Barry Fingerhut

CEO AT Certification Partners, LLC

📍 Tempe, Arizona, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2018
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Sep 2012
The NFF works with communities and organizations to conserve and enhance the watersheds, wildlife habitat and wild places across our 193-million-acre National Forest System. Mission The National Forest Foundation (NFF), chartered by Congress, engages Americans in community-based and national programs that promote the health and public enjoyment of the 193-million-acre National Forest System, and administers private gifts of funds and land for the benefit of the National Forests. Our Values Our National Forests and Grasslands are at the core of Americas natural riches, and yet, today these treasures are threatened by unprecedented challenges. Working with the U.S. Forest Service and partners, our goal is to leverage our best thinking, conservation capacity and community action to measurably improve the health of our National Forests and Grasslands. Core values guide our work. In all of our strategies, we strive to: -Unite the power of diverse interests and communities in collaborative stewardship; -Restore ecosystems to their natural resiliency and functions through on-the-ground conservation; -Engage Americans, young and old, in recognizing the gifts of our National Forests and Grasslands and in caring for them; -Sustain the commitment and ability of communities to serve as stewards by building the capacity of collaborative organizations; and -Add value where action would not otherwise be taken.
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2018
Covenant Learning Solutions
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Mar 2018
2017
Board Member
Sep 2017
We are a team of cloud-computing experts who help software companies move their applications to the cloud and, once there, manage the SaaS environment for them. We specialize in guiding our partners through the often tricky technological and business challenges of the client-server to cloud migration process. Overcoming the many obstacles to SaaS delivery — and setting our partners up for sustainable success — is Team Wizmo's favorite puzzle to solve.
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Apr 2017
Bold. Brave. Brilliant. Arizona Opera cultivates community and strengthens a state and people as adventurous and diverse as the place they call home.
2012
Board Member
Sep 2012
The NFF works with communities and organizations to conserve and enhance the watersheds, wildlife habitat and wild places across our 193-million-acre National Forest System. Mission The National Forest Foundation (NFF), chartered by Congress, engages Americans in community-based and national programs that promote the health and public enjoyment of the 193-million-acre National Forest System, and administers private gifts of funds and land for the benefit of the National Forests. Our Values Our National Forests and Grasslands are at the core of Americas natural riches, and yet, today these treasures are threatened by unprecedented challenges. Working with the U.S. Forest Service and partners, our goal is to leverage our best thinking, conservation capacity and community action to measurably improve the health of our National Forests and Grasslands. Core values guide our work. In all of our strategies, we strive to: -Unite the power of diverse interests and communities in collaborative stewardship; -Restore ecosystems to their natural resiliency and functions through on-the-ground conservation; -Engage Americans, young and old, in recognizing the gifts of our National Forests and Grasslands and in caring for them; -Sustain the commitment and ability of communities to serve as stewards by building the capacity of collaborative organizations; and -Add value where action would not otherwise be taken.
2010
CEO
2010
Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, with satellite offices in Ireland and Japan, plus a worldwide reseller network, Certification Partners products bring learners of all ages the knowledge and skills essential to success in the modern workplace. Certification Partners’ industry-leading IT and Web Development courseware, certifications and training solutions are accepted as an official certification by K-12 through higher-education institutions, federal agencies, corporations, associations and non-profit organizations. Since 1997, CIW has trained more than 2 million students and professionals, and has awarded more than 250,000 professional IT certifications through thousands of universities, colleges, high schools, middle schools, learning centers and corporations worldwide. Certification Partners​ premier CIW brand specializes in professional-level standards and job skills that enable the Internet to function, including Web design, development, security, administration, networking and databases. It also develops and customizes educational materials and curricula to help schools and training providers meet desired delivery goals, mandatory compliance targets and employer-required skills objectives.
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