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The May Report: 06/25/2008: Josh Kurutz gets TMR award for the best card Ron has seen in quite a while; Terry Howerton, the ITA and the ITA party on June 12th
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Scoop section:
-- The May Report awards Josh Kurutz for the best card Ron May has seen in quite a while
-- A featured reader of the day is Suzan Tash of www.GeneralBiomass.net
-- Briefly noted, by Ron May
-- Cards Ron collected at the MIT-EF White Board Challenge Event on June 17, 2008
-- Cards Ron collected at the ITA/Midwest Business mixer on June 12th at Burwood Tap at 724 W. Wrightwood
-- Pre-registration list for the ITA mixer on June 12, 2008 at the Burwood Tap on Wrightwood
-- Cards Ron collected at the MEF semi-annual networking party on June 2, 2008
-- Cards Ron collected at the MIT-EF Below the Radar awards meeting on May 13, 2008 at the offices of Drinker Biddle
-- People who were pre-registered for the ITA party on May 30, 2007, a year ago, and listed in TMR
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The Scoop section:
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The May Report awards Josh Kurutz for the best card Ron May has seen in quite a while
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Subject: Re: Josh, I am giving you an award for your business card and I see a lot of cards.
Date: 6/25/2008 3:16:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: jkurutz@alumni.caltech.edu
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Ron,
I'm glad you like my design.
I was originally inspired by a symposium we had a few years ago at the
University of Chicago for our multidisciplinary Institute for Biophysical
Dynamics (IBD). I noticed that bringing different varieties of scientists
together for exposure to new endeavors was a great idea, but there was a
problem with its execution, and it had to do with communication.
Researchers studying nucleic acids, for example, delivered their talk as
if they were speaking to other nucleic acids people and used all sorts of
technical jargon that the non-nucleic acids people weren't so familiar
with. You could map the audience as a bunch of Venn diagrams, and each
speaker was supposed to be addressing the union of sets, but the message
was only getting to the speaker's home set.
Everyone in the audience had been taught all the necessary nomenclature
years ago, but no one was willing to step up and admit they'd forgotten
it. I thought if people had a small card that showed them the basic
nomenclature for different biomolecule types, they could discreetly look
at it, thus catalyzing learning.
To satisfy this need, I made a universal translator card. As an
afterthought, I moved some stuff around to fit in my contact information,
and made it my business card.
Here's what you see on the card's current iteration:
PROTEIN SECTION: all twenty common natural amino acids, laid out in a
grid. Each amino acid's square contains (let's use tryptophan as an
example when needed):
a) its full name (e.g., tryptophan)
b) its three-letter designation (trp)
c) its single-letter designation (W)
d) its codon in the genetic code (UGG)
e) its molecular structure, including proper stereochemistry of chiral
centers, and prochiral (pro-R) hydrogen atoms
f) greek-letter designations of the different atoms,
g) its sidechain acid dissociation constant (pKa), if called for
h) its sidechain monoisotopic residue mass to sufficient significant
figures that one could ascertain its atomic composition - important for
the proteomics people (186.07931 g/mol)
i) its average NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) chemical shifts if the
residue were in a random coil portion of a protein: 1H backbone amide and
alpha atoms, 15N backbone amide atom, and 13C alpha atom. (4.66, 8.25,
121.3, and 57.5 ppm, respectively)
*** Three edges of each square have quantitative scales:
j) Sidechain hydrophobicity is shown with bar whose length corresponds the
free energy of partitioning between water and octanol, in kcal/mol; the
scale for hydrophobicity is shown on the right side of each square, bars
for hydrophilic residues are blue and those for hydrophobic residues are
yellow. (tryptophan is hydrophobic, approximately -2.2 kcal/mol)
*** The bottom and left edges are lined with scales corresponding to X and
Y axes of a grid overlaid on the square. A crosshair made of a green
vertical bar and a purple horizontal bar is placed on the coordinates
corresponding to two quantities:
k) The green bar's location on the X axis corresponds to the residue's
stability in an alpha helix, relative to alanine, in kcal/mol
(approximately 0.02 kcal/mol)
l) The purple bar's location on the Y axis corresponds to the residue's
stability in a beta sheet structure, in kcal/mol (approximately +0.22
kcal/mol)
*** On the facing "page", there is
m) a legend showing numbers for each of these axes
n) literature references to sources of the quantities shown.
o) nomenclature of the major torsion angles in the protein babckbone
p) an explanation of the genetic code's letters corresponding to multiple
RNA bases
NUCLEIC ACIDS SECTION
q) full names of the five usual ribonucleotides in RNA and DNA
r) single letter codes for each of the bases
s) their covalent structures, including proper stereochemistry
t) identification of which bases are purines and pyrimidines
u) numerical designation of of the carbon atoms in ribose and the bases v)
structural definitions distinguishing nucelosides and nucleotides w)
structural definitions describing the nomenclature distinguishing a base
from a base with ribose attached (e.g., adenine vs. adenosine) for each
base
x) covalent difference between DNA and RNA
y) greek letter designations of the polynucleotide backbone torsion angles
z) greek letter designations of the ribose torsion angles
aa) the canonical Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding patterns between bases
(A-T and G-C)
ab) the major interatomic "contacts" one normally observes in NMR to
determine the 3D conformation of a nucleic acid
LIPD SECTION
ac) structure of the common framework of phospholipids, to which different
headgroups and alkyl chains are attached
ad) two-letter designations and of five common headgroups
ae) structures of six common alkyl chains
CARBOHYDRATE SECTION
af) full names of the common unmodified hexoses (carbohydrates with six
carbon atoms in their "backbone") with 0 or 1 axial substituent hydroxyl
group
ag) three-letter abbreviations for each of these hexoses
ah) special presentation of fucose and sialic acid, which are common but
could not fit the generic hexose format
ai) numerical designations of the "backbone" carbon atoms
aj) structural distinction of D and L stereochemistry
ak) structural distinction of alpha and beta interglycosidic linkages al)
structural definitions of interglycosidic phi and psi torsion angles am)
identification of NMR observables used for determining interglycosidic
torsion angles
NMR SECTION
an) depictions of interatomic connectivities observed in 17 different NMR
experiments.
BONUS
ao) I also stuck in the Hofmeister Series, an set of anions and cations
with multiple biophysical effects, placed in the order of the strength of
those effects
BACK OF THE CARD
ap) light-toned grid for graphing
*** There is a table displaying conversions between:
aq) concentration, in micromolar <=> concentrarion, in mg/ml for three
common protein sizes
ar) concentration, in micromolar <=> milligrams required for an NMR
sample, for three common protein sizes
Other notes:
- I have not posted this card for public download. I've copyrighted it,
and I want to get advice from IP people on how to go about getting it
printed up and sold in bookstores like a pocket periodic table (which I
always carry)
- I'm looking for a printer who can give me high-quality double-sided
color printouts on cardstock that, critically, line up the two sides to
within 1/32" reliably. At Kinko's this must be done manually, and
oftentimes the staff cannot achieve the necessary alignment, even with my
help.
- The white lines underneath my name on the front of the card are from a
"crosspeak" in a two-dimensional NMR spectrum.
- If anyone knows Edward Tufte, guru of information display, please give
him my card.
I'll see what I can do with the math symbols and Voyager disk diagrams.
I'd like to put in a quick plug for the Science in Art exhibit, at which
I'll be showing some pieces. This show, sponsored by the UofC, Science
Chicago (the macArthur Foundation), and Chicago Artists' Month (City of
Chicago), will start on the UofChicago Hyde Park campus, and travel to
Fermilab and Argonne. We just sent out a "call for art" to solicit
entries of "art whose subject is science and created by scientists and/or
artists." I'll be entering my Audible NMR compositions there, amongst
others (http://homepage.mac.com/jkurutz/FileSharing21.html). You can read
more about it at uchisciart.org
Thanks!
- Josh
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A featured reader of the day is Suzan Tash of www.GeneralBiomass.net
http://www.generalbiomass.com/gbteam1.htm
Team
Daniel Gibbs, Ph.D., President and Founder of General Biomass Company (dgibbs@generalbiomass.com; 847-433-4323), has over 20 years of experience in basic research in biological sciences at Stanford, the University of Washington, and DePaul University, and 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical and diagnostic R&D at Abbott Laboratories, including new technology development and evaluation, patent analysis and evaluation, bioinformatics and software development. His research interests are in cellulase enzymes, paper waste utilization and cellulosic ethanol production.
Dr. Gibbs recently testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy on cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels ("Ending Our Addiction to Oil: Are Advanced Vehicles and Fuels the Answer?", June 5, 2006). He is the author of 9 scientific papers including "Global Warming and the Need for Liquid Fuels from Biomass" presented at BioEnergy'98, a paper on ethanol from switchgrass, a renewable energy crop. He was an invited speaker on biomass ethanol at the American Coalition for Ethanol annual meeting. At Abbott Labs, he worked in Pharmaceutical Division R&D on bioinformatics, genomics and gene sequence databases, and in Diagnostics Division R&D on software and patent support for process control of fluidic and chemical systems. He was previously Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at DePaul University and received an NIH grant for research on insect neuroendocrinology. He was an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington and an NIH Predoctoral Fellow at Stanford. Dr. Gibbs received a B.A. in Biology from Wesleyan University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University.
Suzan Tash, M.S.Ed., M.S.W., Director of Development and Marketing, brings substantial experience in administration, organization and development to the Company (stash@generalbiomass.net; 847-433-4323). From 1974 to 2006, she was the Founder and Executive Director of the Academy for Children, a division of Horizons Children's Center, a not for profit corporation.
