Board of Directors
Bill Paquin
Jeremy Longhurst
Richard Molloy
Richard is a principal and co-founder of Florida Gulfshore Capital, a Naples-based investment company focused on early stage venture and small to mid-market private equity opportunities. He serves as a board member of EmergingMed, Pasteuria Bioscience, Pathfinder, Prioria Robotics, and Vertical Health, and as an observer to the board of Lehigh Technologies.
Previously, Richard was a principal in Booz Allen & Hamilton's Consumer and Industrial Products and Healthcare practice. Industries that he focused on included branded consumer and industrial products, medical products companies, and food and food ingredients producers. His work within these industries was broad, including mergers and acquisitions, negotiation and execution, business and sales strategy and execution, organization design, and operations management.
Prior to Booz Allen, Richard served as a Captain in the British Army, in a Commando Engineer Unit and then with the Defense Mapping Agency in Washington, DC. He has a BSc in Civil Engineering from Sheffield Hallam University (England) and an MPPM from Yale University School of Management.
Phil Harris
Phil is a Managing Director and founding principal of Maren Group. Prior to Maren, Phil co-founded Alterity Partners, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm, which was acquired by one of the US’s largest commercial banks. Prior to Alterity, Phil held a variety of operating roles at priceline.com (SVP of Corporate Development), Cendant Corporation (GM of Interactive Services), and Nordson Corporation (Director of Marketing). Phil received a BS in finance from Ohio State University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Michael B. Packard
Michael is currently President and CEO of High Performance Optics, Inc. and HPO Ophthalmics, Inc. Michael recently served as interim-Chief Executive Officer of Optical Dynamics Corporation in Louisville, KY.
In late 1999, Michael created his own firm, TransCat Consulting, helping organizations "make change that matters." Mr. Packard focuses on maintaining ongoing consulting relationships with several private sector companies and public school districts, concentrating on leadership development and strategic planning, but offering a wide range of organizational and functional experiences.
From 1989 to 1999, Mr. Packard's role as Executive VP and Chief Administrative Officer at LensCrafters was key to creating the most successful optical retailer in the world and one of the most successful overall US retailers. In addition to his roles at LensCrafters (1987-1999) and Procter & Gamble (1971-1987), Michael was the key outside director on the Board of Innotech, Inc., a high-tech optical equipment company from 1992 to 1997. His involvement included the "garage" R&D stage, a successful IPO, and ultimately the purchase of the company by Johnson & Johnson.
Michael has a chemical engineering degree (Bucknell 1970) and an MBA concentrating on organizational behavior and leadership (Virginia 1972). Continued education includes the Change Leadership Program (Wharton) and the Retail Executive Program (Harvard). Michael developed and facilitates unique workshops in areas such as Conflict Management, Writing to Get What You Want, Strategic Planning, Priority Setting and Action Execution, and Leadership Development.
