Advisory Team

BRANDT BRERETON

Managing Partner, Brereton, Hanley & Co., Inc.

Silicon Valley-based - national investment banking practice
30 year experience M&A, PE & ESOP advisory
Structured equity fund experience as general partner

STEVE BRINKMAN

Automotive Executive

Bio coming soon!

JAMES CHUNG

Executive Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield

Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 under 40
Managed Western US for retail platform
State Director for ICSC (International Council for Shopping Centers)
Transacted over one billion in sales and total lease consideration
BA University of California, Berkeley

MATT DRISCOLL

Global Talent Acquisition Leader at SentinelOne

Global Talent Acquisition Leader @ Adobe, VeriSign, ArcSight, Demisto and SentinelOne
Build global recruiting teams focused on providing proactive recruiting strategies
Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Worcester State University, Bachelor's degree

RYAN FARSAI

Director of Corporate Marketing at Proofpoint

20+ years corporate marketing and digital leader - high-tech hardware, software and cyber security
Brand, global advertising, corporate sponsorships, content and strategic marketing for multi-billion dollar enterprises to small start-ups
Business, San Jose State University, BS and Executive Education Program, Harvard Business School

GEOFF FASEL

Shareholder at Polsinelli Shughart PC

Business attorney who represents high-growth technology-centered companies from startup on.
Included in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, Rising Stars from 2009-2013

RICHARD GRUBER

Corporate Finance at Microfocus

31 years of Corporate experience in both Global and Regional Finance Management, Distribution Management, Procurement, and Credit and Collections.
Extensive Finance and Accounting practice knowledge and expertise in the areas of Customer Support and Services, Supply Chain, Inventory, Software, and Financial Planning and Reporting.
27 years HP - 1 year HP Enterprise - 3 years Micro Focus
San Jose State University - BS Finance

TOM GUTSHALL

Director and Co-Founder at Cepheid

Silicon Valley Executive, Angel Investor, Advisor to start-up health care companies
Participation in philanthropy guided by God's will; lived servant leadership role as part of CityTeam ministries chairman with pivotal successful growth
Elder at the Union Presbyterian Church in Los Altos
BSChE, University of Delaware (BS); Marketing Management, Harvard Business School

JILL HORN

VP of Sales at Wintec Industries

25+ years Software Sales & Management.
Expert in simplifying messaging and developing sales processes to empower sales teams, deliver value to customers, and close deals; BtoB, BtoC, and Community Engagement.
Druker School of Management CGU - MBA; ASU - BS Computer Science

JIM HUGUET

Partner at Waste Streams Managent, Author

Strategic consultant, author of Great Companies, Great Returns, mutual funds manager & entrepreneur.
Enjoys turning concepts into businesses.

DUSTIN KEELE

Founder & CEO, SolRates

Silicon Valley Fintech and Renewable Energy Entrepreneur
Specialties: Strategic Partnerships, Full Stack Development, Financial Modeling, Growth Hacking, Award Winning Sales and Marketing Automation
B.B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Cox School of Business

PATRICK LENCIONI

Author & President of The Table Group

New York Times best selling author & thought leader
Named "One of the new gurus you should know" by Fortune magazine in 2008
Champions a practical & straight forward approach to tackling organizational health, teamwork & employee engagement.

STEVE R. LENCIONI

IT Product Line Manager at Dell Technologies

Hewlett-Packard (25+ years), EMC -> Dell Technologies (5+ years)
Committed to values of teamwork, trust, transparency, clear communication and facilitating the success of others.
Master’s, Electrical & Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara

ALLEN MCCLINTON

Sales Leader at Tesla and Cobalt Robotics

Co-founder of Silicon Valley charter school, early-stage startup expertise, leading growth initiatives for the Tesla Home Charging program
Empathetic sales and strategic business development leader
United States Marine Corps, Georgia Tech, B.S.; UT-Austin, Master's; Wharton School, MBA

JEFF MCCOLLOCH

Principal Consultant at McColloch Consulting

25 year veteran business operations manager at Intel
Organizational and leadership development guru
Founder of McColloch Conulting, providing effective leadership consulting to Google, Microsoft, GE Healthcare, Duke & more

KEVIN MCGARY

Business Development Manager at KnectIQ Inc.

35 years Information Technology; Successful Sales Career in Cybersecurity, Enterprise Applications, Application Development Automation and Enterprise Job Scheduling/Utilities
Chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation of California, and is an executive with the Douglass Leadership Institute and the Northstar Leadership Pac; leader in Civic Engagement
Entrepreneur, Author, Public Speaker, Lecturer

DOMINIC NICOLI

Silicon Valley Real Estate

Recognized as one of the top sales people in the United States
Expert in building high velocity sales for small businesses
Angel Investor - San Jose State University (BS)

NANCY ORTBERG

CEO at Transforming the Bay with Christ

20+ years in leadership experience in sales, service and the healthcare industry.
Public speaker, both domestically and internationally on leadership and the development of corporate culture
Change agent, executive coach, keynote speaker, catalyst, entrepreneur & author.

SAM RAPP

VP - Sales Leader

30 years sales and sales management; key contributor to the growth and financial outcomes of BEA Systems, Serena Software, Rally Software and Avoka Technologies.
Specialties: Security software, infrastructure software, software development and customer experience solutions.
American History, Yale University, BA

TOM REES

Founder & General Partner at Realty Equity Enterprise Services

Silicon Valley commercial real estate guru overseeing the transaction of many large premier commercial properties
Partner at Rees Properties Inc., a real estate investment & management company that believes in incorporating biblical principals into its business operations

RICK SOUKOULIS

CEO at ReadyPrice

Forward-thinking mortgage industry entrepreneur with more than 35 years of experience
Passionate about using technology to revolutionizing long-standing industry practices.

TOM STEIPP

President & COO at NES Financial

President and COO at NESFinancial
Specialties: Synchronization and Timing, Telecom, New Technology Development and Commercialization
CEO, United States Air Force Academy (BSEE), Purdue University Krannert School of Management (MSIA)

JOHN THOMPSON

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur & Founder

Cofounded & sold the largest real estate firm in the Silicon Valley (Top 10 in the US) to Berkshire Hathaway
Angel Investor - Developer - Real Estate Investor
Expert at building winning cultures and teams
UC Berkeley (BS)

SHANNA TOMKO

Owner, Shanna L. Tomko, CPA

CPA licensed in CA & WA and Enrolled Agent (EA)
21+ years’ experience as a tax strategist and money coach
Specializing in Stock Option Planning & Real Estate Taxation

MIKE TORRE

Director, Technical Operations at Google

An engineering leader with an expertise of building great teams, delivering innovative solutions, and bringing new technologies to market.
Expert in creating a manufacturing strategy, establishing a supply chain, and delivering capability to enable a variety of extremely complex and diverse product roadmaps.
BS in Electrical & Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara

IVAN WINFIELD

VP of IT at Seaboard Corporation

Results-focused senior executive with 20+ year track record of building high performing teams, delivering superior IT services and driving change within organizations
Distinctive blend of IT leadership, Fortune 500 and 'Big 5' consulting experience across diverse industries: manufacturing, financial services, consumer products, transportation and healthcare

MICHAEL WOODNORTH

Founder & CEO, Woodnorth Advisory

Impact-focused finance and strategy professional focused on supporting businesses whose models create positive social outcomes.
Investment banking, corporate lending, strategy consulting, nonprofit and for-profit executive experience.
Indiana University (Kelley School of Business) BS in Finance-Real Estate, International Business; Vanderbilt University (Owen Graduate School of Management) MBA in Strategy and Human & Organizational Performance.