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This page is provided for members to communicate with one another, as well as to give prospective attendees an idea of the types of people they will meet at our events. This list is not intended for use by spammers, multi-level marketers or others wishing to target our members. Mis-users of this list will be prosecuted.

Here is a partial list of B2B Power Exchange member profiles:

 

Peter Alexander - Business Development Director, Everything Grows

Pete Alexander is the Business Development Director of Everything Grows. Founded in 1994, Everything Grows helps small, medium and large Bay Area organizations reduce stress and improve productivity of employees through the methodical placement of lush, living plants in work environments.

In addition to reducing stress and improving productivity, university research has also shown that living plants:

Improve the health of employees by reducing fatigue, headaches and coughing

  • Absorb, diffract and reflect sound - especially high sound frequencies that cause the most irritation in office environments
  • Make buildings look more attractive and welcoming
  • Can be used to soften/hide less attractive features (electrical/networking wires, etc.) and break up large open areas

Pete takes pride in helping his clients enjoy the various benefits provided by living plants, and especially likes the smiles on his clients' faces as the Everything Grows service makes a positive difference in employee morale.

Website: www.Everything-Grows.com
(925) 820-6155
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Dave Becker - Principal, Diamond Rose Financial

Dave Becker is a Business Funding Consultant who helps small-to-medium sized companies acquire funding quickly, easily and profitably.

Dave specializes in "Alternative" Business Financing which compliments traditional banking services and limited underwriting criteria. Dave consults with entrepreneurs, early stage growth clients and government vendors who are beginning to acquire sales, yet may have cash flow challenges, been potentially turned down for a bank loan and need the working capital to grow quickly without creating new debt or diluting equity. He will figure out, customize and help acquire the right funding solution for your business by working with an array of over 300 funders, investors and specialized commercial funding programs such as accounts receivable financing, purchase order funding, asset-based lending, equipment leasing and debt consolidation.

Dave has more than 22 years of Senior Product Marketing experience with the largest computer systems and storage companies such as Intel, Sun Microsystems, Network Appliance and EMC/Legato. He was responsible for several major product lines, worldwide launches and contributed to the emergence of the ongoing Information Lifecycle Management storage industry vision.

He now applies his extensive business and problem-solving skills to the aspirations and success of B2B/B2G entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Website: www.diamond-rose.com
Phone: 408.218.9207
Email: dbecker@diamond-rose.com
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Peter D. Bennett – Sr Business Developer, Alchemy Communications

Peter's sales career spans over 25 years providing IT solutions focused within the aviation, manufacturing and internet/services industries including software, data center, managed services, disaster recovery, business process and infrastructure outsourcing. 

His role at Alchemy Communications, a fast growing server co-location, disaster recover firm with multiple state-of-the-art facilities in the Los Angeles area is focused on new and organic business growth.  With significant experience helping organizations identify, evaluate and quantify the value of Alchemy's customized data center co-location services, Peter is focused on firms that are interested in evaluating their current environment and analyzing the benefits of Alchemy's highly secure environment that facilitates business process and cost improvement.

Prior to Alchemy Communications, Peter helped develop and execute a major international airline's IT passenger reservations, airport passenger/operations and customer loyalty programs.  His lengthy sales career with EDS in the Transportation business unit led to an expanded role as director marketing in the aerospace division of Epicor Software Corporation and a key account management role with SunGard Availability Services, a leading disaster recovery firm. 

Website: www.alchemy.net
Phone: 213.596.3000 ext 205
Email: pbennett@alchemy.net

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Deborah Biron - The Speaking Bridge

Deborah Biron is a voice, behavior and communication specialist, specializing in message delivery. Her business, The Speaking Bridge, addresses areas that affect effective delivery: the speaking voice, confidence, presentation and communication skills. “I see communication as a bridge. On one side are your ideas, beliefs and information and on the other is the delivered message. To move across the bridge a number of delivery skills are required to be most effective:
a melodic, expressive speaking voice that guides the listener to your meaning, presentation skills to organize and deliver your message in an interesting, entertaining fashion and the necessary communication skills and strategies for an appropriate delivery.
Additional influences that can affect the quality of your message are distracting habits, the development of an individual, authentic communication style and the challenges of a fearful speaker.”

Deborah Biron is a working actor and voice over performer, holds degrees in both Drama and Speech and is a certified Voice Power consultant with post graduate study in The Diamond Approach, psychology and psychotherapy. She blends technique and spirit with a practical solution oriented approach.

Workshops, executive coaching and individual training programs available and designed specifically for your personal and professional communication needs.

Website: www.thespeakingbridge.com
Phone: 415-395-8385
Email: spkgbrdg@pacbell.net

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Erik Bunaes - Founder & Principal, Endorphin Advisors

We help businesses grow and improve their financial performance. Endorphin Advisors is a strategic advisor and full-service consulting firm specializing in a unique, powerful blend of strategic counsel, marketing consulting and business performance improvement which we refer to as GPI Consulting (Business Growth & Performance Improvement Consulting). We combine our analytical and creative resources to help grow your business.

We help businesses better understand and model revenue and expenses, develop business models and strategic growth plans, create coordinated organizational structures, and formulate targeted sales strategies, marketing messages and customer feedback systems. We'll help launch, acquire or promote a business, or re-launch an existing - and under-performing - business.

Since our founding in 2005, our team of professionals has worked with clients in advertising and media, technology, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, distribution and the skilled trades.

Erik is an active supporter of the San Rafael (CA) Chamber of Commerce and American Marketing Association.  He holds a B.A. in English from St. Lawrence University and M.B.A. from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder.  An avid and competitive mountain biker and alpine ski racer, Erik's personal dream is to again coach alpine ski racing.

Website: www.endorphinadvisors.com
Phone: 415.595.6813
Email: erik@endorphinadvisors.com
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Rich S. Chrono - VP Marketing & Operations, Level IV

Rich Chrono handles marketing and operations for Level IV.

He spent over 10 years consulting for Fortune 500 companies, predominantly in the Defense and Technology sectors. Past clients include companies like IBM, DEC, Dell, Rockwell, and various divisions of Hughes and Teledyne. He also worked with numerous smaller companies and various industries throughout the '80's and early '90's. His areas of consulting expertise include Sales, Marketing, Management, and Technology.

Due to his diverse experience and penchant for outside-the-box thinking, Mr. Chrono has generated breakthrough results for dozens of companies in the areas of productivity and efficiency.

