Strategy/Growth: Identifying and evaluating strategic initiatives, assist in the development of company deck for potential partners/investorsSales: Participate in sales presentations/negotiations, assist in the preparation of sales related materialsCoaching: advise the Founder/CEO on general business/corporate growth/management issues

I work with faculty and students advising them on the creation and growth of new businesses.

LAI provides management and advisory services to companies ranging from early stage to Fortune 1000. These include Business and Market Development, Corporate Finance Advice and Acquisition Integration, Interim Management and Consulting, Restructuring and Lending Advisory, Performance Improvement, Portfolio Management Outsourcing, M&A Strategic Advisory, and Spin-off/Start-up Assistance. In my most recent engagement, completed March 2020, I advised the acquiring company, Sonata Software, www.sonata-software.com, an India based company, on the acquisition of an Australian based customer experience management company, GBW, www.gbwsolutions.com. I introduced GBW to Sonata, structured the deal and successfully closed the deal after 18 months despite many challenges. www.lightwave-advisors.com

Satalia solves challenging optimization problems using its state of the art preprocessing, machine learning and optimization algorithms. In the cloud or behind the firewall.

PLUGANDPLAY TECHNOLOGY CENTERExecutive in Residence for a technology incubator. www.plugandplaytechcenter.comCINEMA LIBRE STUDIORetained to raise expansion capital and advise on growth strategy by leading distributor of documentaries. www.cinemalibrestudio.Internet entertainment Company, Advisor/Coach to President Advised President on restructuring of company, layoffs, budgets, strategy, secured pilot with Showtime. 10X profit increaseEnable Capital Retained by PIPE fund to assess portfolio SAAS company business prospects and management team.MinimashAdvisor Internet site for the creation and editing of videos.CB Pictures, CEO Established Movie Production Company, secured $500,000, negotiated exclusive contract to make 16 HBO movies.Mergers and Acquisitions. Led the acquisition of Locus Dialogue, the leading provider of speech enabled switchboards, from InfoSpace for investor. Sold Skye, LLC, a short only investment fund and completed sale to Enable Capital, PIPE fund.Venture Lending and LeasingTransamerica Venture Lending and LeasingPerformed European market assessment and developed entry plan. Stinson Capital Management Co-Founder. Organized and managed more than $150 million in institutional and private equity funds invested in transportation-related equipment, including ships, railcars, aircraft and off-shore drilling rigs. In addition, Stinson Capital advised marine industry corporations on numerous industry related financings. OtherAudible Magic Business DevelopmentAdvisor to Ascenium, early stage company with patented chip architecture.

I am proud to be an advisor to both the CEO and the COO of an early stage company, www.ElveSpeed.com. Our vacuum tube amplifiers utilize breakthrough patented production processes and innovative product designs to deliver unprecedented high speed wireless communication capabilities to users such as space communication satellites. Our breakthrough designs and processes enable the volume production of vacuum devices at a fraction of traditional vacuum tube and deliver 3x plus throughput. ElveSpeed is generating revenue, has significant customer interest, a world class team and first production is being delivered to customers now.

Histolix, a spinout from UC Davis, offers near real time direct to digital pathology replacing a traditional 8 - 12 hour workflow with one that is under 5 minutes, bringing pathology to the point of care, facilitating intra-operative guidance facilitated by Ai and tele-pathology. We deliver H & E quality images direct from tissue without damaging it, facilitating downstream molecular diagnostics. Designed for ease of use Histolix is ideal for under-resourced areas.

Pathology imaging has been done the same way for the last 50 years using a lengthy and expensive process to deliver a slide that is then viewed under a microscope. Histolix delivers 21st century Ai enabled pathology imaging via our high speed, slide free, digital solution set in under ten minutes vs the traditional 8 - 12 hours for a slide based image. And we do that at a cost per image over 50% less than current technology. High speed imaging at a reasonable cost will facilitate the spread of point of care pathology.

Myrrym offers a novel medical diagnostics platform that is fast, accurate and cheap, making low cost point of care diagnostics a reality. For example, for cytokine testing our solution can provide results for a multiplexed panel within 15 minutes for an estimated cost that is 1/20th the cost of current ELISA testing and is up to 6 times more sensitive. This means results can be generated with much smaller sample sizes and delivered much faster and substantially reduced cost. The technology has two parts: a universal Dx sensor and a easily customizable, use case specific, consumable test cartridge.

