Scott G. Sahagian, Founder, SGS Affiliates

Beginning as an Outward Bound volunteer, working with inner city youth, Scott began the first phase of his career in non-profit service. He rose through the ranks and became CEO for several prominent YMCAs. Upon completing his MBA with a concentration in finance, he left the YMCA, and began a career in academic administration. Working at MIT, Brandeis University, and Tufts University, he focused on developing tools to manage sponsored research, strategically positioned resources and plans for IT, and developed relational data bases to manage sponsored research at MIT, Brandeis and Tufts. He has developed and initiated programs to streamline the administrative burden, create career ladders for staff, and fostering diversity.

Scott has been responsible for over $400M in operating dollars and oversaw construction projects that ranged from under $50,000 to over $100M at YMCAs and in Academia. Currently he is working with a small non-profit on a $5M construction project. The scope and complexity of these projects have ranged from HVAC systems and filtration systems for natatoriums to Biosafety Level 3 labs as well as vivarium, clean rooms, and housing for a MBE system. He was instrumental in developing relationships with management companies for leasing research space, teaching space, and administrative space.

Working with various faculty and staff, he developed revenue generating programs in international and online education, expanded international opportunities both outbound and inbound students, and expanded opportunities to develop new academic programs. These include new Master's degree programs, Pre K STEM and STEAM programs, and working with venture capitalist to facilitate tech transfer, licensing agreements, and royalty streams.

He has spoken and written on issues such as the construction of unique teaching and research facilities, marketing YMCA services and programs, and developing a culture of customer service and rewarding employees.

Paul J. Stanton is a native Bostonian who has over 35 years of experience as a leader in both secondary and higher education. After serving for eleven years as chief administrator of two private secondary schools in the Boston area, he has spent more than twenty-five years in several administrative posts at Tufts University, including as Dean of Student Services for the past sixteen years. Based on his administrative ad personnel experience, he has had key roles in projects spanning construction planning and campus space redesign, planning and implementing of new technology, and restructuring staffing in large organizations in order to enhance services while creating cost efficiencies. He has served as a consultant and lecturer for other universities on these topics during his time at Tufts.

Paul's management responsibilities included Career Services during a period of extreme change in service demand and expectations. Paul worked with career center leadership to reshape the service model in order to increase user satisfaction at a time of increased demand and constrained resources. He also served as an adviser to many first year students, coaching them on everything from selection of majors to career choices.

Paul is a former client of MDL partners who has been an active member of our referral network for more than twenty-five years. Paul states that his involvement with referrals as well as his career center connection led to an abiding interest in following trends in the job market and changes in the hiring process. He is currently writing a guide for new managers based on his experience, research, and observations, and he hopes to go to print within the year. He holds a B.A. from Stonehill College and a M.Ed. from Suffolk University.

Anthony (Tony) Sulprizio

Information Technology Affiliate
Senior IT Consultant
As assistant vice president for technology training and support, Tony Sulprizio is responsible for support and training for students, faculty, and staff in the use of technology for instructional, business, and administrative purposes, and serves as a principle architect of college strategy for providing effective and efficient technology training and support.
Tony Sulprizio is an accomplished technology executive with extensive management experience in higher education, creating and maintaining productive service-oriented organizations, focusing on customer service, and aligning IT services with organizational priorities. He previously worked at Tufts University for over 20 years in several different leadership roles where he supervised a staff of over 100 employees, implemented a vision of service delivery design, and created a hardware replacement model that is still in use at Tufts University.
A former air traffic controller and U.S. Air Force veteran, he holds a Bachelor of Science in environmental management from Bridgewater State University.