Marc C. Bergschneider, Managing Member, co-founder Starboard Capital
Partners, LLC
marcb@starboardcapital.net
Mr. Bergschneider is a Managing Member and co-founder of Starboard
Capital Partners. Marc currently serves as a Director of JPC Holdings,
LLC, chairs the Board of Managers of CV Properties, LLC and is observing
director of Apothecare, LLC. Marc was a past Chairman of WHI Solutions,
Inc. and Vice Chairman of Jan-Pro Holdings, LLC. Prior to co-founding
Starboard, Marc was Chairman and CEO of National Fairways, LLC. Earlier
in his career, Marc was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham, Lehman
Brothers, and Kidder Peabody. Marc graduated with a BA from Brown
University and has an MBA from The University of Chicago. He is a
steward for the Brown University Crew, and a past Director for both the
Brown University Sports Foundation and the National Rowing Foundation.
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William M. Aron - Consumer Products and Services
waron@arongroup.com
Bill Aron has been building, managing and funding middle market
businesses for most of his professional career, most recently as founder
of Paisley Holdings LLC., formed to invest in, acquire or manage assets
in the consumer products industry. Currently, he is involved in the
re-launch of Ellesse USA, the iconic sports apparel brand, and a lead
investor and director of Health to Happiness Inc., maker of The Swedish
Diet. Bill has been an advisor to several emerging brand businesses
including: Rooster Neckwear, Seda France Candles, Veronica Brett
Swimwear, XMI Accessories, Edelman Leather, and Lillian August Home
Furnishings. Prior to forming Paisley Holdings, Bill was Chairman and
CEO of The Aron Group, a New York-based apparel manufacturer where he
fueled the Company's growth through a combination of tactical
acquisitions, entrance into new markets, and a deep understanding of the
design, sourcing, and manufacturing processes. Bill received his A.B.
from Princeton University and an MBA from Cornell University's Johnson
School of Management. He serves on several profit and non-for profit
boards. He is currently Board President of the Stamford Museum & Nature
Center.
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Dean E. Fenton, Managing Member, Chairman, Advisory Board, co-founder
Starboard Capital Partners, LLC
Dean E. Fenton is a Managing Member and co-founder of Starboard Capital
Partners. Dean currently serves on the Board of Managers of CV
Properties, LLC. Prior to co-founding Starboard, Dean was a founding
partner of Prime Capital Management. Prior to that, he was a General
Partner at Sprout Capital Group Ventures. Dean was the lead Project
Manager and a member of the Board of Director for numerous Prime Capital
and Sprout Capital portfolio companies. Dean began his career as an
investment professional at three Boston based financial institutions
including Boston Capital. Dean has a BA from Harvard College and a MBA
from Columbia University. While attending Harvard and Columbia, he was a
Flyer for eight years in the United States Air Force.
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Operating Partners
Edgardo Mercadante – Operating Partner
edm@starboardcapital.net
Ed has led MedOptions as CEO since November 2012 and is also
President/Founder of Dante Capital Management which focuses on
consulting operations for healthcare turn-arounds. He previously led the
early growth of NuScriptRX and was CEO for Partners Pharmacy (the 3rd
largest LTC pharmacy in the US). Previously Ed was the CEO and
Co-Founder of APP, a pharmacy benefit management company, and COO for
the Arrow Pharmacy & Nutrition Center Franchise System. Additionally, Ed
has deep experience in Wellness and Nutritional Healthcare having been
the key idea driver for the buyout of General Nutrition Centers (GNC)
from Royal Numico in 2003 by Apollo Global Management, subsequently
serving on the GNC Board of Directors and chairing its audit committee.
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D. Chris Parker - Niche Manufacturing & Automotive
Chris Parker is currently President of the Americas & Executive Director
for the Oetiker Group (Horgen, Switzerland). He has served in this role
since July of 2005. Previously, Chris has held the positions of
President/CEO of WBI, a Florida based chemical and additives business in
the Automotive Aftermarket; VP/General Manager of Autospecialty Inc.
(Aftermarket Brake Parts Division of TRW); and VP/General Manager of
NCCi (Subsidiary of Home Shopping Network). Prior to that, he held
various sales, marketing, and operational roles of advancing
responsibilities.
Chris has 40 years of management experience in general management,
manufacturing, distribution, global sourcing, brand management, sales &
marketing, and finance. Further he has significant M&A and consolidation
experience participating in several successful transactions.
In addition, he currently serves the automotive aftermarket through the
Automotive Sales Council where he was previously a member of the board
of governors, and has previously served as the Chairman of the AWDA
sales & marketing committee, Chairman of the PERA government affairs
committee, and served 6 years in AWDA University as both a faculty
member and advisor, following his graduation from there with his AAP
degree.
