TOM BENNETT

FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER 

Tom is a serial entrepreneur, CEO, fundraiser, and technology executive.  Most recently, Tom was CEO of Gemr, based in Nashua, NH where he rebuilt the business and oversaw $7M of fundraising.  He rebuilt and restaffed its engineering and marketing teams and oversaw the re-design of the firm’s product and marketing strategy, develop budgets, etc.

Before that he co-founded and was COO of Eldarion, an applications development and services company, where he was instrumental in its capital raise and launching of the Company and its services.  He managed all aspects of client projects including staffing, team management, budgeting, and execution.Tom previously was Engineering Services Manager and Principal Software Engineer with Dell Equalogic Storage where he managed an engineering support team and had responsibility for a number of other projects.  Before that he was a Consulting Software Engineer with EMC, and prior to that he was a Senior Development Tools Architect for Cadence Design Systems.

Tom founded and was CEO of Lexington Software Associates where he raised venture capital and lead the firm’s marketing efforts, achieving high customer satisfaction and an 80% repeat business rate. He played the critical role in realizing a very high return on investment for the firm’s owners and investors.  He successfully sold the company to Interwoven where he remained as Director of Northeast Professional Services and oversaw the hiring and management of additional staff.

Tom received his AS in Applied Electronics Technology from New Hampshire Technical College (Great Bay Community College).