Wayne Boulais
Founder at Tensility Venture Partners LLC
Network origin in Wayne Boulais first degree
| Entity | Entity type | Industry | |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| College/University | Finance/Rental/Leasing | 353 |
University of Massachusetts
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 271 |
| Public Company | Packaged Software | 34 | |
Energy Foundry
 Energy Foundry Investment ManagersFinance Energy Foundry (Energy foundry) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Jason Blumberg. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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| Private Company | Investment Managers | 28 |
Mercer Management Consulting, Inc.
 Mercer Management Consulting, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Mercer Management Consulting, Inc. provides management consulting services. The company offers business design innovation, brand strategy, operational excellence, transformation, and portfolio strategy services. The firm was founded in 1990 and is located in New York, NY.
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| Subsidiary | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | 22 |
Tensility Venture Partners LLC
 Tensility Venture Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Tensility Venture Partners LLC (Tensility Venture Partner) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Armando Pauker and Wayne T. Boulais. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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| Private Company | Investment Managers | 15 |
DialogTech, Inc.
 DialogTech, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services DialogTech, Inc. provides voice-based marketing automation solutions. It offers a suite of applications that enable businesses to connect, measure, and optimize sales and service calls to marketers, salespeople, and support professionals to automate voice interactions, and generate and track leads. The firm offers solutions for call tracking, hosted interactive voice response, call routing, call management, voice broadcasting, real-time reporting, toll-free numbers, SMS notifications, dynamic phone numbers, phone number cleansing, developer APIs, integration, keyword spotting, store locator, virtual receptionist, call recording, call forwarding, and click to call. The company was founded by Irvin M. Shapiro in 2007 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.
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| Subsidiary | Packaged Software | 14 |
Anokiwave, Inc.
 Anokiwave, Inc. Electronics DistributorsDistribution Services Anokiwave, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company. It provides integrated circuit solutions for next-generation mmW applications. It offers product portfolio for 5G, RADAR, and SATCOM markets. The company was founded by Nitin Jain in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.
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| Subsidiary | Electronics Distributors | 10 |
Enkata Technologies, Inc.
 Enkata Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Enkata Technologies, Inc. provided cloud-based workforce analytics solutions. Its solutions delivered unprecedented visibility into how people perform their jobs, and provides managers with the insight they need to help their employees improve. The company was founded by Ronald E. Hildebrandt, Michale Chen and Stan N. Stukov in 2000 and was headquartered in Redwood City, CA.
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| Extinct | Packaged Software | 6 |
Apex Venture Partners
 Apex Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Apex Venture Partners (Apex Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 by James Johnson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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| Private Company | Investment Managers | 3 |
Metatomix, Inc.
 Metatomix, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Metatomix, Inc. provides computer programming and software development services. It solutions include integrate data and processes to create a common, contextual understanding across multiple enterprise systems. The company was founded by Colin Britton, Timothy Cunningham, Robert F. Angelo in 2000 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.
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| Subsidiary | Information Technology Services | 3 |
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Companies connected to Wayne Boulais via their personal network
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Commonwealth Edison Co.
 Commonwealth Edison Co. Electric UtilitiesUtilities Commonwealth Edison Co. engages in the provision of electric utility services. It focuses on the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity. It also involves in the transmission and distribution of electricity to retail customers. The company was founded in September 1907 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Electric Utilities | Corporate Officer/Principal Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Broker)
 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Broker) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Packaged Software | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| ORACLE CORPORATION | Packaged Software | Sales & Marketing Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| PURE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. | Electronic Equipment/Instruments | Director of Finance/CFO Director of Finance/CFO | |
Transphorm Technology, Inc.
 Transphorm Technology, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Transphorm, Inc. provides power conversion modules. It simplifies the design and manufacturing of motor drives, power supplies and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles. Transphorm designs and delivers its power conversion devices and modules from material technology and device fabrication to circuit design and module assembly. The company was founded by Umesh K. Mishra and Primit A. Parikh in 2007 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA. | Semiconductors | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Zipline International, Inc.
