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Joseph L. Harris, Venture Partner
Email Joseph: jharris@trillium-group.com

Joseph is currently a venture partner and a fund manager of Trillium Lakefront Partners III, an expansion stage technology venture capital fund.

Joseph formerly served as senior vice president and director of Corporate Strategy and Development for SmithKline Beecham, currently Glaxo SmithKline, a multi-billion dollar global research-based pharmaceutical company. In that role, he analyzed, planned and executed strategic transactions for the company, including acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures.

During his tenure there, he completed several transactions totaling in excess of $2 billion, including the sale of SB Clinical Laboratories to Quest Diagnostics, Inc. and the sale of Diversified Pharmaceutical Systems to Express Scripts, Inc.

Prior to his position with SmithKline Beecham, Joseph served as managing director of business development for Eastman Kodak Company, a global manufacturer and marketer of traditional and digital imaging products and services. In this position, he planned and managed more than 45 strategic transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and licensing transactions, totaling in excess of $10 billion.

These transactions included the sale of Kodak’s Clinical Diagnostics Division to Johnson & Johnson, a joint venture with Matsushita Electric, Inc. and the sale of Verbatim Corporation to Mitsubishi Kasai.

Joseph has also served in senior management positions with companies manufacturing and marketing electronics and medical devices.

Joseph practiced as a certified public accountant with the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand and as an attorney with the Mackenzie Law Firm. Mr. Harris holds a B.S. in accounting, an M.B.A. in finance, and a law degree from Syracuse University. He currently serves on the board of Diomed, Inc. a publicly traded medical device company and Orthovita, Inc., a publicly traded biomaterials company.

Contact Joseph regarding the Trillium Lakefront Partners III Fund (TLP III)



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