Advisor to Pharmazz, www.Pharmazz.com, a pre-IPO clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on therapeutics that target critical care medicine. Launched a best in class hypovolemic shock treatment in India and currently entering Phase III trials in the USA. Current Indian Phase III trials of an ischemic stroke drug and entering Phase II trials in the USA. Chairman of Compensation Committee.

Retained by Sonata Software, a publicly traded Indian software company, to advise them on the acquisition and integration of Gapbuster (GBW), an Australian based but US venture backed customer experience management company. Successfully closed in April, 2019.

COO for www.striveforcollege.org. Strive matches mentors with high school students via a proprietary platform with a goal of enabling all qualified high school students to find an appropriate four year college, apply to the college and arrange financial aid. Our goal is to help students realize a future as great as their potential. As Acting COO I stepped in, provided leadership, refocused the team, transitioned the platform to a new development team, lead two key potential projects with Chicago Public Schools and UPS and helped recruit a full time COO.

StarCom is a publicly listed data analytics products and services company based in Bangalore, India. Developed a strategy to transform the company by focusing on data cleansing, data mining and the generation of solutions to complex optimization problems. Negotiated the acquisition of a venture backed company providing customer insights to major global consumer companies.

Managing the launch of a new incubator focused on growth companies in payments, media, security and other intriguing technology. We provide space, access to Japan and the rest of Asia through the Digital Garage network of relationships, support from DG companies in the payments, media and security space, access to capital from DG Ventures and development support from Neo, a DG company.

Patronus provides defensive solutions to tech companies suffering from patent litigation brought by NPEs, otherwise known as Patent Trolls.

Adjunct Professor teaching the capstone MBA course in Business Strategy.

Advisor to early stage companies.

Movie production company.

Turnaround of visual effects company with offices in San Francisco and Santa Monica. Transformed post production company into a full service media house offering design, idea generation, direction and post production for commercials, movies and music videos. • Successful turnaround resulted in sale to ReelFx providing 3.5X return on capital.• Achieved 2007 profit of $1.4 million vs losses of $850,000 each in 2005 and 2006.• Designed and implemented turnaround program affecting all functional areas.• Implemented offshore outsourcing program utilizing India based subsidiary of Tata.• Reduced staffing costs by 25% while maintaining productive capacity.• Restructured management team including hiring four key executives.• Implemented systems to effectively bid jobs while better managing capacity and cost.• Managed over 50 fulltime employees and up to 20 contractors in all functions.

Managing Director, CareandHealth, London, UK November 2003- June 2004Retained by lead investor to turn around a four-year old publishing and consulting company targeting recruitment in the UK social services sector. • Reduced costs through the elimination of non-core business activities and new cost controls.• Managed over forty employees.• Increased revenues through a doubling of the sales force, a repositioning of the magazine from a bi-weekly to a weekly format and developed a new sales presentation differentiating the publication from key competitors.• Developed new revenue stream sourcing US social workers for two-year contracts with UK employers.• Doubled revenues to $700,000 per month and achieved first profitable month.

CEO, Speechwise Technologies, San Francisco, CA November 2000- May 2001Retained by lead investor for an early stage small software company (13 employees) that created speech applications to voice enable key enterprise systems resulting in enhanced mobile workforce productivity and reduced call center expense. • Refocused company strategy to become a pioneer in vCRM applications, revised Business Plan, wrote executive summary and company presentation and presented to venture capitalists. Company merged with competitor. • Managed merger evaluations, negotiation of LOI, due diligence, closing documentation, and integration issues as well as assisted in fund raising for the post-merger company.

The comprehensive internet resource for family caregivers, eldercare professionals and seniors. • Co-authored business plan and initiated fund raising process, raised over $5 million in equity.• Grew the company to 35 people, developed and launched a site that attracted over 75,000 unique visitors per month offering content, community, a database listing over 500,000 providers, a store, a discount card for use with brick and mortar service providers and a call center offering support and placement services.• Identified and negotiated portal relationships including an anchor tenancy with AOL, established strategic partnerships with Associations, acquired content, databases, tools products and services for the site.• Negotiated the sale to a leading pharmaceutical company, Novartis, managed due diligence process and approval by Novartis Consumer Health. Novartis CEO failed to give final approval.

Advised on the acquisition and leasing of Boeing aircraft for an investor. Originated the $55 million acquisition of a 747-200 freighter owned by French bank and on lease to Air France.

Established London office and built European network of relationships delivering over $200 million of deals covering aircraft, aviation spare parts and marine containers.

Managed 13 state territory originating and acquiring equipment leases.

Product Management and Product Marketing

Designed and Implemented Management Control Systems and programmed in COBOL. Earned CPA