Katch is a consumer-facing entertainment data analytics company that will help content producers, marketers, and other industry stakeholders make better data-driven decisions.The company’s insights utilize our Katch Media Genome, designed by co-founder Dr. Nolan Gasser. Dr. Gasser is the architect/inventor of the Pandora Music Genome Project—the analytical tool that drives Pandora's hugely successful recommendation engine. In order to continuously improve our data analytics and machine-learning algorithms, we have developed a user-facing application that has gamified the movie- and series-rating process. These user ratings and granular user-profile data, integrated with our Katch Media Genome, provide us with a plethora of data that can help distinguish not only how users feel about certain content, but why they feel this way.With this data, we are able to help entertainment executives and creatives through every phase of the content lifecycle. Simultaneously, we will be able to make near-perfect recommendations for individuals and groups about what to watch next in this overcrowded media landscape.

We support the back office efforts in an equity funding round or real-estate refinancing.We build and leverage financial models to support fundraising efforts, decision making and performance tracking. Typical projects include: - Multiple financial pro formas for LNG fueling technology for fleet vehicles. - Creating financial pro formas and all performance-tracking tools for nationwide rollout of medical clinics - Full modeling of real estate redevelopment projects in Boston - Financing the development of a natural gas field and building a pipeline in New Mexico - Evaluating the retail sales of a consumer product in retail and infomercial sales - Building a pricing tool for complex multi-person consulting projects - Supporting all spreadsheet needs of early-stage companies - Building spreadsheet-based sales toolsOther Services Provided: - Writing business plans - including EB-5 plans for companies and regional centers. - Creating/organizing all due diligence materials for fund-raising process (business plan, executive summary, financial pro forma, PowerPoint presentation, other critical documents) - Supporting business development activities and achieving first strategic sales for a new company or technology - Creating content libraries for early-stage companies or consulting organizations

American Gas & Technology (AG&T) is an energy technology company providing the world’s ideal environmental alternative to gasoline and diesel — liquefied natural gas (LNG). Our patented, nano-scale refueling station takes produces onsite, stores and dispenses LNG – a clean-burning, high-octane transportation vehicle fuel.We make it very easy for the fleet operator by providing the LNG station and converting all of their vehicles to run on LNG with no out-of-pocket expense, in exchange for a Fuel Purchase Agreement to buy fuel at a discount from the price of gasoline and diesel.I am currently raising a Manufacturing Launch equity funding round of $7 million to be followed by a $20 million Expansion round. I recently raised over $4 million of debt funding to purchase and completely renovate our 130,000 SF manufacturing headquarters in Dallas, Oregon (outside Salem).

EB-5, also known as the Immigrant Investor Program, was just approved by congress for another three-year extension. Through this program foreign individuals invest in new companies and, when certain job-creating milestones are achieved, they are granted a green card and a path to citizenship.ACS Regional Centers has been approved to create companies in thirty counties in Northern California.

Trina Health is bringing to the market the Artificial Pancreas Treatment which stops, retards or, in many cases, reverses all of the complications of diabetes - both type 1 and type 2. This includes neuropathy, kidney disease, eye disease, heart disease, unhealing wounds, high blood pressure, lack of energy, low blood sugar shock, etc.In a clinic setting the therapy mimics the pancreas of a healthy person using a specially designed and programmed pump which sends pulses of insulin as the patient drinks a glucose solution. When the liver sees these oscillations it releases the critical enzymes that are required for all of the cells in the body to properly metabolize carbohydrates.Improper carbohydrate (sugar) metabolism is the core problem of diabetes. Proper metabolism in the cells creates ten times as much ATP (cellular energy) needed for them to function properly. The system is FDA-approved with over 2,000 patients, 100,000 treatments, leading to 13 peer-reviewed journal articles.

Responsible for growing M Squared's business in the Silicon Valley. This included opening and then overseeing a number of large consulting projects with new client accounts including: Symantec, Netapp, eBay, SAP, Nokia, Business Objects (sold to SAP), BEA (sold to Oracle), and many more technology companies. M Squared is an 22-year-old specialty consulting company with a unique business model. They have a network of over 14,000 independent consultants and senior executives that they leverage to help their clients solve high value business problems.

