George Cooney
Venture Partner, Boston
gcooney@summerhillvp.com
Based in our Boston office, George is focused on developing Summerhill Venture Partners in the entrepreneur community and bringing value to our portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Summerhill, George co-founded InfoClarus, a venture backed enterprise mobile platform company. Previously, he held several senior executive positions at Nortel Networks spanning a 20 year career with multi-disciplinary roles in business strategy, channel development, product marketing, new business development, operations and finance. In his most recent position at Nortel, he served as Senior Vice President responsible for Nortel’s Corporate Development and Ventures group from 1997 to 2001, where he oversaw Nortel’s direct investments and acquisition strategies with emerging technology companies and strategic partnerships with venture capital funds. In a prior role George led Nortel’s strategic international development, acquisition and alliance activities based in the UK, during a period of rapid global expansion into new markets that saw the realization of Nortel’s international revenues grow from $300 million to $5 billion. George began his career at Telenet (acquired by GTE), the pioneer in packet switching networks.
Throughout his 30 year career, George established a record for entrepreneurial initiatives realizing growth opportunities through strategic vision and hands-on business building experience
George holds a B.S. in Economics and Political Science from The American University.