Directors and Faculty

Ms. Lydecker has over sixteen years of experience a business planner and freelance writer, specializing in business plans, strategic plans and marketing plans, as well as marketing communications. She has counseled entrepreneurs, taught entrepreneurship and marketing and written business plans. The three dot-coms for which she developed business plans are still going concerns. Ms. Lydecker also has over eight years of experience in package goods marketing and advertising. She was Vice President/Account Supervisor at Saatchi & Saatchi, a major world-wide advertising agency. She has worked with Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, RJR and General Foods. Ms. Lydecker holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Wharton School and a BA in Economics, cum laude, from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Extended Network -- all members are small business owners

They teach our seminars, participate in our events and are available for counseling via e-mail or in person. E-mail counseling is free for the first question. Personal counseling is $25 for the first session via e-mail or private chat room. Follow-up sessions are $125 - $250 per hour, depending upon the expert involved.

John Rhode

Mr. Rhode is the founder and managing director of Sound Consulting Associates, LLC, providing strategic planning and change management expertise to other consulting firms and their clients. Formerly, Mr. Rhode was Director of Strategic Planning at Engelhard Corporation and was Vice President at Combustion Engineering. His areas of expertise include: marketing, new product development and systems development. He holds an MSE from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from The Harvard Business School.

Clifford Ennico

Cliff Ennico is also co-host of the PBS television series MoneyHunt , a show where entrepreneurs defend their business plans before a panel of experts. MoneyHunt was recently featured in an article in Forbes Magazine. Cliff has his own law practice in Fairfield, Connecticut, where he acts as "outside general counsel" to more than 20 entrepreneurial companies. He is a former Wall Street lawyer, a nationally recognized authority on the legal problems of small business, and the author of several books in this area. Cliff His management advice for growing companies has recently been released as a five-hour audiocassette program entitled THE MONEY HUNT Guide to Growing Your Business. Cliff holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College and a law degree from Vanderbilt University.

Walter Recher, WRecher@aol.com

President of On-Ramp Associates, an information technology consulting firm, Walter Recher is a recognized industry authority on the design, development and operation of the home office. He has over 16 years of experience with companies such as MCI and Cablevision. He holds an MBA from Fordham University. He is currently managing NCTC's relationship with the Gartner Group.

Douglas Campbell III, MBA, ABD, www.thesuccesscoach.com.

Douglas Campbell III is Managing Director of The Success Coach, L.L.C. Mr. Campbell III empowers entrepreneurs and professionals to reach the next level of success and share with them the gifts of vision, learning, commitment, love, energy, and fun by coaching and nurturing people to achieve beyond their dreams. He has started four businesses including a newspaper, consulting and publishing ventures, and the first Sylvan Learning Center on the East Coast in 1984 with his wife, Gwynne. He was previously Marketing Director for a Fortune 100 company and a college and graduate school instructor in Entrepreneurship and Marketing for 10 years. He holds an MBA from Darden School at the University of Virginia.

Jerry Charlup,: md@cfoassociates.com

Managing Director, CFO Associates

website: www.cfoassociates.com

Part-time and Interim CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Services to growth stage businesses

Provides important financial input and advice to business owners. Assists growth stage business with financial, managerial and operational business elements including raising growth capital. Also assists with acquisitions, divestitures, sales and strategic ventures. Over 25 years of starting, managing, growing, acquiring and operating small and large businesses. Have managed financial and investment matters for several $100,000,000+ firms. M.S. Finance, UCLA, and B.S. Industrial Engineering, UC Berkeley.

Counseling topics: growth stage issues, capital financing, Internet marketing issues.

Frank Wey

Frank Wey is the owner of Wey Consulting Associates and is a counselor for the Service Corps of Retired Executives. He retired from AMAX Inc. after 34 years as director of credit. Wey Consulting specializes in business credit consulting and conducting seminars on financial statement analysis. Both the Credit Research Foundation and the National Association of Credit Management have published his writings. His most recent book was "Financial Statement Analysis for the Credit Professional" which the NACM published in 1993. As a counselor for SCORE, Mr. Wey assists entrepreneurs in starting new businesses. He also counsels people whose small businesses have financial or accounting problems.

