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Description explain about 27th annual burton d. morgan business plan competition.
Panel Judges
Tim DuVall is a partner in Katz, Sapper & Miller’s
Business Advisory Group and partner-in-charge of the Life
Sciences and Technology Services Group. As a key
management advisor to his clients, Tim provides business,
tax and accounting consulting services to a wide variety of
industries. These services have included cash
management, financing, forecasts and projections, tax
strategies and planning, business structuring, business
valuations, and mergers and acquisitions.
Tim spent two years with a national technology and
consulting firm as Chief Financial Officer, overseeing
private equity investment, mergers of newly acquired
companies, and integration of financial and business
systems.
Tim received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting
from Manchester College.
Tim is a member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and the Indiana CPA Society. He is a
past president of the Westfield Lions Club and Jameson
Camp and previously served on the board of directors of
NPower.
317.580.2042
[email protected]
Jonathan Gortat is responsible for all aspects of
technology transfer including invention evaluation,
patent prosecution and strategy, negotiation of
agreement and commercialization strategy of
invention disclosures. Gortat also is in charge of day
to day operations of Purdue Research Foundation's
Emerging Innovations Fund and the Department of
Energy’s National Clean Energy Business Plan
Competition for the state of Indiana. He has more
than five years experience working in industrial
pharmacy research and project management. He
has been a small business consultant for several
companies and non-profit organizations in the areas
of market positioning, pricing analysis, exit financing
and corporate strategy.
Jon holds an MBA from the Krannert Graduate
School of Management at Purdue University and a
baccalaureate of science degree in chemical
engineering from Purdue University. He is a member
of the Association of University Technology
Managers (AUTM) and is a Certified Licensing
Professional (CLP).
[email protected]
John Hanak, Entrepreneur in Residence at the Purdue
Foundry is the former Statewide Director of the Purdue
Technology Centers. He has held officer-level positions at a
Fortune 500 metals manufacturer, a middle-market machine-
building company and a technology product development firm.
Additionally, Mr. Hanak co-founded a technology
commercialization and consulting firm – North Riverside
Partners; and a small investment partnership – CN
Associates.
Prior to arriving at the Purdue Technology Center of
Northwest Indiana in 2005 and co-founding North Riverside
Partners in 2003, Mr. Hanak served as President, CEO and
board member of Digital Innovations, a Chicago-based
technology product development and marketing firm. Before
joining Digital Innovations, Mr. Hanak spent over 20 years in
the steel industry and was a Vice President at Ispat Inland
Steel, a $2.3B subsidiary of Ispat International (now
ArcelorMittal), with responsibility for all administration and
legal matters.
Mr. Hanak graduated from Valparaiso University with a
Bachelor of Science degree and graduated with distinction
from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago with a juris
doctor degree. He has served, and continues to serve, on a
number of corporate and volunteer boards, including Shure,
Inc., Time Pilot Corporation, Legacy Capital Advisors, LLC,
the College of Business Administration at Valparaiso
University, the National Business Incubation Association and
is currently President of the Venture Club of Indiana.
317.616.1860
[email protected]
Scott is a senior manager at Deloitte
specializing in the application of generally
accepted accounting principles in the United
States (U.S. GAAP) and Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) rules and
regulations. He has more than fourteen
years of public accounting experience
serving private and public companies. Scott
is one of several professionals in Deloitte’s
Emerging Growth Company Services group
in Indianapolis. He has worked with high
growth companies in various industries and
has experience in initial public offerings
(IPOs) as well as debt and secondary equity
offerings in the US and other countries. Scott
rejoined the Indianapolis practice in 2006
after a two year assignment in Zurich,
Switzerland. He is also a lecturer at Purdue
University where he teaches International
Accounting and is a board member and
treasurer for the Center Grove Education
Foundation.
317.656.4359
[email protected]
www.deloitte.com
Thomas K. Hutton, Associate Director, Life Sciences,
Office of Technology Commercialization. Hutton’s primary
areas of responsibility include evaluation of Purdue
innovations for intellectual property protection and
commercial viability, competitive assessment,
development of commercialization strategies and
strategic partner identification. He also will oversee
drafting, negotiating & executing commercialization
transactions such as license agreements and options, as
well as providing education on matters of technology
commercialization to university faculty, students and
researchers.
Hutton holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a
doctorate in organic chemistry, both from the University
of Glasgow, UK, where he was recognized with several
awards for outstanding academic achievement. Hutton
furthered his scientific education as a postdoctoral
researcher and research assistant professor at the
University of Illinois, Chicago, where he specialized in
the chemistry of carbohydrates. Hutton then joined the
multinational food ingredient manufacturing company
Tate & Lyle as a research scientist, ultimately rising to
lead one of Tate & Lyle’s four key research &
development platforms. In this role, he was responsible
for directing a team of scientists in research,
development and commercialization of new product
innovations, as well as protection of those innovations as
intellectual property.