Join the Team
We are looking for bright, motivated people who want to make a difference in the world. We need Research Scientists and Biotech Lab personnel with experience in gene manipulation, PCR, protein expression, enzyme analysis and fermentation. Please send resume or C.V. to dgibbs@generalbiomass.com.
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About Us
General Biomass Company develops proprietary technology to produce large quantities of cellulase enzymes, the protein catalysts that turn cellulose into glucose more cost effectively. It takes approximately 100 grams of cellulase enzyme proteins to make one gallon of cellulosic ethanol. This means that one billion gallons of fuel ethanol would require 110,000 tons of cellulase enzymes. The ability to produce glucose from cellulose rather than from starch is an enabling technology for many cellulosic bioproducts: ethanol and butanol for biofuels and lactic acid for bioplastics.
We also offer consulting services in the areas of biomass processing and cellulosic ethanol production. Please contact us with your needs at dgibbs@generalbiomass.com. We are proud to be a member of the American Coalition for Ethanol , the Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization and the Renewable Energy Action Project (REAP).
The biomass industry in general, and cellulosic ethanol production in particular, offer major growth opportunities over the next 5 to 10 years and beyond. Development and commercialization of these technologies can significantly reduce net carbon emissions in the transportation sector, reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil, promote rural development, and provide opportunities to export technology and components. We welcome investors, partners and applicants who share these interests and would like to help us achieve these goals.
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Email: dgibbs@generalbiomass.com
Phone: 847-433-4323
FAX: 847-475-5226
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Briefly noted, by Ron May
* FILE UNDER "DANGEROUS BULLSH**": Diamond's John Sviokla joins amateur fad and abandons management for "dialogue"
http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/sviokla/2008/06/why_every_business_has_the_app.html
* Kristi Lafleur, get a good night's sleep. You're next on my hit parade. Where is the next TiE meeting? Also, Jason Rexilius, when is BarCamp? And where? You have delayed so much. I know that Jason is testing his list this week.
* Bill Shepard, the manager at North Community Bank (Belmont/Broadway) whom I deal with, just got Samsung Instinct, just out on the 20th of June and it is being called an iPod killer. It has GPS and just about everything else, Bill says. He has had it for five days now and already a few of his friends have bought it.
Here is a good review: http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews/cell-phones/samsung-instinct/9457.html
* Finishing up on the Illinois Coalition for Science and Technology, I had some questions for Dennis Sienko that I had not asked Monday night, so I called him this morning on his cell.
1. To whom does he report?
Answer: A board that has not been put together yet. It will reflect the public/private partnership they are trying to create.
2. But right now, whom is it?
Answer: Right now, he is basically working under the rubric of the Chicagoland Chamber with Jerry Roper and Peggy Luce. The Chamber is "paying their bills" temporarily while the legal structure of the 501(c)(6) is set up. The Chamber also provided the process by which they selected the law firm and the PR firm they are using. And Dennis' office is at the offices of the Chamber at this time.
3. How did the $500K grant come about?
Answer: The grant was money given to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for the purpose of setting up this organization and UIUC subcontracted it out to the Chicagoland Chamber. That took place around or about April 15, 2008. The grant came from DCEO. I asked Dennis whom he would talk to at DCEO if he had anything to discuss and the answer was Jack Lavin, the director.
I said to Dennis that it seems goofy to me that DCEO would give $500K to UIUC to create an organization that is supposed to help the entire state and all the universities and labs get federal money in the state. Dennis had no direct answer since he was not involved in the decision to give the original grant. I suppose that is topic #1 the next time I see Jack Lavin.
4. How was the law firm selected?
Answer: They used the process in place at the Chamber for making such selections and it was a "bid" in the sense that the firms made proposals. Greenberg Traurig, LLP had a few things they really liked. It has an office in Washington, D.C. and it has the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina as a client. Dennis said he is working with Tony Abboud here in Chicago (http://www.gtlaw.com/People/AnthonyLAbboud?wosView=quickContact ) and with Diane Blagman (http://www.gtlaw.com/People/DianeJBlagman) in D. C.
They considered three firms, he said. And I will bet you that all three are Chamber members.
The term of the law firm contract extends to September 30, 2009 as I said in the last report.
Dennis said that three things are needed from the law firm:
A. Setting up the 501(c)(6) with the IRS.
B. On-going legal work.
C. Assistance in working with the folks in Washington, D.C.
5. How was the PR firm selected?
They considered two and half firms, Dennis said, two big ones and one smaller. Edelman has a proprietary piece of software that helps target the people you want to get to called Connector. Dennis said that he has the success stories to tell, he needs the help in getting those stories to the parties they need to talk to, mostly the Illinois Congressional delegation. But also, I would presume, key officials in federal agencies. The person at Edelman he is meeting with soon is Valerie Alexander. ( http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1022876,CST-EDT-Carol25.article) I could not find a bio on Valerie, but I did find her mentioned in a Carol Marin article on politics in the Chicago Sun-Times. I asked Dennis about advertising Illinois for entrepreneurs as Michigan does. There is no budget for that currently, he said and running ads like the ones Jeff Daniels does for Michigan is not a part of this program, not yet at least.
6. What was the term he used in our conversation Monday night?
Answer: The goal is to develop an "Illinois research agenda."
Dennis said that this is at a strategic level. They are not looking to interfere in existing relationships, he said. You know what, I forgot to ask him about IT. I know he has biotech and materials on his mind.
7. What was the whole bit about CSOs, CTOs, and VPs of Research?
Answer: Dennis wants to help forge the public/private partnership by getting the Chief Scientific Officers and the Chief Technical Officers in major corporations to talk to the VPs of Research in the universities and labs. The idea is to give the VPs of Research a notion of what is coming down the pike. But the interaction will certainly be two-way, Dennis said, when I asked him about that.
8. The next thing I need to do is put together a list of projects they will seek funding for.
* The discussion of Terry Howerton and his outlook on things and my interviews with him and interactions with him is too complicated and way too long a discussion to put in one report, but let me get started at least. We covered so many subjects. I talked Terry at the ITA party on June 12th, the SAB charity poker tourney on the 14th, and this Sunday, the 22nd for 1.75 hours.
Here is a sample of what we talked about.
1. Successful ITA committees such as Academic Outreach and what is being done there. They have 130 volunteers from schools and universities all over Chicago and Illinois. Much more on this.
2. Howerton's view of what things need to be done, such as having an entrepreneurship program in the CPS and even having that meet at their offices (which will be new in a year because they have outgrown the current space and TH says that they are looking for a 65,000sf space now; and they have 35 firms on a waiting list for getting into the space); or having a U. of C. marketing class that currently meets at Gleacher meet at their offices. His view of rural workforce development as a key area for future focus.
3. The whole financial relationship between ITA, TechNexus, and FastRoot: Who owns the lease, who writes the checks, how the money is distributed, what is done with the profits from the rent, etc.? How FastRoot uses the ITA and vice versa in marketing, etc.
4. Howerton's take on what happened to the Early Stage and Partnering conferences that were prominent under the CSA.
5. His view of the four Speaking of Success programs they have held. Tonight is the fourth program. The speaker tonight is Jerry Putnam of Archipelago fame and the NYSE. The previous three programs were SurePayroll which I attended with Troy Henikoff and Michael Alter; Chuck Templeton of Open Table fame (http://restaurant-hospitality.com/top_chefs/rh_imp_12464/) and Hank Adams of SportVision. I just noticed that Templeton was a U.S. Army Ranger.
6. TH's take on ITA members, the board, sponsors, service providers, VCs, investors, a tech council for Illinois, etc. One little nugget I can't resist. I asked Terry a question on how he thinks I got certain info. He said that "Chris must be talking" or words to that effect. I said, "Oh, that reminds me, I wanted to ask you about Rollyson." Terry said that being an ITA member brings with it the right to spend some time in the offices of the ITA when you need it, like an hour a week. But Rollyson abuses the privilege and shows up four days a week. Fred is going to talk to Chris about his paying rent, he said. BTW, from Howerton, I found out that Troy Haaland of eSigma moved out four months ago and from another source I heard that Melissa G. has moved out. They do not have an annual lease. It is month to month, Terry explained. They have a waiting list of 35 people who want to move in, but it appears that there is some turnover, maybe it costs too much. The standard rent chzrge is $500 per desk for the first two seats, I believe. That includes phone and conference room and a lot of other things, he said.
7. What is happening with FastRoot raising money and where he may get it and in what form?
8. TH's take on having competitors in the ITA and his view of how ITA members may become FastRoot clients or may have been FastRoot clients before they became ITA members -- that whole issue of ITA/FastRoot.
9. How long he plans to stay in the ITA job and who may succeed him. That person is probably not on the board now, he believes. It will probably be someone from the outside.
10. A whole slew of issues that have been hanging out there for some time, and the air seems to have been cleared on many of them.
11. How far TH feels that he can take FastRoot in growth; his personality (and mine) and how it works or does not work in certain situations.
12. Philosophy: open source as a model, Bolshevism, etc.
Let me start with three stories to give you a sense of what I am dealing with in this or any story. People are by nature complex and multi-faceted. You cannot do justice to someone with one-dimensional portraits. And more importantly, any story or situation is rife with many points of view. We have Rashomon, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/, a variety of viewpoints that are also always shifting.
