Angel-Summit_Program_Guide - Angel Capital Summit
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<strong>Angel</strong> <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>Summit</strong> 2012<br />
Volunteer Recognition<br />
2012 Team Leadership<br />
Peter Adams, MBA<br />
Event Co-Chair<br />
Peter Adams is Executive Director of<br />
Rockies Venture Club and Co-chair of the<br />
<strong>Angel</strong> <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>Summit</strong>. He also serves as<br />
Executive Director at BizGirls.org, and as<br />
CEO at Omniportraits and Principal at<br />
Strategic Scenarios Consulting.<br />
Kirk Ryder<br />
Event Co-Chair<br />
Kirk Ryder is Executive Director of<br />
Rockies Venture Club and Co-chair of<br />
the <strong>Angel</strong> <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>Summit</strong>.<br />
Steve Johnsen, MBA<br />
COO, <strong>Angel</strong> <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>Summit</strong><br />
Founder, Cumulus Consulting<br />
www.cumulus-consulting.com<br />
http://number1employee.com<br />
Steve Johnsen is a business growth<br />
strategist and a leading authority on Internet<br />
marketing. Well-known for his<br />
business/ technology seminars and boot camps, he is also<br />
very successful founder of Cumulus Consulting, a firm dedicated<br />
to helping businesses use their websites to make them<br />
money. He has 30 years of experience in technology, and<br />
more than 20 successfully building and turning around businesses.<br />
Through his firm and seminars, he is empowering<br />
businesses to grow by bringing together the best practices in<br />
both technology and business. Steveʼs unique approach to<br />
business and technology has earned him the title “The Website<br />
Income Strategist.”<br />
David Van Duzer<br />
Technology Chair & COO, <strong>Angel</strong> <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>Summit</strong><br />
David Van Duzer is a seasoned UNIX professional with experience<br />
working in a wide variety of production<br />
environments. He is well versed<br />
in communicating complex technical<br />
analysis to senior management. David<br />
has a proven ability to translate business<br />
process needs into successful automation<br />
tools, and a passion for<br />
gathering, analyzing, and presenting the<br />
best data to solve problems of all kinds.<br />
David Talon, MBA<br />
Head Pitch Coach, ACS<br />
Founder, iGrowth Strategies<br />
http://iGrowthStrategies.com<br />
David Talon is a senior executive and<br />
management consultant with more than<br />
25 yearsʼ experience deploying business<br />
growth and expansion projects in<br />
42 countries. He is a Vistage Trusted Advisor and expert in International<br />
Business Expansion. He has been a member of<br />
the Institute of Management Consultants and the Professional<br />
Coaches and Mentors Association. His MBA in International<br />
Business Strategy and Cultural Studies helped him developed<br />
a quick-study methodology to rapidly understand foreign markets<br />
around the world. His corporate experience in international<br />
business development, operations, global sales, and<br />
deep negotiation as head of a $50 million operation have positioned<br />
him well to understand the challenges faced by client<br />
companies and their teams in their global growth initiatives.<br />
Nicole Gravagna, Ph.D.<br />
Deal Screening Chair, ACS<br />
Nicole Gravagna is professional grant writer and development<br />
consultant with Mainstreet Forward. Her specialty is fundraising<br />
for start-up and emerging life-science companies. She<br />
holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and a Masterʼs<br />
Degree in Molecular Biology. Nicole is<br />
passionate about health and education.<br />
She is a Rotarian in the Aurora Fitzsimons<br />
Rotary Club and a member of the Board of<br />
Trustees for RAFT (Resource Area For<br />
Teaching), a non-profit dedicated to repurposing<br />
materials to benefit K-12 educators<br />
and students.<br />
Ryan Goral, MBA<br />
Investor Forum Chair, ACS<br />
Ryan launched Strategic Equity Partners<br />
in 2010, a Denver-based company<br />
specializing in building emerging businesses.<br />
Prior to Strategic Equity Partners,<br />
he spent four years as a<br />
commercial banker deploying debt capital<br />
and providing cash management<br />
solutions to small businesses in the<br />
Denver Metro area. Ryan has extensive<br />
experience working with high growth firms in a number of capacities<br />
where he has conducted feasibility analysis, prepared<br />
and executed business plans, managed operations at the<br />
COO level, performed various CFO functions including conducting<br />
financial analysis, budgeting, projections and managing<br />
P&Ls. He also has extensive experience performing<br />
business development activities, designing and executing marketing<br />
campaigns, securing strategic partnerships and other<br />
general management and consulting activities.<br />
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