2. Entrepreneur
Board member, and Executive
– 7VC deals, sold 4 companies
Founding CEO Tweetphoto-
(Lockerz.com)
– 1st Investment of Kleiner Perkins- S
Fund
Launched Darestep for Ernst& Young
Globally
– Digital Branding/ Strategy Practice
Founded/ CEO Hire Quality
– Placed over 200,000 Transitioning
US Military Veterans in Large
Corporations
– -Acquired to H. Ross Perot, 1999
3. Social Entrepreneurism
Founded Hire a Hero-
– Helping Military find good jobs when they return home.
– Our vision is to eliminate the military service penalty.
• Unemployment for recently discharged military members is three times that of the general population
Founded Helmets to Hardhats-
– Conceived program after testimony to US Senate Armed Services Committee
while answering questions of Senator Ted Kennedy.
– Formed Taft-Hartley Labor Management Committee in partnership with the
AFL-CIO (Building and Construction Trades Department) and Construction
industry. Board comprised of 16 Labor Union Presidents, and 16 Construction
Industry CEOS.
– Personally lobbied and secured $40M in defense appropriations earmarks from
US Congress.
4. Legislative Experience
Principal resource/expert witness for both US House and
Senate law makers in matters concerning Military/
civilian transition
– Authored “Hire a Hero Act”, a tax credit for hiring veterans, Introduced
by Senator Kerry, signed into law by President Obama November 2011
– Authored key amendments to “New GI Bill” to include Vocational
Training.
– Contributed significantly to „Language‟ of Defense Appropriations Act
to authorize “Reverse Boot Camp” to aid transition.
– Subject Matter Expert for Several Associations Including NGAUS
(National Guard Association), MCA (Marine Corps Association, Retired
Officers Association, AUSA (Association of the US Army)
5. Public Relations- Telling The Story
Extensive Formal
Media Training
Success Leveraging
Mass Media
Negotiated 20 plus
Media Partnerships
– Major Media
Companies transition
to digital revenues
6. Representative Deals
TweetPhoto- $10M Acquired MojoPages- $1M Angel, $4M
by Lockerz Series A (Austin Ventures)
Dicom Grid- $7M Series B (Spin off MOGL= $14M)
(Canaan Partners) 99Leads- $400K Angel
DiscoverSD- Acquired BrightQube- Raised $1.5M
Platinum Capital (Union Angel
Tribune) Edgeware Analytics- $1.3M
eBridge- Raised 4M in Debt Angel- Acuired BoeFly
Financing (CapX Partners) DesignScape- Sold Company
eVisibility sold to LSF (French to Private investor
Public Company) Hire Quality Acquired by H
Dayak- $1.5 Angel- $3M Ross Perot (personally)
Series A (First Round, MilitaryHub- Reverse Merger
Bessemer Capital) Acquired Sato Travel
by BountyJobs
7. Looking for Opportunities
To make a difference by clarifying the strategic plan and gaining a
shared vision of the critical path to success.
To secure strategic business development deals, streamline/
formalize operational processes, and recruit key leadership.