He also spent 6 years in the financial services industry. During those years, he worked as a financial advisor, Branch Manager, OSJ Manager, and most recently as a District Manager for the nation's second largest money management company. He was responsible for compliance, as well as for training more than 1,000 financial advisors in the areas of tax planning, estate planning, and risk management during his financial services tenure.

In addition to his other responsibilities, Mr. Chrono is responsible for training and certifying all of Level IV's coaches.

Website: www.LevelIV.biz
Phone: 310.636.4609
Email: rich@leveliv.biz

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Jason Clause – Business Development Manager, Endsight

As Business Development Manger for Endsight, Jason oversees all aspects of the companies marketing and sales operations. 

Endsight provides an outsourced IT management service called FOCUS to small businesses (10-100 employees).  FOCUS is a combination of highly trained IT professionals, sophisticated automation and remote management technology. It allows Endsight to manage many small business computer networks the same way a Fortune 500 company manages its global IT Infrastructure. The economies of scale associated with FOCUS keep Endsight’s operating costs down and those savings are passed on to Endsight’s clients.

Jason started with Endsight in 2001 and has held several positions including inside sales, pre-sales engineering & outside sales.  Prior to joining Endsight, Jason worked for Bravo! Marketing as an account manager. 

Jason earned a bachelor’s of science in public relations from Kent State University in Ohio. His hobbies include performing Stand up Comedy, Snow Boarding & Golf.

Website: www.end-sight.com
Phone: 510.295.1829
Email: Jclause@end-sight.com
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Kevin A. Dean - President, WSI Internet Consulting and Education

Kevin Dean is an Internet Business Consultant and the President of WSI Internet Consulting and Education, located in Fremont, CA.  Kevin specializes in helping business owners make money using the Internet.  WSI provides professional Internet services including website development and hosting, online training and communications, search engine optimization and marketing (SEO, SEM and PPC), and e-business consulting.  WSI addresses the growing demand for quality websites and productivity tools for businesses of all sizes.
Kevin utilizes his experience to find the best Internet solutions for clients by learning about their business first, and then defining artwork, modules and marketing ideas to achieve success on the Internet.

WSI’s unique niche in online learning tools, content creation, and management services creates opportunities for his clients and partners to improve their internal and external communications through measurable training standards.  Kevin’s valuable relationships with software experts and e-learning content developers allow him to create specialized solutions, large or small, for online in-house training, secured reference materials, and e-commerce learning solutions.

WSI stands for, “We Simplify the Internet”.

Website: www.WSINetAdvantage.com
Phone: (510) 687-9737
Email: kdean@WSINetAdvantage.com

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Mike DeCastro - Marketing Strategist, Copywriter, Creative Director, Imagination

With over 30 years of experience, Mike's work consistently produces results above expectations. He's the kind of marketing strategist and copywriter you want on your team when you need to overcome the challenges of B2B or B2C projects whether online and offline. He has a successful track record as a team member for new business pitches and is a skilful public speaker and presenter.

Whether Mike is helping agencies land new business as he did for Haggin Marketing's win of the $54 million Dell catalog account, boosting online enterprises from zero to 7-figure revenue in their launch year as he did for ActionAce and the FlightSim Pilot Shop, or producing B2B leads and sales above quota as he has done for Sun Microsystems, Intel, Cadence and many others - he always focuses on the results and has the skill to achieve them. "Great creative is important, but to me, ROI is essential," Mike explains.

Mike creates viable direct marketing sales and lead generation strategies for email campaigns, websites, direct mail, catalogs, print advertising, sales collateral, product packaging, direct response radio and TV. His unique combination of extensive customer acquisition, lead generation, business development, and e-commerce multi-channel marketing and sales skills - fortified with potent copywriting creative skills - make him a rare and valuable marketing team member.

Website: www.imaginationhq.com
Phone: 415.469.8280
Email: mike@imaginationhq.com
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Amrit Dhaliwal - Benefits Specialist, BCI Insurance Services

Amrit joined BCI Insurance Services in 2005. BCI stands for Benefits with Commitment and Integrity.

BCI has been ranked in top 5 agencies with Business Journal for last ten years. They are a member of Better Business Bureau and have been serving the Bay Area for more than 20 years.

Amrit completed her MBA from Punjabi University in India and graduated with a Bachelors degree with honors in Economics.

As a Benefits Specialist, Amrit works with the small to medium size business ranging from a startup to a fully established business. As an independent agent she represent all the carriers. There is a wide range of value added services that Amrit bring to the table along with the major medical, dental and vision plans. She believes in long-term relationships and make sure that the explanation is in simple English.

Website: www.bci-ins.com
Phone: 408.240.4360 x374
Cell: 408.398.8255
Email: amrit@bci-ins.com

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Steven Donaldson - President, Brand Guy BGDi - a brand strategy and creative agency

BGDi creates unique customer-focused brands through naming, brand identity, communications and interactively on the web - anywhere customers connect to one brand experience. Services include -

o Brand Research/ Strategy
o Naming and Tagline Development
o Brand Identity Systems
o Web and E-commerce UI
o Retail Environmental Design
o Creative and Print

Steven Donaldson has over worked for over 25 years in building brands with clients such as Wells Fargo, Hewlett-Packard, John Muir Health and consumer companies such as Pet Food Express and Cost Plus World Market.

Working with corporate and product brands ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies Steven's goal is to guide senior management in creating brands that empower their business.

Steven Donaldson has spoken about branding at various venues throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, e-commerce developers' conferences and the Commonwealth Club. He has been featured in stories on online branding in Direct Magazine and the San Francisco Business Times as well as on CNET Television and hosts a monthly Brand Round Table for the Business Marketing Association of Northern California. 

Website: http:// www.bgdi.com
Phone: 510.843.0701
Email: sdonaldson@bgdi.com

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Cameron Douraghy -VP Sales & Marketing, Artisan Creative

Cameron joined Artisan Creative, a premier resource for creative talent in California in April of 1999. Artisan Creative specializes in creative staffing (both freelance & permanent), and freelance project management. Artisan manages creative teams, coordinating web, print, multimedia and technical vision with creative and production expertise. Artisan enables its clients to create the impact needed to communicate more effectively and make lasting impressions.

Prior to joining Artisan Creative, Cameron spent six years with Braun AG in Frankfurt Germany where he was a Regional Marketing Manager supervising 37 international markets. Cameron has twenty years of Sales and Marketing experience and has lived in London, Paris, Basel, Frankfurt, Tehran, Boston, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco.

