Brian S. Woodward, Grand Junction, Colo., has teamed up with Charlotte Støvring to launch a communication and public relations bureau, Støvring+Woodward Kommunikation. The firm is headquartered in Denmark.
Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island has named Diane Franchitto ’MBA, ’89 BS, Foxborough, Mass., as president and CEO. She has been the organization’s vice president for marketing and philanthropy since January 2007.
Daniel P. Renzella, Watertown, Mass., has joined RailRunner Inc. as chief financial officer. The firm develops container inter-modal transport systems.
RSM McGladrey has welcomed Michael Swiszcz, Mesa, Ariz., as business development director in the Phoenix office. Swiszcz is responsible for strategically growing the firm’s audit, tax and business consulting practices in Arizona and New Mexico.
Silver Bridge Advisors, an independent wealth
advisory firm, has appointed Deirde R. Prescott ’MSF, Cohasset, Mass., to be director of client development.
Wilmington, Mass., resident James M. Lemay ’89 has been promoted to principal at DiCicco, Gulman & Company. The firm’s focus is accounting and financial matters for private companies.
Paul J. Carpinella, Canton, Mass., has earned a promotion to marketing project manager at Norwood-based Windstar Technologies.
Kathryn Karr, Centerville, Mass., and her family organized the second annual Pedaling for Preemies ride to benefit Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital in Boston.
Paul H. Turner ’MSHFID, Framingham, Mass., completed a 12-month contract in interaction design with Sovereign Bank. He credits the graduate program at Bentley for helping him land the position seven months before receiving his degree.
“I took an untraditional route from my peers in career choice,” he observes. “I knew I wanted to join or found a startup company.”
The Management major would meet that goal during his senior year at Bentley. He became marketing director at Emerginvest, joining company founders Andrew Waterman, CEO, and Eugene Kim, director of technology. Their venture: a web-based finance portal to help people locate investment opportunities around the world.
Last summer, the trio applied for a spot at the San Francisco-based TechCrunch50 conference and competition, which identifies 50 outstanding startups from around the world. Emerginvest was one of only two Boston firms to make the cut, in a field of 1,000 companies hailing from 49 countries.
The entrepreneurial instinct hatched early for Jonathan O’Shaughnessy ’08. At age 7, he launched a business raising chickens and selling the eggs to farm stands in rural New Hampshire. By 14, he had enough money to buy a car.
Prospective investors can tap the Emerginvest web site for comprehensive information on global financial markets. Clicking on a particular country or region delivers details such as stock market data, a sector breakout of firms, and investment analysis. Drilling down further, they can find specific companies to invest in — via a local brokerage recommended by Emerginvest or through American exchange traded funds.
The current financial meltdown has posed challenges, of course. But the confidence and eye for opportunity that inspired a 7-year-old businessman are evident still.
“The more we realize that the U.S. is going to be in a recession for a protracted period, the more people see that other areas of the world, like China and India, are offering far better returns,” says O’Shaughnessy, who handles a full range of marketing duties for the small company, including public relations, web site design and Internet marketing, as well as some business development and sales.
“In a startup like this, success depends on the people you work with,” he adds. “Every single member is crucial.” Chantale Shepard
To learn more, visit www.emerginvest.com.
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