
Director, Venture Well and CFO, Long River Ventures
Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Director, Venture Well and CFO, Long River Ventures
Springfield, Massachusetts Area
I am a CFO and advisor to business and non-profit entrepreneurs working with entrepreneurs on strategic plans, financial forecasts, business presentations and on business process and technology implementation.
I am most interested in companies and non-profits producing better ways of living in the world; technologies and approaches to world problems that shift how people work, live and collaborate; people who challenge themselves to create a more just, profitable and sustainable society.
financial modeling, data visualization, presentation coaching, presentation development (PowerPoint and Keynote), strategic planning, small business software (including accounting software, CRM, Mac/Windows/mobile integration)
(Philanthropy industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
January 2004 — Present (4 years 10 months)
Zygote produces card games that are fun to play and take science and nature as their inspiration, embedding scientific principals into the game play. First two games are BONE WARS: THE GAME OF RUTHLESS PALEONTOLOGY and PARASITES UNLEASHED!
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
May 2003 — Present (5 years 6 months)
My personal vehicle for consulting work with select individuals, companies and non-profits advancing the path of innovation.
(Real Estate industry)
January 2005 — September 2008 (3 years 9 months)
Canopy Development is a real estate development company focussed on creating resort communities that combine green building technologies with innovative village scale masterplanning.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
July 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 6 months)
River Valley Investors (www.rivervalleyinvestors.com) is an angel investor group for Western Massachusetts that I founded at the request of a number of private investors in the region.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Events Services industry)
September 2003 — May 2005 (1 year 9 months)
As a consultant to www.nciia.org, I co-founded this network of workshops on entrepreneurship and invention on college campuses across the U.S. www.invention2venture.org
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
April 2002 — June 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Mass Ventures was a non-profit corporation focussed on early stage technology commercialization and venture development in Western Massachusetts. Its successor organization is the Regional Technology Corporation, which I co-founded. www.rtacentral.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2000 — March 2002 (1 year 5 months)
HotRoof was a developer of user-customizable video-on-demand technology. It is one of probably many "could have been YouTube" companies . . . had we been a little less early, a little smarter and a little better connected.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
August 1996 — February 2001 (4 years 7 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Sporting Goods industry)
March 1995 — September 1996 (1 year 7 months)
Ecotrek was an outdoor products company making backpacks and apparel in the United States out of recycled polymers. Its designs won Backpacker Editor's Choice awards and later formed the basis for Marmot's first line of backpacks. Our approach was that being green was insufficient. The product had to be fully competitive and innovative in function and design.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Food Production industry)
July 1990 — July 1996 (6 years 1 month)
AquaFuture was an aquaculture company that developed land-based, sustainable aquaculture technology utilizing state-of-the-art recirculating water filtration technology and produced millions of pounds of farm-raised fish for the restaurant market. Its successor company is publicly traded Australis.us .
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)
July 1988 — June 1990 (2 years)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)
June 1987 — June 1988 (1 year 1 month)
Catalyst Financial Group is an investment advisory and lease financing company focused on environmentally and socially responsible companies. I was one of four founding partners. http://www.catalyst-financial.com/
Finance, accounting 1989 — 1991
Graduate courses in finance and accounting
BA, Social theory, September 1982 — May 1987