 Zipline International, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Zipline International, Inc. builds flexible and open robotic platforms that interacts with humans. It makes robotic platforms that use user's smartphone as their brains and users can customize, program and control remotely via a live video feed. The company was founded by Peter Seid, Keller Rinaudo and Phu Nguyen in August 2011 and is headquartered in Half Moon Bay, CA. | Information Technology Services | Consultant / Advisor | |
| Brown University | College/University | Director/Board Member Undergraduate Degree | |
| Michigan State University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
KPMG LLP
 KPMG LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
McKinsey & Co., Inc.
 McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Duke University
 Duke University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Harvard University
 Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | College/University | Masters Business Admin Graduate Degree | |
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
 Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. organizes and performs opera shows in its residence at the Lincoln Center of Performing Arts. The firm offers services in association with sponsors, such as Texaco. It produces radio, television and compact disk recordings of the performances and distributes them around the world. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Movies/Entertainment | Director/Board Member | |
| Stanford University | College/University | Graduate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
| Harvard Business School | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
Northwestern University
 Northwestern University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | ||
| DePaul University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| The University of Chicago Booth School of Business | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| University of Michigan | College/University | Masters Business Admin Graduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| Loyola University of Chicago | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Chairman | |
Turk Ventures Advisory Limited
 Turk Ventures Advisory Limited Investment ManagersFinance Turk Ventures Advisory Ltd (Turkven) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2000 by Seymur Tari, Eren Nil and Evren Unver. The firm is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. | Investment Managers | Founder Private Equity Investor | |
Argonne National Laboratory
 Argonne National Laboratory Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Argonne National Laboratory provides research and technology services. Its research areas include computer science, energy, environmental management, and industrial technology. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Lemont, IL. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Private Equity Investor | |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | College/University | Graduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| University of California, Berkeley | College/University | Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Great Lakes Advisors LLC
 Great Lakes Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Great Lakes Advisors LLC (GLA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1981, the firm is a subsidiary of Whamco Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Wintrust Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: WTFC), which acquired the firm in 2011. GLA offers customized investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients. In addition, the firm serves as adviser to mutual funds and is the General Partner to a Private Fund. GLA is a socially responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) which integrates environmental, social, and governance considerations into their investment process. | Investment Managers | Portfolio Manager-Equities Chief Executive Officer | |
| Southern Illinois University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
Spiral Sun Ventures LLC
 Spiral Sun Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Spiral Sun Ventures LLC (Spiral Sun Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Mark Thomann and Michael Kaplan. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Investment Managers | Consultant / Advisor Director of Finance/CFO | |
GV Management Co. LLC
 GV Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance GV Management Co LLC (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2009 by Bill Maris. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California with an additional office in San Francisco, Boston, New York and London. | Investment Managers | Corporate Officer/Principal Private Equity Investor | |
| University of Calgary | College/University | Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| University of Alberta | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Institute of Corporate Directors
 Institute of Corporate Directors Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Institute of Corporate Directors is a not-for-profit, member-based association that serves as a resource and voice for directors and boards. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. The ICD provides thought leadership through various publications and is a unified voice for directors. The Canadian company was founded by Brian J. Gibson, and Rahul K. Bhardwaj has been the CEO of the company since 2016. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign | College/University | Corporate Officer/Principal Masters Business Admin | |
Evans Consoles Corp.
 Evans Consoles Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Evans Consoles Corp. manufactures designs and installs innovative solution for custom control center services. It services offer turnkey solutions, facility design, imaging, shipping and installation, and client services. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Chief Executive Officer Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
Flexport, Inc.
 Flexport, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Flexport, Inc. engages in the provision of online customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. It offers ocean freight, air freight, trucking and delivery, government agency filing, cargo insurance, and warehousing and fulfillment. The company was founded by Ryan Roy Petersen and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Packaged Software | Consultant / Advisor | |
| Alberta University of the Arts | College/University | Undergraduate Degree | |
Lumiode, Inc.
 Lumiode, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Lumiode, Inc. develops micro display technologies. It specializes in high-brightness display. The company was founded by Vincent Lee and Ioannis Kymissis and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Semiconductors | Founder | |
Overture Life, Inc.
