When you attend Mass Innovation Nights, we also make sure you have access to a variety of business experts who will sit down with you to discuss your business, innovation or career needs. Take a few moments to meet just a few of them (we have a few more folks to confirm and will add them to the list over the next few days).
- Jim Connolly, managing editor of Mass High Tech, will be joining us in the December Expert’s Corner. MHT specializes in covering the region’s incubation of next generation technologies and the people and companies behind our innovation economy. New England’s technology and life sciences executives and engineers rely on MHT to track the pulse of local market forces, to identify new trends, detect emerging competition and uncover new opportunities. As an information resources company serving the needs of influencers working throughout New England’s innovation economy, MHT is responsible for a bi-weekly print product on alternating Wednesdays, a website, daily and weekly e-mail newsletters, online and print technology company directories and several networking/educational events, including the quarterly Forum Series, the MHT All-Stars and Women to Watch.
- Edward Melia is managing director of Revolve Inc., the first of its kind combination of venture capital, business law, business design/execution, and investment banking services specialized in accelerating the revolution of early stage companies from start-up to exit event. Revolve’s unique combination of professional services provides high-growth, fast track companies with the resources, services, support, leadership and mentoringthey require at all phases of development – from start-up to exit. Clients include the best and brightest entrepreneurs and business leaders of the day who are poised to revolutionize industries and create the sector leaders of tomorrow.
- Laura Glynn, partner at Gennari Aronson, LLP, has been advising clients on business and financial strategy and transactions for over 25 years. Laura Glynn has worked with clients in all stages of growth, from angel-funded and venture-backed early stage companies to multimillion-dollar global enterprises. She has a particular interest in energy and clean tech. Laura Glynn has represented investors in multiple wind plants, worked on the project finance and development of natural gas liquefaction plants, spearheaded joint venture agreements among three global energy giants, and coordinated sponsor, equity investments and senior and subordinated debt for iron carbide facilities and steel mills. In addition, Laura Glynn recently represented a manufacturer in the solar thin film panel industry. Prior to joining Gennari Aronson, Laura Glynn was a partner at Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP in Boston. Laura Glynn is an active member and former trustee of the American College of Investment Counsel as well as the Center for Women & Enterprise. She earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School, cum laude, as well as a B.A. from Brown University, magna cum laude. Gennari Aronson, LLP, a newly formed law firm, serves innovative companies, entrepreneurs and the investors and venture capital firms that finance them. Founded by veterans of Boston’s largest law firms, the firm exemplifies the same entrepreneurial spirit that guides many of its clients. The firm has established a strong network and commitment to the technology, innovation and emerging growth sectors.
- Haven Tyler, vice president program development, Altitude Inc., has twenty years of experience in building successful product innovation programs for clients ranging from fortune 100 companies to regional start ups. In her twenty year career, she has worked across every marketplace, including consumer electronics, medical, and industrial. Her strengths lie in developing a deep understanding of her clients’ business needs, and compiling appropriate teams for her clients that address their specific challenges. Haven is currently the VP of Program Development at Altitude, an innovation firm based in Somerville. She has held similar positions at IDEO, Design Continuum, and Fitch RS.
- Jim Bourdon, founder, president and CEO of Accounting Management Solutions, Inc. (Waltham, MA) will be available to talk to Mass Innovation Nights guests about founding their own companies and any finance issues they may have. Bourdon founded AMS in 1998 to provide public, private, emerging and non-profit organizations with part-time and interim access to experienced, knowledgeable finance and accounting professionals.
- Rick Hutton is an expert in strategic business development, tactical sales management and new market/product strategy, in B-B and B-C internet businesses, enterprise software/SaaS businesses. Rick comes to the Experts Corner from MetaCarta, VideoLink, Lycos, (where he produced the Lycos’ first live audio concert webcast featuring the Dave Matthews Band), Eprise Corporation (acquired by Divine), a VC funded start-up software company providing web content management solutions, where he developed and implemented the initial channel sales strategy and InfoCellular, Inc. (acquired by LHS Communications), a start-up software company providing customer acquisition systems to wireless carriers, where he was responsible for the company’s operations and revenue streams. Under his leadership, InfoCellular became the leading provider of sales automation solutions to U.S. wireless carriers with revenue and profit growth for 18 consecutive quarters. Rick also founded two small businesses, in manufacturing and distribution, and holds a BS in Engineering Technology from Wentworth Institute of Technology.