765.588.3486
[email protected]
Glenn has extensive experience as an early stage executive and entrepreneur. He has
successfully spun technology out of research centers as well as developed the go-to-
market strategy, hired the team and executed the successful launch of three companies.
Glenn’s engineering background, analytical ability, strategic thinking and sales/marketing
experience provide a sound basis for evaluating technology, determining the go-to-market
requirements and assembling the team required to successfully launch a BlueVine
Company.
Glenn’s experience includes five early stage companies, four turnarounds and 3
acquisitions. He has provided executive leadership at both public and private companies.
Responsibilities have included CEO, President, COO, Divisional Vice President and Vice
President of Sales.
The entrepreneurial calling came early in Glenn’s career when he joined Oracle
Corporation, an $8 Million startup. The experience he gained over the next 5 years, as
Oracle grew to be a $250 Million company, was invaluable. It enabled him, as the first
Director of Sales and Marketing at Archsoft Group (ASG), to develop and execute the go-
to-market strategy that ultimately led the company to a successful exit strategy 3 years
later. As the first Vice President of Sales at Blue Pumpkin Software he developed the go-
to-market strategy, hired the team and led the efforts that resulted in worldwide
distribution and $10 M of revenue in the company’s first 18 months. As CEO and
President of BarterNet (a roll-up) he played a key role in developing and executing the
strategy that made BarterNet the industry leader in less than a year.
Glenn’s first experience at improving troubled companies came as the President of a
small manufacturing company (VMS). The experience he gained in rapidly assessing
people, processes and the effectiveness of sales teams later served him well at the
Enterprise Solutions Group of Egghead Software. There he changed the direction, culture
and focus, and dramatically improved the sales and profitability of first an $80 million
sales region and then a $400 million division.
Over the last ten years he has spun technology out of corporate research labs as well as
worked with early stage and mature companies with revenue issues. His involvement in 8
different industries, over his career, provides firsthand knowledge of the strengths and
weaknesses of many different business models and go-to-market strategies. This
experience will prove invaluable as BlueVine Ventures evaluates new technology,
assesses commercial viability and hires the teams to launch their investments.
Glenn began his career as a Project Engineer at Eaton Corporation after earning his
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. While
working at Eaton he earned his Masters of Business Administration (Finance Major) from
Case Western Reserve.
650.383.7506
[email protected]
Logan Jordan is Associate Dean of Administration at
the Krannert School of Management at Purdue
University, where his responsibilities include much of
the school's infrastructure and support services
operations, including information technology.
Dr. Jordan’s academic area is strategic
management, and he has taught in the school's
undergraduate, masters, and executive programs. In
addition, Logan has instructed in management
development programs for the American Animal
Hospital Association, Case Corporation, Cendant,
Lucent, Pfizer Animal Health-Europe, Rolls Royce /
Aero Engine Controls and Owens-Illinois.
Logan Jordan serves as a facilitator and consultant
for a variety of business enterprises and not-for-
profit organizations and is a member of the
Academy of Management, the Strategic
Management Society, and the North American Case
Research Association.
Dr. Jordan earned his Bachelors degree in
Chemistry in 1980 from Hendrix College. In 1982 he
earned a Masters in Management and in 1998 a
Ph.D. degree in Strategic Management from Purdue
University.
765.494.4370
[email protected]
Jon began his career with Stifel, Nicolas in Cincinnati Ohio nearly 12
years ago as a stockbroker. He knew that he would enjoy the world
of finance much more if he could find a more client focused
approach to offering financial advice and began an exhaustive
search for a more suitable firm. Having interviewed with the likes of
Merrill Lynch, AG Edwards, Edward Jones, Smith Barney, Morgan
Stanley and AXA Advisors, Jon finally settled on Summit Financial
Group of Cincinnati.
In the fall of 2002, Jon was transferred to Lafayette, IN to operate a
newly acquired financial planning firm. In the 5 years under his
management, the firm grew an average of 70% per year in accounts
and assets under management. In the spring of 2008, Jon decided
to purchase the practice entirely and continue it’s growth.
Since coming to the Lafayette, West Lafayette Community, Jon has
taught financial classes and been the keynote speaker for the Town
of Delphi, Ivy Tech Community College, Sagamore Surgical Center,
Rea Magnet Wire, Fisher’s United Methodist Church and 2
nd
Street
Baptist Church as well as numerous other companies, churches and
non-profit entities. Jon has also written articles for Doctors of
Dentistry Magazine, Carmel Magazine and been listed in the “Who’s
Who of the Financial industry”.
