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Robert J. Creeden

CEI Advisory Board Member

Robert J. Creeden, MBA, is Managing Director of the Center for Innovative Ventures (CIV) at Partners Healthcare, where he oversees the creation and launching of new ventures generated from Partners' innovative research discoveries. During his career, he has reviewed more than 2,000 business plans and invested in more than 40 companies.

Creeden has spent more than 25 years commercializing new technologies and promoting emerging businesses, including 15 years of early stage venture capital investing experience. In 2004, Partners appointed him to establish the CIV. He was previously a general partner at Egan-Managed Capital, a $150 million dollar Boston-based venture fund, after having served as Vice President of the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation, an early stage venture firm that funds technology-based companies in Massachusetts.

Earlier in his career, he gained strategic operating expertise as a COO/CFO with start-up ventures and as a management consultant with Control Data Business Advisors. He holds an A.B. in economics from Holy Cross College and an MBA from Suffolk University. Creeden is a member of the Advisory Board for the WPI Collaborative for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and a former Chair of the WPI Venture Forum, where he currently serves on the Board. He is also a Director of The Capital Network and a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship and early-stage investing.

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