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Ken Johnson
Chief Operations Officer,
Board Member |
Mr. Johnson's success in investment marketing includes over 15 years of experience preparing Private Placement Memorandums (PPM), financial proposals, business plans, due diligence packages and S-1s in order to bring startup companies to the investment capital stage and beyond.
Prior to InCuBUD, Inc., Mr. Johnson co-founded Imagine Ventures, L.L.C., an early stage venture capital company and continues to serve as its Vice President. Prior to InCuBUD, Inc., Mr. Johnson was President of Awareness Investment Group, a Colorado based Investment Marketing Firm.
Mr. Johnson has extensive knowledge in all areas of business development with a particular emphasis in strategic marketing. His most recent experience includes assisting innovative companies including MentorU.com, Inc., Mintaka Technology, Inc., Endovasc, Ltd., Inc., (OTCBB:ENDV), Strategic Healthcare Systems, Inc., CBHT, Inc. in building their strategic marketing and financial plans.
Positions
 InCuBUD, Inc. - Board Member
OnePub, Inc. - Co-founder
The Center for Behavioral Healthcare Technologies, Inc. - Advisory Board Member
International Panel Group, Inc.
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| Advisory Team Members |
InCuBUD not only draws
on the experience of our key management team members, we also
draw on the experience and contacts of our Advisors. Our Advisors
are prominent business leaders from across the country and from
various industries.
InCuBUD's ability to selectively choose those companies that have
real market potential is greatly enhanced by our seasoned Advisors.
Often times our Advisors offer insight and guidance which greatly
enhance our portfolio and overall valuation. We are pleased to
have the following professionals as our Advisors:
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Tony Alessandra, PhD
Advisor |
Dr. Tony Alessandra helps companies achieve market dominance through specific strategies designed to outmarket, outsell, and outservice the competition. Audiences learn how to get and keep profitable customers by applying Dr. Alessandra’s high-tech and high-touch marketing, sales, service, and relationship-building skills.
Tony has a street-wise, college-smart perspective on business, having fought his way out of Hell’s Kitchen in NYC to eventually realizing success as a graduate professor of marketing, entrepreneur, business author, and consultant. He offers audiences practical ideas that work and profitable bottom-line results.
Dr. Alessandra earned his MBA from the University of Connecticut---and his PhD in marketing from Georgia State University. He was inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame in 1985---and is a member of the Speakers Roundtable, a group of 20 of the world’s top professional speakers.
Dr. Alessandra is the co-founder of MentorU.com, an online e-learning company of world-class business experts providing training, coaching, and mentoring utilizing the latest Internet technologies.
Dr. Alessandra is a widely published author with 13 books including Charisma (Warner Books, 1998); The Platinum Rule (Warner Books, 1996); Collaborative Selling (John Wiley & Sons, 1993); and Communicating at Work (Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1993). He is featured in over 50 audio/video programs and films, including Relationship Strategies (American Media); The Dynamics of Effective Listening (Nightingale-Conant); and Non-Manipulative Selling (Walt Disney).
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Jim Cathcart, CSP, CPAE
Advisor |
Jim Cathcart is the author of The Acorn Principle, Relationship Selling and twelve other books on business and personal success. He is also an accomplished speaker, and has addressed over 2,200 audiences worldwide. In addition, Mr. Cathcart is founder of Cathcart Institute, Inc. of La Jolla, CA, past president of the National Speakers Association, and recipient of numerous speaking awards. He cofounded the Professional Speaking Institute and also belongs to the prestigious Speakers Roundtable, 20 of the world's top professional speakers. Mr. Cathcart brings the expertise of a corporate executive, psychological researcher, entrepreneur, training director, meeting planner and association executive to InCuBUD's advisory team. He has managed people, products and payrolls for over 23 years. He has also researched and field tested his methods through two decades of consulting and training for thousands of clients in virtually every discipline.
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Winton Churchill
Advisor |
Mr. Churchill has been a key player in many successful growth-stage software companies. He currently serves as Regional VP for Netfish Technologie, an internet technology company. Prior to Netfish, Mr. Churchill served as the Western Regional Director for Legato Systems, Inc., as well as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Contact International Corporation, Inc. Mr. Churchill has been involved in a variety of executive sales and marketing roles for Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems and Legato Systems. He currently serves as the President of the South Bay Association of Chambers of Commerce located in Los Angeles, California.
