Managing Partner of Originate Investors
Glen has been a venture capitalist for just under 30 years. He is Managing Partner of Originate Ventures (based in Bethlehem, PA), an early stage-oriented venture capital firm that is primarily focused on investing in emerging companies located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. He has been a Partner with Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds since its founding in 1985 and combined MAVF's fifth fund to help establish Originate Ventures.
Notable health care investments that Glen has led include Access Health (NASDAQ: ACCS, acquired by McKesson), a leading provider of health information solutions, UltraCision (acquired by Johnson & Johnson), developer of the Harmonic Scalpel system, CareGain (acquired by Fiserv), a provider of consumer-directed health plan solutions, CareKinesis, a provider of advanced medication management solutions and ProtonMedia, a provider of immersive collaboration environments to the life sciences industry. Other investments Glen has led include International Quantum Epitaxy (LSE:IQE plc), the world's leading merchant manufacturer of compound semiconductor wafers, Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISSC), a leading provider of flat panel avionics to commercial aircraft, Ravisent Technologies (NASDAQ: RVST), a leader in digital video solutions, Any Time Access(acquired by Digital Insight), a provider of on-line loan origination and processing solutions and MicroE Systems (acquired by GSI), manufacturer of the most advance position management solutions
Glen was the Chairman of the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group (now IMPACT) in 1996-1997, where he conceived and organized the GPVG Venture Institute and has been on the Investment Advisory Committee for the Ben Franklin Technology Center, Southeast Pennsylvania for over 20 years. In addition to his Originate Ventures Board positions, Glen is Vice-Chairman of Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISSC), a member of the Board of Governors of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and a partner in and member of the Board of Directors of Alum-a-Lift, Inc., a family-owned manufacturing business servicing over 200 of the Fortune 500.
Glen holds a BSBA, cum laude, from Boston University and an MBA from Babson College.