Robert P. Badavas is TWC’s President and Chief Executive Officer. He is responsible for overall supervision and leadership in finance, control, treasury, corporate development and information systems at TAC Worldwide Companies. Prior to joining TAC Worldwide, Mr. Badavas held several executive level positions including Chief Operating Officer at Atlas Venture, a $2+ Billion venture capital firm headquartered in Boston; Chief Executive Officer of Cerulean Technology, a wireless application software company that was sold to Aether Systems in 2000; and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chipcom since 1991 and played an important role in its successful IPO and subsequent sale to 3Com Corporation for $900M in 1995. 

Mr. Badavas began his career in auditing at Price Waterhouse in Boston and has a BS in accounting, with high honors, from Bentley College. He serves on the Board of Directors of RSA Security Corporation (NASDAQ:  RSAS) as Chairman of the Audit Committee and previously served as a director of Renaissance Corporation, a prominent U.S. staffing company. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Learning Center for Deaf Children in Framingham, MA.  Mr. Badavas is married with 2 children and lives in Needham. In 2003, he was selected as a recipient of the Ellis Island National Medal of Honor.