Background and Experience
I am Managing Director of New England Equity Group, LLC. We provide strategic private equity investing for companies utilizing chemical engineering technology. Previously, I founded and managed several successful ventures, including a manufacturer of ultrasonically fused composites for the medical, automotive, military, marine, and consumer markets. Prior to that I worked for several multinational corporations, including W.R. Grace, Thermo Electron and Yankee Chemical. I serve on the Tufts University Chemical and Biological Engineering Departmental Advisory Board. In addition to my activities with the AIChE and Tufts, I am involved in the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge and the Association for Corporate Growth.
Capabilities
Integrated Product & Market Development, Strategic Planning, New Enterprise Development, and Operations Management.
AIChE Experience
Link after each bullet goes to a relevant CEP article
- Chair (2004-05) - AIChE Boston Section (The Ichthyologists) | CEP article # 1 | CEP article #2
- Co-founder and Chair (2005-07) - AIChE-Boston Executive Forum | CEP article
- Initiated coalition of 12 Chemical Engineering Department Chairs and 13 industrial executives (2005) | CEP article
- Keynote speaker on Visioning and Team Building - 2007 AIChE Leadership Development Conference | CEP article
- Member - 2007 AIChE Strategy Study work group.
Awards
- Distinguished Service Award, 2005 - Tufts University ChBE Department
- AIChE Gary Leach Award (Team Leader for 11 Boston Section Officers), 2006, for “Success in redesigning the Boston Local Section as a model for the 21st Century.
Education
- BS Chemical Engineering, Tufts University
- MBA, Northeastern University
Personal
I live in Harvard, Massachusetts. My interests include golf, tennis, skiing, hiking, organic gardening and nature photography.