Chris’ Board experience includes prior Directorships for Navigator
Communications LLC and WBI; as well as Education On-Line Inc. He was a
past member on the Board of Directors of the Heart for the Arts
Foundation, a charitable organization providing aid to chronically ill
children, and currently is very active in efforts to support the “cure
SMA foundation”. Chris and his wife are also active in efforts to
support the endowment for Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St
Petersburg Florida.
Chris is a graduate of Ohio State University with a degree in Economics.
His Graduate studies were conducted at Xavier University, University of
Memphis, and University of Oxford – where he completed the GKN Sr.
Executive Management program. He and his wife of 40 years, Debi, reside
in St Petersburg, Florida.
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L. Scott Perry - Technology, wireless, broadband services
L. Scott Perry, currently runs a consulting company called Cobblers Hill
Group, which has engaged in a number of strategy development,
operational, marketing, business development and business plan/fund
raising projects for client companies. Recent projects include building
a Sales/Market-entry and competitive positioning plan for a SMB cloud
services startup business, leading the acquisition of a $50M wireless
technology implementation services company, and building a structure and
growth strategy for a fast growing private technology services company.
Prior assignments include 12 years as ATT Vice President and corporate
officer, with corporate executive leadership roles in Strategy/Business
Development, New Services Marketing/ Sales. While at ATT, he was one of
the executive leaders of ATT’s network outsourcing business and authored
and led the $5B acquisition of IBM’s Global Network services business.
Prior to that, he spent 15 years as an IBM senior executive with
assignments in General Management, Marketing, and Sales management.
He currently serves on the board of and audit committee for Zanett,
Inc., a public IT services company. He is a former chairman and board
member of the ITAA (now called TechAmerica), a major IT industry policy
advisory organization influencing public policy, and was the sole
private sector member of Internet2 policy advisory board. He is an
expert on the evolving structure of the service provider industry from
communication services to managed services to software as a service
(SaaS) business models.
Mr. Perry holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Cornell
University and a Masters in Management from Stanford University. He was
a Sloan Fellow at Stanford University. He was a U. S. Naval Officer
before joining IBM.
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Richard A. Galvin
Richard Galvin is the President and Founder of CV Properties, LLC, a
Boston-based real estate development and investment firm. Mr. Galvin has
over 30 years of experience in acquiring, developing, and managing
commercial real estate throughout the United States. Dick has developed
and acquired more than 4.5 million square feet of office and residential
projects valued at $2.5 billion.
Dick started his career at Trammell Crow Company in 1984, one of the
largest real estate development companies in the world. He spent the
first eight years of his career in Boston, eventually becoming a Partner
in the Boston office, where he was involved in the development of over
2.5 million square feet of office and research & development space. He
then moved to Stamford, Connecticut in 1992 to help found the Corporate
Services business of Trammell Crow Company. Mr. Galvin was instrumental
in growing that business into one of Trammell Crow Company’s largest
subsidiaries.
Mr. Galvin left Trammell Crow Company in early 1999 to co-found NeXcomm
Capital Partners, whose primary focus was the acquisition and
development of technology related office buildings. NeXcomm and its
partners acquired and/or developed such signature projects as the Dallas
InfoMart, a 1,200,000 SF building and the Los Angeles InfoMart, a
475,000 SF historic renovation of the former US Post Office building in
downtown LA.
Mr. Galvin founded CV Properties in 2003 to focus on development
activities in New England. Signature development projects include the
GTECH corporate headquarters in downtown Providence, RI, the renovation
of the former Verizon building located in Post Office Square in downtown
Boston, now the headquarters for Brown Brothers Harriman, a new
500,000SF state of the art building for State Street Bank at One Channel
Center in Boston and the recently opened Aloft and Element hotels in
Boston’s Seaport, the largest hotel project in New England in the last
10 years.
Mr. Galvin received his BA in Economics from Brown University, and was
inducted into its Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. He is formerly Chairman
of the Board of Trustees for Fairfield Wakeman Boys and Girls Club, is
on the Board of the Providence Foundation, A Better City, NAIOP, the
Laboure Center in Boston, and served as Honorary Chair of the 2014
Renaissance Charter School Gala. Recent awards for Mr. Galvin and CV
Properties include received the Developer of the Year Award for 2012, by
the Commercial Brokers Association of Boston, Boston Business Journal
project of the year in 2012, was inducted, along with CV Properties into
the Massachusetts Building Congress Hall of Fame, and won the UMass
Boston’s Chancellor’s Medal in 2016.
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