TWC Group :: Board Members

Jerry McElroy's career in human resources management spans 25 years and the wide experience he has gained enables him to meet the needs of both start-ups and large, matrixed organizations. In his role at TWC, he provides high-level strategic consulting for our internal recruiting and hiring processes. As a member of the Executive Team, he is also responsible for determining the strategic vision of the firm - evaluating new service offerings, geographies, and business processes.

Prior to joining TWC, McElroy was Personnel Director at Xerox Corporation, managing employee relations and high-volume recruiting activities. His tenure with DX Imaging (a DuPont-Xerox partnership) included growing the organization from a start-up to a company with 220 DXI and 120 contract employees in 24 months. Prior to joining Xerox, he was Director of Counseling and placement at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY.

McElroy holds a Master's degree from Syracuse University and a B.A. from St. Michael's College.

Dan McKinney has more than 15 years of experience launching products, services, and businesses; evaluating and investing in early stage companies; and serving on the Boards of Directors of several start-up organizations. As the co-founder of Drexel Partners, McKinney helped Mid-Atlantic technology companies locate, evaluate and acquire underutilized technology from venture firms and bank portfolios. Borrowing best practices from his considerable launch experience, McKinney is focused on jump-starting early stage companies and preparing them for growth and fundraising.

Before starting Drexel Partners, Dan was vice president and officer at Safeguard Scientifics, where he was responsible for Safeguard's investments in software companies, investing $120 million. He also created Safeguard's 90-day acceleration framework that helped Safeguard's portfolio companies to create value rapidly, and he served as an active board member for many companies, successfully recruiting CEOs and CFOs and leading several business development efforts.

Prior to his career at Safeguard, McKinney spent a decade quickly rising through the ranks at IBM Corporation. There, he specialized in researching and evaluating companies for acquisition. During his tenure with IBM, McKinney netted IBM millions through the creation of a successful exit plan for an IBM business, and by developing an alliance that became one of IBM's top 20 global alliance partners. McKinney was an integral part of launching IBM's largest Internet initiative in the Financial Services industry. He also had profit & loss responsibility for another IBM business, and was responsible for launching a new software product that produced tens of millions of dollars in incremental revenue.

McKinney also spent three years serving as an audit and tax CPA at KPMG, creating the tools to determine company valuations and solve complex tax issues. While at KPMG, he uncovered millions in loan exposure for a banking client and was chosen by the firm's senior partners to lead in the development of computer models used to support a large LBO advisory engagement.

McKinney graduated magna cum laude from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in accounting. He currently serves on the investment advisory board of Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Other investment committees he has served on include BaseCamp Ventures, Profile Venture Partners, and Safeguard Scientifics.