Story one: After the ITA mixer on June 12th at the Burwood Tap on Wrightwood, I called Julian Pretto. Julian advertises with TMR and he has also sponsored nine events now, some Tech Cocktails, and Silicon Prairie Social, and the ITA mixer. I told Julian that I was disappointed by the event and wondered if he was too. I told him that I felt it was not the usual ITA crowd, that it was too many 22-24 year old IT recruiters and not enough tech people. Julian told me that he had some strong views on the event as well and that of the nine events he had sponsored this one was the worst in terms of giving him access to a customer base, and he said he was tired of buying drinks for recruiters.
I am not going to do my commentary on the ITA party right now, but I have surveyed a number of folks about it. As one person said, it was not the typical ITA crowd, it was mostly younger and Terry Howerton told me they were looking for young professionals here who were middle management in established firms. Fred Hoch admits that it was a different from usual crowd. That does not make it worse, but in my view, it was too heavy on service providers, not heavy enough on technical people. One person told me that it was "not really an event that would drive business" but it was "fun to have a few beers and hang."
At the end of this report you will find a complete list of people who were pre-registered and the names with the "X" are people who did not show up. Also I have a list of those people I collected cards from and that is at the end of the report too. Without a basis of comparison you can't see my point, so if you look at the list of attendees on May 30, 2007, a year ago, you will see the difference. Compare the two lists side by side. They are both in this report.
I wrote this already, but I need to say it in terms of background for the story I am going to tell you now. Julian and I and Howerton can be a bit hot-headed at times. Julian does not mince words. I see him as a consummate salesman. He can be somewhat emotional at times. He comes from the Harlem/Diversey neighborhood called Montclair by the Brickyard Mall, he told me. They have wise guys in that hood, he has told me.
Anyway, Julian will probably have a fit that I am saying this, but I told him to shut up and let me do my job which is telling stories -- not making stories up -- among other things. I don't tell Julian how to do his job, I told him.
So, now for the meat of the story. Julian introduced himself to Terry Howerton at the ITA party -- they had never met before -- and he talked to Terry for a few minutes. I don't believe that Julian told Terry that he was an event sponsor --- not that it really mattered. Terry put out his hand and "dismissed" Julian, along the lines of "nice to meet you" and we are now through. That is the way it came across to Julian. In his mind, Howerton was being high and mighty toward him and dismissive. Maybe condescending, maybe arrogant. Julian was ticked enough that he told me that in his old hood, which is why I brought up his old hood, if someone "did that" he "would have been cold-cocked."
Now, I have talked to both Terry and Julian about this. I told Fred Hoch about it at the MIT-EF last Tuesday night. Dennis Serio was standing right there when I told him.
Let's be honest here. It is a good story and it has dramatic tension.
Terry did say to me that sponsors and service providers are not that much of a concern of his when we talked on the 14th at the SAB charity poker event. And I told Terry this at the SAB event.
First, when you're talking to people you have to be sure you have their undivided attention and focus. I don't think Terry was very focused on what I was saying at the poker event. It was a party, and he was enjoying himself.
I certainly did have his attention this last Sunday morning at Wilde on Broadway. He was drinking Greyhounds (vodka and grapefruit juice), but he was quite focused. He told me that:
A. If he had realized that Julian was a sponsor, he would have thanked him for his sponsorship; and he said that he should have thanked him;
B. That I misinterpreted what he said at the poker tournament even if I quoted him accurately. He was not dismissing sponsors and service providers. He was just saying that they are not his primary concern;
C. His objective at an event like the ITA party was to circulate and talk to as many people as possible -- as I do. Terry said that he was not looking to have long conversations with any one person, so he made it clear that his intent was not to be dismissive or rude;
D. He also pointed out to me that he and Julian are going to meet this week. It turns out that their meeting is today at 4:30pm in the offices of FastRoot.
Well, on this last point about their previous interaction on business issues having to do with ChicagoMicro and FastRoot, I have two versions of the story, one from Julian and one from Terry. Terry says that he and Julian's firm have been in contact for several months now, back and forth. Julian said that they had an initial contact two months ago and then a long period of no contact until last week when Terry contacted him to get together. Is the contact from Terry last week just coincidence or is it his attempt to patch things up? I don't know and is it really that important which it is?
Now this has to do with business which is what they will talk about, not the blather of this report.
But Julian is saying that the contact was reinitiated just last week and that it had not been a continuous process.
Look, even if Howerton is or was doing "damage control" by meeting with me on Sunday and with Julian today, so what?
To me, that is a sign of a good manager. When you become aware of a problem, you act on it and head it off at the pass.
First off, our discussion on Sunday was quite wide-ranging and it was productive in my view. Second, I did have a few things wrong which I want to correct now.
One thing was that the ITA party on the 12th had two other board members, Bruce Montgomery and Bill Waas. I said that there was only Terry and Fred. I stand corrected. But Terry did tell me at the poker tourney that they had not targeted board members.
The other error in my reporting was that I wrote about how Terry said that "I have IBM on my board" and I noted the egocentric nature of that comment. Well, it turns out that he was talking about the board of FastRoot which is his own firm. I thought he was talking about the ITA -- so maybe he is not as egotistical as I thought.
That was my first story. The point of that story is that first impressions can go awry but one should not base a long-term judgement on them.
Story two has to do with a conversation I had with one board member of the ITA about Howerton and I have been having several of those conversations with a number of board members.
I told this board member that some people think Howerton is arrogant, egotistical and even hot-headed. The response I got was "He's an entrepreneur, what do you expect?"
I agree. He is not a diplomat and entrepreneurs are independent minded and can be stubborn. I am that way and I glory in it. Why shouldn't Terry be the same?
Fred Hoch has said that he speaks his mind and what is wrong with that. But Fred points out that he, Fred, is charged with the ITA.
One of the topics in my long discussion with Terry was that he has been an entrepreneur for 20 years now who has been making payroll and this goes back to when he was a teenager. He attended one semester of college, won a national debate tournament, and then went back to running a business. He never continued his college education, but I can tell you that he is very knowledgeable and well read. Howerton has talked to me about many topics, including Bolshevism on Sunday.
Howerton is from Kansas City and many people know that of these three: Jack Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson and Harry Truman, Truman was the best read! And he lacked a college education, but he read every book in the library. People who lack a formal college education often compensate for it somehow. They work harder, try harder, etc. And they certainly may over-compensate which can account for some of the personality rough edges. Flip, Bob Bernard, Al Wasserberger, Terry Howerton, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerman, these guys have all had an impact. And they never really went to college. I think Gates had one year and dropped out, but it was at Harvard.
In my conversation with that same ITA board member, I asked him: "Is the board supportive of Howerton and do they think he is doing a good job?" There was a short pause in the response and the board member said "Yes, and not only Terry, there are a number of board members who are active on various committees, and there is input and active discussion on direction from quite a number of people" or words very close to those.
I told Terry this story and I ended up having a revelation of sorts. My interpretation, it turns out, of the response I got from that board member was negative towards Howerton. I was expecting the board member to say, "Sure, Terry is doing a fantastic job and we are all behind him 100%" and in the absence of that, I took it as a knock on the guy.
Well, Terry correctly pointed out to me that the board member whose name I did tell him said exactly the right thing. Of course, the ITA is a collective effort. Of course, it is not a dictatorship and it involves input and effort from a number of people.
That story says a lot. First it says to me how what matters is not so much what is said, but how what is said is processed in the hearer's mind. And I had a pre-fab response I was looking for and when I did not get it, I took it to mean something that was not meant.
When the board member did not say that Howerton is fantastic, I took it to mean he is terrible. The truth is that it is not about Howerton or Fred or anyone else in particular. It is an organization and it depends on many to do its job.
The moral of that story has more to do with me than with Howerton, but it is important because it shows how easy it is to mis-read what someone is saying.
My third story has to do with what happened Monday night at The Big Idea Forum. I believe that may have been Terry's first time at the meeting, but I am not sure about that.
If you put a gun to my head and said, "Ron, pick three people to review your business plan from this group" it would be tough to narrow it down, but Terry would in my mind be one of the three. Now, that is why I told him I want him there next month when I present.
The bottom line is that he is a smart guy and he is willing to share his insights. His comments were incisive and did not beat around the bush. Compared to the other people in the room, Terry was more critical (as in blunt and direct) and he was also more encouraging. He does not mince words and hence he can be an acquired taste for some. I think of diplomats like Doug Cogswell, Mr. Dartmouth and Harvard, or Mike Blair, Mr. Cyborg and Mr. Hewitt, or Jack Noonan, Mr. Ivory Tower of SPSS, or Terry Kirch, Mr. Bill Clinton of Naperville (and yes, Terry Kirch, I am leaving out a six- month episode in your life that we can now forget about).
Terry Howerton is not like the aforementioned gentlemen in many ways. He moves fast, he may not suffer fools gladly, he multi-tasks, which is why I believe that some of our conversations are not focused on as much as they should be. I have to say to both Terry and Julian, trying to have a serious conversation at a party where the people are packed in like sardines and the noise level is high is very tough.
So, Julian, forget about cold-cocking Terry and Terry, start over with the guy.
I will end today with this. I believe that Terry cares about making this a better community. I believe that he is also looking to build his own business. I believe he sees the two objectives as compatible. I believe that there are many things he and I can disagree about, but for the most part, we share a similar view on things like venture capital, etc.
Let me end for now so I can get ready to go to the ITA for the Jerry Putnam talk. Just for the record, I picked up the check on Sunday, so that there is no confusion on my being bought, and believe me, I have not been. I will wrap this up in the next day or two.
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Subject: Re: Terry, I can't reply from my other email so I am using AOL.
