“Quicklook” Assessment of Greater Adelaide's Assets & Challenges ...

operations management, contract administration. Served as the Depart. Head of the Land
Management and Development Depart. at the Univ. of the South Pacific, Fiji where lectured
in land law and business organizations. Admitted to practice law in four states in USA.
Recently, interned at the Global Business Accelerator at Austin Technology Incubator and
Office of Technology Licensing at the Univ.of Texas.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Home Building, Trinity Univ., (J.D.) Juris Doctor, the Univ.
of Arkansas, (LL.M.) Master of Legal Letters in Real Property Finance and Development, Univ.
of Miami, (M.B.A.) Master of Business Administration, Univ. of Arkansas, (M.S.) Master of
Science Science and Technology Commercialization, the Univ. of Texas.
Pete Polonski
Founder and Owner,
Adventures in Advertising, and E-Specialties.com, Austin, Texas, USA
Age forty-one with eighteen years of Technology experience. Spent twelve years at IBM, in sales,
management. Started personal business in 1995 and have successfully developed alliances with
several fortune 500 companies. We were the first company in our
industry to adopt e-commerce back in 1998. We were recognized by Interactive Week, Ziff-
Davis, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers as having one of the top E-Commerce sites across all
industries. We recently opened an office in New York and hired a representative in London
to handle our growing international business.
Education: Science & Technology Commercialization (MS), University of Texas at Austin, B.S.
Commerce from University of Virginia with Double Major in
Marketing and Management Information Systems
David E. Schieck
President,
Erson Consulting in Austin Texas, USA
Age fifty six with almost thirty years profession experience in oil and gas exploration and
production, state government and environmental and internet startups. President of a consulting
company offering business development and regulatory affairs services. With Conoco Oil and
Gas Company, held various leadership positions including Division Exploration Manager and
Regional Manager for the Southern US Onshore. Was Division Director for the Texas Oil and
Gas Regulatory Commission. With the Commission, designs, lead, and/or coordinate numerous
multi-stakeholder efforts involving information technology and the Internet. Focus has always
been on knowing and using the right technology tools and techniques, to best assure bottom line
results.
Education: BS degree in Geology from The Pennsylvania State University; Masters of Science
degree in Geology from The University of Michigan; Masters of Science in Science and
Technology Commercialization from The University of Texas. Addition advanced professional
training includes Southern Methodist University's Oil & Gas Management Program and the
Pennsylvania State University's Executive Management Program.
Simi Shonowo
Product and Test Engineering
Motorola, Austin, Texas, USA
Age twenty-seven, and in professional career for six years. Experience in semiconductor
development and manufacturing environment, working on micro-controllers and peripherals.
Also, experience in the areas of: Design Engineering, Technical Marketing, Product Engineering,
and Reliability Engineering. Additional experience in using Teradyne tools and SAS analysis
software. Major strengths in debug analysis and program development and maintenance.
Extensive skills in: Product correlation, qualification, test methodology, and tools.
Education: Science & Technology Commercialization (MS), University of Texas at Austin,
Electrical Engineering (B.Sc.), The University of Texas at Austin.
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