Education:
MBA - American Graduate School of International Management  “Thunderbird”, Phoenix, AZ
B.Sc. - Bio-Engineering / PreMed – Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Website: http://www.artisancreative.com
Phone: 415.362.2699
Email: sfinfo@artisancreative.com

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Jonathan K. DeYoe, LPL Registered Principal
DeYoe Wealth Management

DeYoe Wealth Management was founded in 2001. After 7 years in the financial industry, Jonathan DeYoe saw an opportunity to meet his client's needs with a more holistic approach, understand his clients on a much deeper level and provide a seamless pro-active service they had never before experienced. DeYoe Wealth Management provides independent, unbiased advice that supports our client's financial success and allows them time to pursue their true passions.

DeYoe Wealth Management is an Alameda County Certified Green Business. DeYoe is a member of the Sustainable Business Alliance and the Berkeley Community Fund's "Berkeley 100." In addition, DeYoe serves on both the Board and the Executive Board of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce as well as serving as the Chair of the Government Affairs Committee and the Chair of the Chamber's Strategic Planning Task-Force. He is the First Vice Chairman and his term as Chairman of the Board begins in July 2008.

DeYoe is also on the Advisory Boards of the Berkeley Food and Housing Project and the Berkeley Opera and he is a member of the Berkeley Breakfast Club and is a Berkeley Rotarian.

Website:www.deyoewealthmanagement.com
Phone:510-848-0012
email:jonathan@deyoewealthmanagement.com

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Leslie Ellis - Personnel Touch

Personnel Touch is a full service boutique employee benefits agency with 18 years of experience helping companies navigate the maze known as insurance. We provide the services of the large firms but with a very "personal touch".

We offer health, dental, vision, disability, life and long term care insurance to individuals and companies of all sizes. We cover all states and we offer international insurance for people working, traveling or living outside of the United States.

We are different from other employee benefit brokers in that we give our clients a fully integrated health and wellness program at no charge to our clients. (This is for companies with 10 or more employees.) Our proprietary health management program has proven to lower the cost of our clients' health care premiums by improving the health of their employees and thus lowering the claims. We work with the carriers to ensure that our clients receive the best rates.

I am happy to help in any way I can with no obligation. Call me!

Website: www.ptinsurance.biz
Phone: 415-693-0535 ext. 103
Email: lellis@ptinsurance.biz

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Dennis Erokan - CEO, Placemaking Group

The Placemaking Group is a full-service PR, Web and marketing communications firm, with special expertise in the areas of land use and travel. Our job is to position your destination, city, office building, product, service or idea, communicate what sets it apart, and inspire the right people to take the right action.

Dennis Erokan brings some 25 years of marketing strategy and information industry experience to the Placemaking Group. He is a lead strategist in the development of big ideas and is always available should any client need his help.

Dennis created BAM Magazine in 1976 to give the West Coast entertainment industry a way to reach young people at a reasonable cost. In 1977 he started the Mix . In 1978, Dennis founded the Bay Area Music Awards, the Bammies. In 1984, Dennis launched MicroTimes. This magazine focused on the heroes in the computing industry. In 2000-05, as director of the Alliance of Chief Executives, he worked closely with 50 of the 250 members, gaining valuable insight into the strategic issues and marketing challenges that many companies face.

Website: www.placemakinggroup.com
Phone: 925-381-1746
Email: derokan@placemakinggroup.com
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Jim Fagan - Owner, Advanced Business Development

At Advanced Business Development, we believe that people are your most valuable resource. Our focus is getting people to do more (improving productivity) and our specialty is helping clients develop cultures were continuous improvement, higher levels of achievement, standards of excellence and exceeding customer expectations prevail. Our principle areas of influence include:

  • Job Benchmarking and Talent Assessments (Job Matching)
  • Performance and Motivational Assessments
  • Customer and Organizational Surveys
  • Training and Development Processes
  • Coaching and Sales Assistance Tools

Jim Fagan has 25 years of sales, management and marketing experience working with a large variety of companies such ITT and Corvus Systems. He is a certified behavioral specialist having earned certification in Disc, and PIAV assessments, and Trimetrix analysis.

Jim has also written a book on sales and territory development, The Territory Tune Up!. How to maximize your revenues through sales effectiveness.

Website: www.advbusdev.com
Phone: 925.449.1925
Email: fagan@advbusdev.com
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Cathy Fragola - Principal, CJF Conferencing

CJF Conferencing is a customer oriented business that provides state-of-the-art, audio, web, and video conferencing services as well as advanced document-sharing tools tailored to your specific requirements supported by the best customer service team in North America.

CJF offers a full range of conference call types and web conferencing services. From on-demand consults to large investor relations presentations you get exactly the services you need when you need them.

When you need Web conferencing, CJF provides the application that is right for both your needs and budget. CJF offers you such best of breed applications as WebEx, StartVisuals and other top performers.

Your current need may be for a single strategic conference call. You may want to set up a recurrent sales review conference with participants around the world. Whatever your situation, CJF will review your needs and identify the optimal services for you. We’re here to help.

Contact CJF today.

Website: www.cjfconferencing.com
Phone: 800.375.7523
Email: info@cjfconferencing.com

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Sonia Graham - President, Maximum Business Advantage, LLC.

Competitive, sustainable customer service is your Maximum Business Advantage. Maximum Business Advantage provides consulting and training to help organizations develop loyal, returning customers who become your organization's word-of-mouth external advertising source. We do this by focusing on the holistic service delivery process. We look at more than just customer service - we create a physical map of the entire service delivery process, including every decision, every step, every touch point - from the customer, service delivery employee, and backstage employee perspective. We then overlay top management's overall goals, vision and strategy to ensure the delivery process is driving the organization towards the overall strategy and that top management is appropriately rewarding customers and employees along the way. MBA also performs process and procedure documentation providing documentation in three formats: service blueprint, process map, and bullet point text.

Website: www.ServiceDeliveryExcellence.com
Phone: 602.254.2688
Email: Sonia@Graham-MBA.com

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Laurence Hansen, CITRMS - Small Business and Group Benefits Specialist, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.

Laurence had a successful 30-year career as a software developer. His passion was delivering high quality software that significantly improved the effectiveness of everyone using it. He applies that same passion for service to matching Pre-Paid Legal memberships with his clients' needs.

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. delivers high quality legal and business services at a price that makes sense for all small businesses. We provide an employee group benefit designed to help reduce stress and keep employees' minds and bodies on the job.

Protect and grow businesses.

Our partnership with GoSmallBiz.com delivers business advice and guidance, legal consultation and other legal services nation-wide.

  • Consultation on business-related legal matters.
  • Attorney-written collection letters and other letters for the business.
  • Contract and document review.
  • Unlimited business advice and guidance.
  • Much more.

