Mike Sweeney
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
As a recently retired senior executive of a Fortune 100 company, Mike brings a unique perspective for aspiring entrepreneurs and business builders. Having spent roughly half of his career in private entrepreneurial firms and the balance in large financial institutions, Mike can call on his experiences both building businesses and providing financing for a wide array of businesses.
Relevant Entrepreneurial Endeavors:
- SVP for an entrepreneurial healthcare finance company, which was acquired.
- President and COO of Coronet Funding, a private healthcare finance firm; company’s primary originator, brand builder, leader, and manager.
- Day-one member of the leadership team at US Express Leasing, a private equity funded start-up that was acquired by EverBank in 2010, and in turn TIAA in 2017. As SVP Originations, led the company’s business development and sales organization through a period of significant growth to become a billion dollar plus enterprise.
- SVP, QuickFi, a FinTech with a digital equipment finance solution, developed and implemented a business development strategy.
Relevant training:
- Extensive leadership training, formal mentorship training and executive coaching training, credit analysis communication techniques to the financial community, sales and marketing strategies.
Education:
- BA Business, Long Island University
- MBA, UConn School of Business
Mentor Focus:
- Financial forecasting, business plan development and review, effective communication techniques to the financial community, sales and marketing strategies.
