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Joe Bockerstette

Joe Bockerstette has more than 25 years experience in management consulting and senior executive positions. He is a founding member of Main Street Venture Fund, LLC, a $3 million member-based angel fund investing in entrepreneurial business opportunities in Northeast Indiana and the surrounding region. Joe began his career with Coopers & Lybrand, where he became a consulting partner in the firm’s Consumer Products Supply Chain group. He left consulting in 1993 to become President of Mullinex Packages Inc., a plastics food container manufacturer, and subsequently CEO of Seyfert Foods Inc., a salty snacks manufacturer in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Prior to starting Main Street, Joe was a founding partner of Equity Management Group, a Fort Wayne based private equity firm that owned and operated several small manufacturing companies in Northeast Indiana. Joe authored Time Based Manufacturing in 1993, which was published by the Institute of Industrial Engineers and McGraw Hill. He holds a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and an MBA from Xavier University. Joe has served as a director on public, private and non-profit boards in a variety of positions and committees, including strategic planning, quality and audit.