Protect and empower employees.

Our legal plan helps employees avoid time-consuming, stressful and disruptive legal situations that cut into job productivity.

Our Identity Theft Shield protects employees with comprehensive credit monitoring and assurance of full identity restoration by trained experts.

Website: www.LaurenceHansen.com
Phone: (510) 794-0919
Email: Laurence@LBHansen.com

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Stephen M. Herz – President and CEO, Moonstone Interactive, Inc.

As President of Moonstone Interactive, Steve is responsible for the company's strategy, client consulting for online business strategies and business development.

Since 1996, Moonstone Interactive has been delivering comprehensive online business results for our clients. With a skilled professional team, Moonstone applies business savvy, creative user-centered design principles, and technological sophistication to meet diverse business requirements. Moonstone solutions attract targeted market segment traffic, convert visitors into desired action, and / or proactively deliver information / promotions through opt-in email campaigns. Moonstone improves the online Return On Investment (ROI) for its clients.

He has a wealth of experience in strategic planning, product/business development, creative problem-solving, process improvement and P&L management. Steve developed his vision and practical expertise through his love of the internet business model and prior roles as Senior Vice President responsible for ELOAN's Auto Financing Business, COO of Paymap, Senior Vice President-Global Electronic Commerce for Visa International, plus several senior management roles at Chase Manhattan Bank, NA including SVP-Market Segment Executive, SVP-Branch Automation, and SVP-Consumer Banking Distribution.

Steve holds an MBA from The Simon School at the University of Rochester, where he graduated at the top of his class. He earned his B.A. in Economics with minors in computer science and math from the University of Pittsburgh.

Website: www.msinteractive.com
Phone: 866.246.9091, ext 112
Email: steve@msinteractive.com

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Michael G. Homeier, Esq. - Of Counsel, - Business Lawyer

Michael is a business attorney with 24 years' experience in private practice emphasizing contract law, intellectual property licensing, new media and e-commerce contracts, employment law, and "entity practice" (the formation and maintenance of corporations and limited liability companies or LLCs).  Michael is also active in business financing, transactional, and merger & acquisition work.  The bulk of his clients are medium-sized businesses, but Michael keeps an "open-door" to newer, smaller ventures.  

Michael has held appointments as a law professor and law lecturer to various universities and colleges (CSUN, CSLA, the University of Phoenix, Santa Monica College, Glendale College) teaching business law subjects to graduates and undergraduates covering federalism, torts, property, contracts, corporations, intellectual property, employment, and securities law, emphasizing the practical concerns of businesspersons and organizations.

Michael actively presents public speaking seminars and publishes articles about business law of particular interest for business owners. He also accepts engagements as an inspirational speaker to teen and young adult cancer survivors on post-treatment life success.

Website: www.homeierlaw.com
Phone:  310.712.3729
Email:  michael@homeierlaw.com

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Nancy Hom - President, The Hom Team

Nancy Hom is the founder and principal of the Hom Team, where she applies her considerable business experience towards helping companies succeed.  The Hom Team is passionate about providing strategic marketing, branding, and communication services.  Hom Team clients vary in size and industry--from local healthcare to national entertainment companies.

Ms. Hom is also the co-founder of AhaPlanet.com.  AhaPlanet was a free Internet gateway that aggregates relevant content to meet the needs of a growing multi-cultural based audience, set on a family-friendly and ad-free platform. 

Prior to starting these companies, Ms. Hom served as Regional Vice President, Affiliate Operations, for Home Box Office (HBO). There she led a team of 17 professionals in a five-state territory that generated over $75 million in annual revenues.  During her 15-year tenure at HBO, Ms. Hom received numerous awards for her business leadership and marketing skills, including her 1996 award as a Leadership Fellow in the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute, a prestigious cable television organization for women executives in conjunction with the Center for Creative Leadership of Greensboro, North Carolina.

Ms. Hom is a graduate of New York University where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree, and a certificate for eCommerce Business & Technology at the University of California at Berkeley Extension.

Website: http://www.homteam.com
Phone: 415.409.0198
Email: info@homteam.com

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Frank Jamieson - President, Applied DM Research

Applied DM Research does target marketing research for direct mail, email, telemarketing, and internet marketing.

The purpose of our research is to develop target marketing strategies that will increase sales, decrease unnecessary costs, and achieve competitive advantage.

Our research is practical, affordable, and action-oriented. When we work with a client we focus on their goals, obstacles, and constraints. We then develop target marketing strategies that will overcome their marketing obstacles while staying within their budget constraints.

We also offer project management services to implement target marketing strategies because you can have great strategy but it will not be successful unless it is implemented correctly.

We work with business to business, business to consumer, non-profit and political. We work with large, medium, and small companies.

Website: www.applieddmresearch.com
Telephone: 800.789.3718
Email: frank@applieddmresearch.com

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Michael Jalonen – CEO, OnDemand Solutions

Mr. Jalonen has served in the software industry in several capacities including various entrepreneurial roles, director of sales and marketing, and CEO.  Mike founded Customized Business Solutions, Inc. (CBS) in 2003 as a custom software development firm working with small to medium business in the southern California.  Within one year, CBS was acquired by Integrated Tech, Inc. where Mr. Jalonen joined the team as VP, Sales and Marketing.  Within 18 months, Integrated Tech, Inc. had outgrown its current office environment, doubled its workforce, and tripled its customer base.  In June of 2006, Mr. Jalonen accepted a nine month position as Interim CEO at ThinkLogic, LLC.  In this time, ThinkLogic, LLC formally operating solely as a custom software development company, built a new business model that offered unique services to Software as a Service (SaaS) companies.  In nine months, Mr. Jalonen was able to achieve monthly revenues 3x of any prior period and doubled ThinkLogic’s employee count.  Mr. Jalonen is now Co-founder and CEO of OnDemand Solutions, Inc.  OnDemand Solutions is a business and technical resource for entrepreneurs, legacy software companies, and existing SaaS Companies. 

Website: www.myonds.com
Phone: 310.295.1193 x702
Email:  mjalonen@myonds.com

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Sue Kearney, graphic craftswoman, - Designing for change

Sue Kearney graphic craftswoman (SKgc) is a virtual agency, providing small-shop attention to you and your project. We create the perfect team from a select talent pool: designers, web developers, writers, photographers, production artists and more. Most of these people have worked with us for many years and they embody our insistence on timely delivery of quality work. We make your offerings and services shine!