Date: 6/21/2008 8:37:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: terry@fastroot.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
I can meet at Wilde tomorrow at 10 or 10:30. I need to leave by 11:40 to get to a friends gathering. Let me know.
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TERRY HOWERTON, CEO
FastRoot, terry@fastroot.com
Chubby fingers and mobile email don't always get along well. Please excuse typos.
-----Original Message-----
From: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Date: Friday, Jun 20, 2008 8:52 pm
Subject: Re: Terry, I can't reply from my other email so I am using AOL.
To: terry@fastroot.com
Terry, Sunday afternoon sounds fine, but we have to sit outside. Have you been to the new bar/restaurant in my hood, Wilde? They have outdoor seating and if it is a nice day, it would be perfect.
I will call you Sunday morning.
Ron
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Subject: Re: Terry, I can't reply from my other email so I am using AOL.
Date: 6/20/2008 8:29:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: terry@fastroot.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Puhlease... The Bolshevik were far better organizers, and much less likely to get distracted by shiny objects.
Yes, you did misquote me (or at least certainly misinterpretted me).
We do agree, on some things. I think the community has made great strides in the past several years... It's more vibrant, more connected today. And that's because the community came together and willed it to happen... In a completely "open source" sort of way, without egos or dominant personalities.
There's so much more to do, though: academic outreach to create and keep smart young people in the community, selfless mentorship that brings along successful leaders, and social networking with measurable results. Those are just a few of the private sector efforts that are starting to blossom in the community.
In public policy terms, it's ridiculous we lack meaning incentives that attract capital (especially capital from outside Illinois) to support early stage businesses, especially when all seven states surround us have programs. I would also like to see more dialogue between the private sector and policy makers about rural workforce development (outsourcing to "downstate").
And the role you COULD play (and on occasion HAVE played) is vital. Maybe our biggest failing as a tech community (and certainly one of the ITA's biggest failings) is effectively telling the "story" about all of the good things happening around town.
Want a frank conversation about some of the things I've learned, and some of the things I think need all of our attention?
312-xxx-yyyy - let's grab a coffee at the diner in your neighborhood Sunday afternoon.
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TERRY HOWERTON, CEO
FastRoot, terry@fastroot.com
Chubby fingers and mobile email don't always get along well. Please excuse typos.
-----Original Message-----
From: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Date: Friday, Jun 20, 2008 7:33 pm
Subject: Terry, I can't reply from my other email so I am using AOL.
To: terry@fastroot.com
Ron -
I'm around all weekend if you have some questions or concerns. You have my mobile number, and I'm happy to give you an hour over coffee if you have a genuine interest.
[Terry, I do need your cell phone number again.]
I'm afraid you're projecting a bit in describing my personality. I'm sure I come across as aggressive when I speak to you, probably because I often dislike your style (if not your substance)... and I'm especially forceful when I believe you're not listening beyond your preconceived agenda to agitate.
[Terry, ironically, we actually agree on many things. I agree with you about the absence of role models here, about how successful entrepreneurs tend to disappear as opposed to becoming mentors, about the ineffectuality of the VCs and the dearth of active angels, about the need for entrepreneurs to lead the way, etc., etc., etc. Where we disagree is that I don't easily get bedazzled by what you and Fred have done, if the metrics are just numbers like membership and retention rates. I want to really know where the value is and what has actually been delivered in value for members and others. Also, I hear the complaints from the plebes about you, you don't. So, don't be so quick to say I am "projecting" as opposed to reporting. And on top of that, I probably come across as high-handed and arrogant to many people too. My saying that about you is a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. ]
But I've always been open, and honest, so if you have something you want to clarify, I'd encourage you to do it before pissing me off with a diatribe or misquoting me.
[Terry, did I misquote you today? As for pissing you off, it is a badge of honor for me do that as long as it is based in fact, not fantasy. I never said you were not open or honest. I said that you can be difficult and that you come across as arrogant to many people. Everyone I talk to about you have said that. [Mr. X, an ITA board member] told me, "He's an entrepreneur, what do you expect?" And The May Report is nothing if not a diatribe. I don't know that I have many questions to ask, but I will be happy to call you about a few things we have not discussed in detail like the $200MM building you mentioned to me at ITA CityLights on April 3rd.]
[Terry, I'll be down at the ITA offices Monday at 6pm for an event not connected to the ITA, so maybe we can sit down about 4:30pm? One last thing, get a sense of humor about yourself, man. Sometimes you come across to me as as Bolshevik, way too committed to "the revolution" and you take yourself far too seriously.]
Ron
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Cards Ron collected at the MIT-EF White Board Challenge Event on June 17, 2008
David Jaggi
Director, Systems Engineering
HLB
www.hlb.com
djaggi@hlb.com
Adam Zamora
Director of Professional Services
Trifus
www.trifus.com
azamora@trifus.com
Timothy E. Curley
Financial Advisor
UBS
www.ubs.com
timothy.curley@ubs.com
William Thompson
Senior Vice President
Cold Energy Conversions Inc.
Wilthompson52@hotmail.com
Michael Abernathy J.
Attorney at Law
Bell Boyd
www.bellboyd.com
mabernathy@bellboyd.com
Stephen G. Smith
Global Strategy Implementation
www.linkedin.com/in/globus
smithsg@gmail.com
Marc V. Richards
Intellectual Property Attorney
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
www.usebrinks.com
mrichards@usebrinks.com
Amber Cox
Project Manager
icrossing
www.icrossing.com
amber.cox@icrossing.com
Robert J. Brill
Attorney at Law
Wood | Phillips
www.woodphillips.com
rjbrill@woodphillips.com
Rich Gorski
E Beam Devices
www.ebeamdevices.com
rgorski@ebeamdevices.com
Boris Rozansky
E Beam Devices
www.ebeamdevices.com
bronzansky@ebeamdevices.com
Gary Dorst
CTO
Salare Security
www.salaresecuritycom
gary.dorst@salaresecurity.com
John Kennedy
President
Kennedy Consulting Group, Inc.
www.kennedyconsultinggroup.com
jk@kennedyconsultinggroup.com
Anthony Baroud
Chief Executive Officer
Renewable Energy Solutions
www.res-technologies.com
Anthony@res-technologies.com
Patrick O'Brien
Account Executive
Animation Technologies
www.animationtech.com
pobrien@animationtech.com
Chris Zach
www.chriszach.com
chris@chriszach.com
Andrew J. Taylor
andrewtaylor@yahoo.com
Brian Flyg
Master of Business Administration Candidate
Kellogg School of Management
Bflyg2008@kellogg.northwestern.edu
David Blocher
Business Banking Officer
Citibank
www.citi.com
david.a.blocher@citi.com
Melissa Anderson
VP of Business Development
Sittericity
www.sittercity.com
manderson@sittercity.com
Preston Urka
General Manager
Formforte
www.formforte.com
preston.urka@formforte.com
Jim Orrico
Business Development
Assistive Medical Equipment
www.Assistivemedicalequipment.com
jim@assistivemedicalequipment.com
James Eiden
Co-founder
Agri Fuel Solutions
James.Eiden@gmail.com
Sarah B. Warren
Obstacles=>Opportunity
www.ecoactionplan.org
drsarah@ecoactionplan.org
Helena M. Stelnicki
Stelnicki Partners
www.Stelnickipartners.com
Helena@stelnickipartners.com
Adam H. Masia
Attorney at Law
Bell Boyd
www.bellboyd.com
amasia@bellboyd.com
Lawrence R. Kaul
Customer Relationship Manager, Sales Team Leader
larrykaul@comcast.net
Igor Stamenkovic
Research Assistant
Illinois Institute of Technology
www.linkedin.com/in/igorstamenkovic
istamenk@iit.edu
Chris Disher
Chief Financial Officer
Flex Fuel U.S.
www.flexfuelus.com
cdisher@flexfuelus.com
Alex Bratton
President & CEO
Lextech
www.lextech.com
alex.brqtton@lextech.com
John E. Stoner
Attorney at Law
John.stoner@ameritech.com
Daniel Masterson
President & CEO
www.emdtech.com
dmasterson@emdtech.com
Gil Herman
Chair
Vistage
www.vistage.com
gil@managinghorizons@.com
David Johnson
Associate Dean for Research Operations
davej@nothwestern.edu
Shanawaz Khan
General Manager
Fujifilm
www.fujifilmlifescienceusa.com
shanawaz.khan@fujimed.com
Dan M. Mihai
Managing Consultant
Prius Medical Systems
http://www.priusmedical.com
dan.mihai@priusmedical.com
Nikola Milivojevic
Chief Technology Officer
Renewable Energy Solutions Technologies, Inc.
