Entrepreneurs in Residence
Experienced entrepreneurs and senior executives often have a desire to give back to Vermont’s entrepreneurial community. VCET brings these two groups together via its Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) Program. EIRs assist a new generation of employer while providing opportunities for experienced entrepreneurs and executives to share their wealth of experience with start-up founders, contemplate and develop their next start-up and aid VCET in advancing an innovation economy in Vermont.
Select EIRs are invited into VCET’s facilities and programs for six month volunteer terms in exchange for mentoring and coaching services. EIRs offer expert advice, counsel and assistance based upon their prior experiences as senior executive and entrepreneurs from diverse sectors. EIRs today include:
Justin Siegel
Justin is an experienced mobile entertainment executive who has successfully started and built several consumer product companies. As co-founder and chief executive officer at JNJ Mobile, he has taken the company from concept to industry leading mobile social game communities in North America. Prior to JNJ Mobile, he was co-founder and chief executive officer of JSmart Technologies, a leader in mobile games and entertainment. Justin built the company into one of the top publishers and developers in the United States before it was acquired by the SK Group in 2004.
Artur Adib
Artur is a former faculty member and startup founder with 15+ years of experience in software engineering and quantitative/statistical analysis. He has built the entire technology stack of a dot-com startup that served tens of millions of news articles, has served multiple times on the review board for the small business innovation research program (SBIR) at the National Science Foundation, and authored many peer-reviewed articles ranging from computational mathematics to statistical mechanics. He worked previously in the innovation arm of Mozilla (Mozilla Labs), where he built web apps and frameworks using modern HTML5 technologies. Artur is currently working as a member of Twitter's revenue engineering team.
Artur is a former faculty member and startup founder with 15+ years of experience in software engineering and quantitative/statistical analysis. He has built the entire technology stack of a dot-com startup that served tens of millions of news articles, has served multiple times on the review board for the small business innovation research program (SBIR) at the National Science Foundation, and authored many peer-reviewed articles ranging from computational mathematics to statistical mechanics. He worked previously in the innovation arm of Mozilla (Mozilla Labs), where he built web apps and frameworks using modern HTML5 technologies. Artur is currently working as a member of Twitter's revenue engineering team.
Everett S. McGinley
Everett is a high tech executive and entrepreneur that focuses on bringing new technologies to market. Everett has over 20 years of experience in leadership of startup companies, product marketing, business development, and general management. Most recently, he was CEO and co-founder of InVisage Technologies, an image sensor semiconductor company, where he developed the company’s business plan and raised the initial venture funding. Prior to this, Everett was the CEO of Axcel Photonics and President of Bandwidth Semiconductor, both optical component compound semiconductor companies, and VP of Business Development and General Manager of Optoelectronics at Spire Corporation, a public solar equipment and technology development company. Everett has a home and forestry operation in Montgomery, VT.
Everett is a high tech executive and entrepreneur that focuses on bringing new technologies to market. Everett has over 20 years of experience in leadership of startup companies, product marketing, business development, and general management. Most recently, he was CEO and co-founder of InVisage Technologies, an image sensor semiconductor company, where he developed the company’s business plan and raised the initial venture funding. Prior to this, Everett was the CEO of Axcel Photonics and President of Bandwidth Semiconductor, both optical component compound semiconductor companies, and VP of Business Development and General Manager of Optoelectronics at Spire Corporation, a public solar equipment and technology development company. Everett has a home and forestry operation in Montgomery, VT.
