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Max Henry has 25 years of experience leading
Internet, consumer, and business to business technology
companies. With a strong background in sales,
business and financial management, Mr. Henry has
a proven track record of success.
Currently Mr. Henry is the CEO of Topica (Topica.com)
a leading Internet marketing firm. Topica is known
for serving customers well with proven Internet
marketing solutions that produce outstanding results.
Mr. Henry founded Humming Bird Leadership a Leadership
consulting and coaching firm with clients from
coast to coast. Humming Bird Leadership helps
clients develop it's leadership talent and helps
to solve important business challenges.
As President and Chief Operating Officer for
Fabrik Communications, Mr. Henry grew the organization
from 5 to 75 people in a two-year period to create
the leading business messaging company as measured
by the Electronic Messaging Association (EMA).
He created a 12 million-dollar annuity business
with over 1,000 customers and 650,000 plus end
users, while simultaneously achieving a career-high
level of customer satisfaction as measured by
customer feedback survey.
Mr. Henry's technology business experience includes:
Information Access Company, U.S. West Information
Systems, Wang Laboratories Inc. and NeXT Computer,
Inc. where he reported to CEO Steve Jobs and was
a member of the executive policy team. Mr Henry
was Chairman of Stardust for 8 years before the
company was successfully sold to Pencom.
Mr. Henry holds a Masters of Business Administration,
Finance and Marketing from the University of Oregon.
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Siamak Farah is the founder and CEO of InfoStreet,
which delivers the benefits of SaaS to tens of
thousands through its rich, web-based, IT, Productivity
and Groupware oriented software applications.
Siamak is active in the day-to-day management
of InfoStreet, combining over 25 years in technology
and extensive small business management experience
to create success for both InfoStreet and its
clients. Prior to founding InfoStreet in 1994,
Siamak worked at NeXT Computer, side-by-side with
industry visionaries. During his six years at
NeXT, his responsibilities grew from technical
sales and marketing to district sales management.
Before joining NeXT, Siamak was the Chief Operating
Officer of Microstat Development Corporation.
During that time, he was responsible for the day-to-day
operation of this publicly listed R&D firm.
Siamak began his career at Vertigo Systems International.
During his time at Vertigo, he was instrumental
in its growth from a startup with just six people
to a full-fledged business employing over 70 individuals.
The positions held by Siamak span the gamut of
those required in the operation and management
of a software development company. Siamak set
out to experience these roles by deliberate design.
At the age of 22, he already had a vision to create
a software development firm. Leaving nothing to
chance, Siamak systematically chose positions
that would provide him with experience in all
facets of a software business: development, customer
service and training, executive management and
finance, and sales and marketing.
With this operational perspective, Siamak has
been and continues to be active in the envisioning
and creation of forefront technologies including:
3D-animation, Internet technology, object-oriented
programming, and Software as a Service. Amember
of the Society of Industry Leaders, Siamak is
a frequent speaker at conferences that focus on
the Internet and SaaS such as ISPCON, INBOX: The
Messaging Industry Event, the Layered Technologies
Pact conference and more.
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Mr. Wertheimer has over 15 years experience
in developing new products, structuring companies,
raising money and managing businesses (ranging
from start-ups to divisions within publicly traded
companies). David is currently Managing Director
of USC's Institute for Creative Technologies,
where he oversees a government-funded think tank
doing advanced research and development in computer
game and virtual reality technologies. Since 2001,
David has run GreenCap Investments & Consulting,
which has been instrumental in helping start-up
and publicly-traded technology and entertainment
companies grow and expand their businesses into
new areas. GreenCap has helped clients develop
new product business plans, strategic marketing,
sales and technology plans, and has overseen execution
- including technology development efforts, bringing
the products from concept stage to market. Prior
to GreenCap, Mr. Wertheimer founded and was the
CEO of WireBreak Entertainment, an interactive
technology and entertainment production company.
Before WireBreak, David was President of the Digital
Entertainment division of Paramount Pictures,
where he was recruited by the 83-year old, multi-national
studio to help develop and build a digital distribution
business. Prior to Paramount, Mr. Wertheimer helped
Larry Ellison at Oracle and Steve Jobs at NeXT
expand their businesses into new areas - performing
high-level sales and business development, and
setting up new sales, marketing & distribution
channels both domestically and abroad. Mr. Wertheimer
holds a degree in Computer Science and Business
from Duke University, where he graduated Cum Laude
and Phi Beta Kappa. He resides in Los Angeles
with his wife, Beverly, and two little girls (Kenna
& Storey).
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Dr. Farhad Nafeiy is currently President of
Panocean Holdings Ltd., a holding company with
investments in telecommunications services and
information technology. Prior to this, he was
a Vice President at Global Crossing. He joined
that company prior to its successful IPO and led
the business development activities that included
building a high capacity fiber optic network in
Europe. Dr. Nafeiy also participated in various
stages of the company's M&A activities and
managed partnership and alliance initiatives.
His most recent remit involved Global Crossing's
entry into retail services sector and lead the
company's negotiations of interconnect and cost
of access with carriers worldwide. Mr. Nafeiy
had P&L and management responsibility for
a portfolio of services billing over $2.3Billion
annually and expanding the offer set globally.
Prior to Global Crossing he was a Marketing Director
at AT&T charged with full strategic accountability
for leadership of the corporation's international
telecommunications services. Mr. Nafeiy began
his career with AT&T at Bell Laboratories
after he received his Ph.D. in Engineering-Economic
Systems from Stanford University. He also holds
BS degree with Highest Honors in Mathematics,
MS in Systems and Control Engineering from Case
Western Reserve University and an MS in Mathematic
from University of Chicago.
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