Founded in 2007, The Friends of Newton Tennis represents the interests of tennis players with City of Newton officials, organizes tennis-related events that strengthens the Newton tennis community and augment City resources, andpromotes tennis as a lifelong sport among Newton residents.

Rolling Thunder Ventures is a startup studio and fund redefining human potential. At Rolling Thunder Ventures we partner with dreamers who are passionate about design to launch modern products and build sustainable brands. Our team loves spending time backing and creating startups in CPG, SaaS, Travel and beyond.

We craft minimalist, durable and sustainable ceramics for top-tier restaurants and breweries. Our clients include a boutique hotel in metro NYC, an awarding winning gourmet South American restaurant in metro Boston area and a wine bar in metro Boston.

Prior to its acquisition by Aventri, Loopd was a super-angel funded wearables startup that invented and patented a two-way social beacon that replaced business cards. Its initial application was at conferences and other events, where networking and influencing are mission-critical for participants. The award-winning Loopd Badge was complimented with a beautiful social app and a cloud-based analytics engine. Read about the Loopd journey in Amazon's 2019 business bestseller Takeaways: Secret Truths from Leading a Startup.

Based in Boston, MassChallenge is the largest startup accelerator and competition in the world and the first to support high-impact, early-stage entrepreneurs with no strings attached. Mentored the following start-ups: 2012 - Little Bonsai (bathroom product design firm)2012 - Modalyst (designer-boutique exchange acquired by Wix) 2012 - Ministry of Supply (performance professional clothing for the workday and MassChallenge winner);2013 - 99degreesCustom (impact apparel contract manufacturer and MassChallenge winner);2014 - Rosie (an independent grocery e-commerce and analytics developer)2014 - Beat Farm (a personalized DJ music app developer)2014 - RetailSight (a retail store-level analytics company)

Launchpad Venture Group is New England's largest angel investment group. The group provides funding to early-stage companies. It looks for innovative, technology-driven startup companies that address a significant market opportunity where our investment can make a difference. It introduces entrepreneurs to potential investors through business plan presentations at monthly meetings.

Provided one-on-one advising to entrepreneurial enterprises and their founders about idea origination, definition and development; product development and execution; intellectual property; and sales and marketing. Specialize in software and hardware companies in vertical markets, including retail, e-commerce, hospitality, consumer products, and advertising and marketing. Have advised successful enterprise software, point solutions, supply-chain/logistics software and data analytics companies in North America, Europe and Asia. Articles: You, Me and We Commerce (Chain Store Age, 2013)Lectures: Brown University (2014), MassChallenge 2012 and Brandeis University (2010)

Underwritten by IBM, RetailMatters blog explored and debated the influences that enable a healthy, productive and profitable extended retail industry in the next Millennium. This visionary blog built dialogue about the future evolution of retailers, consumerism and the retail value chain. The blog represented the first commercial public blog launched by IBM and written by a respected third-party expert.

VC-backed IntelliVid developed pattern-recognition software that boosted effectiveness of retail store digital video surveillance systems. IntelliVid's systems, conceived at MIT AI Lab, work inside the rapidly growing and increasingly cumbersome CCTV infrastructure, making systems simpler and smarter while enhancing the effectiveness of security and loss prevention personnel and increasing bottom-line returns. Intellivid was acquired by Bermuda-based Tyco International in 2008.

VC-backed Algonomy (formerly Manthan Systems) has become a leading developer of business analytics for retail, supermarket and CPG organizations worldwide. Founded in 2004, Manthan’s BI products enable retailers to analyze and direct profitability by improving decision-making process and practices. Its products analyze customer interactions, vendor behavior and store operations, among other retail practices. Its financial backers include Fidelity Investments, IDG Ventures India and Norwest Venture Partners.

Started Retail Systems Alert Group company in 1988 with the launch of a technology research service called Retail Systems Alert® and created Retail Systems® trade show in 1992. Grew Retail Systems trade show into the world's largest IT event for retail, consumer products and ecommerce companies, with more than 10,000 attendees and 500 exhibitors and sponsors. Based on the success of the Retail Systems event in the US, created similar events in Europe and Asia. In 2004, sold shows and other services to major private equity group.Industry honors include: Top 20 Fastest Growing Shows (Trade Show Week, 1997-1999); Top 10 Most Important Executives in Retail Industry by Chain Store Age (2000); Top 25 Most Influential People in Retail by RIS News (2002); Top 50 Most Influential People in Retail IT by Executive Technology (2003). Authored more than 100 books, journal and magazine articles, and special reports on retail technology, e-commerce, data management, and supply chain. Lectured at major industry events organized by Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, IBM, Infosys and SAS Institute, and served as a strategic consultant to major retailers including Wal-mart, Sears, Amazon.com, Home Depot, Staples, Target Stores, The Gap and Nordstrom.

InfoCent Corp. was one of the first product search-engine and Cloud providers in the world. It offered 1) a searchable list of the early e-commerce sites through its site, Retail Info Central, and 2) a US-based "mirror" Cloud service for international e-commerce sites. In 1995, Retail Info Central was voted top ecommerce site by PC Week (now known as eWeek) and was acknowledged as one of the most innovative sites by CIO magazine, Computerworld and ComputerWeekly. InfoCent was merged with Retail Systems Alert Group in 1999.

Worked with team of computer scientists, architects and civil engineers to develop and execute a plan to build a leading PC computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) software company. Clients included Army Corp of Engineers, Bechtel and Digital Equipment Corp.

A/E Systems Report, the leading monthly technical publication about computer-aided design and automation for architects, civil engineers and structural engineers. Analyzed innovative end-user case studies involving a wide range of applications and projects. Co-authored the popular industry textbook 101 Uses for A/E CADD.

Developed publications and news releases for national audience to promote engineering and scientific achievement by university faculty. Specialities included computer science, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering and electrical engineering. Two-time winner of Council for Support and Advancement of Education (CASE) award for research publications.

Served as a general assignment/investigative reporter specializing science and education stories at Capital District area institutions, (SUNY-Albany, New York State Health Dept. Laboratories, GE Research and Development Laboratories, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and IBM Research Laboratories). Wrote first major story about early detection of AIDS among inmates in New York State Prison System. Received New York State Associated Press Annual Award for General Assignment Reporting and National Recognition Awards from Hearst Corp.