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I am the founder of BlackCastle Strategies, a virtual law firm that has adopted a business model for the 21st century. The business community’s move to the Internet and to social media and marketing is accelerating daily. In today’s environment where every business, no matter how small, has a website and uses the tools of technology, whether email, Facebook or some other tool, BlackCastle is dedicated to working with business in this new environment. BlackCastle intends to focus on providing strategic legal advice to emerging growth and mid-market companies in this new business environment. BlackCastle will build client teams to meet the needs of the client, use flat fee billing arrangements to provide fee certainty, and promote the values of partnership with clients, limiting its carbon footprint and contributing to the development of the legal profession.

Gnomegen has successfully developed and commercialized reagent products for the library preparation of next generation sequencing with pending patents on file. Besides its team of creative scientists, Gnomegen is backed up by consultants with leading expertise in technology, sales and marketing as well as corporate attorneys and patent agents.

La Jolla, Ca, Us

Instructor for Financing Strategy. Financing Strategy is designed to provide students with an understanding of the process for financing primarily growth companies.

Spritzr is a refreshing approach to finding your special someone. Using the best of online and in-person dating strategies, Spritzr uses smart technology to quickly and easily connect you with singles who are already in your social circles. These are not online strangers -- these are friends of friends who you’ll probably like, because your friends do. It’s kind of like an extended dinner party.

San Diego, California, Us

Taurus Processing, doing business as Pubs Arena, is an Affiliate Network that enables publishers and advertisers to fairly compete to sell and purchase their products and services through one centralized global network. Pubs Arena was formed by professionals with 40 years cumulative expertise in the advertising, online marketing, banking, payment processing and lead generation industries. Pubs Arena partners with highly reliable retailers and advertisers who supply product catalogs on Cost per Sale (CPS) and Cost per Action (CPA) arrangements.

Cuipo is a social enterprise whose mission is to protect the world's endangered rainforest while providing education and awareness programs that inspire individuals and organizations to cultivate lifelong habits for sustainable living. A social enterprise is a company that advances its social mission through earned income strategies. Cuipo has determined that it can operate more efficiently and incentivize partnerships and joint ventures by working as a social enterprise as opposed to a traditional non profit company. Unlike traditional non profits who are constantly raising funds to cover a predetermined annual budget, Cuipo is able to reinvest proceeds and utilize their capital to purchase exponentially more land and create awareness for our cause.BlackCastle Strategies is responsible for the legal function at Cuipo including managing outside counsel and providing services in corporate finance, executive compensation, licensing and commercial contracts.

Solving the problem of nosocomial infections (also known as Hospital Acquired Infections or Healthcare-Associated Infections; HAI’s) has been elusive, until now. The HygieneCloud from Sygiene is an electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system engineered to track Health Care Workers (HCWs) and WHO moments 1, 2, 4 and 5, in real-time. Sygiene’s HygieneCloud provides the most comprehensive method for monitoring hand hygiene compliance, while delivering actionable feedback for your entire hospital system.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Glass-Media transforms the world of physical advertising through its unique ability to turn any glass surface into a virtual advertising platform. By delivering the effectiveness and efficiency of internet advertising to physical locations, Glass-Media fosters hyper-local and hyper-­sharing activities, interactions, and communities in the physical world. With its proprietary technology, the company has the ability to harness real-­world traffic to optimize physical marketing methods and techniques, as well as integrate mobile and social media applications to bridge the gap between businesses and their presence online

Privix is developing the first solution enabling users of social media, or any other digital communication platform, to control their privacy in the digital world. Privix supports all popular tablets and smartphones, as well as Macs and PCs. Privix’s easy to use apps allow creation and sharing of virtually any content, from taking photos to uploading spreadsheets, while ensuring access to only the users you select.Best of all, Privix enables private sharing on any social media site, as well as through email, sms, even printed materials, while preserving their privacy. So you can share what you want, where you want, while keeping control of your privacy.

Aureusys, Inc. is a provider of mobile technologies for financial institutions including mobile banking and mobile relationship management. Our highly customizable mobile banking solutions are a feature rich industry game changer that one must experience. Our Mobile Relationship Management is the most effective way to reach your client anytime and anywhere. Aureusys enable financial institutions to meet simple to complex mobile marketing needs at a fraction of the time and cost required by traditional solutions while improving revenue income. •Scalable Mobile Banking•Mobile Relationship Management•Joint Application DevelopmentWhat Does Aureusys Mean?Aureusys is a combination of Aureus and Systems. Auerus in latin means "Golden." Aureus was also a gold coin used of ancient Rome. The aureus was regularly issued from the 1st century BC to the beginning of the 4th century. We create Golden Systems for Financial Institutions enabling revolutionary new revenue channels while conducting their business effortlessly.

One Meter at a Time is a non-profit organization focused on preservation of the tropical rainforest. Our efforts are centered on the belief that education and awareness are a start, but the only way to stop rainforest deforestation is to permanently preserve the land.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Corventis, Inc. is a pioneer in wireless cardiovascular solutions. The company’s patient- and physician-friendly technology is designed to enable early detection of clinical events for timely diagnosis and treatment by clinicians…without impacting patient lifestyle. Corventis is funded by prominent venture capital firms, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Mohr Davidow Ventures, PTV Ventures and DAG Ventures.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Securities; corporate governance; public companies; mergers and acquisitions; capital formation transactions; technology transfer and licensing.

As an officer of Outcast Media (formerly VST International, Inc.), I worked with the management team in formulating business strategy in North America and the People's Republic of China. I managed all legal activities in North America and in the PRC. I also managed the human resources and contract management functions in North America and the PRC.

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Securities; corporate governance; public companies; mergers and acquisitions; capital formation transactions; technology transfer and licensing.

Irvine, California, Us

I represented Heller Ehrman at the Tech Coast Angels. My duties included identifying potential investments for Heller's investment fund and marketing legal services to startups involved with Tech Coast Angels.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Securities; corporate governance; public companies; mergers and acquisitions; capital formation transactions; technology transfer and licensing.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Securities; corporate governance; public companies; mergers and acquisitions; capital formation transactions; technology transfer and licensing.

Washington, Dc, Us

I examined public offerings, proxy statements, proxy contests, “going private” transactions, and other filings for compliance with the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. My other duties included the preparation of responses to no-action and interpretative requests, processing confidential treatment applications, and coordination of enforcement referrals. I was responsible for portions of division training programs. My section was responsible for reviewing the filings of the computer hardware and software industry.

Securities; corporate governance; public companies; mergers and acquisitions; capital formation transactions; technology transfer and licensing.

Washington, Dc, Us

I examined public offerings, proxy statements, proxy contests, “going private” transactions, and other filings for compliance with the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. My other duties included the preparation of responses to no-action and interpretative requests, processing confidential treatment applications, and coordination of enforcement referrals. I was responsible for portions of division training programs. My section was responsible for reviewing the filings of the computer hardware and software industry.

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

I was a summer associate (June - August 1984) and then an associate working in the transactional group. I gained experience in corporate and real estate related matters.

Washington, Dc, Us

This was a summer job that consisted of providing administrative and accounting assistance at the Naval Air Test Center, Rotary Wing Directorate, located at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station.

J.D., Law

B.B.A., Accounting

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