Management Team
 
Dominick Turiano
(Managing Partner)

Dominick is the Managing Partner for VMS Fund Administration, Administrative Partner and CFO for AT&T Ventures and the VMS Group. In this capacity, Dominick has been responsible for financial and administrative functions of private and public equity funds capitalized over $3 billion. Dominick has over 19 years of experience in private equity finance and administration. Previously, Dominick held various financial positions at AT&T including business unit CFO, controller, and auditor. Prior to his tenure with AT&T, Dominick held various accounting and management positions with Lear Siegler, Inc. and Walter Kidde. He is currently a board member of the Philadelphia Private Equity CFO Association. Dominick holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. in Corporate Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Richard S. Bodman
(Managing Partner)

Dick is Managing Partner for VMS Fund Administration and Managing General Partner for AT&T Ventures. Under his leadership AT&T Ventures exhibited outstanding returns to its limited partners and was listed in the July 1999 issue of the Red Herring magazine as one of the top twenty-five venture capital firms of 1998. The firm invested in approximately 60 portfolio companies, which were private companies in the high technology sector. From 1990 to 1996, he was Senior Vice President of AT&T Corporate Strategy and Development. He served as a member of AT&T’s Management Executive Committee, oversaw AT&T's intellectual property portfolio and was the Lead Director overseeing AT&T’s management of Sandia National Laboratories. Earlier in his career, Dick was President of the Washington National Investment Corporation, President and CEO of COMSAT General Corporation. He held management positions in marketing, product management and finance at DuPont, and served in the U.S. Government as Assistant Director of the Office of Management and Budget and as Assistant Secretary to the Department of the Interior. He was a partner in the accounting firm of Touche Ross & Co., now known as Deloitte and Touche. He is currently a director of Telecommunications Development Fund. He has served as a director of multiple stock exchange companies, including The Hawaii Corp, Emhart Corp. Young & Rubicam, National Housing Partnerships, Reed Elsevier, National Bank of Washington, Lyn Broadcasting, Tyco International, Internet Security Systems, Inc. He is also a former trustee of two hospital systems and is still involved with NCH Healthcare System in Naples, FL. Dick holds a B.S. in Engineering from Princeton University and an M.S. in Industrial Management from MIT. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Joseph A. Pruscino
(Partner)

Joseph has over six years of experience in private equity finance and administration. He has been responsible for the financial administration of over thirty funds. Prior to joining VMS Fund Administration, Joseph was an audit manager in the Florham Park, New Jersey office of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, where he was responsible for managing audits of both public and private companies in the retail, manufacturing, construction, and services industries. Joseph is a Certified Public Accountant with approximately 10 years of experience in public accounting. He is currently a member of the Private Equity CFO Association. Joseph received a B.S. in Accounting from Rider University.

Cherilee N. Colonna
(Manager)

Cherilee has over six years experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining VMS Fund Administration, Cherilee was an accountant with Lucent Technologies, an assistant auditing manager with Prudential Insurance Company of America, and an audit senior with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Cherilee is a Certified Public Accountant. Cherilee holds a B.A. in Accounting from Emmanuel College in Boston and an M.A. in Education from Georgian Court University.

 

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