Leadership Michael Ryan - CEOAs President and Founder of both North Bay Associates and North Bay Technology Development, Mike Ryan conceptualized and led the acquisition of Fused Solutions LLC. Located in Marlborough, MA, North Bay Associates offers outsourced business development consulting to growth-oriented technology firms. Located in Potsdam, NY, North Bay Technology Development is an approved qualified business development company of the Seaway Private Equity Corp., (SPEC), involved with recruiting and growing technology-based ventures to St. Lawrence County, NY.
Before founding North Bay Associates, Mike served as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Message Secure Corporation, a managed security services and compliance assurances provider to regulated businesses. Mike joined MSC to transition it from a start-up with less than 20 clients to a growth stage company. While at Message Secure, Mike refined the company strategy to focus on high value verticals, restructured the sales organization to reflect changing market conditions, developed effective sales training programs, managed all business development initiatives, implemented a new CRM system to enhance reporting and productivity, and led the company's first effort to secure venture funding.
Previously, Mike served as Director of Business Development and Eastern Operations with DDI, the fastest growing and most profitable quick turn contract manufacturer of its time, where he developed and executed a sales plan to exceed company requirements Earlier in his career, Mike served in senior sales and business development roles at Cuplex, Inc., Aero DDL and Rogers Corporation. Mike has a BS in Engineering and Management from Clarkson University. Mark Cornett - COOMark Cornett has leveraged over a quarter century of practical and instructional business experience to guide Fused Solutions through a significant and positive transformation since his arrival in February of 2000. In addition to general oversight of company operations, his focus on effective organizational development has established a strong foundation for continued growth and success. Prior to Fused Solutions, Mark spent more than a decade as a member of the business faculty, and director of several programs, at Clarkson University. In 1979 he began his career with the Hewlett-Packard Company, where he spent nearly a decade in various sales and marketing management roles. A 1979 graduate of Clarkson University (IE&M Program), Mark also holds an MBA degree from Northeastern University in Boston, MA.
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