Prior to joining the Whitman faculty as an Assistant
Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice, Torrens had multiple start-ups,
including four companies in the health and education industries. He was the founder, president, and executive
director of InterActive Therapy Group (ITG), a provider of medical and
educational rehabilitation services for young children with disabilities
throughout New York State and Washington, D.C. He sold his company in 2008 and
stayed on as president in transition until September 2010 and remained on the company’s
board of directors as a consultant to the executive team until March 2011. In April 2011 he bought himself out of his
non-compete, raised more capital, and repurchased ITG’s assets and operations
in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse with two other equity partners (one operational
and one financial). He continues in his
faculty position and engages more fully in his business and consulting practice
during the summer months and on school breaks.
He is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship, business
planning, and raising capital. Most
recently, he gave invited lectures at Women Igniting the Spirit of
Entrepreneurship (WISE) Syracuse, Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of
Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) in San Antonio and Baltimore; Entrepreneurship
Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) in Syracuse, and the Private
Practice Institute for the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. He has
been invited to speak at state and national professional association meetings
on topics such as finance, technology, and strategy.
Torrens is an active member of Young President’s Organization (YPO) as a member
of the Empire State Chapter. He also serves on the YPO International Education
Committee, in YPO’s Deal Network and he chaired the 2009 YPO Global Leadership
Summit in Miami.
In addition, Torrens is an adjunct professor at Nova Southeastern University
and teaches in the area of business practices to doctoral students in the
speech-language pathology program. He has co-authored several technical papers
and position statements for ASHA in the area of business practices and
telepractice; is a contributing author for “Business Matters: A Guide for
Speech-Language Pathologists;” and has recently contributed a chapter to a new
textbook
Professional Issues in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
