Alumni - Alumni Profiles
Highlight on Edward J. Keefe - Class of 1986
I joined M/C Venture Partners as CFO in October 2004. The firm has managed over $1 billion of institutional capital, generating returns in the top quartile for venture capital funds. We are focused on investing in early-stage communications and related information technology companies. The firm has offices in Boston, SF and London.
The firm is currently investing M/C Venture Partners V; a $550M private equity fund raised in 2000 from institutional investors including the nation's largest state and corporate pension funds, prominent university endowments and private trusts, as well as strategic financial institutions.
Edward J. Keefe, Chief Financial Officer
M/C Venture Partners
75 State Street Suite 2500
Boston, MA 02109
www.mcventurepartners.com
Mr. Keefe graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Maine, M.B.A. from Suffolk University and a M.S. in Taxation from Bentley College. He is responsible for the oversight of the finance and administration activities, information technology and reporting to the Limited Partners. Prior to joining M/C Venture Partners in October 2004, Mr. Keefe was Vice President of Finance of Atlas Venture, which is a leading international early-stage venture capital firm, investing in communications, information technology and life sciences companies. Previously, Mr. Keefe also served as Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis at Instrumentation Laboratory, Tax Consultant at Coopers and Lybrand and as a Senior Financial Analyst at Raytheon Company. Mr. Keefe is a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Private Equity CFO Association and the Treasurers' Club of Boston.
Highlight on Aaron Smith - Class of 2004
After graduation I did a scouting internship with the Cincinnati Reds. My job was to help prepare advance scouting reports for the coaches and
players. Kind of like a SWOT analysis for baseball!
I've also visited Europe. I was in Rome for 5 days and went to the Slovak Republic for 2 weeks. I'll be returning to Slovakia in August to teach English for a year or two. After my "hiatus" I'd like to return to school.
Highlight on Bryce Boynton - Class of 2003
I work for a company called Bravo! Foods International we are a beverage company that is building a line of better for you beverages. Our headquarters is in North Palm Beach, FL. There are 10 employees and we all wear many hats. My current duties are to locate and sell to new distributors. I have the entire USA as my territory so I fly nearly every week to meet with our potential customers. (100,000 miles last year).
On top of outside sales I have been here from concept to launch of 4 new beverage items nation wide. I have helped decide on packaging designs, flavor profiles, marketing approaches and several other aspects of product launch. We are looking at 20,000++ outlets by year end.
We currently have several licensed properties that we use to help promote
our brands. We use the brand name Slammers to describe our products and
place these properties on the packaging to gain consumer recognition. Our
licenses include (Starburst Candy, Milky Way Candy bars, 3Musketeers Candy
bars, MoonPie Snacks, Marvel Comics ). We are in the middle of our most
successful product launch yet with the Starburst line and the interest has
been vast.
Highlight on Dennis Barberic, Jr. - Class of 1997
Dennis Barberic, Jr. is a Manager in the CFO Advisory consulting practice of KPMG LLP. KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. The firm operates in 148 countries and has more than 113,000 professionals working in member firms around the world.
Dennis is responsible for leading and managing implementation of client solutions in the area of Finance Transformation with a focus on process improvement around budgeting/forecasting, financial consolidation, and performance management systems and cost take out in the finance transactional processes. His experience spans across the utilities, consumer products, manufactures, and financial services industries. Examples of previous clients include Moody's Investor Services, Exelon, Hyperion Solutions, Bombardier, Underwriters Laboratories, ConAgra Frozen Foods, Allstate, and Southern California Edison.
Dennis graduated from the University of Maine in 1997 with a B.S. in Business Administration and Cleveland State University in 2001 with a M.B.A. Prior to joining KPMG, Dennis was employed as a Manager in World-Class Finance consulting practice of BearingPoint, Inc. In addition, Dennis held management consulting positions at Andersen Business Consulting and The Hackett Group.
Dennis and his wife Wendy currently reside in Hudson, Ohio.
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