Who We Are
We're a passionate team with decades of business experience dedicated to help promising companies achieve results they won't achieve on their own. We work hard to ensure we build the best platform that connects companies with expertise traditionally hard to access.
Team
HIWOT NEGA
Founder & CEO
Prior to founding Clewed, Hiwot was a Principal at Solera Capital since 2004,
where she sourced, evaluated, executed and monitored investments across
industries for a $250 million middle market growth equity fund. Previously,
Hiwot spent 8 years in financial management roles in media, telecom and finance
industries. Most recently, she was with Pearson Inc., USA where she managed
financial reporting and analysis for Pearson's US entities and RSL
communications Inc. Hiwot began her career as analyst with AMI Capital, now part
of Wells Fargo. Hiwot holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.S. from
SUNY New Paltz, in New York. She holds a CPA.
TIM CLARKE
Co-Founder
Business Development
Prior to joining Clewed, Tim worked at ESI International, a private equity
backed corporate training and education company where he developed and led the
implementation of a global go-to-market strategy for ESI's private equity owner,
Providence Equity Partners. Tim's collective professional experience spans
multiple functional areas including business development, marketing and finance
across a wide range of industries including technology, financial services,
energy and supply chain services. Most recently, he led business development for
Avendra and was a senior director of industry strategy and Insights for Oracle
Corporation / Siebel Systems. Tim earned his MBA from Columbia Business school
and holds a BA in economics from the University of Rochester.
Advisors
RAMON DE OLIVEIRA
Ramon de Oliveira is the Managing Partner of the consulting firm ROC Partners,
based in New York city. Between 2002 and 2006, Mr. de Oliveira was an adjunct
professor of Finance at Columbia University. Starting in 1977, Mr. de Oliveira
spent 24 years at JP Morgan & Co. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. de Oliveira was
Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Investment Management. Mr. de Oliveira was also a
member of the firm's Management Committee since its inception in 1995. Upon the
merger with Chase Manhattan Bank in 2001, Mr. de Oliveira was the only executive
from JP Morgan & Co. asked to join the Executive Committee of the new firm with
operating responsibilities. He is a graduate of the University of Paris and of
the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Paris).
Directorships currently held: ROC Partners, Managing Director. AXA -
Director and Chairman of the Finance Committee. Fonds de Dotation du Louvre-
Chairman of the Investment Committee. Taittinger-Kobrand USA (United States).
The Red Cross, Member of the Investment Committee.
Previous directorships: Friends of Education (a New York-based
not-for-profit organization), Chairman of the Board of Directors; JP Morgan
Suisse (Switzerland); American Century Company, Inc (United States), Sungard
Data Systems (SDS) (United States). The Hartford Insurance Company (end of
mandate April 29, 2009)
MARIE MELIKSETIAN
Marie is the CEO of Reliance Solution Services, LLC, a company that helps
businesses transform their procurement organizations globally.
Previously, Marie was the CEO of US Xcxhanging Services Inc, Country General
Manager and the Managing Director for its North America Procurement Outsourcing
Services. She was responsible for the Procurement Services P&L, business growth,
go-to-market strategy and the management of the sales, solution and delivery
teams.
Prior, Marie was the Global Practice Executive for the Growth Market Unit at
IBM’s Global Process Services, which covered Asia Pacific, Latin America,
Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. In her role, she was commissioned to
help Clients with competitive and quality Procurement solutions that map to
their industry, country and specific needs. In her 15 years with IBM, Marie held
several leadership and management roles covering billion dollar re-engineering,
transformation, sourcing and procurement businesses in various markets, most
recently in Shanghai, China where she served as the Asia Pacific Procurement
Outsourcing Sales and Solution Executive covering all Asian counties including
Australia/New Zealand and Japan. She has also led general management roles
including Strategy, M&A and product management.
Marie was recently the winner of the 2013 Best Biz Executive of the Year and
previously the winner of the National Female Association Executive (NAFE) Women
of Excellence Award for Mentoring. Marie holds an MBA in Marketing and
Organizational Management from Syracuse University and speaks 4 languages.