Martin W. Croyle, CPA, MST (Accounting)
Martin W. Croyle is responsible for the day-to-day management of all accounting services provided at Yoshida, Croyle & Sokolski, P.C. Marty was a senior audit manager at Touche Ross & Company (now Deloitte & Touche) in Boston, where he worked for ten years, until he joined the firm in 1988.

Marty is also a member of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He is an active member of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants and is Treasurer of the Meadow Brook Golf Club. Marty is a participant of the Small Business Association of New England's (SBANE) DIALOG program and also serves on the St. Lawrence University Executive Alumni Council.

Marty is a graduate of St. Lawrence University (B. A. in Economics/Government), Northeastern University's Graduate School of Professional Accounting, and Bentley College's Master of Science in Taxation Program.

Ida G. Faber (Organizational Development & Strategy)
Ida Faber is Director of Marketing at Mario Russo, Inc., where she started and managed all strategies for a prestigious line of cosmetics. She also directed the launch of the company’s online storefront, www.mariorusso.com, and currently manages its ongoing development. Ida has also been Director of Operations for Mario Russo, executing both strategic and day-to-day operations for the $3.5M corporation.

Ida has worked as Coordinator of Student Programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she increased attendance of weekly academic and career training meetings by 40%. She also taught Business Communications at Mt. Ida College. Currently, Ida teaches a core OB/Marketing course to MBA students at Suffolk University.

Ida graduated from Tufts University with a B.A. in English, and received both her Master of Business Administration and her Master of Education, Counseling Psychology from Boston University.

Allen B. Falcon (Technology)
Allen Falcon, President and co-founder of Horizon Information Group, has assisted businesses of all sizes with strategic technology planning, management, and operations. Working on the staffs of corporate CIOs, Allen has led efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of information services for internal and external customers. Through implementation of Horizon's End-to-End Service Management models, Allen has planned and managed technology projects that directly support business goals and bottom lines.

Allen has served as a part-time CIO for businesses in multiple industries and has held positions in consulting and in network systems development, specializing in large systems analysis and design. Allen has published several articles on technology issues for smaller businesses and has served on advisory boards for industry conferences and trade events. A proponent of a healthy environment for small and mid-size businesses, Allen currently serves on the Board of The Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE).

Allen holds an Honors Bachelor of Science degree in Computer and Communication Sciences from the University of Michigan.

David Goldstein
David Goldstein is President of Comedy Theater Productions, a unique combination of companies including Mystery Cafe, TeamBonding and Scaventures. An entrepreneur for the past 16 years David has experience in retail sales, marketing, internet marketing, website development, corporate sales, public relations and crisis management.

As a former intern for the Sheraton Boston Hotel, the Boston Breakers USFL team, and the Men's Chorale of Boston.

Donald R. Saracen (Marketing)
Donald R. Saracen is president and founder of SARACEN Sales & Marketing, a consulting firm specializing in strategic management and market planning. The firm’s focus is on providing professional management, sales and marketing services to small emerging and mid-sized businesses. Donald brings together technical and functional expertise along with real-world practical experience. This provides SS&M clients with candid and objective solutions that work. SARACEN Sales & Marketing’s network of resources and contacts are an additional benefit helping clients to reach their goals.

Donald serves on numerous boards and committees throughout New England: SBANE (Smaller Business Association of New England), Rotary International Providence (past Board member, Paul Harris Fellow), Old Slater Mill Association (Executive Board, Trustee, Marketing Chair), Bryant College's SBDC workshops, Center for Business & Design and Member of The MIT Enterprise Forum, and The Newell D. Goff Institute for Ingenuity and Enterprise Council.

Donald has a unique business perspective having grown-up in a family-owned business. He majored in Communications and has over 30 years of experience in senior management positions with regional, national and a multinational corporation. This experience translates into creative solutions to broad-based business problems.

Teg Rood (Operations)
Teg Rood is the principal of Rood Consulting. Teg has 25 years of experience in operations management and consulting for manufacturing companies from the Fortune 500 Companies to countless start-ups woith which he has helped them achieve a competitive advantage through operations. He has reduced time to market, reduced costs, and improved response to customers’ needs for both new products and mature production operations.

Teg is the former COO of Trade Shops, an online marketspace for contractors. He has held senior operations positions with several electronics manufacturers including ten years in materials and program management at General Electric.

Teg holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BSE in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the MIT Enterprise Forum and The Smaller Business Association of New England.

Gregory Friedman (Development & Funding)
Gregory is a research analyst working for Deloitte and Touche, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has also worked as a strategy consultant with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, a global information technology consulting company, and he co-founded his own company, LiveWire Business Solutions, to provide similar marketing and business strategy services to small, growing businesses. Greg has also worked in an advisory role by assisting in the development of business plans and financial projections for multiple start-up companies. He graduated with a B.S. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000.

Kirby Thwing, Jr. (Operations & Strategy)
Kirby Thwing, Jr. is a mechanical engineer by education and a business executive with 28 years of management experience in the manufacturing arena. He is particularly interested in employee development and self-actualization. He has worked in metal fabrication, tee shirt printing, medical device manufacture, and the custom millwork and home building industry. Currently he is very active in the development of strategic plans and operating plans and the training necessary for the execution of those plans. He has an entrepreneurial side, which led him to the creation of a shed building business and into consulting.