Ray Leach

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Biography

Mr. Ray Leach serves as a Board Member at Banyan Technology. He Founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at JumpStart Ventures. He served as a Board Member at The Smithers Group and Signet Enterprises. He began his career at IBM before founding and bootstrapping two startup companies. Both were sold to Multigraphics in 1997, after which he became Vice President of Sales. In 2000, he founded Capella Investments, an investment and management consulting firm focused on startup IT companies. Prior to JumpStart, he taught at the MIT Sloan School of Management while earning his MBA as a Sloan Fellow. He also served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for CommonAngels, Boston's largest angel investor organization. He is a member of the U.S. Commerce Department's National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE), which supports the national innovation strategy by developing policies that foster entrepreneurship. He also serves on the board of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) which has over 400 members and serves as the voice of the United States venture capital community and advocates for policies that encourage innovation and reward long-term investment. He also earned a BA in Finance from the University of Akron He also serves as a Board Member at Banyan Technology.