Robert P. Badavas is TWC's President and Chief Executive Officer. He is responsible for overall supervision and leadership in finance, control, treasury, corporate development and information systems at TAC Worldwide Companies. Prior to joining TAC Worldwide, Mr. Badavas held several executive level positions including Chief Operating Officer at Atlas Venture, a $2+ Billion venture capital firm headquartered in Boston; Chief Executive Officer of Cerulean Technology, a wireless application software company that was sold to Aether Systems in 2000; and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chipcom since 1991 and played an important role in its successful IPO and subsequent sale to 3Com Corporation for $900M in 1995.
Mr. Badavas began his career in auditing at Price Waterhouse in Boston and has a BS in accounting, with high honors, from Bentley College. He serves on the Board of Directors of RSA Security Corporation (NASDAQ: RSAS) as Chairman of the Audit Committee and previously served as a director of Renaissance Corporation, a prominent U.S. staffing company. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Learning Center for Deaf Children in Framingham, MA. Mr. Badavas is married with 2 children and lives in Needham. In 2003, he was selected as a recipient of the Ellis Island National Medal of Honor.
Mr. Chow has served as a director since February 2004. He is Executive Vice President at State Street Corporation currently focused on strategic projects. Mr. Chow was responsible for risk and corporate administration at State Street when he rejoined the company in 2004, having retired from it in 2003 as Executive Vice President and Head of Credit and Risk Policy. Before joining State Street in 1990, Mr. Chow worked at Bank of Boston in various international and corporate banking roles and specialized in the financing of emerging-stage high technology companies from 1981 to 1990. Mr. Chow is a graduate of Brandeis University with a B.A. in Economics. He also received an M.C.P. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Mr. Woodward was Vice Chairman of Adams Harkness Financial Group (AHFG -formerly Adams, Harkness & Hill) from April, 2001 until January, 2006 when AHFG was sold to Canaccord, Inc. He previously served as President from 1995 – 2001. AHFG was an independent institutional research, brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston, MA.
Prior to joining AHH, Mr. Woodward worked for Silicon Valley Bank from April, 1990 to April 1995, initially as Executive Vice President and Co-founder of the Wellesley MA office and more recently as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the parent bank in California. Silicon Valley Bank is a commercial bank, headquartered in Santa Clara, CA whose principal lending focus is directed toward the technology, healthcare and venture capital industries.
Prior to joining Silicon Valley Bank, Mr. Woodward was Senior Vice President and Group Manager of the Technology group at Bank of New England, Boston Ma where he was employed from 1963-1990.
Mr. Woodward is currently a Director, Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of Lecroy Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRY). Mr. Woodward is also a Director, Chairman of the Compensation Committee, Chairman of the Valuation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc (NASDAQ:HTGC). He is also a former Director of Viewlogic (NASDAQ:VIEW) and Cayenne Software, Inc (NASDAQ:CAYN).
Mr. Woodward serves on the Board of Directors of three private companies and is on the Board of Advisors of several venture capital firms. Mr. Woodward is on the Board of Overseers and a member of the Finance Committee of Newton Wellesley Hospital, a 250 bed hospital located in Newton MA. Mr. Woodward is on the Board of Overseers and the Investment Committee and the Finance Committee of Babson College in Babson Park, MA.
Mr. Woodward graduated from Babson College with a degree in finance and accounting. He also graduated from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University.
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