Jerome Hamilton
Hidden Star Capital – Partner
Jerome Hamilton is currently COO at Warecorp, a Global Software Development Co.
Hamilton is a General Partner in Brown Venture Group. A $50 million technology investment fund. Brown Venture Group is also launching BVG AI for Artificial Intelligence product investing & consulting.
Jerome Hamilton – Past CEO of Open Therapeutics, a global bio-tech company. Hamilton led the company’s scale and global expansion, as well as managed business development, sales, marketing, and investor relations. The Open Therapeutics collaboration Platform can now be viewed at Therapoid.net.
Jerome has had a very successful track record over his career:
- 3M Sr VP: Acquisition Integration and Quality
- CEO of Global Biotech Company
- Partner in $50M tech investment fund
Hamilton served as Vice President of LEAN Six Sigma Operations, Corporate Quality and Acquisition Integration for 3M Company, a $40 billion revenue multinational
company, headquartered in Maplewood, Minnesota. A3M, Hamilton played a major role in devising strategy and operational plans for 3M’s largest business group, Industrial Business Group. Hamilton also served as General Manager for the company’s Masking and Surface
Protection Business assuming full P&L responsibility, where he led significant improvement in top line and bottom line results.
Hamilton holds 15 years of automotive experience. He was Plant manager of Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant, Plant Manager of Ford Maumee Stamping Plant, Global Director of Material Handling & Packaging Engineering Ford Motor Company, Engineering Manager, General Motors Corporation, including a flagship assignment at NUMMI a GM-Toyota joint venture in 1998. Jerome is a Lean Manufacturing expert and Co-Author of a book “Make your Business a Lean Business.”
Achievements
- Board Member of the Minnesota Orchestra, where he is the Vice Chairman of Diversity & Community Engagement.
- Former Chairman of the Board for Goodwill Easter Seals Minnesota
- Member of the Board of Advisors as a Business Consultant for the High Tech solutions provider company V2SOFT
- Listed as one of the “Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America” in 2014 by Savoy Magazine
- Recognized as one of the Top 50 diversity professionals in industry – Global Diversity List, Supported by The Economist
- Co-Author of the book, “Make Your Business a Lean Business”