Email
bfiner@wpi.edu
Education
MS Boston University
BS Northeastern University

Barbara Finer is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully launched many companies and products to market, energizing and aligning teams, and attracting funding.

Primarily helping technology-based, business-to-business companies across sensor-heavy  sectors, Barbara creates partnership, and grows revenue and market share. With a superpower in product marketing, Barbara has developed the messaging, business model and go-to-market plans for large enterprises and startup companies. She has helped attract funding for dozens of startups, and founded TechSandBox, Southie Autonomy, TeleRadx, and CxO Management Group. 

Barb has served on Boards including the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, Choices Wellness, WPI Venture Forum, and TechSandBox. She recently joined our Mass Innovation Advisory Board.

Barbara has a technical background and degree (BS, Northeastern University) and MS in management of innovation and technology (MSA, Boston University).

Outside work, Barb is an active startup mentor and is involved in theater as well as teaching Marketing, Business and Entrepreneurship classes at universities and for professional associations. She currently teaches Entrepreneurship at WPI.

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