SKgc is your best bet for world-class graphic design, marketing strategy, messaging and production on a human scale. We team up with you to inform, enroll and engage your target audience to facilitate change. Together we create your identity in print and online-everything from your logo to your website to your tradeshow graphics. Full service, start to finish. Elegant, guaranteed to engage and enroll your audience. Anything you can dream, we can do. Easily, gracefully, beautifully, on schedule and for the money you want to spend (or less!)

We work with companies in both the public and private sectors, and take special pleasure in branding and bringing to market new businesses of all sizes. We are especially proud of our local and national Green Business certifications.

Website: www.graphiccraftswoman.com
Phone: 510 698-6245
Email:  sue@graphiccraftswoman.com


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Prudy Kohler - Principal, ART FOR LUNCH

Prudy is a practicing artist who works mainly in photographic transfer media. She is the owner and founder of ART FOR LUNCH, a service that provides hands-on arts workshops to businesses for team-building and employee rewards.

ART FOR LUNCH is a unique and creative activity to pull groups together-or to provide an entertaining session for company parties. When participants engage in very accessible art making techniques, requiring absolutely no previous experience the results include:

•  Increased group communication and enhanced relationships

•  Improved problem-solving skills

•  Recognition and appreciation of diverse work styles and approaches

•  Learning from mistakes and sharing of information

•  Better approach to risk-taking and change management

An arts educator for over 25 years, Prudy also worked in arts philanthropy for a major California foundation and as a consultant to the San Francisco Arts Commission. She is a member of NAWBO (Nat'l Assn. of Women Business Owners).

ART FOR LUNCH works with businesses of all sizes in both the commercial and nonprofit sectors; sessions are held in office conference rooms and at off-sites.

Website: www.artforlunch.com
Phone: 415.621.5829
Email: prudy@artforlunch.com

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Darcelle Lahr, P.E. - President, Global Trade Alliance Corporation

Darcelle Lahr has more than 20 years of expertise in business strategy, program development, management, finance and operations. Global Trade Alliance Corporation's (G-TAC) President since 2002, Lahr is also a lecturer in the School of Business and Economics at California State University, East Bay.

G-TAC Management Consultants provides small- to medium-sized businesses with the guidance, support and resources they need to expand and thrive. Lahr heads a team of consultants that specialize in:

            - Strategic Management
            - Marketing
            - Operations
            - Human Resources
            - Corporate Finance and Accounting

Lahr has held Vice President positions with Cupertino Electric, AES NewEnergy, and CE Asia. While with CE Asia, Lahr directed multiple international power projects, whose collective budgets exceeded $2 billion.

Lahr is a graduate of the Transnational Executive MBA Program of California State University, East Bay and earned her bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Lahr is a licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer in the state of California.

Website: www.g-tac.com
Phone: 925.389.1773
Email: info@g-tac.com
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Ken Madsen - Principal, Riley Design Associates, LLC

Ken Madsen is a Principal at Riley Design Associates, a creative agency providing graphic design services and integrated marketing programs since 1985. Riley Design Associates’ mission is to provide integrated creative services focused on developing and reinforcing its clients’ brand. Riley Design Associates’ design services include:

  • Brand Development: Corporate Identity, Brand Guidelines
  • Collateral Design: Brochures, Data Sheets, and Annual Reports
  • Integrated Campaigns: Direct Mail, Email, Advertising, and Web
  • Packaging Design: Industrial, Structural, and Graphic Design
  • Presentation Graphics: Trade Show and PowerPoint

Ken Madsen has more than 25 years of management, sales, and marketing experience as a Principal at Riley Design Associates and as a Sales and Marketing Manager within IBM. Ken has worked with leading consumer and technology companies in developing and reinforcing their brand strategy. He has managed account relationships with Adobe Systems, Cisco Systems, Fortune Brands, Hewlett-Packard, McKesson, and Sun Microsystems. Ken’s consultative and collaborative business model has provided best of breed resources, skills, and results to Riley Design Associates’ clients. Ken attained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and attended Harvard’s Executive Business Program through IBM’s Executive Education.

Website: www.rileydesign.com
Phone: 925.659.3301
Email: kmadsen@rileydesign.com
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Bill Maimone, Business Consultant, Attorney/CPA

Bill Maimone has more than 20 years of expertise in business as a CFO, Counsel and Executive VP for small- to medium-sized businesses. He as provided these same services to clients for the last 11 years as a consultant.

Executive Summary
Selling and buying businesses,
inancial Management,
Corporate Legal Counsel, Strategic Planning,
Executive Leadership,
Raising Capital & Strategic Alliances

Bill Maimone has 25 years of financial, legal, management and marketing experience working with a large variety of companies in software, distribution, manufacturing, equipment leasing, hotels and real estate, construction and business services.

Maimone is a graduate of UC Berkeley, BS, Accounting, MBA UC Berkeley and JD Hastings College of the Law.

Member of the California Bar
California CPA

Website: www.billmaimone.com
Phone: 925.253-3557
Email: billmaimone@comcast.net

Ilene Marshall - Proforma Star Incentives

Ilene has been in the promotional products industry for 23 years and began her Proforma Star Incentives business in July of 2003. She is dedicated to helping her clients reach their goals and objectives. She does this by finding the right product or solution to fit their sales, marketing and internal project requirements.

Here are some of the things Ilene's clients say about working with her:

  • "With Ilene there are no surprises. She always delivers on time and within our budgets."
  • "Ilene has a sense of humor and is good natured in dealing with our many "fires". She is a joy to work with."
  • "Ilene is creative and very professional".

Her range of experience includes but is not limited to trade shows, users' conferences, company stores, employee recognition, customer service reward programs, sales meetings, educational programs and direct mail.

Ilene is a member of WIC (Women in Consulting), DVWIB (Diablo Valley Women in Business) and is in the process of applying for her Women Owned Business Certification.

Website: www.proforma.com/starincentives
Phone: 925.461.0799
Email: ilene.marshall@proforma.com

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Don MacLeod, MBA - Director of Sales and Marketing, Xeonix Communications, Inc.

Don joined Xeonix in 2004 as Director of Sales & Marketing.

With over 13 year's telecommunications experience, Don came to Xeonix to build on the vision of delivering a total conferencing and collaboration solution to the customer. Xeonix's solutions are unique, integrating voice, video, web, and data conferencing, and the infrastructure to support them. We elegantly engineer and integrate solutions to fulfill our client's objectives utilizing the highest quality, most reliable and most advanced technology available. Our goal is always to exceed our customer's expectations.

