2012-13 Babson Entrepreneurs and Executives-in-Residence
Graduate Center for Career Development
Contact: Cheri Paulson, Director
George Lee
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George is a senior executive with demonstrated leadership in assessment and
management of chemical and materials technical initiatives. He is skilled in the creation
of interdisciplinary new product development programs that effectively bring industry
changing technology to market. Dr. Lee managed and directed Research and
Development programs for Dow Chemical Company and for the Chomerics Division of
Parker Hannifin Corporation. He is an effective communicator of technology
development to upper management and customers. Dr. Lee has a BA from Williams
College and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Colorado.
Ron Lemke
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Ron has over 35 years of experience as a marketing and operating executive in consumer
products, packaging and office technology companies. He is currently an Operating
Partner and advisor to a Private Equity firm focused on acquiring middle market
companies, and a working consultant in various industries. Most recently, he was the
CEO of Power Container, Inc., a socially responsible venture funded specialty packaging
start-up. His early experience includes senior level operating and marketing roles with
Fujitsu Limited and Dixie Consumer Brands. Ron serves as an advisor to students
seeking career transition strategies in private equity, start-ups, and consumer and
industrial products marketing and operations. Ron has a BBA in management from the
University of Wisconsin and a MBA from Pace University.
Keith Ryan
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Keith Ryan is the President and Founder of Geneous Advisors, a search firm where he
leads the Biomedical and Healthcare practice. Keith’s professional experience
encompasses several years of direct research coupled with over fifteen years of
recruitment experience in the Life Sciences sector. Prior to founding Geneous, he was
President and VP, Life Sciences at a leading national recruitment firm.
Throughout his career as a search executive, he has developed a deep knowledge of key
industry dynamics, talent acquisition challenges and a consultative recruitment process
that has produced consistent results for his clients.
As a highly respected industry leader, he is regularly sought after to offer perspective and
insight to executives in the venture capital, and academic life sciences sectors. Keith
currently serves on the Board of Directors for The Lurie Center – LADDERS, a Mass
General Hospital based, and interdisciplinary team of physicians that develop and
implement treatments for neurological disorders.
Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership
Contact: Susan Duffy, Executive Director
Roslyn Daum
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Until her retirement from private practice in 2007, Roz was a partner with Choate, Hall &
Steward LLP, a major Boston law firm, where she specialized in the representation of
entrepreneurial companies, venture capital firms, private equity firms and search firms.
Most recently, she has focused her energy on philanthropy and family concerns. She has
served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Women's Business Research, where
she served as the Vice President for Corporate Development. She was a director of
Dancing Deer Baking Company, Inc., and serves on the Board of Advisors of
Communispace Corporation. She was a trustee of the United States Law Firm Group and
founded the Massachusetts Harvard Law School Alumnae Network. Roz served a dozen
years as a Director of the Center for Women and Enterprise, including five years as its
chair, and remains a member of the Emeritus Board of CWE.
Sara Gragnolati
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Sara Gragnolati is a 12-year veteran in the natural products industry (NPI), with an
established expertise in organic, health, sustainability and consumer trends. She launched
Cocomama after she was diagnosed with food allergies and saw a huge opportunity to fill
needs within the fast-growing gluten-free market.
Sara has worked with many of the leading brands in the NPI. She started her career with
two different marketing firms focused on representing organic & green clients. She
oversaw marketing programs, PR campaigns, PR/marketing budget planning, sales
development and packaging, website, and ad design.
In 2006, she co-founded KIWI Magazine, a publication for parents on healthy family
living. In addition to serving as Editorial Director, with core responsibilities in content
development, staff & freelance management, and artistic direction, she was one of two
executives who managed every aspect of the business, including overall budgets, ad
sales, and affiliate marketing programs. Sara was also the spokesperson for KIWI,
making multiple appearances on The Early Show (CBS), and conducting print, radio,
online and event interviews.
Sara graduated magna cum laude from Babson’s MBA program, where she placed first,
with Cocomama, in Babson’s 2010 Graduate Business Plan Competition. She’s also a
Gold Medal Finalist ($50k) in the MassChallenge competition (2011).
