Panelist

Paul Chisholm

Paul Chisholm had a 30-year career as an executive in the telecom and IT industry.  He spent 9 years at Colt Telecom Group, including 6 years as its CEO where he was ranked among the Top 30 performing CEOs in the World according to Harvard Business Review.  He then spent 10 years as the CEO of mindSHIFT, where they were awarded the Top MSP in the United States four years in a row before it was acquired by Ricoh in 2014.  Mr. Chisholm also held various general management positions at Teleport Communications Group, Shawmut Bank, AT&T, and New England Telephone.
 
Paul has been on the board of various for-profit technology companies and still currently sits on numerous boards as well.  His board experience includes Blue Mantis, Lionguard, Continuum, and United Office among others.  He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Babson College and on the Advisory Board of the Catholic Schools Foundation.
Paul received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College and an MBA from Babson College. 
 
He lives in Medford, MA with his wife Margaret and enjoys spending time over the summers in Kennebunkport, ME with his three sons and numerous grandchildren.