www.res-technologies.com
nikola@res-technologies.com
Michael Waldman
President
iTest Quality Partners
www.itestqp.com
mwaldmann@itestqp.com
David A. Hills
VP/Relationship Manager
www.53.com
David.hills@53.com
Meeta Vakil
Financial Advisor
Wachovia Securities
www.wachoviasec.com
meeta.vakil@wachoviasec.com
Brian Payne
Senior Executive Sales and Marketing Strategy
Harney
www.Harneypartners.com
bpayne@harneypartners.com
Guy S. Blaszak
Technology Division
Heil & Heil
www.heilandheil.com
gblaszak@heilandheil.com
David Willeumier
Financial Advisor
UBS
www.ubs.com
david.willeumier@ubs.com
Priscilla Whittier
Director of Communications
Bell Boyd
www.bellboyd.com
pwhittier@bellboyd.com
Amy W. Ng
Master of Business Administration Candidate, Master of Engineering Management Candidate
Kellogg
Ang2008@kellogg.northwestern.edu
___________________________________________
Cards Ron collected at the ITA/Midwest Business mixer on June 12th at Burwood Tap at 724 W. Wrightwood
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Wayne L. Weist
Business Consultant
www.administaff.com
wayne_weist@administaff.com
Ashley Camillo
Bradley Wiltjer
www.bwmginc.com
acamillo@bwmginc.com
Greg Baugues
Table XI
www.tablexi.com
greg@tablexi.xom
Derek A. Roach
Attorney at Law
www.mcguirewoods.com
droach@mcguirewoods.com
Matt VanderZee
PSS
Microsoft Corporation
www.microsoft.com
mvanderz@microsoft.com
Betsy Morse
Recruiter
Objective Paradigm
www.opstaffing.com
bmorse@opstaffing.com
Ashley Hempton
Recruiter
Objective Paradigm
www.opstaffing.com
ahempton@opstaffing.com
Ashley Poynter
Brian Wiltjer
www.bwmginc.com
apoynter@bradleywiltjer.com
Bob Krohn
Principal - IT Recruiter
MaKro Partners
www.makropartners.com
bob@makropartners.com
Kate Prizy
Account Manager
Instant Technology, LLC
www.instanttechnology.com
kprizy@instanttechnology.net
Catherine E. Vorwal. MS, MBA
Director of Business Development
Wexford
www.wexfordequities.com
cvorwald@wexfordequities.com
Daniel Dakhil
Manager, Client Services
Op2mize
www.op2mize.com
danieldakhil@op2mize.com
Aldo Sorrentino
Senior Acount Manager
Cimco
www.cimco.net
asorrentino@cimco.net
John Tenuta
Account Executive
Cimco
www.cimco.net
jtenuta@cimco.net
Jeff Kramer
Senior Account Director
Novem
www.novemsoft.com
jkramer@novemsoft.com
George R. Spatz
Attorney at Law
McGuire Woods
www.mcguirewoods.com
gspatz@mcguirewoods.com
Andrew C. Atseff
Lincoln
www.wendtandassociates.com
aca@wendtandassociates.com
Lea Pupillo
Employer Services Liaison
DeVry University
www.devry.edu
lpupillo@devry.edu
Timothy Laurent
Delivery Manager
Novem
www.novemsoft.com
ttlaurent@novemsoft.com
Srikanth Vadlamani
Intellisys Technology
www.intellisystechnology.com
srikanthv@intellisystechnology.com
Gary Klein
Software Architect
Track Software
tracksoft@earthlink.net
Christina Gerskovich
VP & General Manager
Horseland
www.horseland.com
Christina@horseland.com
Marcel A. Skácel
Managing Partner
XenoWize
www.xenowize.com
marcel@xenowize.com
Greg Jenkins
Senior Recruiter
Objective Paradigm
www.opstaffing.com
gjenkins@opstaffing.com
Daliah Saper
Partner
Saper Law Offices
www.saperlaw.com
dsaper@saperlaw.com
Jay Kelly
Consultant
Administaff, Inc.
www.administaff.com
jay_kelly@administaff.com
Kelly Hallgren
Recruiter
Objective Paradigm
www.opstaffing.com
khallgren@opstaffing.com
Bill Ostrum
Senior Technical Recruiter
Instant Technology
www.instanttechnology.com
bostrum@instanttechnology.com
John Pettis
National Sales Account Manager
All Internet Now
www.allinternetnow.com
john@allinternetnow.com
Megan O'Neil
Writer/Reporter
www.midwestbusiness.com
megan@midwestbusiness.com
Brad Spirrison
President
Midwest Business, Inc.
www.midwestbusiness.com
brad@midwestbusiness.com
Brandy Kaye
Breakthrough Technologies
www.breaktech.com
brandy@breaktech.com
Joe O`Malley
Regional Manager
The Alliance Group
www.alliance-peo.com
joe@alliance-peo.com
Sandeep Nain
President
SNtial Technologies, Inc.
www.sntialtech.com
sandeep.nain@sntialtech.com
Bridgette E. Cooper
Sales & Marketing Manager
SnTial
www.sntialtech.com
Bridgette.cooper@sntialtech.com
John Ritchell
Sales Assistant
Chicago Sun-Times News Group
www.suntimes.com
jritchell@suntimes.com
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Pre-registration list for the ITA mixer on June 12, 2008 at the Burwood Tap on Wrightwood
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An X means "did NOT attend" according to the spread sheet I have:
Sumeet Ahluwalia
Director, Sales
CityTech, Inc.
sahluwalia@citytechinc.com
X Kelli Aker
Senior Technical Recruiter
Acquity Group, LLC
kelli.aker@acquitygroup.com
Steve Aldrich
Business Development Manager
Volt Technical Resources
saldrich@volt.com
Todd Allen
President
Indignant Media, Inc.
todd.w.allen@gmail.com
Andrew Atseff
Partner
Stephen M. Wendt & Associates, Inc.
aca@wendtandassociates.com
Alison Balthazor
National Account Executive
Access One, Inc.
abalthazor@accessoneinc.com
Alison Balthazor
National Account Executive
Access One, Inc.
abalthazor@accessoneinc.com
Greg Baugues
Business Analyst
Table XI
greg@tablexi.com
Sarah Betteker
Account Manager
ChicagoMicro, Inc.
sarah@chicagomicro.com
Robert Brill
Patent IP Lawyer
Wood Phillips
bob_brill@hotmail.com
Gary Buchanan
President
Expetec Technology Services (Chicago Loop)
garyb@expetec-chicago.com
Lou Calamaras
Director, Sales
Midwest Business, Inc.
lou@midwestbusiness.com
Ashley Camillo
Account Executive
Bradley Wiltjer
acamillo@bradleywiltjer.com
Ashley Caselli
Account Manager
Insight Global, Inc.
acaselli@insightglobal.net
X Mark Chaikin
Telecommunications Advisor
DPSciences Corporation
mchaikin@dpsciences.com
X Muaz Chanchangi
Executive Director
Greatlink UK, Ltd.
muazchanchangi@yahoo.co.uk
Lindsay Croke
Marketing Specialist
West Monroe Partners, LLC
lcroke@westmonroepartners.com
Brian Crummy
President
FlowerPetal.com
brian@flowerpetal.com
Tony Czarnik
Account Executive
Klocwork, Inc.
tony.czarnik@klocwork.com
Daniel Dakhil
Manager, Client Services
Op2mize, LLC
danieldakhil@op2mize.com
David Dalka
Entrepreneur
ITA Individuals
david_dalka4gsb@yahoo.com
X Michael Davis
Chief Executive Officer
Savid Technologies, Inc.
mdavis@savidtech.com
X Deona DeClue
Client Executive
IBM Corporation
dtdeclue@us.ibm.com
X Elizabeth DeFazio
Vice President, Sales and Operations
Instant Technology, Inc.
edefazio@instanttechnology.net
Brad DeSent
President and CEO
Apex Consulting Group, Inc.
bdesent@apexcg.com
Anthony Dostellio
Recruiting Manager
Objective Paradigm, Inc.
adostellio@opstaffing.com
Annie Elzey
Communications Consultant
Edelman Public Relations
annie.elzey@edelman.com
Tyrel Fisher
Datacenter Administrator
DeVry Inc.
tfisher@devry.com
Seshan Ganesan
Senior Business Manager
Intellisys Technology, LLC
gseshan@intellisystechnology.com
Mazen Ghalayini
Manager
West Monroe Partners, LLC
mghalayini@westmonroepartners.com
X Ashwin Goel
Business Development Manager
Senryo Technologies, Inc.
ashwin@senryo.com
Alex Golod
Sr Program Manager
Intetics Corporation
alex@intetics.com
Michael Guzan
Security Service Manager
MidCo, Inc.
mdguzan@midcosystems.com
Sarah Habansky
Director, Programs and Events
Illinois Technology Association (ITA)
shabansky@illinoistech.org
X Nate Harris
Regional Account Manager
Harvey Nash, Inc.
nate.harris@harveynashusa.com
X David Heidt
Managing Partner
Enterprise Agility, Inc.
david.heidt@enterprise-agility.com
X Sean Heneghan
Director, Sales & Client Services
Sixred, Inc.
sean.heneghan@sixred.com
Truls Henriksen
Founder
Ecto, LLC
truls@ectolearning.com
Kevin Hill
Dir Client Relations
P3 New Media Group, LLC
kevin@p3newmedia.com
Fred Hoch
President
Illinois Technology Association (ITA)
fhoch@illinoistech.org
X Roya Hodge
i.c.stars
ITA Student Member
Roya_Hodge@bcbsil.com
X Chris Holinger
Senior Consultant & CTO
Five9 Technologies, Inc.
chris.holinger@five9technologies.com
Terry Howerton
Chief Executive Officer
FastRoot, Inc.
terry@fastroot.com
X Sara Hruska
Account Executive
DPSciences Corporation
shruska@dpsciences.com
Robert Jacobi
President
Arc Technology Group, Inc.
robert.jacobi@arctg.com
X Shayne Jacobsen
Account Executive, Solution Technology Group
Logicalis, Inc.
shayne.jacobsen@us.logicalis.com
Christina Johnson
Vice President and General Manager
Horseland, LLC
christina@horseland.com
Erica Johnson
Partner Account Manager
Microsoft Corporation
ericajoh@microsoft.com
Zach Kaplan
President and COO
Inventables, Inc.
