Jeffrey Parker

Jeffrey Parker is an Angel Investor. He serves as Venture Partner at GrandBanks Capital and serves as Managing Member at Parker Family Office. He has held several positions as an entrepreneur, CEO and investor in financial services companies over the past 20 years. Jeff currently represents GrandBanks Capital on the board of directors of KnowledgeVision and as Chairman of the board of directors for First Coverage. Jeff currently serves as an advisor to MedPanel of Boston and is a member of the board of directors of Mainstream Data and Firmex. In 1980, Jeff founded Technical Data Corporation, a provider of financial analytic services for the institutional investor community. In 1983, he founded First Call Corporation, a provider of real-time broker-sourced research, earnings estimates, equity and fixed income ownership information, insider trading information and corporate news releases. In 1986, Jeff sold both these businesses to the Canadian publishing giant International Thomson, now The Thomson Corporation, and became Chairman and CEO of Thomson Financial, its financial services subsidiary. After serving as CEO of Thomson Financial, Jeff co-founded 38 Newbury Ventures, a venture capital firm which focused on start-up and early stage companies. While at 38 Newbury Ventures, Jeff and Charley Lax co-invested together in several companies including FAXNET and LimiTrader. In 1997, Jeff co-founded CCBN.com (Corporate Communications Broadcast Network). Jeff served as CCBN's Chairman and CEO until the sale of the company to The Thomson Corporation in March 2004.