Jeff Swartz is a successful entrepreneur, executive, and consultant with diverse experience in publishing and information-intensive businesses. He has taken on roles such as CEO, COO, interim CEO, and senior executive in an array of markets such as IT market research/analyst services, health care services and software, dispute resolution, software development outsourcing, biomass energy production, waste recycling, specialty food products, life sciences, education technology and marketing analytics software. Jeff is passionate about raising capital, developing and managing operational processes and budgets, capital formation and fundraising campaign management, and corporate governance as a board member and executive board member. With a strong educational background - including a degree in BS Psychology at Boston College - Jeff has led and advised businesses in North America, Europe, and Asia. He has managed as many as 150 staff and led, planning, or participated in financing deals of more than $50 million to finance entrepreneurial ventures. His expertise includes strengthening a company's strategies, value proposition, products and services, competitive differentiation, and ability to penetrate target markets while managing and communicating clearly in complex organizational environments. Jeff is all about bringing discipline to all areas of a company's operations while maintaining a creative, open, entrepreneurial, team-oriented culture.