zkaplan@inventables.com
Casey Karlov
Marketing Senior Specialist
West Monroe Partners, LLC
ckarlov@westmonroepartners.com
X Maha Kashani
Account Executive
GramTel, Inc.
mkashani@gramtel.net
Brandy Kaye
Business Development
Breakthrough Technologies, LLC
brandy@breaktech.com
Jay Kelly
Consultant
Administaff, Inc.
jay_kelly@administaff.com
Dana Kerns
Recruitment Specialist
Glotel, Inc.
dkerns@glotelinc.com
Ryan Kirke
Emerging Solutions, LLC
rkirke@emergenow.com
Gary Klein
President
Track Software, LLC
tracksoft@earthlink.net
Laura Klocker
Manager, Human Resources
The SAVO Group
laura.klocker@savogroup.com
X Dwight Koop
Chief Operating Officer
cohesiveFT, LLC
dwight.koop@cohesiveFT.com
X Ryan Koop
Member
cohesiveFT, LLC
ryan.koop@cohesiveFT.com
Marisa Kossakowski
Coordinator; Convetion andd Trade Show Service
SmithBucklin, Inc.
mkossakowski@smithbucklin.com
X Biljana Kovacevic-Moore
Branch Manager
AMCORE Bank
biljana.kovacevic-moore@amcore.com
Jeff Kramer
Sales Director
Novem Technology
jkramer@novemsoft.com
Adam Kriticos
Executive
Akumi Software, Inc.
adam@akumisoftware.com
Bob Krohn Principal
MaKro Partners, Inc.
bob@makropartners.com
Amrit Kumaran
Founder and CEO
Akumi Software, Inc.
amrit@akumisoftware.com
Daniel Marselle
Associate Director, Technology & Business Services
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
marselle@utp.iit.edu
X Jairaj Mashru
Sr. Business Development Manager
Intellisys Technology, LLC
jairajm@intellisystechnology.com
X Shiva Mathur
Vice President
InterraIT, Inc.
shivam@interrait.com
John McComber
Sales
ITA Individuals
jpmccomber@gmail.com
Mary McGlynn
Membership Coordinator
Illinois Technology Association (ITA)
mpmcglynn@illinoistech.org
Mike Mecklenburg
Vice President
ChicagoMicro
mike@chicagomicro.com
Scott Miller
Principal
Integrated Product Development Group (IPDG)
scotte@integratedpdg.com
Zicheng Min
University of Illinois at Chicago
ITA Student Member
minzicheng@hotmail.com
Piyush Mittal
Vice President
eTouch Systems Corp.
pmittal@etouch.net
Trishtan Mosley
Recruiter
Acquity Group, LLC
trishtan.mosley@acquitygroup.com
Andrew Moy
Account Executive
Risetime, Inc.
andrew.moy@risetime.com
X Kit Mueller
Business Development
P3 New Media Group, LLC
kit@p3newmedia.com
Jennifer Mussman
Technology & Business Marketing
Edelman Public Relations
jennifer.mussman@edelman.com
Sandeep Nain
President
SNtial Technologies, Inc.
sandeep.nain@sntialtech.com
Joe O`Malley
Regional Manager
The Alliance Group
joe@alliance-peo.com
James O`Sullivan
Manager, Business Development
FIPPEX, LLC
hellojao@gmail.com
Rahul Pandhi
Vice President
CollabraLink Technologies, Inc.
rahul@collabralink.com
David Pessis
Chief Executive Officer
FIPPEX, LLC
david@fippex.com
John Pettis
National Sales Account Manager
All Internet Now
john@allinternetnow.com
John Pettis
National Sales Account Manager
All Internet Now
john@allinternetnow.com
X Arun Ponnappan
Account Executive
Premiere Global Services Corporate Conferencing
arun.ponnappan@premiereglobal.com
X Ashley Poynter
Account Executive
Bradley Wiltjer
apoynter@bradleywiltjer.com
Julian Pretto
Founder
ChicagoMicro, Inc.
julian@chicagomicro.com
Lea Pupillo
Employer Liaison
DeVry University
lpupillo@devry.edu
Vishu Ramanathan
Founder
thinklinkr.com
vishu@thinklinkr.com
X John Ritchell
Ad Sales
Chicago Sun Times
jritchell@gmail.com
X Paul Roales
Associate
Pearl Street Venture Funds
proales@proales.com
Kyle Roberts
Account Executive
Inventables, Inc.
kroberts@inventables.com
Mark Roth
Director
CenterstageChicago.com, Inc.
mark@centerstage.net
Daliah Saper
Partner
Saper Law Offices
dsaper@saperlaw.com
Joel Settecase
Finncial Services Professional
Water Tower Financial Partners, LLC
jsettecase@finsvcs.com
Tom Sherman
ITA Individuals
tom@underscorebleach.net
Marcel Skacel
Managing Partner
XenoWize LLC
marcel@xenowize.com
Jake Smith
Recruitment Specialist
Glotel, Inc.
jakesmith@glotelinc.com
George Spatz
Associate
McGuireWoods, LLP
gspatz@mcguirewoods.com
Brad Spirrison
President
Midwest Business, Inc.
brad@midwestbusiness.com
Katie Spirrison
Investment Management
William Blair & Company, LLC
kspirrison@williamblair.com
Christopher Teter
Experienced Consultant
West Monroe Partners, LLC
cteter@westmonroepartners.com
Sophia Thiakos
Partner Account Manager
Microsoft Corporation
sophiat@microsoft.com
X Kelli Toland
Marketing Specialist
West Monroe Partners, LLC
ktoland@westmonroepartners.com
X Michael Topalovich
President
Delivered Innovation
mtopalovich@deliveredinnovation.com
Carly Tracey
Marketing CTI, Inc.
ctracey@cticonnect.com
srikanth vadlamani
Business Development Associate
Intellisys Technology, LLC
srikanthv@intellisystechnology.com
Matt VanderZee
PSS
Microsoft Corporation
mvanderz@microsoft.com
Catherine Vorwald
Director, Busienss Development
Wexford Science+Technology
cvorwald@wexfordequities.com
Bill Waas
Academic Outreach
Illinois Technology Association (ITA)
bwaas@illinoistech.org
X Tom Walton
Partner, Sales and Recruiting
Resolvit, LLC
twalton@resolvit.com
Alan Wang UIC (Masters, MBA September 2008)
ITA Student Member
alanfly.wang@gmail.com
Dinah Whitchurch
Technical Recruiter
Acquity Group, LLC
dinah.whitchurch@acquitygroup.com
Luke Whited
Ad Alta Technology
luke@adaltatechnology.com
Wayne Wiest
Business Consultant
Administaff, Inc.
wayne_wiest@administaff.com
X Stacey Wildhage
Account Executive
TransTech, LLC
swildhage@trans-tech.com
Margaret Zalewska
Business Development Manager
ComArch Group, Inc.
margaret.zalewska@comarch.com
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Cards Ron collected at the MEF semi-annual networking party on June 2, 2008
MEF Network Party 06/02/08
Evan Herman
Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch
www.ml.com
Evan_herman@ml.com
Peter V. Sturdivant
President
Construction Project Management, Inc.
www.contructionprojectmanagement.com
peter@constructionprojectmanagement.com
Bridgette E. Cooper
Sales and Marketing Manager
SNtial
www.sntialtech.com
Bridgette.cooper@sntialtech.com
Daliah Saper
Attorney at Law
Saper Law Offices
www.saperlaw.com
dsaper@saperlaw.com
Edward L. Bowe
President
Risk Advisors, Inc.
edbowe@hotmail.com
Christie A. Seeds
Director of the Illinois NAFTA Opportunity Center (NOC) at NORBIC
Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing
www.illinoismanufacturing.org
cseeds@illinoismanufacturing.org
Jim Allen
Director
BAIC
www.illinoismanufacturing.com
manufacturing@mcedc.com
James A. Peters
Director of the Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) at NORBIC
Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing
www.illinoismanufacturing.org
jpeters@illinoismanufacturing.org
Greg Scott
CEO
Click 2 Pick TV
www.click2picktv.com
gscott@click2picktv.com
John R. Schoeph
President
Reinhart Technologies Inc.
www.reinharttechnologies.com
schoeph_john@reinharttechnologies.com
Gerald (Jerry) Prieskop
President
MToA, inc
www.MToAinc.com
jprieskop@mtoainc.com
Alex Bratton
President & CEO
Lextech
www.lextech.com
alex.bratton@lextech.com
Frederick J. Otto
Attorney at Law
Otto & Associates
ottolaw@ix.netcom.com
Scott Kane
Gray Hair Management®
www.grayhairmanagement.com
scott@grayhairmanagement.com
Ryan A. Kertes
Brown CPA Group
www.browncpagroup.com
ryank@browncpagroup.com
Bill Davidson
President and CEO
Alliance Analytics
www.allianceanalytics.com
bdavidson@allianceanalytics.com
Gerard S. Wolf
wolf_g@msn.com
Elene Cafasso
President
Enerpace, Inc.
