Chairman
Arthur Maxwell, is Founder and Chairman of AIS, Inc. one of the largest business furniture manufactures in the United States. The Massachusetts-based company was founded in 1989. In October of 2007, Audax Group—a top tier Private Equity Firm—purchased a majority interest in AIS, and Maxwell remains a significant shareholder and a company advisor. AIS is also the recipient of the 2003 SHINGO award, which is referred to as the Nobel Prize of manufacturing. Mr. Maxwell was formerly the managing General Partner of AIS Venture Fund LP, a multifaceted investment vehicle. He holds positions with Harwich One LLC, AIS Funding LLC, and AIS Equity Holdings LLC
In 1998, Maxwell completed the successful sale of Sovereign Capital Corporation, which focused on real estate development and mortgage-backed securities. Mr. Maxwell has served on the Board of Directors of publicly traded US Technologies, an incubator of early stage technology ventures, as well as Krueger Brent, S. A., a multinational holding company headquartered in Luxembourg with executive offices in Switzerland.
In 2004, Mr. Maxwell led the buy out of Pearl Street Capital Group, (PSCG) www.pearlcap.com. utilizes proprietary tools and methodologies to understand behaviors of private equity and venture debt portfolios. Pearl Street projects performance, simulates cash flows, assesses risk, and structures rated and non-rated leveraged transactions. From early 2004 until August of 2006, Maxwell served as the CEO of WhiteFence www.whitefence.com. Maxwell continues to sit as Chairman of WhiteFence.
In late 2007, Mr Maxwell took control of EggFusion www.eggfusion.com The company pioneered its patent pending technology for freshness dating, traceabilty and advertising on Eggshells. Maxwell chairs this company
In 2008, Mr Maxwell made significant investments, in Noram Partners, Inc the exclusive distribution partner for Amazon in the rapidly growing video game industry and Charity Partners, LLC a for Profit, platform seeking to establish a middle ground between commerce and philanthropy in a series of vertical markets. Maxwell has made these two investments a priority in his daily activities
He currently serves as an active investor, advisor and Board member to a handful of enterprises at different stages of development, as well as sitting on the financial advisory Board of the Culinary Institute of America.
Maxwell attended Boston College from 1976-1979, where he majored in Political Science and Economics. He resides in Sudbury, Mass., with his wife and three daughters.