Graduate Office of Experiential Learning
Contact: R. Mark Biddle Ph.D., John Rehm Director of Experiential Learning
Jan Porell
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Jan has 25 years of executive experience in high technology, consulting, consumer
products, and financial services. Jan is currently the Vice President of Marketing at
Astrum Software Corporation and recently served as Vice President of Global Market
Expansion at EMC. In her tenure at EMC, Jan developed their professional services
business, including methodology, storage assessment, and storage architecture services.
As an Executive in Residence, Jan leads and advises students participating in the MBA
Management Consulting Field Experience, the Business Consulting Alliance Program,
and the Kauffman Entrepreneur Internship Program. Jan is a member of the Babson
College Center for Women’s Leadership.
Kevin Mulcahy
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Kevin is Vice President and the Director of Fuld & Company’s Global Technology
Practice. He brings over 16 years’ experience in consulting and executive roles across a
broad range of leading technology, telecommunications and financial services companies.
In his current role, Kevin advises leading Fortune 500 technology companies on
corporate and business unit strategy, based on competitive intelligence and market
analysis.
Prior to joining Fuld & Co., Kevin was a successful entrepreneur. He was the CEO and
founder of a global telecom reseller with offices in eight countries and a primary
customer base in the Japanese and South American markets. After leading and operating
the business for four years, Kevin sold the company to a UK-based telecommunications
firm.
Kevin received his undergraduate degree from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, with a
concentration in Management Science and Industrial System Studies. He also holds an
MBA from Boston College with a concentration in Strategy and Operations Management
Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance, Babson College Fund
Contact: Richard A. Spillane, Jr., CFA, Faculty Director, Babson College Fund
Hugh Crowther
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Hugh advises students in the Babson Investment Management Association and the
Babson College Fund. Hugh has over 25 years’ experience with investment processes,
technology and marketing. He has worked on the buy, sell, vendor and academic sides of
the investment business. Hugh began his investment career in 1982 at Value Line, where
he managed and marketed the Institutional Quantitative Equity Research business. From
1987 to 1995 he built and led the Analytical Software and Data Services group at Kidder,
Peabody & Co., which developed and marketed global quantitative equity, fixed income,
and derivative research, management, and trading products and tools. From 1995 to 2001
he developed and managed international portfolio analytics, equity, fixed income, and
derivative research, risk management, global benchmarks, and market data systems for
Fidelity Management & Research. Since 2001, he has been directing quantitative
research, building and managing portfolio analytics and models; creating training and
education; evaluating, acquiring, integrating and managing research and investment
technology for asset management, hedge fund, broker / dealer, financial engineering,
portfolio manufacturing, tax efficient structured equity, custody, and vendor consulting
clients.
Jim Spencer
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James is Chief Investment Officer of Cambridge Bancorp and its subsidiary Cambridge
Trust Company. Cambridge Trust Company is a 113-year-old commercial bank. The
company operates one of New England's leading trust and investment management
operations with nearly $1.5 billion in assets under supervision.
James has twenty-five years of experience in the investment management business. He
began his investment management career in 1979 at Wells Fargo Investment Advisors in
San Francisco. In 1981, he returned to the east coast to become Vice President and
Research Analyst at Kidder Peabody where he covered specialty chemicals. Mr. Spencer
later served as Director and Research Analyst in specialty chemicals at Schroder
Wertheim and Company in Boston. Prior to joining Cambridge Trust Company, he was
Chief Equity Officer for Atlantic Trust Company, formerly Pell Rudman Trust Company,
and in 2001, he was the company's Chief Operating Officer. Institutional Investor
Magazine named Mr. Spencer a member of its All American Research Team for eight
years.
In addition to his professional responsibilities and accomplishments, James is a youth
soccer coach and club president in Wellesley, and he is a former trustee of the Dana Hall
School.
Warren Johnson
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In his role as Executive in Residence, Warren advises students in the Babson College
Fund and the Babson Investment Management Association. Mr. Johnson is the President
and Founder of Johnson Portfolio Group of Boston, investment consultants to institutions
on asset strategy and allocation. Previously, Mr. Johnson was the Director of Investment
Research and Planning for New England Mutual Life Insurance Company and the
President of the Boston Security Analysts Society (BSAS). He is a graduate of Brown
University and received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania.
