People

Gary Hoffman

Grant Taylor

Savvy, diverse JD/MBA with experience in entrepreneurial real estate companies and law firms.

Greg Ricchiuti

Atcom/INFO acq by Cisco $170MM (2000), Nextwave Wireless acq by AT&T $600MM (2012),Lonocloud acq by ViaSat (Confidential) (2013) all architect/founder roles

Hanish Moola

Founder @soltek • Worked at @smithsonian-air-space-museum, @d4-karate-fitness • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign

Harry Hyam

Founded 4 successful corporations, active entrepreneur, investor & business consultant from start-up through mergers and acquisitions for more than 20 years.

Heidi Mason

Front-end Development Contractor at Musiclaps Media Inc.

James Dullaghan

You never change something by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

Jenna Christine Cooper

Degree in Psychology; Passionate writer and editor; Excellence in communication; Certificate of Completion from the prestigious Joanne Baron D.W. Brown Studio; Fierce, creative, outgoing, genuine; Lover of people and life.

Jesica Lopez-Huskey

Joel Goodman

CEO & Co-Founder at @playdek

John Plavan

SEAR provides seed capital to drive innovative solutions to the world’s problems.

Josh Wayne

Independent designer/developer/maker. Previously worked at @fifty-and-fifty and @digitaria.

Justin Pierson

Jyoti Wadhwani

Kelly Gibson

14 yrs exp in high-tech arena; pre-IPO; process improvements; project mgmt; software integration; international accounting; full-cycle; financials; systems

Kelly Seiler Vocke

BSEE from Cal Poly, SLO where I focused on digital design, control systems, and robotics. Currently UAV avionics engineer.

Maria Melnikova

Start-up enthusiast with academic background in business, economics & geography and experienced in project management, international relations and analytics

Marie Abesamis

Mark Cromack

Founder, President, Cogi, Inc.; Founder, CEO & CTO, CrystalVoice (Exit 2007); Founder, Principal, QIC:Solutions, Inc.; PulsePoint

Mark Tholking

Co-Founder of Studio Tentpole. Previously Co-Founder of @bigsho

Mark Vanderwarf

Creative Generalist :: Product Specialist, Producer, and Founder @DriftpinStudios • @txtaudio

Mike Hatfield

Bridging the worlds of dev & design since 1999. Built SaaS leadgen & CMS. UI dev; Consulted on projects for Hilton, Ritz, Irvine Company, Visa etc.

Orville Esoy

Visual and Experience Designer at digital telepathy looking to help out with bike oriented start-ups.

Pedram Farjad

SDSU grad. Current AE for AIG, non-profit cofounder, and business advisor. Worked at ViaSat. Diverse work experience, emphasis in management/consulting/sales.