TIGER 21 Boston

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  Rob Fleischman

  Rob Fleischman

  TIGER 21 Chair, Boston & Global

  Rob Fleischman is the Chair of Boston 01 and Global 01. Rob was the first member of Boston TIGER 21 and because of his love of the experience, transitioned to becoming a Chair. He approaches chairing as a peer and embraces members as trusted friends and advisors. After graduating from MIT, Rob began his career at BBN Labs, where the Internet was invented, in fact, Rob’s first mentor was Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of e-mail. Rob founded multiple start-ups, holds many patents, and invented and helped build technologies that currently process trillions of transactions daily on the Internet. For many years, for fun, Rob could be heard on the radio as a guest and contributor to NPR in New England as the “explainer of all things wired”. Finally, and most importantly, Rob is a dedicated husband and father (2 daughters) and works hard to maintain an active life in New Hampshire.
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  Cris Peterson

  Cris Peterson

  TIGER 21 Chair, Boston

  Cris Peterson is Chair of Boston 02. He is the founder and managing partner of Novati, providing management consulting and leadership development for early-stage organizations. He began his career at Apple and has served as CIO for EF Education in Stockholm, Sweden and The Bridgespan Group in Boston. He founded Cardinal Group, a software development company and has taught graduate level computer science courses at Harvard University. Peterson serves on the boards for Cape Ann Animal Aid and the North Shore YMCA. He has been a member and moderator for his YEO Forum group for over 20 years. He holds degrees in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder and lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts with his partner Sara and daughter Lea. He’s an avid sea kayaker and cyclist, working with the Trustees of Reservations as a senior kayak guide and always looks forward to the Pan Mass Challenge, riding 192 miles from Sturbridge to Provincetown.
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  Paul Schaut

  Paul Schaut

  TIGER 21 Chair, Boston

  Paul Schaut is the Chair of Boston 03 and an 8-time CEO turned professional board director helping facilitate strategy, execution and business development. Paul has served on more than two dozen boards as independent director supporting early to mid-stage companies backed by leading venture / PE firms. Since 1982 Paul has been at the forefront of virtually every technology innovation. Paul is a consummate networker and leverages his breadth of technology and leadership experience to ‘connect the dots’. He has raised ~$400M in capital for more than 18 companies, directed 16 M&A sell and buy-side transactions ranging from $6M to $1.8B and facilitated six strategic company exits. As CEO for publicly traded Engage, he directed the Goldman Sachs-led IPO with an eventual $12B market cap. Paul is an active MIT mentor, enjoys classic rock band concerts, skiing, golfing and spending time with his family on Nantucket.
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Rob Fleischman
TIGER 21 Chair, Boston & Global
Rob Fleischman
TIGER 21 Chair, Boston & Global
Rob Fleischman is the Chair of Boston 01 and Global 01. Rob was the first member of Boston TIGER 21 and because of his love of the experience, transitioned to becoming a Chair. He approaches chairing as a peer and embraces members as trusted friends and advisors. After graduating from MIT, Rob began his career at BBN Labs, where the Internet was invented, in fact, Rob’s first mentor was Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of e-mail. Rob founded multiple start-ups, holds many patents, and invented and helped build technologies that currently process trillions of transactions daily on the Internet. For many years, for fun, Rob could be heard on the radio as a guest and contributor to NPR in New England as the “explainer of all things wired”. Finally, and most importantly, Rob is a dedicated husband and father (2 daughters) and works hard to maintain an active life in New Hampshire.

Cris Peterson
TIGER 21 Chair, Boston
Cris Peterson
TIGER 21 Chair, Boston
Cris Peterson is Chair of Boston 02. He is the founder and managing partner of Novati, providing management consulting and leadership development for early-stage organizations. He began his career at Apple and has served as CIO for EF Education in Stockholm, Sweden and The Bridgespan Group in Boston. He founded Cardinal Group, a software development company and has taught graduate level computer science courses at Harvard University. Peterson serves on the boards for Cape Ann Animal Aid and the North Shore YMCA. He has been a member and moderator for his YEO Forum group for over 20 years. He holds degrees in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder and lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts with his partner Sara and daughter Lea. He’s an avid sea kayaker and cyclist, working with the Trustees of Reservations as a senior kayak guide and always looks forward to the Pan Mass Challenge, riding 192 miles from Sturbridge to Provincetown.

Paul Schaut
TIGER 21 Chair, Boston
Paul Schaut
TIGER 21 Chair, Boston
Paul Schaut is the Chair of Boston 03 and an 8-time CEO turned professional board director helping facilitate strategy, execution and business development. Paul has served on more than two dozen boards as independent director supporting early to mid-stage companies backed by leading venture / PE firms. Since 1982 Paul has been at the forefront of virtually every technology innovation. Paul is a consummate networker and leverages his breadth of technology and leadership experience to ‘connect the dots’. He has raised ~$400M in capital for more than 18 companies, directed 16 M&A sell and buy-side transactions ranging from $6M to $1.8B and facilitated six strategic company exits. As CEO for publicly traded Engage, he directed the Goldman Sachs-led IPO with an eventual $12B market cap. Paul is an active MIT mentor, enjoys classic rock band concerts, skiing, golfing and spending time with his family on Nantucket.
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