Meet the Affiliate Team Members

Deep Network and Experience

Strategy, Business Operations and Finance

The core affiliate team members of Venture Enterprises are comprised of an accomplished set of entrepreneurs, corporate executives and new venture professionals that have reviewed more than 5,000 business opportunities, raised over $5 billion of venture and corporate capital, launched > 200 businesses across many sectors and ultimately led the growth > $10 billion dollars in market value. We bring the experience and learnings of both our successes and failures to help our clients successfully attain their goals. 

Joseph L. Vaillancourt

  • Founder of Venture Enterprises
  • VP Corporate Venturing Waste Management
  • Serial Entrepreneur

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John T. Preston

  • Founder TEM Capital
  • CEO Continuum Energy
  • Frmr Director of Technology Licensing MIT

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Naveed Khan

  • Founder Corporate Venture Consulting
  • President Strategic Venture Association
  • Frmr Head of Siemens Ventures

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Paul Mahoney

  • Founder Value Based Capital
  • Co-Founder of Corporate Venture Capital Group
  • Frmr Managing Director Fleet Capital

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Alvin L. Thomas

  • Founder General Counsel Consulting Solutions
  • SVP, GC Global Geophysical Services, Inc.
  • EVP, GC Synagro Technologies, Inc.

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Dave Barrett

  • Founder, Privatization Capital Group
  • Director, Kendall Capital Partners
  • VP, US Leasing, Capital Equipment Group

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Bill Cooper

  • 20+ Years Investment Banking
  • ABN AMRO, DLJ, Seven Hills, Wedbush Securities
  • M&A and Growth Financing

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Toby Lewis

  • Editor Global Corporate Venturing
  • Board member of the Mawsonia Group
  • Frmr editor at Private Equity News, a subsidiary of Dow Jones

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Dr. Valerie Kijewski

  • Professor of Marketing and Strategy
  • New Ventures Consultant
  • Co-Developer of the Innovation Audit

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Patty Burke

  • Founder Accelevate
  • Frmr Consultant at The Bell Mason Group
  • Serial Entreprenuer

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Robert Cleaves

  • Founder Stratex Energy, LLC.
  • President of the Biomass Power Association
  • Serial Entrepreneur 

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Michael R. Webb

  • Chairman  Co-Founder Relevance Logic, Inc.
  • Chairman Founder Michael Moto, LLC.
  • Frmr Chairman, CEO The Knowledge Webb

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Andrew D. Minckler

  • Managing Partner, InsurExcellence
  • Partner, Managing Director, Asia OneService International
  • Serial Entrepreneur

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Steven Murray

  • COO, Direct Energy
  • COO, MXEnergy, Inc.
  • President, CEO Shell Energy Services

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Tom Malone

  • Frmr CEO MicroGreen Polymers, Inc.
  • Founder, President Cargo Technology Corp
  • Founder, Kyndyl Int'l Ltd

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Vincent DeVito

  • Partner, Bowditch & Dewey
  • Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy
  • Senior Counsel, Massachusetts State Senate

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Thomas A. Brown

  • Founder, BD30
  • SVP Eastern Insurance Group (EIG)
  • EVP Sales and Marketing, The Meathouse

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Bruce Mast

  • Founder, President BMA
  • Adjunct Professor
  • Chair at The RiverWoods Board of Trustees

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Richard A. Olliver

  • Founder & CEO Aplethora Energy Services
  • Executive Boards of WADE, GTC, ECC, CII
  • Film Producer and Concert Promoter

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