www.enerpace.com
elene@enerpace.com
David C. Thibault
Principal
Brown CPA Group
www.browncpagroup.com
davidt@browncpagroup.com
Roy W. Klein
Principal
Applied Engineering Technologies
applengtek@aol.com
P. Kevin Donahue
Vice President
Bernstein
www.bernstein.com
Kevin.donahue@bernstein.com
Arthur E. Mertes
Partner
Synergy Law Group
www.synergylawgroup.com
amertes@synergylawgroup.com
Jeffery A. Stricker
Account Executive
Sungaurd®
www.sungaurd.com
jeff.stricker@sungard.com
Anile Joshi
Chief Executive Officer
NuFact
www.nufact.com
anil.joshi@nufact.com
Robert Kauffman
Consultant
American Institute of Learning and Cognitive Development
www.thinkingforsuccess.com
rkauffman43@yahoo.com
Richard J Losch
Principal
MacDonald & Co
www.macdonaldconsulting.net
Richard.losch@macdonaldconsulting.net
Alex Lemanski
Alex.lemanski@gmail.com
Christopher E Galvin Design
www.chrisgalvindesign.com
chris@chrisgalvindesign.com
William L. Reap
Financial Advisor
Wachovia Securities
www.home.wachoviasecurities.com/william.reap
William.reap@wachoviasec.com
Patrick Van Camp
Inside Sale Representative
Ryerson
www.ryerson.com
Patrick.vancamp@ryerson.com
Jeff Moore
Dohn & Associates
www.dohn.com
jmoore@dohn.com
David K. Pleger
Impact Financial Solutions
dpleger@sbcglobal.net
Shailesh Gogate
Director, Sales
Persistent
www.persistentsys.com
shailesh_gogate@persistentsys.com
William A. Price
Attorney at Law
Growth Law
www.growthlaw.com
wprice@growthlaw.com
Jon Swirsley
Think Results
www.businsol.com
jon.swirsley@businsol.com
John F. Cooper
Outside the Box
www.linkedin.com/in/nicheoutsidetheboxmaven
johncoop56@aol.com
Stephen G. Smith
www.linkedin.com/in/globus
smithsg@gmail.com
James K. Blinn
President
Securities Quote Exchange
www.sqx.com
jimb@sqx.com
John N. Kalaras
C.Q.O.
Quality Training Institute
aristonu@att.net
John E. Morgan
Financial Adviser
Integrated Financial Concepts
jmorgan4@metlife.com
Peter Stockslager
Financial Adviser
Mass Mutual
pstockslager@finsvcs.com
Stefanos G. Karavolos
Deloitte
www.deloitte.com
skaravolos@deloitte.com
skaravolos@gmail.com
Jim Mullaney
President
Edoc Marketing
www.edocmarketing.com
jim@edocmarketing.com
Robert J. Brill
Attorney at Law
Wood | Phillips
www.woodphillips.com
rjbrill@woodphillips.com
Stephen A. Gierach
President
ECI IT Management Consultants
www.gierach.net
sgierach@gierach.com
Harvey T, Lyon
President
HTL, Inc.
harveyt820@aol.com
Randy Lewis Kemp
Randy Kemp Copywriting
www.randykempcopywriting.com
randylewiskemp@aol.com
Lola Miranda Hale
Attorney at Law
Epstein Becker and Green
www.ebglaw.com
lhale@ebglaw.com
Krzysztof Garlewicz
Financial Representative
New England Financial
kgarlewicz@chicago.nef.com
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Cards Ron collected at the MIT-EF Below the Radar awards meeting on May 13, 2008 at the offices of Drinker Biddle
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Shad D. Churma
Sales Engineer
Hitachi
www.hitachi-hta.com
shad.churma@hitachi-hta.com
Bill Burnett
Leader of Innovation
W Burnett LLC
www.wburnettllc.com
bill@wburnettllc.com
Tom & Frank Szczepanski
Co-Founders
TSC Ventures
Tjs57@hotmai.com
Preston Urka
General Manager
Formforte
www.formforte.com
preston.urka@fomforte.com
Nicholas Labun
Chief Executive Officer
Lemko
www.lemko.com
nl@lemko.com
Adam Laubach
Chief Technology Officer
GSI Technologies
www.gsitech.com
alaubach@gsitech.com
Mary Smith
Chief Strategy Officer
RevStor
www.revstor.com
smith@revstor.com
Paul Sand
CEO
Salare Security
www.salaresecurity.com
paul.sand@salaresecurity.com
Jonathan D. Seeley
Managing Director
Studley
www.studley.com
jseeley@studley.com
Marget Bue
Associate
Studley
www.studley.com
mbrue@studley.com
David J. Harkavy
CPA
Robinwood
www.rwdconsulting.com
dharkavy@rwdconsulting.com
Peter J. Shakula
Attorney at Law
Wood | Phillips
www.woodphillips.com
Pjshakula@woodphillips.com
Jennifer Bratton
Principal
BCG
Bratton.jennifer@bcg.com
www.bcg.com
Carl Mohrbacher
Vice President of Sales
Isosoft Solutions
www.isosoftsol.com
carlm@isosoftsol.com
Kristi Lafleur
Executive Director
TiE® Midwest
www.tie-midwest.org
Kristi.lafleur@midwest.tie.org
Tim Webb
Strategy/Alliances
Lemko
www.lemko.com
twebb@lemko.com
B. Terrance Flanagan
Business Develpoment
Mesirow Financial™
www.mesirowfinancial.com
bflanagan@mesirowfinancial.com
Bill McDonald
Marketing Consultant
billnd58@comcast.net
Lanny Feder
President
Protective Intellectual Property
www.protectiveIPservices.com
lanny@protectiveIPservices.com
Louis E. Celli
Senior Analyst
Stout Risius Ross
www.srr.com
lcelli@srr.com
Justin Townsley
Principal
StarAnchor
www.staranchor.com
jlt@staranchor.com
Karna Hoskote
President
MBGM Capital Inc.
www.commercialfinances.net
khoskote@commercialfinances.net
April Lane
Associate Director
DePaul University - Coleman Entrepreneurship Center
http://cec.depaul.edu
alane4@depaul.edu
Patrick O'Brien
Account Executive
Animation Technologies
www.animationtech.com
pobrien@animationtech.com
Sarah Miller Caldicott
President
Power Patterns
www.powerpatterns.com
scaldicott@powerpatterns.com
Stephen G. Smith
Global Strategy Implemenation
www.linkedin/in/globus
smithsg@gmail.com
Chuck Brown
I2IConsulting
www.ideatoimplementation.com
chuck@ideatoimplementation.com
David A. Hills
VP/Relationship Manager
Fifth Third Bank
www.53.com
david.hills@53.com
Keith R. Karasek, PhD
nLake Technology Partners, LLC
www.nlake.com
kkarasek@nlake.com
Chuck Corush
Vice President
Universal Funding Corperation
Roy W. Klein
Principal
Applied Engineering Technologies
applengtek@aol.com
Greg Baugues
TableXI
www.tablexi.com
greg@tablexi.com
Scott E. Miller
President
IPDG
www.integratedpdg.com
scotte@integratedpdg.com
Irv Michaels
Consultant
Administaff
www.administaff.com
irv_michaels@administaff.com
Senryo
www.senryo.com
Daniel F. Marselle
Associate Director for Technology and Business Services
University Technology Park
www.universitytechnologypark.com
marselle@utp.iit.edu
Ralph E. Segel
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Northwestern University
Ralph@nuhep.phys.nwu.edu
Josh Kurutz
Technical Director
University of Chicago - Biomolecular NMR Facility
www.linkedin.com/in//jkurutz
jkurutz@alumni.caltech.edu
Steve Susina
Director of Marketing
Laurus Tachnologies
www.laurustech.com
ssusina@laurustech.com
Michael Hahn
Success Coach
M&M Success Coaching
successcoach4life@msn.com
Cathy Kiselyak Austin
Drinker Biddle and Reath
www.dbr.com
cathy.austin@dbr.com
Thane Gauthier
Managing Partner
Focal Point
www.focalpointmanagement.com
thane@focalpointmanagement.com
Kelli A. Frank
Human Resources Generalist
GSI Technologies
www.gsitech.com
kfrank@gsitech.com
Richard N. Cross
Information Technology
MTP International
www.mtpinternational.com
cross@mtpinternational.com
Richard Cross
Assistant Vice President
Bank of America - Corporate Shared Services
www.bankofamerica.com
Richard.n.cross@bankofamerica.com
Mary Kay Bianchi
Consultant
SNtial
www.sntialtech.com
Marykay.bianchi@sntialtech.com
James Essa
Commercial Finance Consultant
Three Dimensions Banc Corp
www.commercialfinances.us
jess@commercialfinances.us
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People who were pre-registered for the ITA party on May 30, 2007, a year ago, and listed in TMR here:
http://www.tmronline.com/A55951/tmrarticles.nsf/39918186ac76b68a8625692400787eb1/a6f607bead99f0c0852573030014cd0d!OpenDocument&Highlight=0,Haldes
* Here is the long-promised write up of the May 30th ITA mixer which had 250 or so pre-registered. About 150 showed up and that was not all from the pre-registered, of course. Some of them did not show and others who were not pre-registered did show as it is always. I wtote most of this on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 12th and 13th.
Jim Adderton, AMCORE Bank
Mike Agnew, Trading Technologies
Rasheed Ahmed, Exensys Software Solutions
Reggie Allen, Mergis Group
Mike Alsip, Organizational Development Consultant
Patricia Anderson, apartsment.com
Patrick Anderson, ITQ Lata
Steve Anderson, Fast Servers
Robert Anders, Smart Signal Corp.
Jack Birdsall, William Blair
Steve Benton, UBS Investment Bank
Chris Benevich
Michael Bailey, Neighborhood Technology Resource Center
Irfan Aziz, Exensys
Matt Atkinson, Hub International
Linda Arquilla, i5 Wireless, LLC
Carol Ante
Ginnie Angona, AccessTek
Ian Andrusyk, Fast Servers
Erika Blackwell, Front Door Productions
Guy Blaszek, Heil and Heil Insurance Agency
Howard Blietz, Fujitsu Consulting
Jeff Bloom, BeyondAllSpace.com
Stuart Booden, VisaNow, that's news, he must have just joined them
Andrew Borgstrum, Raffi Diamond Corp.
