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PENNY'S CAREER STORY will resonate with many business people both women and men for its changes and seizing opportunities. Right out of business school Wickey joined the Bank of Boston's international corporate lending group and gained experience structuring loans for clients across Latin America. Subsequently she moved to Harvard University as Director of Finance and Administration for its multinational-funded Latin American Scholarship program.
A relocation from Boston to Fairfield County offered the chance to leverage finance skills with a desire for a more entrepreneurial environment. Wickey joined a small real estate investment/brokerage boutique firm in Westport in 1993. While difficult to now comprehend, at that time the internet was unknown to most people. So looking back on one of my first assignments - exclusive agent for Jay Walker and his two companies: priceline.com and New Sub Services -...