Jack Derby
Prior to forming Derby Management in 1990, Jack’s background included positions as CEO of Mayer Electronics Corporation, President of CB Sports, President of Litton Industries Medical Systems, CEO of Datamedix Corporation and President of Becton Dickinson Medical Systems.
Jack has been named to Mass High Tech’s All Star Team. He is often quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald and has published articles and editorials in The Boston Business Journal and Mass High Tech. He is frequent speaker at numerous business organizations including the MIT Enterprise Forum, the Small Business Association of New England, the Harvard Business School, and the WPI Venture Forum. In 2009, he was the keynote speaker at the annual city Entrepreneurship Day Awards in Rochester, NY and New Brunswick, Canada. He is also a guest lecturer at MIT where he teaches classes in business planning and marketing for undergraduate students in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Jack lectures in entrepreneurship at Green Mountain College and is a professor at Tufts University’s School of Engineering where he teaches Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing.
Jack is extremely active in the New England emerging and middle market business communities. He is currently or has been an active board member in twenty companies including fourteen companies that he has either co-founded or managed as the CEO. He was instrumental in restructuring the Board of the MIT Enterprise Forum where he has held the position of Chairman. Additionally, he has been the Vice Chair of the Smaller Business Association of New England where in 2004, Jack was the recipient of New England’s “Pro Bono Publico Award” for his significant contributions to the business community. Jack has also been a Director of MIT’s Technology Capital Network, and the President of the University Club of Boston. Currently, he is Chairman of the Association for Corporate Growth of Boston and also served as a Director of ACG’s Global Board, where he was twice awarded their annual Meritorious Service Award. Jack is also currently the Director Emeritus of The Associated Industries of Massachusetts and is a Director at Accounting Management Solutions, The Alliance Companies, Beacon Hospice, Brainshark Corporation, Hybricon Corporation, Rome Snowboards and Ntirety Inc. Jack is also an active member of The Common Angels, one of the largest angel group investors in the U.S., where he is a board member as of 2010.
