Robert Delman

About Robert Delman

Rob is an active angel investor and a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel investor organization targeting high growth women-led ventures. Rob is a Limited Partner in various Golden Seeds funds, ARC Angel Fund, BluePrint Health and Las Olas Ventures, all of which invest in seed and early-stage companies with high growth potential. Rob is a frequent lecturer and mentor coach at The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia University where he also co-taught the MBA-level class “Introduction to Venturing”, was an executive mentor in “Launching New Ventures” and “The Greenhouse Program” and has been honored with the #ColumbiaCoaching Award at the StartupColumbia Entrepreneurship Festival. Rob is the Lead Instructor for the Golden Seeds Knowledge Institute. Rob is also a mentor with SCORE, the nation’s largest network of volunteer and expert business mentors.Rob was previously Vice President, NY for Astia, an organization that supports female entrepreneurs and currently serves on their Global Advisory Board. Rob is a mentor for The Founder Institute, the world’s premier startup launch program for entrepreneurs and has been a mentor for a multitude of incubators and accelerators.From Rob was a principal and President of Delco International Ltd, a successful manufacturing and distribution company of tableware products for the food service and transportation industries. During Rob’s tenure, sales increased from $34m to $76m. Delco was often a recipient of both the Long Island Top 50 Private Companies and 25 Fastest Growing Private Companies award sponsored by KPMG Peat Marwick and Hofstra University School of Business. In Rob orchestrated the successful sale of the company to Oneida Ltd, the world’s largest tableware manufacturer and stayed on as President of the Delco foodservice division through 2003.Rob holds a BS in Marketing from Syracuse University and an MBA from Columbia University. He serves on the Board of Directors of Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel; is a member of the World President’s Organization and the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society; was awarded the Human Relations Award by the American Jewish Committee and is an Outward Bound graduateRob is heavily involved in racquet sports as RSPA certified Tennis, Padel, Pickleball and Platform Tennis instructor; a multi-Bronze Medal winner in tennis for the USA Maccabi Team; and is a multi-category winner in tennis at the West Side Tennis Club (home of the US Open until 1978.)

Experience

1. Tennis Instructor

   TGA Sports

   May 2022 — Present · Northern Westchester County, NY, US

   For over 15 years, we’ve been helping to introduce kids to sports and providing opportunities to encourage them to KEEP PLAYING!®We help young players, boys and girls ages 3 to 15, develop a passion for playing and provide a pathway to explore, develop and achieve through sports.TGA Premier Sports combines athletics, academics and life lessons to create fun and engaging youth programs that teach athletic skill development, promote academic learning and coach young players to make good decisions on the field, course, court and in life.

Education

• Wantagh High School

  NYS Regents Degree

  1977 — 1980

• Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School of Management

  Bachelor of Science, Marketing

  1980 — 1984

• Columbia Business School

  MBA, Business

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Program Management
• Digital Media
• Private Equity
• Investments
• Management
• Entrepreneur
• Due Diligence
• Corporate Development
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Valuation
• Emerging Markets
• Product Development
• Equities
• Leadership
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Ipo
• Entrepreneurship
• Business Strategy
• Executive Management
• Angel Investing
• Portfolio Management
• Mergers
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Management Consulting
• Mobile Devices
• Financial Modeling
• Investment Banking
• Venture Capital
• Strategic Partnerships