COUNCIL TRUSTEES
Mr. Alain Hanover
Managing Director and CEO, Navigator Technology Ventures
Mr. Hanover has over 30 years of experience in venture capital, executive management, software development, and engineering. He has served as CEO for over 15 years at InCert and Viewlogic, as well as being an early stage investor or advisor in over 20 private companies. He also co-founded CommonAngels, Boston's leading Angel Investor group.
Most recently, he served as Managing Partner of Main Street Partners, a seed-stage, venture capital firm, where he helped launch five start-ups: IPVision, SemiDAQ, Bitpipe, ShieldIP and Saoirse. Previously, he co-founded InCert Software Corporation and led the company as President and CEO from 1997-2000. In 1984 Hanover co-founded and served as President, CEO, and Chairman of Viewlogic Systems, Inc., an electronic design automation software company, took it public in 1991, and grew it to $150M in sales when it was sold to Synopsys in 1997. He was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1993.
He currently serves on several corporate and non-profit boards of directors, including Actuality Systems, Inc.; FQS International, Inc.; Sionex Corporation; Tizor Systems, Inc.; Applix, Inc. of Westborough; Bitpipe, Inc. of Boston; CommonAngels of Lexington; Saoirse Corporation; the MIT Venture Mentoring Service, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative; and the Massachusetts Software Council. Hanover holds B.S. degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics from MIT; an M.S. in applied math from Harvard University; and an OPM program degree from the Harvard Business School.
