Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship: The Center Team

		Colin C. Blaydon Director, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship Dean Emeritus, Tuck School of Business William and Josephine Buchanan Professor of Management, Tuck School of Business

Colin Blaydon's current research topics include private equity best practices, securities and deal structure, venture capital valuation, and the strategies and governance of firms providing or receiving private equity financing. Colin is a member of the advisory boards of Merrill Lynch Private Equity, .406 Ventures, Borealis Ventures, The Council for Excellence in Government, and The Journal of Private Equity Finance. He obtained his BEE from the University of Virginia and received his AM and PhD in applied mathematics from Harvard University. Faculty Profile » Email: pecenter@tuck.dartmouth.edu

Fred Wainwright
Executive Director, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship
Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business

Fred Wainwright teaches MBA and executive education courses on private equity, finance, and entrepreneurship. Fred has authored and co-authored numerous reports, cases, articles, and a book on various financial and strategy topics. He has over 15 years of experience in financial services and entrepreneurial management. Fred is an investor and board member in growth companies and is Executive Director of the North Country Angels and the Granite State Angels. Fred is Managing Director of the North Star Investment Club and serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Ventures, the Investment Advisory Board of Ledyard Financial Advisors, the Board of Advisors for North Atlantic Capital, and the Board of Directors for Broadcast Pix.

He obtained his BA in Economics and BS in Engineering from Stanford University and received his MBA from the Tuck School of Business.

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Email: fred.wainwright@tuck.dartmouth.edu

		Howard Anderson Fellow, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship Senior Lecturer, Tuck School of Business

Howard Anderson founded The Yankee Group, a technology research and consulting firm, where he served as president and CEO from 1970 until 2000. Additionally, Howard was a co-founder of Battery Ventures, a Boston-based private equity firm specializing in technology companies. He has served as a managing partner and a special limited partner since the company's inception. Howard was selected by Network World as one of the 25 most important people in communications. He is also a frequent columnist for Network World, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and Computerworld. Howard is the William Porter Distinguished Lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a visiting professor at Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. He obtained his BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and received his MBA from Harvard University. Faculty Profile » Email: howard.anderson@tuck.dartmouth.edu

Peter Goodson
Fellow, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship
Former Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.

Now devoting his primary efforts to philanthropic causes, Peter was formerly one of six partners at the firm of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private equity firm that purchases and manages large industrial companies. The firm's investment record produced a compound annual return in excess of 50 percent over its 13-year history prior to Mr. Goodson's departure. The firm's strategy is to buy under-performing businesses and significantly enhance their operating performance. For the past four decades, Peter has also advised corporate leaders on a range of complex strategic, financial, and business performance issues. Peter also serves as an advising partner in Dubilier & Company, a private equity firm, applying the strategy of Clayton & Dubilier to smaller enterprises. He has taught advanced courses and workshops at Columbia Business School and The Stern School of Business. In addition, Peter is widely quoted and is frequently a guest speaker at universities and business forums throughout the world, including Harvard, Stanford, INSEAD, Tuck, and Kellogg business schools.

He obtained his BA from Stanford University and he completed the Harvard Business School program for financial executives.

Email: pecenter@tuck.dartmouth.edu

Richard L. Green
Fellow, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship
Co-founder and Managing Director, Granite State Angels

Dick Green is co-founder and managing director of Granite State Angels, a regional investment group based in Hanover, New Hampshire. Dick is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Jetboil, Inc., a New Hampshire company producing innovative products for the outdoor recreation market. Dick is also a director of SB Electronics, a Vermont company producing electronic components for high-energy pulse applications. Dick is a director of Dategrity Corporation., a Seattle-based producer of security systems for privacy protection, and is co-founder of Dategrity's VoteHere division, which specializes in cryptographic systems for electronic and online voting. He served as chairman of VoteHere from 1998-2001. Dick is a co-founder of the Grafton County Economic Development Council, and was President from 1999-2004. Dick is a co-founder of the Dartmouth Regional Technology Center business incubator. Dick has served as a member of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center assembly of overseers since 1997.

Dick obtained his BA from Dartmouth College where he was awarded the John G. Kemeny Prize in Computing in 1976.