5-Star Wealth Manager by Indianapolis Magazine for 2009, 2010,
2012 and was appointed a Blue Ribbon Panelist for the Wealth
Management Selection Committee for 2010. Most recently, Jon was
awarded the 5-star wealth manager award for 2013. This award was
given to the top 375 of 9100 Wealth Managers of Indianapolis and
it’s surrounding areas and appeared in October’s issue of
Indianapolis Monthly Magazine. Jon was also recognized in Forbes
Magazine as one of 7 leading financial advisors in Indiana.
866.582.5721
[email protected]
Dr. Lee Ng is passionate about technology innovation and
new business creation.
As a Director of Venture Technology at Siemens Technology-
to-Business Center (TTB), she leverages her past experience
in manufacturing, business development, consulting, and
venture capital to scout for new technologies and develop new
businesses for Siemens. Her current focus is in industrial
automation, drive technologies, energy efficiency and
transportation technologies.
Before Siemens, Lee was a Business Director of New
Business Creation at Agilent Central Research Laboratories
where she worked with startups and internal incubation. Prior
to Agilent being spun out of Hewlett Packard, she held jobs in
manufacturing R&D, product generation and strategy
consulting at HP. Earlier in her career, Lee consulted for a
variety of Fortune 500 companies at IBIS Consulting and
evaluated the viability of new business ventures and corporate
spin-offs for Ampersand Ventures in the east coast.
Lee holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Texas at Austin, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
Materials Science and Engineering from MIT, with minors in
economics, finance, and strategy.
510.761.4439
[email protected]
Mike Rich graduated from Purdue with a
BSEE in 1993 and received an MBA from
Indiana University Kelley School of Business
in 1998. Mike spent the early years of his
career as a software engineer before taking
on progressive responsibilities in general
management. He has over 20 years of
experience in a number of industries
including automotive (GM, Cummins),
consumer electronics (Thomson Multimedia),
enterprise software (Double-Take), and
healthcare (Roche). Mike has overseen many
product developments and launches and has
been responsible for the development of a
number of new businesses and business
models as well as management of multi-
million dollar profit and loss centers. Mike
currently manages Global Strategy, Business
Development, and Partnering for Roche
Diabetes Care in Indianapolis.
317.521.1879
[email protected]
Scott Snively is a partner in the Firm's Business Group.
Scott's practice involves advising clients on general corporate
matters and complex merger and acquisitions,
recapitalizations and financing transactions.
Scott's experiences include representing private equity clients
in numerous equity and mezzanine investments and
leveraged buyouts. Scott also serves as primary
legal advisor for many small to midsize companies. Scott
advises clients on various legal matters including formation,
investment structures, succession planning, exit strategies,
corporate governance and various contract issues.
Scott also advises entrepreneurs and emerging companies on
growth strategies, equity and debt financings and day-to-day
legal issues.
Scott began his career as an associate at a boutique
corporate and real estate lawfirm in Chicago, Ill. Being
originally from Indiana, Scott moved back to Indiana and
joined Ice Miller LLP in 2007.
In his free time, Scott enjoys spending time with his family,
playing golf and coaching his three children in youth sports.
Scott graduated from DePauw University with a Bachelor of
Arts in communications in 1998 and earned his juris doctorate
in 2001 from the DePaul University, School of Law.
Scott is licensed to practice law in the states of Indiana and
Illinois.
[email protected]
David Uible founded his first company in 1989 to supply
refurbished NCR mainframe computers to banks in
Switzerland. In 1993 when the former Soviet Republic
countries open their borders to commerce after perestroika,
David signed a management agreement with the Russian
Ministry of Health to form Media Sphera Publishing. Media
Sphera Publishing stabilized the publishing, printing, and
distribution of Russian medical research while introducing
western marketing concepts through advertising. After several
profitable years as a private company Media Sphera
Publishing was nationalized by the Russian government.
In 1997 David created Uible Management Group with the
objective of acquiring distressed companies in the technology
and manufacturing sector. Since then, UMG has invested in
and turned around six businesses, taking an active
management roll in each acquisition.
David is a county commissioner, running on the platform of
balancing the budget, which he accomplished in his first year
in office. David has served on multiple non-profit boards and a
local bank board. He also founded the Cincinnati chapter of
the Young Entrepreneurs Organization. He and his family
have lived on a buffalo ranch in southwest Ohio.
