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Our SIP Team

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Lynn Terwoerds, MA

  • Twenty-five years as a technology thought leader and cybersecurity risk strategist for large multi-nationals, who is applying next-gen standards to integrating the business agenda, customer criticality, and tech transformation
  • Former Executive Director, Executive Women’s Forum on Information Security, Risk and Privacy
  • Senior Director, Audit and Risk, for Oracle’s Global Healthcare Business Unit, leading a global team responsible for the Unit’s passing the annual external HIPAA audit
    Improved the compliance posture of an acquired startup whose clinical trial solution was being used by large pharmaceuticals; orchestrated external customer audits of the Unit’s healthcare data and controls; instituted a mature incident response program; and closed security-privacy control deficiencies with acquired companies
  • At Barclays PLC in London, head of Global Security Architecture, Standards, and Engineering – focusing on global cybersecurity-IT risk management, large security program implementation, and regulatory compliance
    Managed an £8.5M budget, overseeing managers across the U.K., Europe, the Middle East and Asia
    Aligned security standards to ISO27001; led a £500K identity and access management project that included piloting a SOX application recertification tool
  • As Senior Security Strategist during ten years at Microsoft, involved at the forefront of global security incident response and crisis management as part of the early Microsoft Security Response Center; contributed to the inaugural Trustworthy Computing group
    Program Manager, Security Response Center, addressing their largest incidents with Blaster, Sasser, Code Red, and Nimda; represented Microsoft at the IT-ISAC, and a sub-committee of the POTUS National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (DoD Top Secret security clearance)
  • Former Member, The President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
  • Board Director, First Fed (FNWB); Advisory Board for CONTAINN (cloud security and compliance); Chair, Northwest Maritime Center; Founding/Advisory Board Member, Executive Women’s Forum
  • Founding Member, Cloud Security Alliance and Member, Cyber Future Foundation
  • Early recipient of the NACD Directorship Certification
  • M.A., University of Missouri-Columbia
  • B.A., University of Toledo


Don Wales, B.Sc.

  • Revenue growth and sales leader with an exceptional track record in scaling established as well as start-up technology and services organizations
    Specific expertise in building companies from launch to sale or IPO
    Mastery of territory planning, sales and management models, systems, and the coaching of teams for upscaling skills that result in exceeding revenue, margin, and profitability goals
    Trusted advisor and business partner to C-level leaders in a range of industries globally
    Uncommon technical acumen and operations knowledge that drives organizational success and creates sales environments that attract the best candidates
  • Currently SIP Strategic Partner for Growth Strategy as Chief Executive Officer of Impact Group, New York
  • Previously, Senior Vice President – North America Sales, CTERA; Chief Revenue Officer, EnsureDR; Vice President – Enterprise Sales, Robin.io; Business Unit Executive – Storage and Software Sales, IBM
  • Global Vice President – Cloud Sales, Zerto. Grew accounts in Europe, Australia, LATAM, Asia, and North America
    Signed over 250 Cloud Service Providers into CSP Program globally
    Director of Sales – Eastern Region and Latin America, building out the sales territory that included eastern Canada and U.S. Top revenue producer every year, securing contracts with 46 new VARs in the Zerto Alliance Partner Program. Opened the LATAM market with teams in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico
  • Director of Sales, Vyatta Networks
    VAR program creation, sales team build out and training, as well as field sales representation to executive staff. Represented Vyatta within strategic accounts JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, General Dynamics, NASA, the CIA, U.S. Army and Navy. Culminated in acquisition by Brocade Communications
  • Director of Sales – Northeast, Aerohive Networks
    Foundational member of Northeast team with key strategic wins in all major verticals. Established Aerohive as the choice for SLED business throughout the Northeast; acquired by Extreme Networks
  • Product Specialist, EMC Corporation
    Managed transition of Kashya through acquisition by EMC; established the new RecoverPoint product as foundational in the EMC portfolio
  • Early career at StorageTek (acquired by Sun Microsystems), Brocade (acquired by Broadcom), and Veritas (acquired by Symantec)
  • B.Sc., Biology and Computer Science, Southern Connecticut State University

