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Bio: Entrepreneur, investor, wife, mother, author. Founder and CEO of Vator, a media and research firm for entrepreneurs and investors; Managing Director of Vator Health Fund; Co-Founder of Invent Health; Author of "Unequally Yoked, Finding balance and hope in our differences." Former award-winning tech/financial columnist at Dow Jones MarketWatch, providing analysis on tech startups on Fox Business News, CNBC, CBS. Vator was a side project of mine that was a mere concept while I was a columnist/correspondent at Dow Jones MarketWatch. It was originally started to help me vet the many startups pitching me while I was a journalist. It was designed to ensure that those I couldn't cover would have a platform for others to find them. I left in April 2007 and launched Vatortv in June 2007. At Dow Jones, I covered Internet trends and investments across the public and private sectors. I was a morning business anchor for KPIX (the local CBS affiliate in San Francisco), and reported on MarketWatch's business magazine show on CBS. I made frequent appearances as an expert on technology on CNBC, Fox Business News, and CBS. I was named one of the top 10 most influential journalists on the Web, by Adweek. In the 'mid-90s, I worked as producer at CNN's financial news network, where I created, launched and produced business shows, including one on IPOs and new ideas.  I am married to Ezra Roizen. We have four boys.

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Bio:     Lorenzo Carver, MS, MBA, CPA/ABV, CVA, is the inventor of bpCentral's Carver Import Algorithm, which enables importing financial reports in seconds, without data tagging or manual data entry, and converting them into interactive models anyone can use immediately.  He has developed over 200 strategic plans for information technology and life sciences companies and participated in over $1 billion in financing rounds as an advisor and planner.  Noted as one of the Top 100 Free Sites by PC Magazine, Lorenzo authored and produced an online sample business plan used by well over 3,000,000 students, teachers and entrepreneurs.  He conceived, designed, developed and coded an award winning small business valuation program used by thousands of entrepreneurs and advisors worldwide in 1999.  Some other highlights include the following - Designed and launched the first mobile product that enables modeling financing scenarios, acquisition and IPO scenarios on a handheld Designed and launched two of the first software products in the world certified for Vista In the summer of 2007, at a Microsoft event in front of a live audience, a 12-year old used a server version of Liquid Scenarios running on a beta of Windows Server 2008 to price over 100 exit scenarios, determine how much option holders would get across each of the sales values and whether or not warrant holders would convert on a cashless basis or if their warrant would expire worthless. This same analysis traditionally would take a CFO/CPA/CFA or venture fund analyst a week to complete. Using Liquid Scenarios the child was able to perform the same analysis in a matter of minutes Microsoft subsequently published a case study showing how an investment banker used a desktop version of Liquid Scenarios to achieve a 23,000% (230X) increase in productivity In the fall of 2007, Liquid Scenarios Server 2008 became the first financial business intelligence solution in the world certified on Microsoft's Windows Server 2008, ahead of BEA Systems and Hyperion (now Oracle) Developed strategic business plans for Alienware (acquired by Dell), ConstructionNet (acquired by McGraw Hill), developers of the first music DRM solution deployed by major record labels in the US, the founder of Chiron, a founder of Register.com, the first portable thin tissue scanning device to receive 510K clearance in the US, numerous subsidiaries acquired and disposed of by WellPoint (WLP), with many former clients appearing on the Inc. 500 list Turned $80K of business plan service proceeds into $72 million in market cap over the course of 10 months Used stock-only compensation to recruit an entire executive team, including the former CEO of a $6 billion revenue NYSE traded company and a former faculty member of the Defense Research Staff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Provided assurance and advisory services at Arthur Andersen's Enterprise Group on clients, IPOs and projects including Vermeer Technologies (the creators of FrontPage, acquired by Microsoft) Genome Therapeutics IPO, Hybridon's IPO, Open Software Foundation, multiple venture capital funds, Boston Acoustics (Nasdaq, BOSA), Concord Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCRD) and Goldhirsh Publishing (original publisher of Inc. Magazine, now owned Mansueto Venture, publishers of Fast Company)

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Bio: Awards/ Achiements: #3 Mechanical Engineering Board Exam #1 Machine Design 99+ Percentile Rating at National Secondary Achievement Test Awarded youngest Executive Distributor age 17 Designed and built 100's of unique industrial machines Started building machines at age 8.   Founder Brimes Energy- 2013-Present We aim to manufacture devices that solve some of our energy problems. We are best equipped to do this because of our experience, expertise, creativity and persistence. We believe that new innovative products that truly solves an energy problem will bring a profit and that profit will be used to further the mission of the company. We aim to work at the renewable energy sphere. Our first project to tackle is a Hydro Kinetic Marine energy device that produces energy from the constant movement of water, i.e. waves. We named our invention "Jellyfish".   President/ Owner Brimes Industrial Inc. 2010-Present We are an industrial technology company. Our specialization is designing amazing machines. Whether those are one of a kind metal forming machines or hi-speed packaging machines, we can design them and we can make them. We can design and build a stand alone industrial machinery or complete production lines. We provide contract engineering services to companies that need consultants who are knowledgable and experienced. We fabricate weldments in house and supply machined parts. We are well experienced in pneumatic control design, hydraulic equipment design, motor and motor controls, PLC programming, touchscreen programming,control system design, mechanism design etc.   Lead Machine Designer PDC Intenational 2007-2010 I designed and led a team of engineers to build the new Evolution Series of machines. I led machinery design for high value clients: Unilever Del Monte Heinz M&M Mars   President/ Owner East Asia Mechatronics 2003-2009 Design and fabrication of industrial machines including integration of welding robots.Handled sales to high value clients  Honda Motor Parts Inc. Yutaka Manufaturing Nissan Motors Amkor Anam Semiconductors EPSON   Marson Machinery Started 2000- Failed   Issho Genki Corp- Food supplement distributor 1996-1998 Awarded youngest Executive Distributor at 17- selling Fish Oil capsules