During Don's tenure, Xeonix has experienced rapid growth and developed key strategic partnerships - from some of the leading manufacturers in the world, Polycom, Tandberg, Codian, Wolfvision, & V-Brick to name a few.

Prior to joining Xeonix spent the majority of his career in sales management positions with Lucent Technologies and GTE/Verizon.

Don holds a B.A. in History from California State University of Northridge, and an M.B.A. in Marketing from California Lutheran University.

Phone: 888.379.3834 ext. 447
Website: www.xeonixcommunications.com
Email: dmacleod@xeonixcommunications.com
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Madlen Mirzaian- Carpet City Gallery Flooring Design Center

Madlen is committed to providing her customers with full -service solutions to their flooring and interior products design needs.  She has developed Carpet City Gallery Flooring Design Center to accommodate this objective.

Offering the highest quality products available, CCG Flooring Design Center enables client to utilize the Center's facilities, staff's expertise, and samples while selecting flooring, cabinetry, and window treatments for their interior designs.  Madlen's CCG Flooring Design Center approach enables her to fully coordinate her client's design while eliminating the delays and difficulties in dealing with more than one supplier. 

Madlen received an Associates of Arts degree in interior design from the Interior Designers Institute in Newport Beach, California.  She then spent three years as an interior designer in coastal Southern California.  After relocating to Modesto, California in 1993, Madlen began her flooring business, enhanced with her unique offering of design consultation.

Madlen's education, experience, and passion for interiors are reflected in the high level of customer satisfaction she and her CCG Flooring Design Center staff have earned.

Website:  WWW.CARPETCITYGALLERY.COM
Phone: 209-495-0086
email:  madlen@carpetcitygallery.com

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Susan Monroe - Principal, Written Right

Susan Monroe is a business copywriter and editor who specializes in "writing that works for your business." She focuses on serving technology companies that range from start-ups to large enterprises such as Cisco, HP, and SanDisk.

Susan is a versatile communicator with a marcom agency background. Her goal in working with clients is to produce crisp, compelling copy while also respecting their budgets and timelines. She effectively implements established messaging and branding strategies as well as offering advice and counsel on new initiatives. Regardless of the nature of her clients' businesses, she effectively conveys the benefits they offer, what differentiates them from their competitors, and why prospects should buy from them.

She produces brochures, case studies, data sheets, press releases, success stories, search engine optimized web content, white papers, and other business documents that are "written right" the first time.

Susan earned her MBA in marketing at Virginia Tech of "hokies" fame and a certificate in technical writing from the Webster Institute.

Website: www.writtenright.net
Phone: (650) 579-2717
Email: susan@writtenright.net

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Joy Montgomery - Structural Integrity

I do process development and improvement for operations. Structural integrity builds the foundation for a growing business by creating clear, concise, complete, correct procedures.

Appropriate clients are small and medium-sized manufacturers that can afford to pay someone to save them astonishing amounts of time and money.

The decision makers I need to reach are Owners, CEOs, COOs, CTOs, CIOs, and VPs or Directors of Operations and/or Information Technology.

An example of an ideal business partner would be anyone who is helping a business grow. Successful growth requires a solid structure, a solid team.

As for a request - Look for cracks in the processes at companies you're helping. If you see finger-pointing and blame between departments, you're seeing cracks. If you want to enjoy a long-term relationship with them, you might want those cracks repaired. You might want your client's operations to have structural integrity.

Phone: 925.245.9968
Website: www.structural-integrity.com
Email: joy@structural-integrity.com
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Jesslyn Morrison - Business Consultant, Administaff Inc.

Jesslyn joined Administaff, the nation's leading Professional Employer Organization (PEO) in August, 2006. Administaff serves as an off-site, full service human resources department for small to medium-sized businesses.

Administaff's Professional Management System provides a comprehensive range of services that include benefits management, government compliance, employment administration, employer liability management, recruiting and selection, performance management, training and development and business services.

As a Business Consultant for Administaff, Jesslyn works with companies ranging from 7 to 100+ employees. Jesslyn enjoys working with companies that have a "getting better agenda", want to grow their business, and attract and retain quality employees.

Prior to Administaff, Jesslyn worked in the Recognition Industry for 15+ years, representing companies such as Tiffany & Co. Business Sales and Williams-Sonoma Inc.

Phone: 650.357.5906
Website: www.administaff.com
Email: jesslyn_morrison@administaff.com

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Kay Paumier Principal, Communications Plus

Kay Paumier helps technology companies "get the word out . to get the leads in."  
 
Since founding Communications Plus in 1987, Kay has helped clients ranging from Fortune 1,000 companies to start-ups communicate effectively with the media, analysts, employees and other audiences.

Kay has helped these organizations generate sales leads through coverage in publications such as "BusinessWeek," "The Economist," "Fortune Magazine," "Investor's Business Daily," "Newsweek," Scientific American" and "The Wall Street Journal." Her clients have also been featured on national TV news, on the covers of leading trade publications and in many other "hits." 
 
She provides the full range of communications services, including  strategic positioning, writing, media relations, product introductions, presentation development and training, and Website content. 

Kay has earned the Accredited Public Relations (APR) certification from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).  She has received 12 local, national and international PR awards.

Additionally, Kay has taught workshops at the San Jose State University Professional Development Center for more than a decade, and does in-house training for PR firms. 

Website: www.CommunicationsPlus.net
Phone: 510-656-8512
Email: kay@CommunicationsPlus.net

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Chris Pareja, CBC - Principal, LeadGenaires

Chris has specialized in expanding businesses' bottom lines for over a dozen years in a variety of marketing, management and sales positions. Before launching LeadGenaires, a results-driven marketing agency, he served as Vice President of Business Development at Kassner, where he generated new marketing and design projects with companies such as Intel, ACCPAC, TechVentures Network and C&C Group. He has also served as a business development consultant; Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Flowtix-Small Business Solutions; the Director of US and Canadian Field Marketing for NAME Solutions Corp.; plus several marketing and sales positions for Cambridge Technology Partners (now part of Novell).

Chris is a Board Member at Business Marketing Association's Northern California Chapter and is Co-Chair of the East Bay IT Group's Sales & Marketing Special Interest Group. In recent months, he has spoken on the subjects of results-oriented marketing programs and integrating Marketing and Sales at EBIG, TechVentures Network; been quoted in the East Bay Business Times; and appeared as a guest expert in the NorCal BMA's Copy Magazine.

Website: www.leadgenaires.com
Phone: 925.201.3429
Email: chris.pareja@leadgenaires.com
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Silvia Quintanilla - Principal, Industry Gems Research & Consulting

Silvia has been directly involved in the sales industry for over 10 years, working for companies such as Merrill Lynch, Reuters America, DigitalThink & Xpedite. As Principal at Industry Gems Research and Consulting, she directs custom company research for B2B sales teams on their top customers and prospects.

