Ellen Dipasquale

Ellen brings over 25 years of broad global HR leadership and operations experience in the high tech arena in companies from start-up to fortune 500, including rapid growth, pre-IPO, IPO, and M&A. She previously served as VPHR for H.C. Starck Inc., a private equity firm, where she was responsible for re-aligning and streamlining the global organization for transition. She drove rapid growth and integration with Wellfleet Communications, Bay Networks, and Nortel, as well with ArrowPoint Communications, growing from 70 to 370 employees, in 19 countries prior to IPO and acquisition by Cisco Systems. Ellen was an Executive Consultant for start-up companies in a variety of industries for several years, taking companies from inception to exit, and held prior management positions with Wang, Unisys, and Cahners Publishing/Reed Elsevier. Ellen holds a JD from Massachusetts School of Law, and a BA in Business Management from Clark University.