Michael O. Ryan, Sr.

Mike is the Managing Member of Fused Solutions, LLC a successful and growing technology call center based in Potsdam, NY.  He is founder of both North Bay Technology Development, and North Bay Associates, a technology business development firm based in Marlborough Massachusetts. Mike’s successful career started upon graduating with a BS in Engineering and Management from Clarkson University. In 1995, he received the Woodstock Award which honors young alumni who have demonstrated outstanding loyalty and service to Clarkson University and the Alumni Association, and who have used their Clarkson experience to make a notable contribution to their careers. He and his family have a deep connection with northern NY as both his and his wife’s family hale for Rome and Massena respectively. 

Since graduating from Clarkson in 1985, Mike served in senior sales and business development roles at Rogers Corp. Aero DDL and Cuplex, Inc a commodity printed circuit board manufacturer.  At Cuplex, after a very successful tenure as VP Sales - East, he proposed and established the contract assembly and backplane/system assembly business.   This diversification ultimately allowed Cuplex to strategically merge with Dynamic Circuits.  This set the stage for a successful roll-up with several other entities creating DDI, a fast growing and profitable contract manufacturer.  After spotting what proved to be the imminent down turn in the electronics industry as a whole and in conjunction with DDI’s successful public offering, Mike then joined Message Secure Corp in Lowell Massachusetts as Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing and a principle of the firm.  At Message Secure, Mike worked closely with the company founder to take the business from a startup in the fledgling Managed Network Security market, to one of largest and well recognized national providers of network security to several hundred banks across the US. Mike is well versed in the coaching of young companies as they grow to compete in emerging business sectors.  He is married and the proud father of 3 children. 

Matthew Ruby

Business Analyst

Matt Ruby has joined North Bay Technology Development as a business analyst. With his business background Matt will identify new business opportunities, maintain client relations and assist in the business development for current clients. Prior to his work at North Bay, Matt has worked on projects within Gexpro, previously known as GE Supply, as well as ZeroPoint Clean Tech, an alternative energy company located in Potsdam, NY.

Matt has recently graduated with distinction from Clarkson University where he served as the President of his graduating class as well as the Vice President of the student government. He graduated with a degree in Business and Technology Management with a concentration in Project Management and a minor in Professional Communication. Through Matt’s successful leadership skills at Clarkson University, he was awarded with the honor of being inducted into Phalanx, Clarkson’s highest honorary leadership society. Matt is originally from Rochester, NY.

Bob Ziek

Advisor and Partner

In addition to recently joining Northbay Technology Development as an advisor and partner, Bob is President of ZSOURCE, Limited, an innovation consulting firm with a focus in consumer goods. With ZSOURCE, Bob consults for several clients by helping them successfully identify and commercialize innovative product ideas and technologies strategic to their business. Prior to ZSOURCE, Bob was co-founder and senior Vice President for Changing Paradigms, LLC, a manufacturer and marketer of consumer products. In this role, Bob ran the operations, supply chain, and product development for the company and led the company’s growth to over $60 million in annual sales. Earlier in his career, Bob was Director of Product Development and Process Development for Drackett Company, a $600M consumer division of Bristol Myers Squibb, where he developed a significant product and technology pipeline for the division. Bob also worked for P&G right after his graduation from Clarkson University in positions of increasing responsibility in product and process development

Bob received a BSChE from Clarkson with great distinction in 1978. He also received an MBA in Marketing from Xavier University. Bob’s connection with Northern New York and Northbay has resulted from being a highly active alumni for Clarkson. He is currently - serving as chair of the Coulter School of Engineering Dean’s Leadership Council and has provided financial and volunteer support for the iE&M program and new product development curricula at Clarkson. Bob has also been involved in the innovation center at Clarkson and has been working with the University on commercialization process. He recently was awarded the Golden Knight award as a distinguished alumni.

Non-Fiduciary Members of the North Bay Advisory Board

Michael E. Jesanis, former President/CEO, National Grid USA

Mike brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the North Bay effort in St. Lawrence County.  Mike joined New England Electric (NEES) in 1983 and steadily rose through the ranks of NEES and National Grid, who acquired NEES in 2000.  Mike served as Chief Operating Officer, and ultimately as President and Chief Executive Officer of National Grid USA, including its operations at Niagara Mohawk in Syracuse.

Mr. Jesanis earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in mathematics from Clarkson University, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Board of Trustees at Clarkson University, past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Becker College in Worcester, Massachusetts, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.

Alan Stanzler, Attorney, Bowditch & Dewey LLP, Worcester MA

As a prominent attorney in greater Boston, Alan practices as a corporate and  securities lawyer with a specialization in mergers and acquisitions, corporate organization and governance, corporate finance and venture capital, including equity financings, international business, transactions and public offerings.  Mr. Stanzler has advised clients with respect to the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation.  Mr. Stanzler has also counseled non-profit organizations with respect to governance matters.  He has served as a director of both publicly traded and privately held companies.  Of particular value to North Bay is Alan’s experience working with the Brown University Venture Forum, which is very similar to the incubator project evolving in Saint Lawrence County.

Mr. Stanzler is actively involved in many organizations including service as a Trustee at Emerson College, Director of the Brown University Sports Foundation, Chairman and Director of the Northeast Document Conservation Center, Trustee at the Hammond Museum, founding Chairman of the Boston-Melbourne (Australia) Sister City Association, founding Director of the New England Australia Business Council, and Director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council.  Mr. Stanzler earned his BA from Brown University (Magna Cum Laude),  his JD from Harvard University and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Melbourne (Australia).

Gregory Butt, VP Sales, MRV Communications, Chatsworth CA

Greg provides North Bay with keen insight from his leadership experience working with aggressive growth companies in very competitive markets within high tech. MRV is a leading provider of computer network equipment, services and optical components to commercial, government and telco service providers, Nasdaq symbol MRVC. MRV provides products for aerospace, defense and other applications including voice and cellular communication.

Mark Cornett, COO, Fused Solutions, Potsdam NY

Mark’s knowledge of the North Country and his keen understanding of sales and customer service, based upon his success in the area of Call Center Management and Utilization, will be invaluable to North Bay’s effort.  Mark has leveraged his 20+ years of practical and instructional business experience to guide Fused Solutions through a significant and positive transformation since his arrival in February of 2000.  Prior to Fused Solutions, Mr. Cornett taught business courses at Clarkson University for more than a decade. In 1979 he began his career with the Hewlett-Packard Company, where he spent nearly a decade in various sales and marketing management roles.  Mark’s combined experience contributes to his ability to evaluate our prospective client’s sales and service strategies.