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Board of Intellectual Capital Gerbsman Partners formed its "Board of Intellectual Capital" as a resource for rapidly identifying business and marketing strategies, strategic alliance candidates and financing for highly leveraged, under-performing, under-capitalized and under-valued Technology, Internet, Life Science, Wireless and low tech companies and their Intellectual Property. This distinguished group includes nationally and internationally recognized financial, communications, media, advertising, public relations, technology and operating executives.
Ken Virnig - President Devine and Virnig, Inc.
In February '04, Mr. Virnig was honored to be included in 4th Annual Forbes Midas List for the fourth consecutive year. The Midas List highlights 100 individuals nationally who have been most instrumental in building successful technology and life science companies. Each year, Forbes considers several hundred venture capitalists, angel investors, lawyers, bankers and other advisors for inclusion in The Midas List. Previously, Ken was identified by the Red Herring as a "Member of High Tech's Inner Circle, one of nine individuals who can help make a startup a standout." Ken was also a recipient of the "Silicon Valley Service Provider of the Year Award" in the CEO Executive Search category. Devine and Virnig has built a reputation as one of the preeminent recruiting firms in Silicon Valley. The firm takes great pride in the quality and contributions of its executive placements, as illustrated by its enviable track record of client IPOs and M&A transactions. Additional information about Mr. Virnig can be found at www.virnig.com. Glenn Boschetto - International Investment Banker, Paris, France Glenn Boschetto has successfully completed over 80 transactions, in excess of $10B, in high yield structuring and financings, with particular specialization in leveraged acquisition, buildup and management buyouts. Industry expertise includes IT services, telecommunications, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer products, real estate, and retail. Mr. Boschetto co-founded the corporate finance practices at Dabney/Resnick, Hunter Capital and WindRiver Capital. He is a registered representative of the NASD and Managing Member of WindRiver Capital Partners LLC. Mr. Boschetto's career includes tenures with Drexel Burnham Lambert and Goldman Sachs & Co. Ron Boschetto - International Investment Banker, London, England Ron Boschetto has over 20 years of international experience in corporate finance, management buyouts and acquisitions and cross border corporate restructurings. He has completed in excess of 45 MA and corporate restructuring transactions, in excess of $1.5 billion, in over 40 countries covering both the private and public sectors. Mr. Boschetto's career includes tenures with Bank of America, Fairchild Semiconductor, Schlumberger, Continental Bank, Citicorp and BSMG Worldwide. Mr. Boschetto sits on numerous boards of European companies and has served as in-house counsel and tax adviser on a global basis. He has extensive experience in the marketing services and PR sectors having served as a board director for BSMG Worldwide Europe and advised both True North Inc and Interpublic Inc on M&A transactions. Marvin A. Davis - International Crisis -Turnaround Manager
His most recent tape series is entitled The Turnaround Formula. Marv's latest book "Take No Prisoners" a guide to corporate excellence will be out in early November 2007. He has chaired the boards of Simplicity Patterns Corporation, Datamax Corporation, and Folger Adams Corporation. Marv has also served as director of numerous corporations including Petrowax Corporation, Reliacast Corp., Northwest Pipe Corporation, Crown Craft Corp., Fairlanes Corp. Cherokee Corp., and Canesco Corp. He serves on the international advisory board of Angus and Coote, Australia’s largest retail jewelry chain, as well as the advisory board of Viridian Partners and Z Axis Corporation. Most recently Marv acted as CRO in the bankruptcies of Johnston Industries a $250 mm textiles company and Pinnacle Towers, a $300 mm transmission tower REIT. Both cases were concluded successfully. Marv holds a BS degree in chemical engineering and a MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to joining GGG in 1983, he was Vice President of non-insurance operations for Sentry Insurance; CEO of Reed Industries; Executive Vice President and COO of Good Hope Industries, a $700 million integrated petroleum driller, refiner, and marketer; a group controller at Pfizer Pharmaceutical Corp.; and a product manager with Shell Oil Company. Marv will assist Gerbsman Partners in maximizing enterprise value in highly leveraged, under-performing, under-valued and under-capitalized companies and their