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Henry (Hank) Reed, Business Development Specialist
Dennis Twiss, Business Development Advisor
Henry (Hank) Reed, Business Development Specialist
Henry Reed joined Central Connecticut State University as the Small Business Development Center Sub-Center Specialist located at Eastern Connecticut State University in August, 2007. This position will provide planning and assist in developing the CT SBDC sales initiative for outreach programs. This will be achieved through marketing the core business services of the CT SBDC program.
Mr. Reed has a strong financial and marketing background with over 20 years of experience in banking and financial institutions. Those organizations include FleetBoston, Aetna Life & Casualty and the Hartford Insurance Group. Most recently, Mr. Reed was Vice President of Commercial Lending for an in-state banking institution. Additionally, Hank has started and been principal owner of a successful financial consulting and auditing firm.
Mr. Reed is a Connecticut native. He graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. in Finance and Real Estate Investment. He also holds a Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Colgate Darden School located at the University of Virginia. He continues to be an Associate Member of the Society of Real Property Appraisers (SRPA). He is very involved in community activities including being a member of the Financial Planning and Allocation Committee for the Town of Columbia.
Dennis Twiss, Business Development Advisor
Dennis C. Twiss joined CCSU and the Small Business Development Center as an Advisor in August 2007 and he will be centered at ECSU. He brings over 35 years of industrial business experience and is certified as a small business development counselor. His responsibilities in Fortune 500 and smaller companies include positions as General Manager, Business Planning Manager, Controller and Manufacturing Manager.
Mr. Twiss has coordinated with local economic development boards in the Sunbelt states and performed operational audits for acquisitioned manufacturing companies. Primarily involved with aerospace and electrical products, he was invited to attend President George Herbert Walker Bush’s recognition of the Patriot Missile at Raytheon and the Commissioning of the C-5 military transport at Andrews Air Force Base and the Pentagon. He has done presentations of "Management by Objective" and "Just in Time Manufacturing" and written articles of "Accounting for Inter-Plant Sales" and "Automating a Standard Cost System."
Except for military service Mr. Twiss has always resided in Connecticut. He has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut, the concentration being Industrial Management, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Hartford.