Email: pecenter@tuck.dartmouth.edu

		Michael T.K. Horvath Fellow, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship Research Scholar and Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business

Michael Horvath is a consulting entrepreneur and economist. In this capacity, he engages in strategic and operational consulting to emerging life sciences and information technology companies and provides economic consulting and litigation support to law firms, corporations, and government agencies. From 2001-2005, Michael was the chief financial officer and VP of operations of GlycoFi, Inc. At GlycoFi, he oversaw the financial and operational aspects of a growing biotech startup, and helped to shape the strategic vision of the company from inception. Prior to joining GlycoFi, Michael co-founded Kana Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: KANA), a leading provider of web-architected enterprise relationship management solutions. He served as Kana's CFO and VP of operations, member of the board of directors, and special consultant to the company. In 1989 Michael co-founded the Economics Resource Group, an economic consulting firm providing litigation support and economic consulting, which was acquired by Lexecon in 1999. Michael has held faculty positions in economics and business administration at Stanford University and the Tuck School. His research on the economics of venture capital, entrepreneurship, and economic growth has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and the Financial Times. He obtained his AB from Harvard University and received his PhD from Northwestern University. Faculty Profile » Email: michael.t.horvath@tuck.dartmouth.edu

Jonathan Masland
Career Development Fellow
Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship
Senior Associate Director, Career Development Office, Tuck School

Jonathan Masland is the External Team Leader for the Career Development Office leading international recruiting initiatives, overseeing recruiting development efforts, and spearheading alumni support strategy. In addition, Jonathan focuses on the financial services including private equity and real estate industries in addition to entrepreneurial career paths. His professional career includes corporate finance and investment banking roles with Coopers & Lybrand, Alex. Brown & Sons, Robertson Stephens and Townsend Frew in addition to entrepreneurial endeavors with Strategic Capital Resources, Revbox and The Endeavor Initiative in Uruguay.

He received his BA from Harvard University where he was co-captain of the National Championship squash team and received his MBA and MA from the Wharton/Lauder Institute dual-degree program.

Email: jonathan.masland@tuck.dartmouth.edu

		Charles E. Hutchinson Fellow, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship Former Director, President, and CEO, GlycoFi

Hutch recently served as director, president and chief executive officer of GlycoFi since co-founding the company in the spring of 2000. Previous to GlycoFi, Hutch served as Dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. Hutch was a co-founder of Medical Media Systems, Inc., and Dilon Technologies. He obtained his BSEE from the Illinois Institute of Technology, an MSEE from Stanford, and he received his PhD from Stanford. Email: chutchinson@glycofi.com

		Philip J. Ferneau Fellow, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business

Phil Ferneau's current research topics include venture capital organizational design, investment strategy, deal structuring, and knowledge and performance management. Ferneau is a co-founder and managing director of Borealis Ventures, a Hanover-based venture capital limited partnership that invests in early stage, high-growth businesses in Northern New England and the greater Dartmouth community. Phil formerly served as the founding executive director of the Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship He obtained his AB from Dartmouth College, a JD from the University of Virginia, and received his MBA from the Tuck School of Business. Faculty Profile » Email: philip.j.ferneau@tuck.dartmouth.edu

Gregg Fairbrothers
Fellow, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship
Adjunct Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business

Gregg Fairbrothers serves as the founding director of the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network and is an adjunct professor of business administration at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. Prior to returning to Dartmouth in 1999, he served in a variety of management and executive positions in the oil and gas industry over 22 years, managing and founding exploration and production companies on three continents.

He obtained his BA from Dartmouth College, he received his MS degree from Rutgers University, and his MBA from the University of Tulsa.
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Email: gregg.fairbrothers@dartmouth.edu

Evy Huppert
Academic Coordinator

Email: evy.huppert@tuck.dartmouth.edu

Paula Tilson
Program Administrator

Email: paula.tilson@tuck.dartmouth.edu

David Bennett
Program Administrator

David coordinates workshops and events for the center. He also maintains and produces the Center's print and website marketing materials. David comes to the Center with over ten years of experience in the coordination, production and process support in the printing industry.

David holds a BS degree from Castleton State College in Vermont and a MBA degree from Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire.

Email: david.bennett@tuck.dartmouth.edu

Mikisha Nation D'00
Reasearch Assistant

Email: mikisha.nation@tuck.dartmouth.edu

MBA Fellows

Each academic year, the Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship selects Tuck MBA students who demonstrate interest and achievement in the fields of private equity and entrepreneurship to serve as MBA fellows.

The fellows participate in the center's numerous research projects and have the opportunity to meet and host visiting executives while they are on campus. The research projects include industry surveys, in-depth studies of current academic topics, informational interviews of practitioners and co-authoring of cases and reports for use in classes, conferences, and in the media. The center visitors and guest lecturers include institutional investors, venture capitalists, buyout investors, corporate venturers, angel investors, entrepreneurs, attorneys and accountants.

The fellows focusing on research are: Joshua Gould T'09, Christopher Harris T'09, Roseann Kraemer T'09, Melinda Mraz T'09, Lucas Nelson T'09, Michael Parker T'09, Emily Ratcliff T'09, Daniel Rowe T'09, Charles Smith T'09, and Bart Van Nuffel T'09.

The fellows who host visiting executives are: Naintara Agarwal T'09, Thomas Dougherty T'09, Daniel Katz T'09, Denny Kim T'09, Desmond Nation T'09, Pace Ralli T'09, Paul Schned T'09, Andrew Simmons T'09, and Kristen Wermuth T'09.