About Us

The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network's Berkshire Regional Office provides free and confidential one-to-one business assistance to prospective and existing small businesses. Our office is located in the heart of downtown Pittsfield. We also meet with clients at two outreach locations in Berkshire County.

Services are available to Massachusetts start-ups and existing businesses located in Berkshire County. Areas of assistance include business plan development, preventure feasibility, conventional and non-conventional financing, cash flow analysis, organizational and personnel issues and marketing.

Services are delivered by skilled professional staff with extensive business experience and excellent educational backgrounds. Their work is augmented by college and university faculty, qualified students and private consultants.

Our mission is accomplished through regional director and senior business advisor Keith Girouard [bio] who has a broad range of business knowledge. In addition, Keith specializes in areas of expertise such as: business and financial plan development, marketing and sales counseling, financial analysis and business retention. In addition, Mousumi Duttaray is a senior business counselor and Jayne Monteleone-Bellora [bio] is the client services coordinator/office manager.