Introducing the Three Wise Men - A Spotlight on NFi Board Members

Michael Cipollaro joined The Crummer Graduate School of Business in 1994 as Executive-in-Residence. In this capacity, he has taught all four MBA programs. He also founded the Center for Entrepreneurship at Rollins and as Executive Director led it for three years.  Prior to joining the faculty at Rollins College, Mr. Cipollaro had a distinguished international business career, most recently serving as President of Global Business for the Gerber Products Company and previously in the same position for McCormick & Company, Inc., both companies being leaders in their field.  Mr. Cipollaro is a founding partner in The Greystone Group, which provides a wide range of consulting services both domestically and internationally, and sits on the Boards of five Central Florida based enterprises.

William A. Grimm serves as Of Counsel to the Grey Robinson firm after practicing law full time for more than 34 years. He is also a full-time Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship and Negotiation at the Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business, teaching Negotiation, Entrepreneurial Finance and Entrepreneurship in the MBA program. Bill's engineering background assisted him in becoming general counsel to many high technology companies in the Central Florida area, including several publicly held companies.

Barry Render, holder of the first endowed chair at the Rollins College Graduate School of Business(Winter Park, FL), is author of over 100 articles in leading business journals and 10 textbooks. He has taught at George Washington University, George Mason University, Boston University, and the University of New Orleans. From 1984 to 1993, Dr. Render was also President of Management Science Associates of Virginia, Inc., whose technology consulting clients included the U.S. Navy, NASA, Fairfax County Virginia, the FBI, and C & P Phone. He also served for 5 years as editor of the New York Times Special Operations Management editions.