Charles A. Mangum
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Charles brings an extensive investment background to his involvement in the Babson
College Fund. He was with Fidelity Investments for 19 years and served both as an
analyst and Vice President – Portfolio Manager at Fidelity. In addition to his experience
analyzing companies, picking stocks and constructing portfolios he enjoys teaching and
talking about all aspects of investing. Charles is married, a father of four children, and is
an active investor, golfer, and swimmer.
Richard R. Mace, Jr.
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Richard was with Fidelity Management and Research from 1987- 2009 becoming the
Portfolio Manager and Team Leader of the Fidelity Mega Cap Stock Fund. He was one
of six Fidelity Portfolio managers selected by Fidelity Insight as “the stars of the 1990’s”
for “consistent performance over many years”. Rick led the efforts and successfully
implemented a unique, multidisciplinary approach to both portfolio management and
security analysis that integrated macro, global, quantitative, and technical research. Rick
received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his
undergraduate degree was from the University of Virginia.
Christopher Stix
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Christopher is an equity investor and former sell side analyst. While at Morgan Stanley
he was ranked first by Institutional Investor magazine for coverage of the data
networking industry. He was also highly ranked by The Wall Street Journal, Greenwich
and Reuters. Prior to working at Morgan Stanley, he was head of global communications
equipment research at SG Cowen. Since leaving Morgan Stanley in 2002 he has been
managing a portfolio, primarily focusing on global asset allocation. He is currently and
executive in residence for the Babson College fund and he is assisting several hedge
funds. In the early 1990s, he founded a venture funded credit scoring company that
served the rental housing industry.
Michael Dunn
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Mr. Michael Foster Dunn is the Chief Research Officer at TruColor Capital Management.
He previously served as a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Franklin
Portfolio Associates, LLC. He served as a Portfolio Manager at Standish Mellon Asset
Management Company LLC, which he joined in 1999. Mr. Dunn was also a Portfolio
Manager at The Dreyfus Corporation. Prior to joining the firm, he was responsible for
quantitative research and development and hybrid portfolio management, including
market neutral strategies at Wellington Management in Boston. Mr. Dunn was a Manager
of Media Relations at Mellon Financial Corporation. He previously ran index and active
portfolios and performed quantitative research at the IBM Retirement Fund and prior to
that at Mellon Capital Management. Mr. Dunn is a member of the Chicago Quantitative
Alliance and the Boston Security Analyst Society. He is a C.F.A. charter holder. Mr.
Dunn has earned a B.S. in Mathematics and Linguistics from Yale University.
Pratima Abichandani
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Pratima is an Executive in Residence for the Babson College Fund and an independent
investor in the Greater Boston Area. Prior to this, she worked at Fidelity Investments
from 1994-2011. From 2004-2011 she worked at Crosby Advisors, Fidelity Investments
where she was the Director of Research and member of an equity team that helped
managed the assets of high net worth families and charitable entities. Before moving to
Crosby, Pratima was an analyst and fund manager at Fidelity Management & Research
Co. (FMR) from 1994-2004. Funds she managed at FMR included Fidelity Select
Energy, Fidelity Select Natural Resources, Fidelity Select Industrials and Fidelity Select
Medical delivery. From 1995-2000, Pratima was based in Hong Kong where she
managed the Fidelity India pilot fund, the Fidelity Singapore fund and co-managed the
Fidelity Global Telecom fund. Pratima graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business
School in 1994. She graduated from Rutgers University with a BS in Industrial
Engineering in 1989.
Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Contact: Janet Strimaitis, Managing Director
Daymond John
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Daymond’s creative vision and foresight enabled him to build one of the most iconic
fashion brands in recent years. FUBU, standing for “For Us By Us,” represented a
lifestyle that was neglected by other clothing companies. Realizing this marketplace void,
John created the untapped urban apparel space and laid the groundwork for other
companies to compete in this newly established market.
