Brandywine’s Management

He also co-founded InternetSeer.com, which became the world’s largest web site monitoring company and is the co-inventor on a patent related to web site monitoring. He was instrumental in selling the company to Landmark Communications (then the owner of The Weather Channel).

Mr. Dever has been a board member of the National Futures Association CPO/CTA Committee, holds the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation and has a B.S. in Business from West Chester University.

Fun Facts:

• As a high school pole vault coach, Mike coached three state medalists, an All-American and the previous (2018) Pennsylvania all-time state record holder (17’)
• Mike is an Eagle Scout, coach for Special Olympics, instrument-rated private pilot and also holds a Part 107 drone pilot license
• Mike’s proudest accomplishment has been raising three great boys with his wife Kim, a nurse with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Mitchell, works full-time in electronics
  • Matthew is a graduate of Penn State and co-founder of Scrimmage, a sports marketing company. Matthew is also the Guinness Book World Record holder in the American football long snap (41.5 yards)
  • Charley is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and on active duty with the U.S. Navy in cyber-related duties.

You can read more, including numerous business and personal references for Mike at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikedever/.

Fun Facts:

• Rob took a four-year hiatus from the investment world to help “grow” Vermont Natural Beef LLC – a direct to consumer provider of NY, NJ and New England’s best beef! The farm also ran a wedding business, KingstonPlace.com, that hosts barn weddings.
• Rob met Mike Dever at the University of Vermont, but the rest of Rob’s family are Yalies. Both of his sons are recent software engineer grads and his wife is a professor of 20+ years at the medical school.
• Prior to 2020, traveling has been a passion for Rob and his family. Most recently trips have included three weeks in the Galapagos in 2019 and a trip to Machu Picchu in 2017. Both are highly recommended!
• For fun outside of academia, Rob & his family sail a Little Harbor 38 out of Mystic, CT and dive most winters from the North Shore of Grand Cayman.

His transaction skills eventually led him to Dean Witter Reynolds in the World Trade Center where he traded spot precious metals for Turtle Traders and Central Banks on their 24 hour desk. There he started on the European Trading session and eventually went to the NY session to also develop new global relationships. David eventually left the World Trade Center 9 months before 9/11 to raise his family in Florida.

David now resides in the Pocono’s with his wife Candice and son Jake. They are all avid skiers, Jake aspiring to be a snowboard instructor at 15. David is also an Eagle Scout  and one test away from Black Belt in Olympic TaeKwonDo.

Doug’s financial experience includes investment roles with two early-stage, east coast venture capital firms, investment sales and trading experience with a major Wall Street Bank, and managing investments for a prominent family office which included reorganizing its seven-figure commodities futures portfolio.

 

Doug’s operational experience includes private investment, business development and sales, with an early career in software and Venture Capital.  Doug was an “intrapreneur” for two telecom/intranet service providers, growing regional and national selling organizations from the ground up.

Doug held start-up roles in retail, consulting, software, and business services.  Doug has BoD level experience with more than thirty early-stage organizations and has been directly involved with the purchase and integration of seven corporate acquisitions.

Doug’s education includes an MBA from Wharton, an MSE (Computer Science) from Penn and a BA degree from Colgate.