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Board of Advisors
The TCN Advisory Board is comprised of key members of New England’s entrepreneurial, investor, academic, political and service communities and provides critical thought leadership and feedback to the TCN Board of Directors and the TCN Program Line Managers. As part of the TCN Community, the Advisory Board uses its passion about the value of entrepreneurship to help foster the growth of New England's broader innovation economy.
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Dan Ross With more than 25 years experience as an operational executive building and leading some of the most successful software and services start-ups in New England, Ross brings exceptional management expertise to this emerging marketplace. Combined with Illume Software’s core strength in developing solutions for mobile safety, Ross’s track record of creating category winners has helped position the company as a market leader in the prevention of distracted driving. Prior to joining Illume Software, Ross was managing partner of Maxis Capital in Boston, a global private equity firm. Ross was also a member of CommonAngels, an organization of successful entrepreneurs in the software, information technology and internet business communities. Over the past decade as CEO, Ross led the turnaround of middle-market software and services companies including Optiant, Manna and DarwinSuzsoft (now Dextrys), which became one of the top three U.S.based Chinese offshore IT services companies. As senior executive at OpenMarket, Ross played a major role in building the company to become the global market leader in e-commerce and taking it public for the most successful IPO on NASDAQ during 1996. Ross was also an Entrepreneur in Residence at GrandBanks Capital. Previously, Ross led the financial and operational turnaround of Picturetel, where he doubled profitable revenues to $500 million in less than two years. In his 16 years at Digital Equipment Corporation, Ross held various senior management positions building several units to over $2 billion in profitable revenue. He brings to Illume Software significant start-up experience in the software and services industry and a career history of growing businesses, raising $130 million across six companies. Dan is also active with inner city high school entrepreneurial programs at the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, where he is a past board member, and serves as an adviser to the MATCH school in Boston. Dan is an Advisory Board member to the Capital Network, providing education and resources to new entrepreneurs. Ross has consulted at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and has lectured at MIT Sloan School and Babson College on Entrepreneurship, speaking on the topic of how to make money while serving the greater good. He has also been a featured speaker and panelist at a number of government-sponsored events on Capitol Hill regarding distracted driving. Dan graduated from a 13 month Executive program at INSEAD. He has a BS in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Board of Advisor meetings are facilitated through the generous support and contribution of the following TCN Sponsors:
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