A. Dana Callow, Jr., Chairman of the Board
Dana is the Managing Partner of Boston Millennia Partners. Prior to founding Boston Millennia Partners, Dana co-founded Boston Capital Ventures in 1982. Before that, he worked as a Senior Consultant at Braxton Associates, an international strategic planning firm that was formed by professionals from Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Co. He worked with Fortune 100 companies in strategic planning and implementing merger and acquisition strategies.
Prior to working in the management consulting business, Dana worked in sales and marketing for Tymshare, Inc. (McDonnell-Douglas). He currently is Presiding Director and Chair of the governance committee of PAREXEL International Corporation (NasdaqGS:PRXL) a $1 billion plus clinical trials management company. He is, or has served, as a Director of a number of other public and private companies, including ILEX Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ILXO), a cancer pharmaceutical company acquired by Genzyme for $1 billion; MedAptus, Inc., a mobile computing provider of clinical, financial and administrative software solutions to the medical community; and PHT Technologies, Inc., a provider of mobile and Web-based technology solutions to the pharmaceutical industry focused on clinical trials management. Other investment responsibilities included Glycofi Inc., (acquired by Merck, NYSE: MRK); HotJobs, Inc. (acquired by Yahoo, NasdaqGS: YHOO); iVillage, Inc. (acquired by NBC Universal, a subsidiary of General Electric, NYSE: GE); and Tektagen, Inc. (acquired by Charles River Laboratories, NYSE: CRL).
Dana is a Director of Jobs for Massachusetts, a Massachusetts based non-profit organization comprised of business and political leaders including the Governor and Congressional leaders. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Dartmouth/Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship. He is a member of the Board of Trustees and the Chairman of the Investment Committee at Tufts University and on the Board of Overseers at Tufts University Medical School.
Dana is a magna cum laude graduate of Tufts University and holds an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.