Intellectual Property and in distressed debt opportunities. Victor D. Hanna - International Merchant Banker Victor Hanna, located in Los Angeles, is currently a managing member of Hybrid Capital. Hybrid is an investment fund that invests in public and private equity and debt securities with a focus on early stage companies in both the United States and Emerging Markets. At Hybrid Capital, Victor has invested in telecom and mining operations in the former Soviet Union and Africa and in several early stage media and entertainment companies in the United States. Prior to Hybrid Capital, Victor was a senior executive at Comdisco Ventures where he managed a portfolio of debt and equity investments, including a fund of funds that exceeded Two Billion Dollars. During his tenure at Comdisco, he spearheaded the restructuring of over two hundred companies and managed the portfolio and the ultimate collection and sale of the Comdisco portfolio. He has participated in over sixty bankruptcies and several hundred out of court reorganizations. Victor holds a JD from the University of San Diego and a BS/BA from the University of California and spent eight years in the US Army. Victor will assist Gerbsman Partners in maximizing enterprise value in highly leveraged, under-performing, under-valued and under-capitalized companies and their Intellectual Property and in distressed debt opportunities. Robert R. Tillman - Investment Banker/Technology CEO
Mr. Tillman had been involved, both as a principal and consultant, in financial, strategic, operational planning and investment banking for a variety of national and international companies. He has also assisted venture capital and investment firms structure, acquire and finance several technology companies. He received a BA degree from Harvard University, an MBA from Stanford University School of Business, has worked for Morgan Stanley & Co., and has been associated both as an investor and consultant, with a number of Silicon Valley venture capital firms. Hans Ullmark - Communications & Media Executive
Hans Ullmark is also the founder of Collaborate, a new breed of communications agency that extends across all forms of media, from TV to PC and beyond. Collaborate blends strategy, technology and creativity to design unique brand experiences integrated around the consumer. Collaborate has offices in San Francisco and Stockholm, and clients such as Franklin Templeton Investments and Logitech. Kenneth Hardesty - International Technology CEO
As Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Mr. Hardesty assisted Seagate technology founders, Al Shuggart and Tom Mitchell in acquisitions for Seagate Technology and was the COO of Syquest Technology. Mr. Hardesty was also President of Communications Systems International, a high accuracy differential global positioning systems manufacturer, CEO of Casino Data Systems, a technology-driven software and hardware company which designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes hotel and gaming management systems, multiple site progressive management systems, including meters and signage and President of Castlewood Systems, a manufacturer of high performance removable media storage devices. Mr. Hardesty specializes in troubled manufacturing, software and wireless companies with the objective of returning these companies to profitability, insuring a transition of capable management, regaining shareholder confidence and maximizing enterprise value. Mr. Hardesty utilizes his international relationships, with renowned industry notables, such as Alan Shuggart, Tom Mitchell, Steve Wozniak, Syed Iftikar and others, to assist him in maximizing value. Mr. Hardesty will assist Gerbsman Partners as a CEO in residence, working in the Wireless, Contract Manufacturing, Storage Media and Software sectors. He will also provide guidance for strategic partnering opportunities, as well as contract manufacturing partners in Asia. Tony Fish International Technology/ Wireless Advisor
Mr. Fish is an experienced international business professional and director and divides his time between his non-exec roles and board advisory work.He is an accomplished author having written a knowledge book on how to build, launch, partner and raise capital for mobile applications companies “Open Gardens, the innovators guide to mobile data” Mr. Fish currently serves as a Non Executive Director, Advisory Board Member and Founder of numerous UK and European companies and was previously a Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for British Telecom. He is a Chartered Engineer and marketer with an MBA from Bradford School of Management and an Engineering Degree from Reading University, both located in the United Kingdom. Additional information about Mr. Fish can be found at www.amfventures.com. Don Middleberg - Public Relations Executive
