We are very excited to welcome into our faculty for our May Entrepreneurship Boot Camp three of the best well known experts in advising emerging companies.

Doug Zingale, Partner, Foley Hoag

Doug Zingale is a partner at Foley Hoag LLP where he focuses his practice on representing technology companies and emerging businesses, managing mergers and acquisitions, and overseeing complex project and collaboration agreements. He spends a significant amount of his time advising senior management and Boards of Directors on the range of issues that require the attention of those groups, including risk management, material transactions and litigation. Doug has been repeatedly recognized by The Best Lawyers in America and Massachusetts SuperLawyers for his effectiveness at providing transactional counsel and general corporate advice.

He has also represented several underwriters and many private equity and venture capital investors. Doug has represented companies in many industries including software, internet, telecommunications, biotechnology, insurance, medical devices, healthcare and alternative energy. Clients have ranged from well-known companies such as America Online, Biogen and Thermo Electron to MIT spin-outs.

Doug is on the Executive Board of MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, Inc. and serves as Chairman of the Forum's Case Presentation Committee. Before joining Foley Hoag, Doug served as Chairman or Co-Chairman of business law practices in two other large law firms.

Stephen "Zam" Zamierowski, Tech-Venture Center Director, Deloitt

Zam is a member of Deloitte's New England technology & life sciences practice. As Director of the Tech-Venture Center, he focuses on helping information technology and life sciences entrepreneurs form the professional service and capital foundations for their companies. Before joining Deloitte, Zam was VP of Marketing for a software startup. Earlier in his career, Zam held a variety of senior marketing and product management positions at Data General, Progress Software and Interleaf. He began his career as a market analyst with International Data Corporation. Zam is a frequent speaker, judge and coach for entrepreneurial programs at several institutions including MIT, BU, Northeastern and Tufts. He is a member of the board of directors of The Capital Network (TCN) and the New England Technology Foundation. Zam also serves as an advisor/judge for Mass High Tech's Incubator of the Year Awards and a reviewer for the Mass Tech Transfer Center's (MTTC) grant program.

James Geshwiler, Managing Director, Common Angels

James is Chairman of the Angel Capital Education Foundation and works with angel investors, venture capitalists, academic leaders and entrepreneurs around the country to foster better understanding of patterns and practices in angel investing. He is the former chairman of ACEF's sister organization, the Angel Capital Association, which is a trade group formed to promote angel groups and their best practices. He is a contributing author to Cutting-Edge Practices in American Angel Investing, published in October 2003 by Darden Business Publishing of the University of Virginia, has written papers on angel investment processes published by the Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, and regularly speaks on entrepreneurship and private investing.

James joined CommonAngels in 1999, and since that time has participated in funding 24 companies through over 60 rounds of financing totaling over $100 million as well as five M&A events and two shutdowns. He has also raised two $10 million co-investment funds managed by CommonAngels. Within CommonAngels, James manages deal flow, due diligence and the investment process. He also guides the group's strategic direction and works closely with follow-on investors.

He was Phi Beta Kappa and holds a bachelor's degree with highest honors from the Liberal Arts Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin, a master's degree in political science from UCLA, and an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management.