 Overture Life, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Overture Life, Inc. operates as a biotechnology firm. The company was founded by Martin Varsavsky, Santiago Munné and José Horcajadas and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member | |
Kelvin Systems, Inc.
 Kelvin Systems, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Kelvin Systems, Inc. develops a mechanism allows heating systems to control heat transfer at each radiator. Its product The Cozy is a thermostat for radiator, allowing buildings to save energy while finally giving temperature control to tenants. The company was founded by Ioannis Kymissis and Marshall Cox in 2011 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Founder | |
Opsera, Inc.
 Opsera, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Opsera, Inc. is a unified DevOps platform that offers comprehensive orchestration for CI/CD pipeline creation and management, a marketplace of pre-built integrations, and complete analytic and reporting capabilities with actionable intelligence. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The platform enables toolchain automation within DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, increasing productivity, efficiency, and security of organizations. Opsera automates any CI/CD toolchain, enables declarative pipelines, and provides unified insights across the entire software delivery process. The company was founded in 2020 by Chandra Ranganathan and Kumar Chivukula. Kumar Chivukula has been the CEO since 2020. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member | |
Forsta AS
 Forsta AS Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Forsta AS is a customer experience and Norwegian market research technology company that was formed in 2021 through the merger of industry leaders Confirmit, FocusVision, and Dapresy. The company is based in Oslo, NO, and has subsidiaries in Australia, Norway, Canada, and the United States. The company provides a comprehensive platform for research and insights solutions, including CX, enterprise feedback management, VOC, VOE, qual, quant, data visualization, and more. Forsta's technology, combined with its team of expert consultants, helps thousands of organizations across various industries. Forsta was founded in 2021, and Kyle Ferguson has been the CEO of the company since 2020. | Data Processing Services | Director/Board Member | |
Xilis, Inc.
 Xilis, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Xilis, Inc. engages in the development of droplet-based microfluidics technology devices for precision cancer diagnostics and drug development. It offers Xilis platform. The company was founded by Xiling Shen and David Shu and is headquartered in Durham, NC. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member | |
X1, Inc.
 X1, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Part of Robinhood Markets, Inc., Robinhood Credit, Inc. is a credit card company that offers the x1 card, which is built with stainless steel and laser etching technology. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The x1 card provides smart credit limits, a rewards program, and automated features to enhance the shopping and spending experience. Partnered with Visa Signature, the card can be used at millions of merchants worldwide. The company was founded by Deepak Rao and Siddharth Batra, with Deepak Rao serving as the CEO since incorporation. Robinhood Credit was acquired by Robinhood Markets, Inc. on July 03, 2023 for $104 million. | Finance/Rental/Leasing | Director/Board Member | |
Culture Amp Pty Ltd.
 Culture Amp Pty Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Culture Amp Pty Ltd. operates as a software company that builds survey platform for people and culture. Its platform that enables human resources departments how employees feel about the organization work and how company culture stacks up against competitors in the industry. The company was founded in 2011 by Didier Elzinga, Jonathan Williams, Douglas English and Rod Hamilton and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member |
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International
| United States | 37 |
| Canada | 8 |
| Czech Republic | 2 |
| Turkey | 2 |
| Norway | 2 |
Sectoral
| Consumer Services | 21 |
| Commercial Services | 9 |
| Technology Services | 8 |
| Finance | 7 |
| Electronic Technology | 4 |
Operational
| Director/Board Member | 305 |
| Corporate Officer/Principal | 163 |
| Undergraduate Degree | 79 |
| Graduate Degree | 62 |
| Chief Executive Officer | 57 |
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| Morten Westye Høegh | 28 |
| Thomas Ebling | 26 |
| Wesley Chan | 25 |
| Tzau Jin Chung | 24 |
| Alexandre Santos | 21 |
| Adrianna Ma | 20 |
| Todd Lillibridge | 18 |
| Christine McGinley | 18 |
| Timothy Cunningham | 18 |
| Edward Wehmer | 17 |
| Denise Karkkainen | 16 |
| Leland Putterman | 16 |
| Andy Wheeler | 15 |
| Armando Pauker | 14 |
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