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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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George Simmons George Simmons has over 20 years of executive experience in Finance and in Operations at both public and private companies growing 30% to 70% per year. He is a member of both Cherrystone Angel Group and Launchpad Venture Group and is a Partner at Derby Management. At Derby Management, George specializes in working with early stage and middle market manufacturing, distribution and service companies providing a variety of services including creating financial plans, managing fundraising campaigns, interim financial management, and interim operations and general management George is an expert in creating and executing on product line profitability scenarios and lectures frequently on turnaround strategies. He has been an officer of numerous venture backed enterprises that were successfully acquired by larger firms. George's broad background in finance, operations, organization, and Mergers and Acquisitions planning has allowed him to assist entrepreneurs and senior executives solve the most difficult business problems in a wide variety of industries. Prior to joining Derby Management, George's experience included positions as CFO of Zoom Telephonics when they grew profitably from $12M to $65M in three years. George also served as the CFO of Digital Products during its growth years as it became a market leader in network printing. George has additionally managed a number of successful turnarounds as President of several private manufacturing companies in New England.
Board of Advisor meetings are facilitated through the generous support and contribution of the following TCN Sponsors:
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