Spacek Boris, AccessTek
David Bozeman, Hilb Rogal & Hobbs
Angelo Bravos, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings
Eugene Breger, DARC Corporation
Michael Brett, Gartner, Chicago
John Chemers, Time Warner
John Casiello, CTH Technologies
Tom Campbell, InfoStewards
Tom Burrell, Roy Talman & Associates
Asha Buchner, Hyde Park Systems Group
Richard Buchner, Hyde Park Systems Group
Gary Buchanan, Expetec Technology Services, and note, this is not Expectec. I looked it up and this is a franchise owned by Ken Gaebler, who is a VC and MarComm guy, formerly of BeautyJungle and that 3D firm that was bought by Platinum technologies years ago. Here's the link: http://www.gaebler.com/Expetec-Technology-Services.htm
Roscoe Brown, Gartner Chicago
Mark Brown, i.c. stars
Brian Briggs, Kinetic Wisdom
Matt Bringas, Chicago Networks
Justin Dearborn, Merit Ventures
Paul Davidovich
Michelle Davies, Superna Energy
Craig Dalkert, IDC Global Networks
Timothy Curley, Merrill Lynch
Bob Crowe, Advantage Global Solutions
Kathleen Coughlin, Lyons Consulting Group
Colleen Conway, Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Robert Conroy, Cyprus Communications
Collin Conright, Conright Communications
Ray Comas, CSW Solutions
Ahil Chopra, Integro Insurance
Andrew Favro, Edelman PR
Jennifer Evans
Brandies Dunuagan, Hewitt
Michael Dunlap
Bob Duggan, B2B Computer Products
Dennis Dubois, Selling Dynamics
Henry Dorbes, Acting Finances
Bill Doran, Reed Smith Sachnoff Weaver
Maha Devan, Maha Consulting
Elliot Dennis, Business Wire
Carol Delaney
Lanny Feder, Proactive Intellectual Property Services
Mark Ferry, SpringCM
Jim Figliulio, TimeXhange
Michael Flannery, Business Only Broadband, BOB
Rex Fritschi, AskRex, LLC
Josh Galecki, Scheer's, Incorporated
Marie Gaudette, MLG & Associates
Stefanie Geitner, Business Only Broadband
Keith Gerald, BPSciences, Inc.
Chris Gladwin, Cleversafe
David Glick, ITA
George Halas, Cause:Success
Victoria Halas, Cause:Success
Michael Guzan, Medco Systems
Gheorghe Gruia, Consulate General of Romania in Chicago
Frank Gruber, Fifth Third Bank
Mark Griesbaum, Career Education Corp, CEC
Shelly Greco, IDC Global Networks
Carrie Genado, The Judge Group
Glenn Gottfried, Infolure
David Goodman, City of Chicago
Avrom Goldstein, Prudential Capital Group
Andrew Goldstein, Freeborn & Peters
SuAnn Goldman
Scott Goldberg, Edelman Public Relations
Pat Johnson, Great Bear
Jennifer Johnson, Spherion
Tim Hunnewell, Marketer Net
Mark Huber, 2Bridge2
Randy Horton, National Opinion Research Center
Kevin Hogan, Computer Professionals
Gerald Hoffman, Gerald Hoffman Co.
Jeffrey Hill, Defacto Networks
Jeanne Elise Heydecker, Graphic Awareness
Tom Heusuk, DataLink Corporation
Ken Hetlinger, Trillium Solutions Group
Jessica Henry, University of Chicago GSB
Rien Heald, How To Open Things.com
and that would appear to be a new job or Rien who was consulting. He had been with Performics which was sold to DoubleClick
Marcus Stephen Harris
Bob Hardin, JCB Partners
Kris Hammond, Northwestern University
Tom Haldes, Trading Technologies International. Now, here is a question. One of the first people I placed in the Unix world, way back in 1984, was Tom Haldes. We put him into AT&T (fka Westinghouse) out in the western burbs. Tom had just graduated at the time from the University of Chicago and he came out of DayStar, I think. Anyway, that Tom Haldes was quite sharp. I wonder if it is the same guy. Well, well, well, that Tom Haldes is the same guy.
Bryce Levine, Paylocity
Christine Lane, Lyons Consulting Group
Tony Kvitek
Fred Kush, Cypress Creek
Mike Kreuger, The Latte Group
Bob Krohn, Makro Partners
Mike Krawchuk
Cate Kosnik, Terabite Solutions
Steve Kosanovich, Original Software Inc, USA
Anaf Koppikar, NORC
William Knowles
Jonathan Kingsepp, Northbound Solutions
Gary King, WorkNet
Jeff Kincaide, West Monroe
Gauray Khurana, Intellitech Concepts
Markus Ketel, Anjoka, Inc.
Stephen Jones, Capable Networks
Spencer Maus, JASEConsulting
Paul Moherer ??
Shiva Mathur
Thomas Marthens, CDW which was just bought by Madison Dearborn for $7.3MM
David Marr, BCBS IL
Katrina Malone, CitiGroup
Ryan Maley, Software Technologies Group
John Mahady
Mike Maginity, MaKro Partners
Ray Ludwig, apartments.com
Ray Lucek, G2Switchworks
Anthony Lopez, Equivus, Inc.
Elan Long, SpringSmart
Rose Lockwood, Mesirow Financial Holdings
Christopher Pinto, Judge Technology Staffing
Aaron Lindsey, Fujitsu Consulting
Mike Levinson, AskRex
Bruce Montgomery, Technology Access Television
Paul Meussig, Leo Software
Molly Meuller, Lyons Consulting Group
Brittany Morris, Edelman Public Relations
Jacquelyn Moon, BeyondAllSpace
Mike Montgomery, liQuid Print
Irv Michaels, Administaff
Troy Moffitt, Paylocity
Dirk Meuzelaar, Bit Factory, USA
Patty Meuris, FastRoot Technology
Andrew Menascoe
Svetlana Mefford, American Ukranian Chamber of Commerce
Tom McGrath, Hub International
Gretchen McGinn, SpeakerBus
Jennifer Piazza, Visionary Marketing
Jordan Rittenberry, Eloqua Corp.
Steve Reiss, Nu_Way Search, Inc.
Mark Pfeiff, CDI IT Solutions
Milton Peterson, Neal Gerber Eisenberg
Rob Reynolds, RRR Capital
Sara Schmidt, liQuid Print
John Scheer, Harris Bank
Ramsey Regaldo, PM Alliance
Richard Pauley, Intersect Solutions
Greg Padovani, PENS Communications
Jeffrey Reid, Consolidated Trading
Robert Sansome, Optimized Telecomm Solutions
Gina Sandon, Initiate Systems
Aza Raskin, Humanized, Inc.
Joe O'Malley,
Katherine Odell, Sales-on-site
Tom Quinlan, Paylocity
Paul Sand, Salare Security Corporation
Steve Russell, CDW
Rob Rousseau, The Synergy Company
Chris Rollyson, CSRA, Inc.
Ron Rody, Panduit Corp.
Shana Robinson, ThoughtWorks
Steve Potts, ForceLogix
David Nanberg, Communications and Training Consultants
Jeff Naugle, Career Concepts
Justin Nemeth, CIT Equipment Leasing
Douglas Obermeyer, Judge Technical
Kelly Muldoon, Silver T Technologies
Thomas Piette, Cypress Communications
Dick Mulvihill, Hexistor
Seth Pomeroy
Ed Schmoeller,
Lanny Feder was there. This was the first time I have seen him in months
Derrick Sorles, Networlding Leadership Resource Center
Yoel Sommer, CSW Solutions
Michael Stell, Networlding
Tracy Simms, Century 21
Edward Schuman, Nexum
Alex Schekin, Intergam Technologies Corp.
Chad Sewell, Wright Line
Ural Sekendour, ToothLabs
Telon Scigouski, HRH
Don Sorter, Motorola
Boris Spacek, AccessTek
Patrick Stakenas, ForceLogix
Rich Saleka, Mar'age
Donny Stasch, DP Sciences
Troy Steele, Robert Half
George Stephen, Innovation Advisors
Jeffrey Stricker, SunGard Availability Services
Steve Susina, UT StarComm, Inc.
Jim Vaselopoulos, TSC Group
Deborah Valella Smith, CT Tymetrix
Art Tortorelo, Innovation Software
Monica Toporkiewicz, U.S. Department of Commerce
Walt Tolson, The Boeing Corp.
Peter Tessler, Independent technical consulting
Michael Scymanski, Trillium Solutions Group
Tom Cszmananda, AMCORE Bank
Imran Syed, Extensys Software
Edward Swederski, Magenic Technologies
Sandy Weissent, Management Consulting
Robert Weiss, Neal Gerber Eisenberg
Thomas Weber, Alcyon Consulting Group
Douglas Watt, Metronome Labs
Hazel Wagner, B2B (?)
Cathy Wang
Michael Volpe, Pan American Mortgage
Peru Venkat, CNA Insurance
Hani Zughayer, Infogix
Alyidar Zyadeh, The Mergis Group
Ella Zibitsker, Computer Systems Institute
Andrew Wright, Neuberger Berman
John Wondrasek, Anjoka
Nate Williams, Kirix Corporation
David Willeumier, UBS
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