Ron Tarro

President | Board Director | Investment Committee Chair | Investor

2022 - Current

Vice President Investment Sourcing Screening | Board Director | Investment Committee Member

2019 - 2022

New World Angels provides private capital to early-stage entrepreneurial companies. New World investors are successful business executives and investment professionals who have helped build the Florida and the American economic engine. They have led corporations both large and small, public and private. We share a passion for finding and engaging smart and motivated entrepreneurs from interesting and diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Advisor, Corporate Development

2022

PQSecure designs and develops quantum-computing-resistant cryptographic technology. PQSecure's embedded cryptographic technologies secure the next generation of information technology devices and platforms from the next generation of quantum-computing-based security attacks. Backed by DARPA and In-Q-Tel, helping the PQSecure team build a company that will be of critical strategic importance to our information-dependent world.

Investor, Advisor, and Fractional Executive For Emerging Technology Companies

2014

I help early and growth-stage technology companies succeed by providing investment and direct hands-on management assistance to CEO's and founding teams. I also assist private equity, angel syndicates, and venture capital organizations in building and managing their technology investment portfolios, including deal flow, screening and due diligence, and portfolio company growth and operational strategy.

Executive In Residence, Board Advisor.

2020 - 2024

HTNG is a collaboration of the world’s most prominent travel industry service providers and technology companies. HTNG facilitates global advancement of next-generation hospitality and travel industry systems and solutions. As Executive in Residence, I develop HTNG programs for, and directly advise, early stage companies and founders entering the industry. As a Board Advisor, I work with HTNG’s global board of directors on matters related to technology innovation and entrepreneurship.

Affiliate Partner, Strategy

2018 - 2019

(Waterstone was acquired by West Monroe Partners) Waterstone was a management consulting firm that helped leading technology companies and private equity investors pursue growth strategies. I contributed on matters of product management, sales and marketing, and customer success for cloud software, SaaS, managed services, unified communications and collaboration technologies, and travel and hospitality industry technologies.

Vice President, Large Enterprise Communications Solutions

2014 - 2017

(Broadsoft was acquired by Cisco). Broadsoft created one of the world's most dominant cloud-based unified communications and collaboration technology platforms. I led Broadsoft's product strategy and market entry for unified cloud communications as a service (UCaaS) into the global travel and hospitality industry.

President CEO

1999 - 2014

SDD sold to publicly held Broadsoft, Inc. SDD created cloud-based features and integration software for provisioning, personalizing, and monetizing enterprise voice and network bandwidth services. A HUGE thanks to the customers, partners, and employees around the world who made SDD successful. We together created great products, a world full of happy customers, and we shifted a global industry toward cloud-based communications.

Senior Manager, Strategic Advisory Services.

1989 - 1999

Senior Manager and Member of Ernst & Young's Strategic Advisory Services organization (SAS). Managed consulting engagements in the telecommunications and information technology industries. Affiliated with Ernst & Young's Center for Business Innovation developing management research programs directed at CIO's and the information technology providers serving them. Member of Ernst & Young's Center for Technology Enablement designing tools and methods for delivery of technology-related consulting engagements. Ernst & Young Management Consulting was acquired by Cap Gemini in 2000. Joined Ernst & Young from Ernst & Whinney (prior to its merger with Arthur Young).

Product Marketing and Engineering Management

1986 - 1989

Developed, managed, and delivered technical and marketing programs for IBM customers as a member of the IBM's Customer Briefing Center. Managed IBM information technology sales, marketing, and technical services for IBM's agri-business customers including Cargill, Pillsbury, General Mills, International Multifoods. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Software and Systems Engineering, Project Management

1981 - 1987

Software Engineer in IBM research and development facilities. Software development and software project management around IBM iSeries and AS/400 platforms (more recently marketed as IBM System i). Systems engineering and architectural guidance provided to major IBM customers. Rochester, Minnesota. Boca Raton, Florida. Solution engineering support to IBM sales and marketing teams. Development and delivery of product rollouts and professional development programs directed to IBM customers and third party software engineers. Product line representative and public speaker for IBM at product customer user groups and industry technology conferences. Minneapolis, Minnesota.