Hayden H. Harris

Mr. Harris is a career-long entrepreneur. After running emerging technology companies, he founded a management consulting practice in 1977. His firm engaged in turn-around and new-venture management for several companies. In 1987 this company, Enterprise Management, Inc., became the General Partner of Enterprise Development Fund, L.P., and its successor funds. Mr. Harris has served as Chairman of two public companies, McLaren Performance Technologies, Inc.(automotive performance services) and Endogen, Inc. (biotech reagents), both of which he helped to sell to larger entities; and was majority-owner, CEO and Chairman of Software Services Corp. until its sale. He is a founder and former Director of TherOx, Inc, a supplier of medical devices to accelerate recovery from heart surgery. He is a founder and former Director of Xtera Communications, Inc., and holds three issued patents in the field of fiber optics. He was appointed by the Governor to the Executive Committee of the Michigan Economic Development Committee. Mr. Harris earned a B.S. in Geology and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.