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Larry Brotzge - Financial Services, Insurance, College market
Larry's business background includes eleven years with Ernst & Young, ten years as Corporate Controller and CFO for two major divisions of Providian Corp (a Fortune 500 financial services company), and five years as a founder of a "corporate venturing project", which resulted in Providian establishing an entirely new business.
Since 1994, Larry has been an independent consultant and an angel investor. He has an ownership position in several small/start-up businesses and consults with a number of other companies. Larry is a general partner and board member of Robin Hood Ventures. |
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Joe Herbst - Manufacturing, Process Controls, IT, Consumer Products
Joe has over 24 years of business experience in various financial capacities. He spent eleven years in commercial lending with CoreStates in Philadelphia which was acquired by Wachovia Bank in 1998. While at CoreStates, he managed a group of middle market lenders and was responsible for large corporate customer relationships. Since 1994 he has served as CFO at a number of early stage technology companies and has experience in manufacturing, software, financial services and consumer products companies. He has been an active angel investor since 2004 and is currently on the board of a consumer products company, on the board of Daily Worth, and is on the board of Robin Hood Ventures.
Joe received his BS in Finance from Penn State University. |
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John Moore - Energy/Environmental, Manufacturing/Process Controls, Medical Devices
John currently consults with start-up companies to develop new business. Previously, at Seton Company, he was the Controller for North, Central, and South America. Seton Company is among the world's largest suppliers of automotive leather. Prior to the Controller position, he was the Special Projects Manager where he did business acquisition and development, product pricing, and the implementation of company-wide strategic initiatives. Prior to working with Seton, John spent eight years developing cardiovascular catheters for B. Braun Medical, Inc. John holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware and an M.B.A. with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from Drexel University. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Audubon Society. |
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Tom Olenzak - Health Care Services, Medical Devices, Financial Services, Information Technology, Energy/Environmental
Mr. Olenzak has twenty years of investment banking, venture capital, financial, and senior management experience in the information technology, health care, life sciences, and environmental industries. He is currently a venture partner focusing on health care information technology investments with Safeguard Scientifics, a Philadelphia-based venture capital firm. He works with high growth companies as a financial advisor, and is currently acting CFO with LifeCare Gateway, a firm providing a healthcare financial planning platform to financial advisors. He was a managing director with a technology-focused investment banking firm, formed and managed a corporate health care venture capital fund for First Consulting Group, and was a Vice President for Corporate Development and Strategic Planning for FCG and for Integrated Systems Consulting Group, a public predecessor to FCG that focused on technology for the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Olenzak began his entrepreneurial career as President, Chairman, and a founder of Cutting Edge Computer Solutions, Inc., a client/server consulting firm. Mr. Olenzak has a BA in economics from Princeton University. |
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Jeff Strider - Professional services, Accounting
Jeff's background includes 14 years in the audit department of Price Waterhouse serving the firm's middle market and entrepreneurial clients. He spent 10 years in the firm's Richmond, Va. office and 4 years in its Philadelphia, Pa. office. In 1992, he joined a small litigation consulting practice and in 1993 helped transition that practice to a stand alone firm. In addition to providing accounting and audit related consulting services in litigated matters and corporate investigations, Jeff served as the firm's Managing Director from 1997 until its sale to FTI Consulting, Inc., a public company, in October 2003. Since April 2006, he has focused on various personal and family investments. Jeff received a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia. |
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Ellen Edelman Weber is the Executive Director of Robin Hood Ventures, responsible for operations and administration.
Ellen is also Managing Director of Antiphony, a strategic consulting firm that helps companies create sustainable value, responsible for the Leadership Development practice. Prior to that, Ellen spent twelve years at Shared Medical Systems where she was responsible for initiatives encompassing organizational development, customer support and corporate communications. She also has served as a senior consultant for Andersen Consulting. Ellen graduated from The Wharton School with a B.S. in economics.
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