[email protected]
Based in Beijing (China), HonMun is currently the
President of China Operation for Thaicom – an
International Satellite Service Provider listed on the
Thailand Stock Exchange.
Prior to his current position, HonMun is a Vice
President at Thailand largest Mobile Operator AIS
and he has held several senior management and
leadership roles at Microsoft, Nokia, Alltel and
Motorola and was relocated to Hong Kong,
Bangkok, Beijing and Singapore.
HonMun was an advisor to several organizations
including: Beijing City Government (assisting in their
design of the secured wireless infrastructure for
2008 Olympics games); Google Enterprise (advising
on its entry into the China market) and China Mobile
(assisting in its overseas expansion strategy). He
was also the founder and Chairman of Singapore IT
Federation (Wireless Chapter), an avid angel
investor in a dozen of startups and mentor to
students at Thailand Sasin Business School and
Assumption University MBA program.
HonMun graduated from Purdue University (West
Lafayette) with Masters and Bachelor’s Degrees in
Electrical Engineering in 1988.
[email protected]
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Description explain about 27th annual burton d. morgan business plan competition.
Panel Judges
Tim DuVall is a partner in Katz, Sapper & Miller’s
Business Advisory Group and partner-in-charge of the Life
Sciences and Technology Services Group. As a key
management advisor to his clients, Tim provides business,
tax and accounting consulting services to a wide variety of
industries. These services have included cash
management, financing, forecasts and projections, tax
strategies and planning, business structuring, business
valuations, and mergers and acquisitions.
Tim spent two years with a national technology and
consulting firm as Chief Financial Officer, overseeing
private equity investment, mergers of newly acquired
companies, and integration of financial and business
systems.
Tim received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting
from Manchester College.
Tim is a member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and the Indiana CPA Society. He is a
past president of the Westfield Lions Club and Jameson
Camp and previously served on the board of directors of
NPower.
317.580.2042
[email protected]
Jonathan Gortat is responsible for all aspects of
technology transfer including invention evaluation,
patent prosecution and strategy, negotiation of
agreement and commercialization strategy of
invention disclosures. Gortat also is in charge of day
to day operations of Purdue Research Foundation's
Emerging Innovations Fund and the Department of
Energy’s National Clean Energy Business Plan
Competition for the state of Indiana. He has more
than five years experience working in industrial
pharmacy research and project management. He
has been a small business consultant for several
companies and non-profit organizations in the areas
of market positioning, pricing analysis, exit financing
and corporate strategy.
Jon holds an MBA from the Krannert Graduate
School of Management at Purdue University and a
baccalaureate of science degree in chemical
engineering from Purdue University. He is a member
of the Association of University Technology
Managers (AUTM) and is a Certified Licensing
Professional (CLP).
[email protected]
John Hanak, Entrepreneur in Residence at the Purdue
Foundry is the former Statewide Director of the Purdue
Technology Centers. He has held officer-level positions at a
Fortune 500 metals manufacturer, a middle-market machine-
building company and a technology product development firm.
Additionally, Mr. Hanak co-founded a technology
commercialization and consulting firm – North Riverside
Partners; and a small investment partnership – CN
Associates.
Prior to arriving at the Purdue Technology Center of
Northwest Indiana in 2005 and co-founding North Riverside
Partners in 2003, Mr. Hanak served as President, CEO and
board member of Digital Innovations, a Chicago-based
technology product development and marketing firm. Before
joining Digital Innovations, Mr. Hanak spent over 20 years in
the steel industry and was a Vice President at Ispat Inland
Steel, a $2.3B subsidiary of Ispat International (now
ArcelorMittal), with responsibility for all administration and
legal matters.
Mr. Hanak graduated from Valparaiso University with a
Bachelor of Science degree and graduated with distinction
from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago with a juris
doctor degree. He has served, and continues to serve, on a
number of corporate and volunteer boards, including Shure,
Inc., Time Pilot Corporation, Legacy Capital Advisors, LLC,
the College of Business Administration at Valparaiso
University, the National Business Incubation Association and
is currently President of the Venture Club of Indiana.
317.616.1860
[email protected]
Scott is a senior manager at Deloitte
specializing in the application of generally
accepted accounting principles in the United
States (U.S. GAAP) and Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) rules and
regulations. He has more than fourteen
years of public accounting experience
serving private and public companies. Scott
is one of several professionals in Deloitte’s
Emerging Growth Company Services group
in Indianapolis. He has worked with high
growth companies in various industries and
has experience in initial public offerings
(IPOs) as well as debt and secondary equity
offerings in the US and other countries. Scott
rejoined the Indianapolis practice in 2006
after a two year assignment in Zurich,
Switzerland. He is also a lecturer at Purdue
University where he teaches International
Accounting and is a board member and
treasurer for the Center Grove Education
Foundation.
