Michael Weingarten Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Advisor for new venture fund/ecosystem in process of formation, with offices in New York and Cairo and planned facilities in Dubai and Riyadh. Fund focus will be on early stage through SME (small and medium enterprise) high tech equity and debt investments in MENA countries (Middle East/North Africa). Substantial company support to be provided by Modus Operations.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Adjunct for SBS300 career development course that helps junior-year business school undergraduates develop their personal brands; deconstruct job postings to map employer needs against their skillsets; write effective and professional resumes and cover letters; and become better networkers.

Boston, Ma

High tech venture fund with total capital invested of approximately $100M.• Signal Lake initially was formed as an early stage fund, whose initial business model involved selecting pre-revenue business teams with highly differentiated technologies that had the potential to become the basis for multi-billion dollar businesses. • This atypical approach was described in a co-authored IEEE Spectrum article How Venture Capital Thwarts Innovation (April 2005), which highlighted out… Show more High tech venture fund with total capital invested of approximately $100M.• Signal Lake initially was formed as an early stage fund, whose initial business model involved selecting pre-revenue business teams with highly differentiated technologies that had the potential to become the basis for multi-billion dollar businesses. • This atypical approach was described in a co-authored IEEE Spectrum article How Venture Capital Thwarts Innovation (April 2005), which highlighted out that many VC funded startups suffer from a dearth of original ideas, and are doomed to fail. See http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/how-venture-capital-thwarts-innovation• SL assisted in the spin off of InPhase Technologies from Bell Labs. InPhase was the first company to develop working storage systems using holographic technology, which has sufficient density to become a dominant archival storage medium for high value content. The company succeeded in generating a high level of interest by key customers in TV/movie industry as well as the US government surveillance community.• In recent years, SL changed its approach to focus on funding a small number of high-priority companies through all stages of development. SL is currently raising money for a new fund. Show less

Cambridge, Ma

Leading strategy consulting firm. • Provided in-depth technical and regulatory expertise for Monitor teams working on telecom projects.• Worked with major telecom players on a worldwide basis, including: the US, France, Israel, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Korea and China, for companies including: AT&T (many projects; on a continual basis), Korea Telecom, Bezeq (Israel), France Telecom, and Siemens.• Co-authored a series of articles in leading telecom journals (downloadable… Show more Leading strategy consulting firm. • Provided in-depth technical and regulatory expertise for Monitor teams working on telecom projects.• Worked with major telecom players on a worldwide basis, including: the US, France, Israel, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Korea and China, for companies including: AT&T (many projects; on a continual basis), Korea Telecom, Bezeq (Israel), France Telecom, and Siemens.• Co-authored a series of articles in leading telecom journals (downloadable at www.signallake.com), becoming a leading commentator on key trends and industry economics. Show less

Cambridge, Ma

Boutique consulting firm at the intersection of law/business• Appointed as US Bankruptcy Court Trustee and Examiner for numerous cases in the First US Circuit (New England). • As Trustee, served as fiduciary owner and operating CEO of companies in Chapter 11, in situations where the Court decided that the existing debtor needed to be removed from possession of the company. Ran company’s operations; developed and implemented a restructuring plan for returning the company to… Show more Boutique consulting firm at the intersection of law/business• Appointed as US Bankruptcy Court Trustee and Examiner for numerous cases in the First US Circuit (New England). • As Trustee, served as fiduciary owner and operating CEO of companies in Chapter 11, in situations where the Court decided that the existing debtor needed to be removed from possession of the company. Ran company’s operations; developed and implemented a restructuring plan for returning the company to positive cashflow; worked intensively with counsel and the various creditor groups in the bankruptcy process to develop a confirmable plan to exit Chapter 11• One leading case was Erin Foods, a Burger King franchise that owned all of the BKs in New Hampshire and contiguous Massaschusetts. By shedding unnecessary corporate overheads and focusing on the core fast food business, returned the company to profitability within 60 days. Sold the assets at auction to the Burger King parent for a high multiple of cashflow versus industry norms. Investigated pension fund fraud by the owner, resulting in a criminal indictment.• A second case was Cumberland Coins, which sold U.S. silver dollars to customers at highly inflated valuations. Engaged numismatic experts who demonstrated that the silver dollars were only worth single-digit percentages of their selling price, and that customers were being defrauded. Resulted in a criminal indictment of the owner.• As Examiner, investigated situations where the Court wanted an independent opinion. In Rhode Island Jewelers’ Shipping freight forwarding case, determined within 10 days of appointment that the company’s economic problems were largely due to local freight haulers overcharging the forwarder, and that if the rates were dropped to market norms, the forwarder could return to profitability and the haulers would retain their most important customer. Within a month, a deal was agreed to by all parties, with a 100% payoff on the company’s debt. Show less

Boston, Ma

Leading worldwide strategy consulting group. • Worked on a broad range of projects for Fortune 500 sized companies in different industries, including: animal feed, freight forwarding, air compressors, airlines, and commodity chemicals. Led teams of highly skilled consultants, interacting with high-level clients.• Project example; demonstrated to the animal feed division of Ralston Purina that its core hog feed franchise would decline starting in 5 years, due to the inexorable… Show more Leading worldwide strategy consulting group. • Worked on a broad range of projects for Fortune 500 sized companies in different industries, including: animal feed, freight forwarding, air compressors, airlines, and commodity chemicals. Led teams of highly skilled consultants, interacting with high-level clients.• Project example; demonstrated to the animal feed division of Ralston Purina that its core hog feed franchise would decline starting in 5 years, due to the inexorable growth of large hog farms that could backward integrate into animal feed production. As a result, Ralston sold the business at the peak of the market. Show less

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Strategy And Marketing

Graduated with Distinction (top 10% of class)

Master Of Arts (Ma), History

Master's Thesis won a Columbia University publication award for one of the best master's theses at Columbia for the 1971-1972 academic year

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History