Silvia is also a member of the AIIP, the leading national association for professional researchers; WIC (Women in Consulting) and SVASE (Silicon Valley Assoc for Startup Entrepreneurs). Her community involvement includes being a California Child Advocate (www.cadvocates.org). She received her degree in Business Administration from California State Hayward.

Website: www.industrygems.com
Phone: 510.745.9956

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Mike Roberts - President, Roberts Management Group, Inc.

RMG is a management consulting company which helps re-engineer organizations to accelerate sales growth. We achieve this by working closely with executive management to design and deliver strategy & process, planning, tools, deployment of capabilities and optimized incentive compensation, from the customer inwards.

We operate nationally and internationally from our base in the San Francisco Bay Area and have successfully completed projects within sectors ranging from Information Technology, Consulting & Professional Services, to Medical Devices, Outsourced Business Services and Hi-Technology Products.

Website: www.robertsmanagementgroup.com
Phone: 925.355.9300
Email: mike@robertsmanagementgroup.com

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Matt Schlegel - Schooley Mitchell

A seasoned high tech leader with over 20 years of telecommunications and technology experience, Matt focuses on finding clients the best solutions for their communications needs. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Matt is proud to be a member of the Schooley Mitchell team, delivering solutions to meet the unique telecom needs of his business clients.

Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants is the largest independent telecom consulting company in North America, with offices from coast to coast. Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants deliver unique telecommunications expertise to companies large and small and from all industries. They offer a broad range of services that include analysis of existing and future telecommunications needs, assessment of best alternatives and implementation of cost-effective telecommunications solutions. The company is fully independent of all telecommunications providers.

With bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering, Matt has worked as an engineer and a manager for California-based telecom companies in the video-satellite, video-conferencing, and cellular technologies markets. Fluent in Japanese, Matt was a research fellow at Tokyo University and worked for a Tokyo telecommunications equipment company.

email: matt.schlegel@schooleymitchell.com
Phone number: 650-276-0332
Website link: www.schooleymitchell.com/mschlegel
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Deb Siegle - Principal, Strategic Marketing Solutions

Strategic Marketing Solutions is a marketing consulting company that specializes in effective marketing, customer loyalty/experiences and product development. The firm is centered on delivering pragmatic and actionable results to its clients from seasoned consultants with proven track records.

Deb Siegle's wealth of experience in B2B marketing aids clients to zero in on the core issues affecting their product, marketing and operational effectiveness , along with what to do about them.

The types of projects Strategic Marketing Solutions typically conducts includes:

•  Market research (qualitative and quantitative)
•  Competitive Assessments
•  Feasibility studies
•  Needs assessment
•  Training
•  Meeting facilitation
•  Client loyalty drivers, programs and strategies
•  Seminars, programs, conferences
•  Product/Service development and launch
•  Marketing plans and strategies
•  Branding and messaging

Deb has an impressive telecommunications, high technology, healthcare, and services background with over 25 years of marketing and customer service experience. Deb's successful track record involves high-tech entrepreneurial start-ups and Fortune 100 organizations.

Prior to her consulting work, Deb held several Vice President and Senior Director level positions in Marketing, Product Management, Market Development and Customer Satisfaction.

Deb is President of Women in Telecommunications and has also held leadership positions in state and national industry associations.

Website: www.marketingsolns.com
Phone: 650-654-2737
Email: dsiegle@marketingsolns.com

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Suzanne Singman – Usability Insights, Inc.

Suzanne works with companies in the Bay Area who sell products or services over the internet. By implementing various usability techniques Suzanne recommends ways to improve a website making it easier for people to use.

Poor website usability and negative user experience results in lost business. By investing in good usability companies can achieve:

  • Between $10-100 of product benefit for every $1 spent on usability
  • Increased user productivity and satisfaction
  • Fewer calls to service center or customer support
  • Decreased training and documentation costs

As president of Usability Insights, Inc. Suzanne brings over seven years of demonstrated success in identifying and implementing solutions that improve website usability and enhance the user experience.

If you do business on the internet, Usability Insights can help.

Website: www.usabilityinsights.com
Phone: 510.531.1294
Email: suzanne@usabilityinsights.com

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Ron Snyder – President, Breakthrough, Inc.

Ron Snyder is a Sales & Marketing Consultant who works with technology-based companies to align and streamline the buying, selling and marketing processes to accelerate revenue growth.

For the past 16 years, Ron has helped Sales, Marketing, Product Development and Support teams to align their efforts on a shared vision, implement strategic initiatives and improve their sales and marketing methods to compete more effectively, enter new markets and bring new products to market. He has worked with many technology-based companies, including HP, Cisco, Agilent Technologies, Synopsys, Adobe, Mentor Graphics, Philips, Siemens and many rapid-growth, emerging companies like NetSuite, Macromedia and Exodus Communications.

Ron spent 11 years at Hewlett-Packard. He was consistently recognized as a top performer in sales, marketing and management roles related to computer, software and medical solutions. His responsibilities included worldwide, cross-functional marketing program management, bringing new products to market and leading sales and marketing teams.

Before joining HP, he was a product designer and engineering project manager for computer product development.

Ron holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Engineering Design from Tufts University, an MBA from Northeastern University and is certified in accelerated learning methods. He has been involved with Stanford’s ReVeL Lab, which researches and implements methods for launching new ventures in a very quick and sustainable manner.

Website: www.breakthrough-inc.com
Phone: 650.508.0622
Email: rsnyder@breakthrough-inc.com

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Scott Stiefvater - Blue Sky Video Production

Scott Stiefvater is the founder of Blue Sky Video Production. Blue Sky provides concept-to-completion video production services for private business enterprises, government agencies and non-profit organizations. By capitalizing on ever-more-affordable video hardware and software and applying simple ingenuity and resourcefulness, Blue Sky creates polished videos at competitive rates.
Scott works as a partner with his clients to convey their message to customers, partners and employees through videos that change mindsets and inspire action. By working with Blue Sky, his clients are better able to achieve their strategic communication and marketing objectives. Scott is excited about the proliferation of video on the internet and the opportunities it presents, particularly for businesses that would benefit by adding a human touch to their online marketing.  Scott is able to explore many options with his clients to both develop their image and save them valuable time by literally showing prospects, via online video, the answers to their most frequently asked questions. These include:                      
    ~business profiles                      
    ~client testimonials                       
    ~product demonstrations                      
    ~client education pieces
Whether for internal training or online marketing, video is a powerful medium and Scott is here to help his client's unlock it's potential. Please contact him if you have any questions.

