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John Stavig is the Professional Director of the Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship at the Carlson School of Management. He holds a BSB from the Carlson School and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. John has over 15 years of experience in management consulting, private equity and industry. Most recently, he served as the CFO of an early-stage communications firm acquired by Verizon. As a founding principal of a $100 million private equity fund, he sourced and managed investments in numerous early-stage communications firms. John also served as CEO, CFO and board member for several start-up and early-stage technology firms. In these roles, John raised more than $300 million in capital and led numerous investments, acquisitions and divestitures. As a Principal at Gemini Consulting and Arthur Andersen, he provided strategic and financial consulting services to senior executives in Fortune 1000 firms in the United States, Europe, Asia and South Africa. John also previously taught in the MBA program at the University of St. Thomas.