Daymond has written two books: Display of Power: How FUBU Changed a World of
Fashion, Branding and Lifestyle, which tells the story of his inspiring journey; as well as,
The Brand Within: How We Brand Ourselves, From Birth to the Boardroom, which
discusses the loyal relationships companies seek to establish with the public by attaching
celebrities to their brands.
In recognition of his contributions to fashion and the face of American business,
Daymond John has been celebrated with some of the most prestigious awards:
Brandweek Marketer of the Year, the Advertising Age Marketing 1000 Award for
Outstanding Ad Campaign, Crain's Business of New York Forty Under Forty Award, and
Ernst & Young’s New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award to name a few.
Over the last twenty years Daymond John has evolved from one of the most successful
fashion icons of his generation to one of the most sought after branding experts as well as
business and motivational speakers in the country.
Sharon Kan
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Sharon Kan is an entrepreneur and a seasoned operational executive. Sharon was a cofounder of Tikatok.com, which was acquired by B&N in 2009. Tikatok was the fourth
startup company that Sharon built from its foundation with a group from MIT University.
Before Sharon co-founded Tikatok she was CEO of Zoomix, a data management solution
provider that was acquired by Microsoft in 2008. Prior, Sharon was President North
America of c-Ark, a product lifecycle management company. c-Ark was acquired by SSA
(now Infor). Prior to c-Ark, Ms. Kan spent 5 years with Demantra Inc., a leading global
provider of supply chain management and established its activity in NA. Demantra was
acquired by Oracle in 2006.
Sharon is currently Entrepreneur in Residence at Babson College; a mentor at The MIT
Venture Mentoring Service, formed to support entrepreneurial activity throughout MIT
University.; and a member of the Advisory Board of Entrepreneurship at Simmons
College School of Management. She has been a speaker at conferences and educational
institutions on the subjects of entrepreneurship, innovation, core values and leadership.
Sharon holds an Executive MBA from the University of Bradford in the UK, a BA degree
in Business from the College of Management in Israel, and is a graduate of the French
Culture program of the Sorbonne University in Paris, France.
Kirtland Poss
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Prior to becoming a co-founder of BioAnalytix LLC in 2012, Kirtland Poss co-founded
VisEn Medical in June of 2000 and ran the company as President and CEO from its early
technology platform formation through product development, worldwide
commercialization, clinical program partnerships and M&A with PerkinElmer in 2010. In
his role with VisEn, Mr. Poss led the development, launch and commercialization of
several molecular imaging system and agent product lines, and focused the company on
emerging market opportunities in the life science and clinical diagnostic marketplaces.
He also established and led several of VisEn’s strategic corporate development
partnerships, including multi-million dollar, multi-year programs with leading medical
system companies, pharmaceutical companies, and clinical research centers. Before
VisEn Mr. Poss worked in healthcare business strategy consulting for Kendall Strategies
in Cambridge, MA, and prior to that worked in scientific research at the Center for
Molecular Imaging Research at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical
School. Mr. Poss attended the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College
from 1999-2000 (before leaving to found VisEn), and he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree
from University of Connecticut. He is also co-author on several scientific publications
and multiple patents, all in the field of molecular imaging and biomarker-based clinical
diagnostics.
The Lewis Institute
Contact: Cheryl Kiser, Executive Director
Mark Donohue
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Mark is the founder of Cleantech venture capital firm Expansion Capital Partners, has been
appointed "clean Technology Entrepreneur-in-Residence" at Babson College, the first such
position in the history of the school's prestigious business program. Donohue will help design and
teach Babson's Clean Technology, sustainability and social entrepreneurship programs.
He has been a serial entrepreneur, having founded three successful money management firms,
with the most recent being Expansion Capital Partners. He has specialized in building
entrepreneurial businesses that enhance global sustainability while providing compelling financial
returns. Mr. Donohue earned his B.S. in Investment Management, with honors, from Babson
College in 1988.
Andrew Zimmern
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A James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, writer and teacher, Andrew
Zimmern (andrewzimmern.com) is widely regarded as one of the most versatile and
knowledgeable personalities in the culinary world. The creator, executive producer and
host of Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Andrew Zimmern's
Bizarre World and the new Bizarre Foods America, Andrew explores cultures in more
than 63 countries as he shines the spotlight on impactful ways to think about, create and
live with food. Bizarre Foods kicks off its sixth season in July 2012.
