,
Dr.
Wittels
had
oversight
responsibility
for
the
Corporation’s
$400M+
investment
budget.
She
served
for
10
years
as
a
L-­‐3’s
Director
of
Innovative
Microtechnologies
Inc,
a
CA
based
MEMS
company,
as
well
as
for
15
years
as
a
Director
on
the
Board
of
Overseers
of
DOE’s
Fermi
National
Accelerator
Laboratory
in
Batavia,
IL.
Jim
Woodward
Serial
Entrepreneur
James
L.
Woodward
has
over
30
years
of
high
tech
management
experience.
He
has
been
a
founder
or
the
first
CFO
of
eight
successful
companies
including
Iris
Graphics
(sold
to
Scitex
for
$31
million),
Computer
Access
(Lotus),
Exos
(Microsoft),
and
ActualSoft
(Palm).
Jim
has
raised
over
$25
million
in
VC
and
has
been
CFO
or
Director
of
several
public
companies.
He
has
been
an
angel
investor
for
many
years
and
was
a
member
of
Launchpad
for
more
than
ten
years.
He
was
involved
in
the
MIT
Enterprise
Forum
from
1980
until
recently
in
a
variety
of
roles
including
Chair.
For
ten
years
he
wrote
a
monthly
column
on
entrepreneurship
for
the
Forum
Reporter.