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    Tom Ferrara/New Enterprise Partners/FFVentures

    Tom Ferrara/New Enterprise Partners/FFVentures

    Successful Entrepreneur, Investor, Business Leader & Board Member. Proven in Growth Strategy & Execution with multiple exits. Trusted & Valued Partner to founders & CEO's. FF Ventures & New Enterprise Partners are 2 main active investment vehicles

    Start Up Ceo Saddle River Bucknell University '93
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    VerityIQ
    VerityIQ
    Board Member
    Assessment.com
    Assessment.com
    Board Member
    Sparkroom
    Sparkroom
    Board Member
    Career Engine
    Career Engine
    Board Member
    VerityIQ
    VerityIQ
    Board Member & Angel 2017 - Present (about 9 years)
    EDtech SaaS provider of CRM & SIS
    Edufficient
    Edufficient
    Co-Founder & CEO 2012 - Present (over 14 years)
    One of the largest Education focused Digital Advertising agencies & SaaS provider
    FF Ventures
    FF Ventures
    Managing Partner 2008 - Present (almost 18 years)
    FF Ventures is an angel investor, incubator, and accelerator for Ed-Tech, Education Services, Ad-Tech, Career & Advertising companies. We help others conceive, finance,... more launch and grow innovative companies. Tom Ferrara and David Flack the co-founders have a long successful track record within the industry. FF Ventures prides itself on driving innovation, go to market strategies, execution & adoption. We are always looking to identify, support and take to market new ventures that will service continually transforming industries.
    Assessment.com
    Assessment.com
    Board Member & Investor 2010 - 2020 (about 9 years)
    One of the largest Career Assessment companies serving individuals, the US govt, and associations translated into 14 languages
    CUnet
    Exit
    CUnet
    Founder & CEO 2004 - 2008 (almost 5 years)
    Founder & CEO of one of the largest advertising, lead generation & EDtech SaaS companies serving the Education Industry sold to Nelnet
    Sparkroom
    Exit
    Sparkroom
    Founding Board Member & Investor 2006 - 2008 (almost 2 years)
    SaaS provider of LMS technology in mortgage, insurance & education verticals sold to CUnet/Nelnet
    Career Engine
    Exit
    Career Engine
    Founder & CEO 1998 - 2001 (over 3 years)
    Category specific network of Job Boards and SaaS Provider of Career Sites for large publishers. Exit went public
    Remote Lojix
    Exit
    Remote Lojix
    Executive Vice President, Partner 1995 - 1998 (about 3 years)
    IT consulting firm, built it from 3 people to over 120 sold to public telcom company
    Founder
     
    Employee
    Remote Lojix, Career Engine, Sparkroom, CUnet, Assessment.com, FF Ventures, Edufficient, VerityIQ
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    Attorney
     
    Board Member
    Sparkroom, Career Engine, Assessment.com, VerityIQ
    Mentor
     
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    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    MarketDrivenEDU
    Industry blog
     
    Education
     
    About
    Achievements

    CO-founder & CEO of multiple companies all having successful exits. Board member and growth hacker for multiple tech enabled companies with rapid growth & successful exits. I live at the intersection of innovation & technology and drive growth with business development & sales.

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    Skills
    Business Development Business Strategy Business Operations Executive Management Executive Leadership Revenue and Profit Growth Revenue Growth Information Technology Sales and Marketing Advertising Closing Deals Negotiation Sales Strategy and Management Start-Ups Start-Up CEO Startup Founder
    Locations
    New York City New Jersey Florida California
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