Accomplished both on and off the air, Zimmern has won the prestigious James Beard Award for
"Outstanding Food Personality," as well as an Effie for his MSN.com Web series Toyota's
Appetite for Life (www.appetiteforlife.msn.com). In its third season, this series takes viewers on
road trips across the country following Andrew as he conducts the Boston Pops, races for
NASCAR, and raises money for charity, all while looking for one good meal. In 1997, Andrew
founded the Minneapolis-based, multi-media production company, Food Works, a full-service
operation that develops and manages content, as well as oversees production and distribution for
all of Andrew’s media endeavors. Andrew and Food Works are Executive Producers on Bizarre
Foods America on Travel Channel, Appetite For Life on MSN and his latest launches: a weekly
podcast titled Go Fork Yourself with Andrew Zimmern and Molly Mogren and Delta Dish, the
team’s latest webisode offering for Delta Airlines.
An award-winning columnist at Minneapolis-Saint Paul Magazine, Zimmern is also a
contributing editor at Food & Wine magazine and senior editor at Delta’s Sky magazine. His
experiences tasting iconic dishes from every hemisphere has inspired his latest book designed for
young adults, Andrew Zimmern's Field Guide to Exceptionally Weird, Wild, Wonderful Foods:
An Intrepid Eater's Digest (Feiwel & Friends, October 30, 2012), a pop culture-influenced look
at funny, fantastic-and yes, occasionally bizarre-ingredients.
Babson College
Contact: Shahid Ansari, Provost
Mary Mazzio Film-Maker in Residence
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Mary is an award-winning director, Olympian, and former law firm partner, is Founder and CEO
of 50 Eggs, LLC, an independent film production company. Mary wrote, directed and produced
highly-acclaimed award-winning films, A Hero for Daisy, Lemonade Stories, Apple Pie and We
are BlackRock, and TEN9EIGHT. She has just finished work on an exciting new film about
entrepreneurs The Apple Pushers that she wrote and directed. Narrated by Edward Norton, and
underwritten by the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, the film follows immigrant street vendors
who are rolling fresh fruits and vegetables into the inner cities of New York (where finding a
fresh red ripe apple can be a serious challenge). These pushcart vendors, who have immigrated
here from all parts of the world for different reasons, and who all have sacrificed so much to
come to this country (a near fatal crossing of the Mexican border, as an example) – are now part
of a new experiment in New York to help solve the food crisis and skyrocketing obesity rates in
the inner city.
In 2010 her film TEN9EIGHT was theatrically released in a first-of-its-kind partnership with
AMC Theatres (in New York, LA, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami and Kansas
City), and broadcast on BET/Viacom in 2010, coinciding with the release of a companion book to
the film from Scholastic and a screening at the White House Summit hosted by the US
Department of Education and the e Library of Congress. New York Times Columnist, Tom
Friedman, said this about the film: “Obama should arrange for this movie to be shown in every
classroom in America. It is the most inspirational, heartwarming film you will ever see.”
Mary, an Olympic athlete (1992-Rowing), is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and
Georgetown Law School. A recipient of several awards including the Women's Sports
Foundation Journalism Award, a Gracie Award, a Myra Sadker Gender Equity
Curriculum Award, a Henry Luce Foundation Fellowship (to Korea); the Mary Lyon
Award (from Mount Holyoke College); and a Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellowship (to
France), Mary, formerly a partner with the law firm of Brown Rudnick in Boston, MA,
has served on a number of Boards of Directors including Shackleton Schools (which
serve high school students in danger of failing in traditional high schools); Sojourner
House (a homeless shelter); The Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, The Head
of the Charles Regatta, The National Rowing Foundation, and World T.E.A.M Sports
(supporting disabled athletes). She has also served as a judge for the Sports Emmys. The
Schlesinger Library at Harvard University has requested all of Mazzio’s papers for its
collection.
Also working with Mary at 50 Eggs is Mary Pat Wixted, Kimberly Gentile, and Brianna
LeRose.