Executive In Residence
Ted Hissey
Ted Hissey is a senior marketing and general manager with experience across multiple consumer businesses. He started his career at Pepsi-Cola where he spent 14 years leading such businesses as the Mountain Dew brand and the Pepsi-Ocean Spray alliance. He then moved on the spirits business, first at Diageo and then at Brown-Forman, where he had responsibility for multiple brands, including Smirnoff, Cuervo, and Southern Comfort. At Brown-Forman he led such functions as Digital Marketing, Consumer Research, Design, Media, and also developed a corporate marketing training program. Since leaving Brown-Forman in 2015, Ted has been the Chief Marketing Officer for a start-up sports drink brand and also of Turning Point Brands. He now consults in the craft beverage space. He has a consistent record of driving both top and bottom-line growth across a wide variety of brands.
Ted grew up in the Philadelphia area and received his undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University. He has an MBA from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg School.
Ted Hissey
Ted Hissey is a senior marketing and general manager with experience across multiple consumer businesses. He started his career at Pepsi-Cola where he spent 14 years leading such businesses as the Mountain Dew brand and the Pepsi-Ocean Spray alliance. He then moved on the spirits business, first at Diageo and then at Brown-Forman, where he had responsibility for multiple brands, including Smirnoff, Cuervo, and Southern Comfort. At Brown-Forman he led such functions as Digital Marketing, Consumer Research, Design, Media, and also developed a corporate marketing training program. Since leaving Brown-Forman in 2015, Ted has been the Chief Marketing Officer for a start-up sports drink brand and also of Turning Point Brands. He now consults in the craft beverage space. He has a consistent record of driving both top and bottom-line growth across a wide variety of brands.
Ted grew up in the Philadelphia area and received his undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University. He has an MBA from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg School.
Christina Takoudes Morrison
Christina Takoudes Morrison is a senior finance executive with a long track record of success with Fortune 500 companies in business transformation, financial leadership, mergers and acquisition, IT implementation and global intelligence. She held senior roles at Aramark, Merck, and Wyeth following her investment banking with Deutsche Bank (formerly Alex Brown & Sons) where she focused on health care, technology, media, financial and consumer sectors executing M&A and capital raising transactions.
Ms. Morrison is a Board Member and Audit Committee Chair of InVivo Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NVIV), a Board Member of Angel Flight East, and a Member of the Board of Overseers of The Amos Tuck School.
Ms. Morrison received her undergraduate degree from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and her MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Christina Takoudes Morrison
Christina Takoudes Morrison is a senior finance executive with a long track record of success with Fortune 500 companies in business transformation, financial leadership, mergers and acquisition, IT implementation and global intelligence. She held senior roles at Aramark, Merck, and Wyeth following her investment banking with Deutsche Bank (formerly Alex Brown & Sons) where she focused on health care, technology, media, financial and consumer sectors executing M&A and capital raising transactions.
Ms. Morrison is a Board Member and Audit Committee Chair of InVivo Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NVIV), a Board Member of Angel Flight East, and a Member of the Board of Overseers of The Amos Tuck School.
Ms. Morrison received her undergraduate degree from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and her MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Don Millstein
Don Millstein is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in building businesses, as well as raising capital and managing M&A transactions. For over 20 years, Don was President of E-Mon Corporation, the leader in electric submetering. He expanded E-Mon sales, marketing, and engineering efforts, streamlined its manufacturing processes, and led the sales process of E-Mon to Hunt Oil. After leaving E-Mon for 2 years, Don teamed up with private equity firm Branford Capital to buy back E-Mon. A few years later, Don orchestrated the sale of E-Mon to Honeywell, resulting in the Middle Market Deal of the Year for Private Equity. Don then ran the electrical division of Honeywell for several years.
Don was also President of Encelium Technology, a lighting controls company, where he was part of the senior management team that raised additional venture capital funding prior to its sale to Siemens. As President of H2O Degree, a water and energy conservation company, Don expanded its geographic reach and arranged investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners.
Don received his MBA from Rider University and started his career at KPMG as a CPA. He is currently a member of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners Investment Advisory Council and a Director of the Utility Management Conservation Association. Previously he was a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), and the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) Task Force. Don has been a member of the Department of Energy (DOE) Committee on Energy Efficiency, Commerce and Trade, and a U.S. Delegate to the hemispheric energy symposium.
Don Millstein
Don Millstein is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in building businesses, as well as raising capital and managing M&A transactions. For over 20 years, Don was President of E-Mon Corporation, the leader in electric submetering. He expanded E-Mon sales, marketing, and engineering efforts, streamlined its manufacturing processes, and led the sales process of E-Mon to Hunt Oil. After leaving E-Mon for 2 years, Don teamed up with private equity firm Branford Capital to buy back E-Mon. A few years later, Don orchestrated the sale of E-Mon to Honeywell, resulting in the Middle Market Deal of the Year for Private Equity. Don then ran the electrical division of Honeywell for several years.
Don was also President of Encelium Technology, a lighting controls company, where he was part of the senior management team that raised additional venture capital funding prior to its sale to Siemens. As President of H2O Degree, a water and energy conservation company, Don expanded its geographic reach and arranged investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners.
Don received his MBA from Rider University and started his career at KPMG as a CPA. He is currently a member of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners Investment Advisory Council and a Director of the Utility Management Conservation Association. Previously he was a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), and the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) Task Force. Don has been a member of the Department of Energy (DOE) Committee on Energy Efficiency, Commerce and Trade, and a U.S. Delegate to the hemispheric energy symposium.