Middleberg and Associates, founded in 1989, was named “Best PR Agency of the Year” in 1999. In 2000, the company became Euro RSCG Middleberg when it was acquired by Euro RSCG, the communications division of Havas, the world's sixth-largest communications group. A noted author and lecturer on public relations, Don, together with Professor Steve Ross of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, co-authored the groundbreaking study, "The Media in Cyberspace." In June, 1998, Don was appointed to New York State Governor Pataki's Task Force on New Media and the Internet. Don is also a member of New York Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi's Economic Advisory Committee. Don is regularly called upon for commentary by numerous magazines and newspapers, and has appeared on CNBC, C/Net, CNN, and National Public Radio. Don started his career with one of the nation's largest agencies, Ruder Finn and then moved to the marketing communications agency of T.C. Thomson Associates as Executive Vice President. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s of business administration in marketing. Ronald H. Coelyn - Life Sciences & Healthcare Executive RecruiterFor the past 17 of his 30-year career, Mr. Coelyn has been active in the Life Sciences and Healthcare area's as a hands-on senior executive officer and, most recently, as an executive search consultant (both as a Founder of The COELYN Group and as a Partner in the prestigious international executive search firm SpencerStuart). His executive search consulting practice spans engagements ranging from Chairman of the Board, President & Chief Executive Officer to a variety of Vice Presidential and other senior level executive positions. Mr. Coelyn is presently Co-Chairman of LINC (LifeSciences Industry Council) of Orange County, California; a member of the BioMedical Industry Council's Board of Directors; an Advisory Board Member of the Blind Children's Learning Center and the American Heart Association; and an associate member of AdvaMed, previously the Health Industry Manufacturer's Association (HIMA). Motti Abramovitz - Israeli Strategic Business Partner
He has been responsible for managing various projects in the electro-optics field for the Ministry of Defense, RSL Electronics, Seraphim, Israeli Aircraft Industry and Soreq Nuclear Research Center. During his military service Mr. Abramovitz was a Project officer in the Merkava Development Center (the Israeli Main Battle Tank), responsible for all the CCD (Camouflage concealment and Deception) systems in the tank. He was also responsible for developing the computerized infrastructure for the supply department in the Logistics and Technology Division of the Israel Defense Forces. Mr. Abramovitz has been involved in numerous technology and Internet related companies and provides hands-on, day to day management and technical capability in Israel. Patric Carlsson - Wireless Market Specialist
Prior to his entrepreneurial present, Mr. Carlsson worked for Institute for the Future in Menlo Park, CA conducting emerging technology research specializing on wireless and broadband strategies in northern Europe and USA. He has a masters degree from the Danish Kaospilot University in Corporate Culture and Project Management and a BA in Journalism and Mass Media from Ljungskile College in Sweden. James E. McHugh - Operations & Strategy Business Consulting
Mr. McHugh has designed and directed diverse engagements and led cross-functional project teams within both small and large organizations. In addition, he has served in an interim management capacity as a CEO and CFO. His recommendations have led to substantial improvements in strategic focus, operating performance, profitability, and shareholder value. Steven R. Gerbsman - Crisis/Turnaround CEO, Private Investment Banker, Founder of Gerbsman Partners
Mr. Gerbsman formed the Technology Recovery Group in 1999 in order to maximize stakeholder value for under-performing, under-capitalized and/or under-valued Technology/Internet companies and their Intellectual Property. He expanded Gerbsman Partners Board of Intellectual Capital with Technology and Internet professionals to rapidly identify "Where to Go" and "What to Do" with the Intellectual Property of these troubled companies. Mr. Gerbsman has been a featured speaker and panelist discussing maximizing enterprise, stakeholder and shareholder value for under-performing, under-valued and under-capitalized low tech and Technology/Internet companies and their Intellectual Property at the Turnaround Management Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Distressed Investing Seminars, eMediatainment and eVenture forums, among others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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