Michael O. Ryan, Sr.

Mike is the Managing Member of Fused Solutions, LLC a successful and growing technology call center based in Potsdam, NY.  He is founder of both North Bay Technology Development, and North Bay Associates, a technology business development firm based in Marlborough Massachusetts. Mike’s successful career started upon graduating with a BS in Engineering and Management from Clarkson University. In 1995, he received the Woodstock Award which honors young alumni who have demonstrated outstanding loyalty and service to Clarkson University and the Alumni Association, and who have used their Clarkson experience to make a notable contribution to their careers. He and his family have a deep connection with northern NY as both his and his wife’s family hale for Rome and Massena respectively. 

Since graduating from Clarkson in 1985, Mike served in senior sales and business development roles at Rogers Corp. Aero DDL and Cuplex, Inc a commodity printed circuit board manufacturer.  At Cuplex, after a very successful tenure as VP Sales - East, he proposed and established the contract assembly and backplane/system assembly business.   This diversification ultimately allowed Cuplex to strategically merge with Dynamic Circuits.  This set the stage for a successful roll-up with several other entities creating DDI, a fast growing and profitable contract manufacturer.  After spotting what proved to be the imminent down turn in the electronics industry as a whole and in conjunction with DDI’s successful public offering, Mike then joined Message Secure Corp in Lowell Massachusetts as Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing and a principle of the firm.  At Message Secure, Mike worked closely with the company founder to take the business from a startup in the fledgling Managed Network Security market, to one of largest and well recognized national providers of network security to several hundred banks across the US. Mike is well versed in the coaching of young companies as they grow to compete in emerging business sectors.  He is married and the proud father of 3 children. 

Thomas McCarty

CFO

Tom brings a broad and diverse 20-year finance, banking and economic development background to North Bay.  Since 2000, Tom has held the position of CFO at Nicholville Telephone (a 100+ year-old independent telecom provider located in Nicholville, NY), and sister companies, Slic Network Solutions (a broadband, CLEC and IT service provider throughout St. Lawrence County ) and Fused Solutions (a call center located in Potsdam, NY), and is responsible for overseeing the company’s finance and accounting areas, which includes budgeting and forecasting, strategic planning, risk management, employee benefit plans and general legal matters.  Tom has also assisted NTC with its various M&A, start-up and re-structuring activities.  He is the corporate Secretary and Treasurer, a member of the Board of Directors and a Trustee of the company’s ESOP. 

Prior to his tenure at NTC, Tom enjoyed a successful 12-year banking career at both super regional and local community banking institutions.  There he held VP-level positions in commercial lending and was responsible for managing multi-million dollar commercial loan portfolios.  His loan underwriting and credit analysis experience will provide North Bay with an invaluable tool for ascertaining the investment and funding opportunities of potential clients. 

Tom has also assisted multiple economic development agencies throughout the North Country.  Tom has provided a wide array of lending services, such as loan underwriting, business plan review, loan policy manual development and review, business and marketing plan reviews, and post-funding client consultations for: the St. Lawrence County IDA, the St. Lawrence County Local Development Corporation, the Village of Potsdam Local Development Corporation, and the Adirondack Economic Development Corporation (AEDC). 

Over the last 10 years, Tom has also maintained a successful business and finance consulting business.  His former clients include the NBA Coaches Association, Malone Golf Club, Inc., SeaComm Federal Credit Union and a host of other small business concerns throughout the North Country.  Tom is the former Chairman of the SeaComm Federal Credit Union Supervisory Committee. Tom is a 1987 graduate of SUNY Potsdam with a BA in Economics. 
  

Kristin Goliber

Business Facilitator

As a native of Potsdam, NY, Kristin provides North Bay Technology Development with her knowledge and experience in the business, accounting, and human resource areas. Having recently relocated back to the North Country, Kristin has held positions as Benefits Coordinator for Terex Corporation in Westport, CT and was previously the Human Resource & Accounting Assistant for Nicholville Telephone Company and Fused Solutions.

Kristin graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a Minor in Employment Relations from SUNY Potsdam in 2005. She was a proud recipient of the Business Departmental Scholar, a Business Faculty Award presented for leadership and success. Kristin also received the honor as an inductee into Sigma Beta Delta of SUNY Chapter, an International Honor Society of Business Management & Administration, as well as Phi Eta Sigma, a Freshman National Honor Society.

Non-Fiduciary Members of the North Bay Advisory Board

Michael E. Jesanis, former President/CEO, National Grid USA

Mike brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the North Bay effort in St. Lawrence County.  Mike joined New England Electric (NEES) in 1983 and steadily rose through the ranks of NEES and National Grid, who acquired NEES in 2000.  Mike served as Chief Operating Officer, and ultimately as President and Chief Executive Officer of National Grid USA, including its operations at Niagara Mohawk in Syracuse.

Mr. Jesanis earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in mathematics from Clarkson University, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Board of Trustees at Clarkson University, past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Becker College in Worcester, Massachusetts, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.

Alan Stanzler, Attorney, Bowditch & Dewey LLP, Worcester MA

As a prominent attorney in greater Boston, Alan practices as a corporate and  securities lawyer with a specialization in mergers and acquisitions, corporate organization and governance, corporate finance and venture capital, including equity financings, international business, transactions and public offerings.  Mr. Stanzler has advised clients with respect to the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation.  Mr. Stanzler has also counseled non-profit organizations with respect to governance matters.  He has served as a director of both publicly traded and privately held companies.  Of particular value to North Bay is Alan’s experience working with the Brown University Venture Forum, which is very similar to the incubator project evolving in Saint Lawrence County.

Mr. Stanzler is actively involved in many organizations including service as a Trustee at Emerson College, Director of the Brown University Sports Foundation, Chairman and Director of the Northeast Document Conservation Center, Trustee at the Hammond Museum, founding Chairman of the Boston-Melbourne (Australia) Sister City Association, founding Director of the New England Australia Business Council, and Director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council.  Mr. Stanzler earned his BA from Brown University (Magna Cum Laude),  his JD from Harvard University and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Melbourne (Australia).

Gregory Butt, VP Sales, MRV Communications, Chatsworth CA

Greg provides North Bay with keen insight from his leadership experience working with aggressive growth companies in very competitive markets within high tech. MRV is a leading provider of computer network equipment, services and optical components to commercial, government and telco service providers, Nasdaq symbol MRVC. MRV provides products for aerospace, defense and other applications including voice and cellular communication.

Mark Cornett, COO, Fused Solutions, Potsdam NY

Mark’s knowledge of the North Country and his keen understanding of sales and customer service, based upon his success in the area of Call Center Management and Utilization, will be invaluable to North Bay’s effort.  Mark has leveraged his 20+ years of practical and instructional business experience to guide Fused Solutions through a significant and positive transformation since his arrival in February of 2000.  Prior to Fused Solutions, Mr. Cornett taught business courses at Clarkson University for more than a decade. In 1979 he began his career with the Hewlett-Packard Company, where he spent nearly a decade in various sales and marketing management roles.  Mark’s combined experience contributes to his ability to evaluate our prospective client’s sales and service strategies.