When: Thursday May 8, 2014 | 4:30pm - 7:00pm

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Where: The Hartford

1 Hartford Plaza
Hartford, CT 06155
 

 
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Crossroads Venture Group 
860-282- 4978 
info@cvg.org 

 

Crossroads Venture Group is Sponsored by:

B Round: Fiondella Milone & LaSaracina, Mintz + Hoke, Murtha Cullina, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Robinson & Cole, Shipman & Goodwin, Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C., Wiggin and Dana, Webster Bank.  

A Round: CCEI - University of Connecticut, Connecticut Innovations, Economic Development Corporation of New Haven, TriNet HR Corporation, Yale University - Office of Cooperative Research. 

Venture Capital Firm Sponsors: Advantage Capital, Canaan Partners, Cava Capital, Enhanced Capital, LaunchCapital LLC, Stonehenge Growth Capital. 

Professional Services Firms Sponsors: Ambrose Employer Group LLC, Carter Morse & Mathias, CohnReznick  LLP, Fairfield Partners Executive Search, Hanover Insurance Group, O'Connor Davies LLC, Pullman and Comley LLC

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Join us for an exciting panel discussion about technology and how it is advancing the rapid acceleration of financial services technology.

There will be a special focus on data security and IT services for insurance and financial services companies

Panelists:

Allen DeGraw, CEO, Post-n-Track
Pat Fisher, President & CEO, Janus Associates
George Doherty, Partner, Clipper Ship Ventures
Fran Duggan, President, Payveris
David Vogel, COO & CFO, CashPath 

 

Giving their Pitch:

Scott D. Rownin -  SafeRide eliminates the risk of a person using their cell phone while driving. Once the user begins to drive, all rings and notifications are silenced, and the touchscreen and buttons are disabled.

Effectively, the distraction and the temptation of your phone have been removed. Designed with teen drivers in mind, a password-protected administrative app allows for monitoring and customization.  Beyond teens, there are applications for fleet and other corporate drivers, rental customers, families, care givers, taxi and livery drivers, and many more.

 

Panelist Bios:

Allen DeGraw is responsible for overall company performance and overseeing company efforts related to marketing, branding, strategy and investment. He has worked successfully for 30 years with major corporations, healthcare providers, cost management companies, systems companies, consultants, and health plans.

Pat Fisher is one of the founding partners of Janus Associates and now leads as its president and CEO. Pat is a twenty-five year veteran in the field and has consulted with business and government organizations worldwide on security, forensics, and business recovery issues. Pat has made significant contributions to two books on information security. Pat writes regularly for a variety of publications, and has been interviewed on both radio and TV platforms, on numerous occasions, as an expert in her field.

George Doherty has been a partner at Clipper Ship Ventures for the past five years, previously he was EVP of Operations at SmartPay Solutions LLC, a partner at Endeavour Capital Management, and a Partner at Farmington Capital Partners. George has excelled in areas such as corporate development, venture capital, due diligence, and corporate finance and is knowledgeable in investment banking, insurance, workers comp, business strategy, and capital markets. 

Fran Duggan is the leader of the Payveris team and serves as the chief strategist for the company. Fran is best known for his ability to not only create progressive and innovative strategies, but also for his ability to execute and deliver on said strategies. Fran has more than 25 years of experience in Financial Services including 10 years as an executive at Webster Bank where he designed and oversaw the development of award winning online banking and bill pay applications. He has broad experience across multiple disciplines including having held senior level positions in Strategy, Finance, Marketing, and Operations.

David Vogel is a graduate of Amherst College and Tuck School of Dartmouth College as well as the founder of the private investment group Velocity Equity Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm. David has more than 25 years of venture capital, merger and acquisition, and corporate development experience. David's prior investments include: MGC Communications, 21st Century Telecom Group, GoAmerica, and CyberSource. More recently David has led investments and/or held board representation for Velocity Equity Partners in Retail Solutions, Dotomi, CiDRA, Webdialogs, LP Innovations and The FeedRoom.

 


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Special thank you to our event chair, Liddy Karter, for helping us organize this event.
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