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Kat Fawthrop
Advisor |
Kat Fawthrop owner of Kat Design has been part of the San Diego design community for over 15 years. Her diverse client base includes health care, book publishing, travel and tourism, technology, retail/merchandising, non-profit entities, and small businesses.
Ms. Fawthrop prides herself on having an “eclectic” style which she believes translates into designs that focus on the client’s needs and marketing objectives. Kat Design provides services ranging from concept, design, art direction, copywriting and print management. Ms. Fawthrop attributes her years of happy client outcomes to her unwavering work ethic and passion for all visual and
written art.
“I do whatever it takes to meet even the most stringent deadlines and aim to exceed rather than reach expectations. I strive to create designs that leave an indelible mark for my clients and to protect their assets by working with vendors that provide excellent products at a reasonable cost.”
Ms. Fawthrop has a “big picture” understanding of the design process and printers often compliment Kat for her thoroughness when preparing jobs and in designing pieces that effectively reproduce on press.
Most recently, the Public Relations Society of America awarded Kat Design with “Best Non-Profit Annual Report ” for the American Red Cross.
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Mr. Stephen Monaco
Advisor |
Stephen Monaco currently serves as CEO of Charisma Technologies, a software engineering company. Prior to Charisma Technologies, Mr. Monaco was Chief Internet Officer for iZoom, Inc. as well as co-founder of Datastorm Technologies, Inc. During his 13-year tenure with Datastorm, he served as VP of Marketing, co-CEO and Director. Mr. Monaco's creative marketing prowess was the driving force behind the world's best-selling PC data communications software of all time: ProComm and PROCOMM PLUS. Mr. Monaco successfully built Datastorm from its start-up phase, defined company strategies, and led it through 40 consecutive profitable quarters of growth peaking to $50 million in annual revenue in 1996. Datastorm was acquired by Quarterdeck Corporation in 1996 for $71 million. Stephen Monaco also simultaneously held the position of Managing Director for Datastorm Technologies, Ltd. in Cambridge, England. Mr. Monaco was educated at MIT (Missouri Institute of Technology), the University of Missouri and completed his undergraduate studies at a private technical institute in Los Angeles with a B.S. equivalent in Magnetic Recording Engineering. Stephen Monaco is listed as an expert in Internet and technology marketing in the 1999 Yearbook of Experts, Authorities & Spokespersons.
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Kimberly Sullivan
Advisor |
Ms. Sullivan is currently the President of Z Strategies, Inc. an independent licensing agent that negotiates contracts with manufacturers who pay licensing fees and royalties to use Z Strategies' clients' artwork and brands on their merchandise. In December of 2000, Ms. Sullivan was recognized by trade magazine, License!, as one of its 40-under-40 licensing leaders who've had the most impact on the industry. Her latest licensing project, a product line for the Christian market called Wee Witness, climbed to the top of the retail market generating more than $6 million in wholesale revenues in just under two years. Her success has led her to be placed in the ranks of licensing gurus Warner Bros. and Disney.
Prior to founding Z Strategies, Ms. Sullivan was the President of Kleine Kinder, an infant products manufacturer that she eventually sold to her investors. While with Kleine Kinder, Ms. Sullivan developed, patented and brought to market over 40 infant products, distributed through channels such as Toys "R" Us, Inc., Wal-Mart, Target and others.
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Robert W. White
Advisor |
Mr. White has over 16 years experience in the medical supplies and pharmaceutical industry. He is President of Instromedix, Inc., is a world leader in telecardiology, specializing in non-invasive, portable cardiac event monitoring and pacemaker follow-up systems. Prior to Instromedix, he served as Corporate VP for ALARIS Medical Systems and was responsible for worldwide Business Development. Mr. White has held a variety of senior management positions in marketing and distribution, and Business Development. Additional experience includes leading two major business start-ups. Mr. White holds an MBA from Cornell University and a BS degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
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