Website: www.blueskyvideopro.com
Phone: 925-586-3517
Email: scott@blueskyvideopro.com
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Dan Thomas - Sr. Account Executive, Telepacific Communication

From 5 lines to 500. Voice, VoIP, Data and Internet from the Local Company that Cares.

TelePacific delivers voice and data services to medium and large businesses in California and Nevada . They compete directly with and completely replace AT&T, Verizon and others. Telepacific has over 75,000 business customers and over 1,000,000 lines in service and is the 3rd Largest Phone Company in California .

Telepacific is very competitive in price and far superior with their customer service overall. In the moment of truth, when a you need to call in . your call is answered in 30 seconds or less by well trained English speaking humans HERE in California or Las Vegas. 

Dan has been in the telecom industry for 20-years. He can evaluate a company's phone bill for FREE to determine if he can help improve services and/or reduce cost. California Non-Profit Companies that qualify can save an additional 50% on their phone bill.

Telepacific is small enough to personally care about each customer and large enough to provide a high level of service that other phone companies normally reserve only for their Fortune 500 clients. Companies that are moving or opening a new location should call Dan 60+ days BEFORE they need service at the new shop. 

Website: www.PhonBiz.com
Phone: (714) 453-6722 Desk, Cell
Email: DanThomas@TelePacific.com or Dan@PhonBiz.com

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Steve Trachsel - Small Business Specialist, GoSmallBiz.com

Steve has a passion to assist businesses fulfill their potential and in his role at GoSmallBiz.com, he has the privilege to create relationships that allow businesses to grow with high quality business and legal council. Steve helps small businesses via our core service offerings:

Corporate and Employee Identity Theft Protection: W e provide complimentary Corporate ID Theft and Sensitive Information Compliance training and resources for key staff. Our Affirmative Defense Response System will help your company comply with the newest ID Theft and Privacy laws. In addition, we offer an employee benefit that can be paid for by the employee themselves or the company. The cost of the plan includes coverage for the employee's spouse or domestic partner and qualified dependents.

Unlimited Business and Legal Consultation: As a GoSmallBiz.com member you receive UNLIMITED business consultation in marketing, accounting, tax, web support and computer services as well as distribution, sales and financial planning. In addition you also receive counsel in 26 areas of law, in all 50 states, every business day for no additional fees.

For13 years, Steve has worked in sales, business development, account management and management consulting roles. His experience ranges from Fortune 1000 companies, such as Genentech, Wells Fargo Bank and Levi Strauss & Co., to small and medium sized businesses.

Website: www.gosmallbiz.com
Phone: (408) 445-1980
Email: steve.trachsel@sbcglobal.net

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J. David Van Nest - President of VNV  Insurance Services

Insuring your business health

You may have heard this statement, "The number one asset of any company is their people." Therefore, it makes sense to protect your employees whether you are a company of one or 500. It makes even more sense to protect yourself and your family.

The health insurance industry is filled with acronyms such as HMO or PPO and insurance lingo such as co-pays and deductibles. This can be confusing and at times frustrating for all of us. Our company specializes in helping small companies and their individual employees understand these terms. We ensure that everyone receives the benefits they paid for.

Just as we expect a doctor to perform a thorough examination before making recommendations, at VNV we take the time to identify your current insurance strengths and weaknesses. We combine your needs and budget with our insurance expertise to create a plan that will protect your employees and loved ones in the event of a medical emergency. We specialize in protecting your company's number one asset.you and your employees.

The employee benefits arena is constantly changing with new products and new opportunities that affect both your health care pro visions and your budget. You need us to make sure you are getting the most for your money.

Dave has spent 28 years in the B2B arena successfully building sales and relationships that resulted in Top sales honors both as a salesman, manager and owner. After the sale of one successful business in 2001, he established VNV Insurance Services in 2003.

Website: www.vnvinsuranceservices.com
Phone: 408.725.8777
Email: dvn@vnvinsuranceservices.com

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Gary Waters, President- Gary Waters Management Consulting, Inc.

PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR GROWTH AND EFFICEINCY.

Does your production line need fresh eyes to increase productivity? Do you lack Toyota Production System (TPS) expertise to streamline your organization? Are you short on staff, but long in need of management training?

Gary Waters Management Consulting offers solutions to these issues and more. When Gary steps in as your management consultant, he offers practical solutions that are easily implemented and followed. In turn, manufacturers are able to run their businesses more smoothly.

As an expert both in theory and the application of ideas, Gary uses common sense and his 30+ years of on-the-job experiences to tackle issues. In addition, Gary uses a team approach, working as an inside team member rather than an uninvolved outsider.

EXPERT TRAINING INCLUDES:

•  Five steps to a clean, well-organized, efficient plant
•  Organization through Visual Management Methods
•  Cost reduction events (using Kaizen)
•  Smoothing production workload through rebalancing work (with Line Element/Work Balancing methods)
•  Sexual Harassment prevention
•  Workplace Violence
•  Stress Management
•  Effective Employee Performance Reviews
•  Communication
•  DISC
•  Health and wellness education*
•  Bloodborne Pathogen
•  Heat Illness
•  1 st Aid/CRP/AED

Website: www.garywaters.net
Phone: (209) 679-1256
Email: GWatersMgmt@aol.com

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Gerard Wen - The Alternative Board Silicon Valley and East Bay - South

Gerard is in the business of harnessing and sharing wisdom.  Typically, CEOs, presidents, entrepreneurs, and business owners encounter:

* challenges with sales, marketing, employees, cash flow
* repeating others' costly mistakes
* feeling LONELY at the top
* wasting time and money "reinventing the wheel"
* the need for a sounding board to bounce ideas

Gerard brings together a roundtable, called The Alternative Board (TAB), made up of these key decision makers.  The collective wisdom and experience are shared among one another.  This business resource helps them achieve their goals more quickly and more profitably.

The result?  TAB members have enjoyed successes such as a 40% sales growth after a period of flat sales, increase in personal time off from 1.5 weeks to 21 weeks per year with greater personal income, etc.

Gerard has a passion for marketing and sales, grounded in experience as both a Certified Public Accountant with KPMG, where he was working with companies ranging in size from start-ups to Fortune 1000, and as Chief Financial Officer and President of a 145-person company.

Website: www.TABSiliconValley.com
Phone: 408-472-1200
Email: Gerard@TABSiliconValley.com

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