Don Spero
Founder at NMGF Management LLC
Profile
Donald Spero co-founded New Markets Venture Partners in 2003 and served as a General Partner through 2019.
Prior to New Markets, Don was Director of the University of Maryland Smith College of Business’ Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship and Founder of Spero Quality Strategies (SQS), providing seed capital and mentoring for entrepreneurs and strategic consulting for corporate and non-profit clients.
During Don’s tenure at the Dingman Center, the program was ranked as one of the best entrepreneurship centers in the U.S.
During that period Don was also Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship at the Smith School.
Over his career, Don has served on many private and public corporate boards and also on non-profit boards.
Prior to starting SQS, Don served for 21 years as the founder, president and CEO of Fusion Systems Corporation, providing high technology manufacturing systems to global customers in telecommunications, semiconductor, printing, packaging, automotive and other industries.
The company conducted an IPO in 1994.
The Semiconductor division was later acquired by Eaton Corporation and the UV Curing Division by Spectris PLC, then subsequently sold to Heraeus Noblelight GmbH.
Don earned his bachelors degree in Engineering Physics from Cornell University and his Ph.D.
in Physics from Columbia University.
He did post-doctoral work in physics at the University of Maryland, where his research led to the development of high intensity microwave lamps that became the core technology for Fusion Systems.
Don is a world class rower, seven times U.
S.
national champion, a member of the 1964 U.S.
Olympic team, and a winner of the 1966 World Championships in single sculls.
He is married with three children and five grandchildren.
Don Spero active positions
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NMGF Management LLC
NMGF Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance NMGF Management LLC (New Markets Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Mark Anthony Grovic and Robb Tyler Doub. The firm is headquartered in Fulton, Maryland. | Founder | 31/12/2002 |
Former positions of Don Spero
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FortiusOne, Inc.
FortiusOne, Inc. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services FortiusOne, Inc. engages in the provision of Internet mapping services. The company was founded by Sean P. Gorman, Laurie Anne Schintler, and Rajendra Kulkarni in 2005 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. | Director/Board Member | - |
University of Maryland | Director/Board Member | - |
Fusion Systems Corp
Fusion Systems Corp SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Part of Eaton Corp. Plc, Fusion Systems Corp is a company that supplies photostabilizers for the semiconductor industry. The company is based in Rockville, MD. The company was founded by Don Maurice Spero, Marshal Greenblatt. Fusion Systems was acquired by Eaton Corp., part of Eaton Corp. Plc from November 30, 2012 on August 04, 1997 for $292.50 million. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Training of Don Spero
Cornell University | Undergraduate Degree |
The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York | Doctorate Degree |
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NMGF Management LLC
NMGF Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance NMGF Management LLC (New Markets Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Mark Anthony Grovic and Robb Tyler Doub. The firm is headquartered in Fulton, Maryland. | Finance |
Fusion Systems Corp
Fusion Systems Corp SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Part of Eaton Corp. Plc, Fusion Systems Corp is a company that supplies photostabilizers for the semiconductor industry. The company is based in Rockville, MD. The company was founded by Don Maurice Spero, Marshal Greenblatt. Fusion Systems was acquired by Eaton Corp., part of Eaton Corp. Plc from November 30, 2012 on August 04, 1997 for $292.50 million. | Electronic Technology |
FortiusOne, Inc.
FortiusOne, Inc. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services FortiusOne, Inc. engages in the provision of Internet mapping services. The company was founded by Sean P. Gorman, Laurie Anne Schintler, and Rajendra Kulkarni in 2005 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. | Industrial Services |
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