Glenn Novotny

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Glenn Novotny is a Venture Partner at Telegraph Hill Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm investing in life science, medical device and healthcare companies. Prior to joining Telegraph Hill, Glenn worked at Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ ' CENT) for 17 years; as President and COO from 1990 to 2003 and CEO from 2003 through 2007. Glenn was instrumental in taking Central public in 1993 and growing it from sales of $200 million to $1.7 billion through organic growth and over 40 acquisitions to create the largest pet supply and second largest garden supply company in the U.S. He also worked at Weyerhaeuser Corporation from 1970 to 1990 in a variety of operating, strategic planning, sales and executive management roles. He served as CEO of Weyerhaeuser Garden Supply from 1988 to 1990. Glenn has served on both public and private boards of directors and has significant entrepreneurial experience. Currently, Glenn is a director of Ditan Corp., Freedom Innovations, Nexus Biosys

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