Opened the West Coast office of this boutique investment bank headquartered in New York City. The firm focuses on early stage technology start-ups in Energy/CleanTechnology/Material Science, Telecom/IT, and Life Sciences. Worked with entrepreneurs to reset marketing and business development strategy, build proforma operations models and create business plans, executive summaries and PowerPoint presentations. Identified investors and supported every aspect of the fund-raising effort. Also set up business development meetings with strategic customers.

General manager of the division focusing on identifying new applications for Immersion’s haptic (the science of the sense of touch) technologies in the industrial controls and automotive marketplace. Worked with every major Tier 1 supplier to the automotive industry to explore incorporating into cars and trucks our rotary controllers and tactile feedback touchscreens and touchsurfaces. Our team won a major $750K project with a leading Japanese car company for the touchscreens with hope of being in a major car launch next summer. Launched our touchscreen and rotary technology at five international trade shows to identify non-automotive applications. Expect several significant design wins in the next six months. The 3D business unit, which was also reporting to me, made their $1 million plus quarterly forecast three quarters in a row.

Cofounded and managed a niche investment bank servicing technology, energy and life sciences industries. Built a bicoastal team (New York and California) which at its peak (pre Nasdaq crash) consisted of fifteen professionals focused on helping client companies to raise early-stage funding. Helped guide clients through the process of readjusting their market and business strategies and then creating all necessary documentation to support the fundraising process. Mentored CEOs and executive staffs and helped with all aspects of the business from executive and Board member recruiting, financial structuring, development of strategic partners, product development, early customer acquisition and team dynamics. Helped five companies raise over $2 million to close their seed funding round. Raised $3.3 million into Edge Capital Access from angel investors and one VC. Identified a $15 million investor and $35 million of debt financing for a post 9/11 hotel project.

Directed the marketing and sales efforts of the largest division of this dynamic outsourced product design company and helped grow the company from fifty employees to a high of 200. Helped to incubate and spin-off an RF communications company, Whisper Communications, and served as VP Marketing and Sales of this company in the transition. Within one year of the spin-off, Whisper had a backlog of $80 million dollars. Worked with numerous start-up companies to understand the critical role outsourcing plays in optimizing time to market and company valuation. Pioneered ‘Just-in-Time Funding’ model for use by start-up companies utilizing the fact that the value of a product company increases predictably with reduced risk as each product development milestone is achieved. By teaming with Diablo early in the process these companies were able to lower the technical risk and achieve faster funding and customer commitments. Diablo Research was purchased by Cadence Design in December, 1999.

I started this company to pursue a huge opportunity I uncovered while working in Europe for Raychem. The plan was to be a bridge between technology providers in Europe and North America to create solutions that solved the hermetic sealing of lateral connections in a trenchless rehabilitation installation. In Germany alone this is a $20 billion opportunity. Within three months of starting the company I was already cashflow positive and had several promising product concepts and strategic relationships. The company was put on hold when I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse from Diablo Research.

Directed marketing and sales efforts in transition period after Raychem purchased the business unit I founded at Metcal. Moved to division headquarters in Belgium and launched a market study to identify, characterize, quantify and select plastic pipe-related market growth opportunities. Evaluated strategic alliance partners for SmartHeat™ gas pipe joining project which lead to a joint venture with Uponor Corporation. Wrote and began implementing a business plan to develop a proprietary line of products for the trenchless rehabilitation of pipelines.

Founded a new division utilizing Metcal's proprietary, Smart Heat™ technology for joining and repairing plastic pipe. Identified primary market opportunities, secured $10.8 million of funding from the Gas Research Institute in Chicago and helped obtain $500 K of co-funding (with $1 million equity investment) from Kubota Corp. of Japan. Developed marketing strategy, defined product requirements, licensed product line from AMP, Inc. and created sales distribution network and launched several new products to the utility industry. Had P&L responsibility for group budget of over $1.5 million. 1992 division revenues were $3.1 million. Helped to sell the division to Raychem Corporation.