Jean Marie Pintus

Jean Marie Pintus is president of Workforce Dynamics, a full-service training and development firm specializing in improving the performance of frontline employees. Ms. Pintus has over fifteen years of diverse business experience and has provided program development, classroom and small group training, performance coaching, train-the-trainer, and consulting services for numerous corporate clients. She has expertise in the areas of redefining work roles, building workplace partnerships, and improving office productivity. She is the author of Managing Projects and is a recipient of The Workplace Inc.'s "Trainer of the Year" award in recognition of her innovative programs designed for dislocated workers in Fairfield County. She holds a BA in Social History and Industrial Sociology from Concordia University (Canada), and has completed graduate courses in Organizational Development. She teaches several courses at NCTC in the Continuing Education Division.

Mary Sullivan

Mary K. Sullivan is Managing Director of International Business Associates (IBA), a consulting consortium which provides a wide range of Human Resources Management and Training programs to major domestic and international clients. Formerly, Ms. Sullivan was corporate Manager of Employment and Training for a Fortune 500 manufacturing company. She has over 25 years experience in all aspects of human resources management and development at both corporate and manufacturing levels, and in union and non-union environments. Ms. Sullivan was educated in both U.K. and U.S. B.A.: International MBA candidate (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland).

Kathryn A. Sutton, KathrynS@compuserve.com

Fairfield county native with 25 years experience owning and operating small businesses. Clients in both the corporate and private sectors. Job Costing is a specialty. CFO of Reprographics Plus, family business. Former Chairperson of the Norwalk Commission on the Status of Women. Organizer of Celebrate Women.

Counseling Topics: financial organizing, workflow, start-ups

Arthur Bettauer, DHSS56a@prodigy.com

SCORE Counselor

Retired Partner, Price Waterhouse. CPA. Treasurer of various non-profit organizations. 5 overseas projects for International Executive Service Corps., various projects for National Executive Service Corps. Several consulting assignments for SCORE.

Counseling Topics: Financial Projections - Accounting and Cash Flow

Peter Hovey, Pthovey@aol.com

President, NetWork Capital

NetWork Capital leads fast growth and turnaround companies through the problems of debt financing. Develops and brokers creative financing plans tailored to clients unique situations.

Counseling Topics: Debt Financing

John Kochersperger, John_kochersperger@ml.com (it is john_koch …..)

Financial Consultant,, Merrill Lynch

Financial Consultant with Merrill Lynch for approximately 2 years. Marketing and Finance with Pitney Bowes for ten years. MBA Sacred Heart University, 1989.

Counseling topics: financial planning for businesses, retirement/succession planning

E. Lee Schneider,

SCORE Counselor

6-year SCORE counselor. Retire VP and Board Member of Pepperidge Farm Inc. Division President. Career devoted to small business start-ups and business development. Marketing and general management responsibilities.

Counseling topics: Start-up issues and growth stage businesses

Financial and Other Resources

Beverly A. Hoppie, Assistant Vice President, Manager, People's Bank Women's Business Center

Beverly A. Hoppie manages the Women's Business Center, which is a part of the Community Lending Department at People's Bank. The Women's Business Center is a unique alliance between People's Bank and the Entrepreneurial Center/Hartford's College for Women. Ms. Hoppie began her career at People's in 1978 as a Teller. In 1986 she became a trainee in the Retail Management Training Program and was subsequently promoted to Underwriting Supervisor in the Consumer Credit Department. During her career in Consumer Credit she progressed through the ranks in various management positions, including Manager of Lender Training and Development and Underwriting Manager in the Equity Loan Department. Ms. Hoppie holds an AS in General Studies in Fine Arts from Housatonic Community Technical College and has taken courses at the University of Bridgeport and the Center for Financial Studies at Fairfield University.

John Torello, Loan Officer, New Haven Community Investment Fund

Mr. Torello has experience in branch management, consumer and commercial lending, new business development and collections. At New Haven Community Investment Fund, he is responsible for marketing programs throughout Connecticut, reviewing business plans and preparing reports and recommendations on each loan request for submission to NHCIC Board of Directors for final decision. NHCIC is a private corporation that assists small businesses in Connecticut through the SBA Micro-Loan Program. Loan amounts range from $500 to $25,000.