Eliza Erskine, MA

  • Principal, Green Buoy Consulting, providing Impact/ESG program design and implementation services to high-growth companies: ESG strategies, carbon footprint analysis, net zero strategy, and B Corp certification conformance
  • Speaker at various industry events, such as Terra.do, 500 Startups, the Consulate General of the Netherlands, and the Connecticut Sustainable Business Council
  • Subject Matter Advisor, Good.Lab; Executive in Residence, The Fashioneering Lab
  • ESG Lead, Kara, focused on supporting venture capital investors and technology companies in streamlining their climate disclosures and ESG reporting processes
  • Business Specialist, Federated Investors, providing operational and development support for local government investment pools valued at $76B
    Created project and test plans for 25 issues annually; produced a statistics dashboard for reporting
  • Client Service, Massachusetts Municipal Depository Trust, demonstrating operational and implementation processes for current clients, including participating in business development and project planning
  • Community Business Outreach Coordinator, New Generation Energy, responsible for the local+GREEN program to increase business owner and government engagement
  • At MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International):
    As ESG Client Services Associate, conducted training on multiple MSCI products; advanced internal projects while maintaining over 350 relationships
    As ESG Analyst, covered the ESG metrics of approximately 350 small market capitalization companies to evaluate risk exposure, presented developing issues to the ESG Small Cap team, and provided feedback and edits on over 100 company profiles.
  • M.A., Sustainability and Environment Management, Harvard University (Extension School)
  • B.B.A, Questrom School of Business – Entrepreneurial Studies & Business Law, Boston University

    Matt Karnes, MBA/CPA

    • Over twenty-five years of diverse finance and accounting experience, serving clients with independent, institutional quality financial research and analysis
    • Managing Director, GreenWave Advisors, providing comprehensive research and financial analysis for the cannabis industry
      Produces fundamental intel throughout the cannabis ecosystem – including detailed, comprehensive analysis and transparent due diligence reports for fully defendable financial forecasts
    • Analyst, SG Cowen, covering satellite communications
    • Vice President, Equity Analyst (Consumer Internet) at Bear Stearns & Co., where his team was consistently recognized by Institutional Investor as an “All America Research Team”
      As a sell side equity analyst, authored or co-authored numerous industry research reports including for Google, Sirius, XM Satellite Radio, DIRECTV and EchoStar Communications
    • Equity Analyst, Wachovia Securities, covering radio broadcasting and cable television
    • Held various finance and accounting positions at PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte, and Texaco
      Executed client engagements throughout the U.S., Europe, The Caribbean, and Asia
    • At Chase Manhattan, responsible for implementing corporate accounting policies on commodity, interest rate, and foreign currency derivative products
    • Series 7 and 63 licensee, FINRA/SIPC
    • M.B.A., Gabelli School of Business – Fordham University
    • B.S., Business Administration (Accounting and Finance), Miami University (OH)

      Yan Hai, M.A.Sc

      • Over 18 years of progressive experience in the pharmaceutical, cannabis, medical device, and natural health products industries including scientific and quality management contributions to some 300 projects to date
      • Knowledge and extensive experience within a range of quality and compliance matters including cGxPs, FDA and Health Canada drug, cannabis and medical device regulatory standards, and ISO frameworks
      • A track record of success improving quality systems, interpreting new regulatory requirements, fixing gaps between quality systems and regulatory standards, implementing CAPA systems, and advancing quality processes to ensure compliance and cost effectiveness
      • Held a variety of roles with global pharmaceutical leaders including Sanofi Pasteur, Novartis, Taro Pharmaceuticals and Thermo Fisher Scientific
      • President and Principal Consultant – Innova Medipharm, Inc., specializing in regulatory compliance, quality assurance, and cGxPs services for the cannabis and pharmaceutical industries
      • Client engagements include inspection readiness, auditing, SOP development, GMP and ISO qualification, quality management system alignment, deviation investigation, gap assessment and change control programs
      • M.A.Sc, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry & Biomaterials/Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada
      • B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, Tongji University, China

      “Art’s team works as a partner, not as a vendor of services. They ask the right questions, really understand the business, engage the relationship team, push back when appropriate, and deliver results that are right on target.”

      Robert Posten
      Co-Chairman, Comanche Holdings, LLC; Former President & Co-Chairman, Landis Strategy & Innovation.