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.

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.