PROVIDENCE – Career entrepreneur Danny Warshay, a 1987 Brown University graduate,is leading the new Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship for his alma mater.
Warshay took the position in August.
The center, announced earlier this year with a gift of $25 million from Jonathan M. Nelson, class of 1977, is set to officially launch this fall. Focusing on entrepreneurship research and teaching, the center enables teaching, programming and collaboration among members of the Brown community engaged in entrepreneurial activities.
As the founding executive director, Brown said in a news release that Warshay will provide leadership in shaping and advancing the university’s entrepreneurship strategy. His duties include coordinating center activities, cultivating programming, developing and managing its budget, and fundraising for the center.
He also will work with the center’s Academic Advisory Council and Advisory Board to develop academic offerings in entrepreneurship at Brown. In addition to interacting with the Brown community, he also will meet with representatives from the government and business communities to promote the center and its goals.
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“Warshay brings a depth of knowledge and experience to this role, having devoted his career to building and managing high-growth entrepreneurial ventures,” the release said, noting that while he was an undergraduate at Brown, he co-founded Clearview Software, later acquired by Apple.
“Since then, he has been instrumental in co-founding, developing and harvesting other successful companies in fields ranging from media and advanced materials to consumer products and medical devices,” it continued.
Warshay also has been teaching entrepreneurship at Brown for more than a decade, and is a member of the entrepreneurship faculty in the Tel Aviv University MBA program. He also leads entrepreneurial process workshops in corporate, governmental, NGO and other non-academic contexts throughout the United States, and in China, Egypt, Portugal, Bahrain, Slovenia, South Africa, Jordan, Palestine, Israel and the United Kingdom.
Warshay founded G-Form LLC, a Rhode Island sports equipment manufacturer. G-Form received an emerging manufacturer award from Providence Business News in 2014.
Center benefactor Nelson is the founder and CEO of Providence Equity Partners LLC.
