Board of Advisors MUCH OF THE Dingman Center’s strength of vision can be attributed to the innovators on our Advisory board. Members are strong leaders in the entrepreneurship ecosystem and faithful advocates of our programs. Their commitment of time, talent and treasure is what drives us forward.
Bill Boyle '81, Board
Charles G. Carr '85 |
Harry Geller '81 | Serial
Chair | FIBERGATE, INC. Bill founded FiberGate, Inc., a Washington D.C. metro area provider of dark fiber services. He ran the company for 17 years and successfully exited in the fall of 2012. Currently, Bill invests and works with startup companies through the Dingman Center Angels.
RSM Chuck is a Partner at RSM, the leading U.S. provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market. He primarily serves technology and life science clients, as well as numerous restaurant/hospitality clients. Chuck has assisted many companies with their IPO process.
Entrepreneur Harry is an entrepreneur whose career has spanned a broad range of successful startup companies. Geller has launched, owned and managed fourteen multi-million dollar businesses, primarily focused on the fields of logistics, food services and real estate.
Maurice Boissiere ’89 |
Stephen B. Ferber '90
DataTribe Maurice is the Chief Customer Officer of DataTribe, a cyber foundry that invests and co-builds cybersecurity ventures. He has more than 20 years of product leadership experience at early-stage ventures and is an Adjunct Professor at UMD.
| Golden Gate BPO Solutions, LLC Stephen is CEO & Managing Partner of Golden Gate BPO Solutions, LLC, which he founded in 2006 in conjunction with Paxys, Inc. and Advanced Contact Solutions, one of the largest outsourced providers of contact center and BPO solutions in Southeast Asia.
Jeff Grinspoon '90, MBA '95 | VWG Wealth
Paul Capriolo '06 | Zentail Paul founded Social Growth Technologies, a social gaming advertising startup he grew for seven years before securing its acquisition by Kiswe Mobile in 2016. Currently, Paul is the Director of Growth at Zentail, an e-commerce technology company based in Columbia, MD. 20
Matthew Fishlinger '07 | Gramercy Risk Holdings, LLC In 2014, Matthew formed Gramercy Risk Holdings, LLC with his father, William Fishlinger, former CEO and Chairman of The Wright Insurance Group. Gramercy provides financial, operational and legal resources for both domestic and foreign property and casualty insurance entities.
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Management Jeff is Managing Director, Partner at VWG where he works with business owners and executives formulating business succession plans, managing liquidity events and executing wealth transfer strategies.
Gloria Jacobovitz, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Gloria is an entrepreneur, angel investor and technology manager. She has over 20 years of experience in research, technology based startups and entrepreneurship, as well as Fortune 500 companies worldwide.
