Dr. Fimbel has significant expertise in developing and operating high-growth companies. As Chief Executive Officer of Trek10, he is guiding the overall strategy and execution of building a premier IT service and management company. Focused exclusively on Amazon Web Services, Trek10 has established a strong track record of delivering high-value solutions for a global client base.As the former Chief Operating Officer of Global Access Point, Dr. Fimbel led the growth of data center, cloud infrastructure, and fiber optic networks in the Midwest closing debt, equity, and tax incentive transactions of over $35M and built operations achieving seven consecutive years of 40-50% annual earnings growth.Dr. Fimbel has held leadership roles at the Purdue Research Foundation, where he was responsible for Purdue’s Intellectual Property portfolio in the Life Sciences. Additionally, since founding Intellectual Analytics in 2008, Dr. Fimbel has developed over a dozen high-growth companies holding founder, board, or leadership roles in companies with an aggregate of over $80M in venture financing. With nearly 15 years of new venture experience, Dr. Fimbel has served as an Adjunct Professor in the Krannert School of Management at Purdue, where he was responsible for the Technology Realization Program, a multi-disciplinary graduate-level program focused on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and venture finance. Dr. Fimbel holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Notre Dame, where he was a Reilly Fellow.- Personal Mantra: Lead a purposeful life and provide Permission to Believe- Lifetime Goal: Recruit and retain 1000 business professionals to South Bend-Elkhart Region- Interests: Narrative Creation, Distributed Ledger Technology, Behavioral Neuroscience, HCI Tech, Pedagogy- Priority #1: FAMILY.