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Bio: General Manager Nimbuzz Inc.USA  Privately Held; Internet industryJuly 2009 – Present ( 3 months)marketing, communications, and business development for Nimbuzz Inc. - http://www.nimbuzz.com       Head of Communications and Social MediaNimbuzz B.VPrivately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industryOctober 2007 – July 2009global communications, events, PR, and social media at Nimbuzz B.V. - http://www.nimbuzz.com  Special Operations ManagerAttack! Marketing & PromotionsPrivately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industryMay 2007 – October 2007 business development, communications, guerilla marketing, viral marketing, events management, promotions, brand consulting, strategy and execution at Attack! Marketing & Promotions - http://www.attackmarketing.net  Marketing & Strategy  at Avantgarde Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industryJune 2005 – April 2007 influencer marketing, community seeding, brand consulting, corporate ID design, customer experience creation, events, promotions at Avantgarde - http://www.avantgarde.com  Assistant Project ManagerTattoo Brand ConsultingPrivately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industryAugust 2004 – February 2005 brand consulting, strategy and execution, design, market research at Tattoo Brand Consulting - http://www.tattoobranding.com  Network Administratorat Walden Venture CapitalVenture Capital & Private Equity industryApril 2003 – August 2004 http://www.waldenvc.com  

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Bio: Raise angel and VC capital for technology companies. Also advise of mergers, acquisitions and strategic relationships. 27 years of investment banking experience including former MD and Head of Investment Banking/Corporate Finance for a boutique firm. Also, started and help run a company which grew to $50 million in profitable sales and sold my interest to a hedge fund. I am also Professor of Finance and Management at Pace University part-time. MIT Sloan School Strategy and Finance MBA 83, Harvard College BA 79 Honors      

Bio: The iLuvMyPlanet! Story Twizz, a creative artist/entrepreneur in Silicon Valley wanted to use his expertise of building tech startups to do something that would make a positive difference in the world. So he turned his attention to saving the planet. The idea for "iLuvMyPlanet! - The First Purpose Driven Social Network" came to Twizz while he was working on his boat engine at Pier 39, San Francisco. He got frustrated because there was all kinds of oil and sludge that came out. He knew that this gunk would eventually pollute the ocean and our atmosphere. From that moment he realized that something had to be done to change the mindset of the world. So he did some soul searching, looked back to his childhood. He remembered playing on hillsides along small creeks, being outdoors, exploring beaches and parks. Twizz knew that he had a deep love and respect for nature, the ocean, different plants and animals. He started spending more time in the garden, growing vegetables, planting trees and connecting with nature on a deeper level. His eating habits also changed, along with a regular exercise regimen at the local gym, he even got some old bikes to fix up from local yard sales. Each Saturday morning was a trip to the local farmers market for fresh fruits and vegetables. From this great spiritual awakening the "Inspiration for iLuvMyPlanet!” came. “It was so simple and natural how it came to me.” says Twizz. Two events that he attended would inspire him to take action. One was the TED Silicon Valley event at Stanford called "Innovation for Social Change." There were all these great thinkers, talented artists and inspirational speakers at the event on stage talking about social change. The event truly inspired him to do something great for the planet. The other was the San Francisco Green Festival that he attended with his friends. "It was great to be able to see this huge movement that was happening. All the vendors, the great food and the music was amazing!" Since Jan 2010 after receiving some seed funding from a close friend, along with his own time and money, he was off to the races. After many months of dedication, perseverance and working on the project till late nights. All while juggling day to day work from his design studio, ten months later on 10.10.10, the site was launched to the public. He hopes that with each new member that join they can go thru the same spiritual awakening like he did and reconnect with nature, the planet and the global community. They can change their lifestyle, live a healthier and more spiritual life. "We must correct our past mistakes, re-discover our spiritual roots and re-invigorate the Great Thinkers of tomorrow. The industrial age has left Planet Earth sick, we need to make things better" says Twizz. The site is open to anyone on Planet Earth; Independant Filmmakers, Photographers, Artists, Musicians, Inventors, Explorers, Environmentalists, Animal Lovers, Nature Lovers, Writers, Eco-Friendly Businesses and Great Non Profits. "The company will actively promote green companies along with all the great non profits that are working hard to save the planet." Along with his biz partner Mel, a prolific producer in Hollywood, they plan to build a great company to serve an ever greater need: Saving The Planet.