317.656.4359
[email protected]
www.deloitte.com
Thomas K. Hutton, Associate Director, Life Sciences,
Office of Technology Commercialization. Hutton’s primary
areas of responsibility include evaluation of Purdue
innovations for intellectual property protection and
commercial viability, competitive assessment,
development of commercialization strategies and
strategic partner identification. He also will oversee
drafting, negotiating & executing commercialization
transactions such as license agreements and options, as
well as providing education on matters of technology
commercialization to university faculty, students and
researchers.
Hutton holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a
doctorate in organic chemistry, both from the University
of Glasgow, UK, where he was recognized with several
awards for outstanding academic achievement. Hutton
furthered his scientific education as a postdoctoral
researcher and research assistant professor at the
University of Illinois, Chicago, where he specialized in
the chemistry of carbohydrates. Hutton then joined the
multinational food ingredient manufacturing company
Tate & Lyle as a research scientist, ultimately rising to
lead one of Tate & Lyle’s four key research &
development platforms. In this role, he was responsible
for directing a team of scientists in research,
development and commercialization of new product
innovations, as well as protection of those innovations as
intellectual property.
765.588.3486
[email protected]
Glenn has extensive experience as an early stage executive and entrepreneur. He has
successfully spun technology out of research centers as well as developed the go-to-
market strategy, hired the team and executed the successful launch of three companies.
Glenn’s engineering background, analytical ability, strategic thinking and sales/marketing
experience provide a sound basis for evaluating technology, determining the go-to-market
requirements and assembling the team required to successfully launch a BlueVine
Company.
Glenn’s experience includes five early stage companies, four turnarounds and 3
acquisitions. He has provided executive leadership at both public and private companies.
Responsibilities have included CEO, President, COO, Divisional Vice President and Vice
President of Sales.
The entrepreneurial calling came early in Glenn’s career when he joined Oracle
Corporation, an $8 Million startup. The experience he gained over the next 5 years, as
Oracle grew to be a $250 Million company, was invaluable. It enabled him, as the first
Director of Sales and Marketing at Archsoft Group (ASG), to develop and execute the go-
to-market strategy that ultimately led the company to a successful exit strategy 3 years
later. As the first Vice President of Sales at Blue Pumpkin Software he developed the go-
to-market strategy, hired the team and led the efforts that resulted in worldwide
distribution and $10 M of revenue in the company’s first 18 months. As CEO and
President of BarterNet (a roll-up) he played a key role in developing and executing the
strategy that made BarterNet the industry leader in less than a year.
Glenn’s first experience at improving troubled companies came as the President of a
small manufacturing company (VMS). The experience he gained in rapidly assessing
people, processes and the effectiveness of sales teams later served him well at the
Enterprise Solutions Group of Egghead Software. There he changed the direction, culture
and focus, and dramatically improved the sales and profitability of first an $80 million
sales region and then a $400 million division.
Over the last ten years he has spun technology out of corporate research labs as well as
worked with early stage and mature companies with revenue issues. His involvement in 8
different industries, over his career, provides firsthand knowledge of the strengths and
weaknesses of many different business models and go-to-market strategies. This
experience will prove invaluable as BlueVine Ventures evaluates new technology,
assesses commercial viability and hires the teams to launch their investments.
Glenn began his career as a Project Engineer at Eaton Corporation after earning his
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. While
working at Eaton he earned his Masters of Business Administration (Finance Major) from
Case Western Reserve.
650.383.7506
[email protected]
Logan Jordan is Associate Dean of Administration at
the Krannert School of Management at Purdue
University, where his responsibilities include much of
the school's infrastructure and support services
operations, including information technology.
Dr. Jordan’s academic area is strategic
management, and he has taught in the school's
undergraduate, masters, and executive programs. In
addition, Logan has instructed in management
development programs for the American Animal
Hospital Association, Case Corporation, Cendant,
Lucent, Pfizer Animal Health-Europe, Rolls Royce /
Aero Engine Controls and Owens-Illinois.
Logan Jordan serves as a facilitator and consultant
for a variety of business enterprises and not-for-
profit organizations and is a member of the
Academy of Management, the Strategic
Management Society, and the North American Case
Research Association.
Dr. Jordan earned his Bachelors degree in
Chemistry in 1980 from Hendrix College. In 1982 he
earned a Masters in Management and in 1998 a
Ph.D. degree in Strategic Management from Purdue
University.
765.494.4370
[email protected]
Jon began his career with Stifel, Nicolas in Cincinnati Ohio nearly 12
years ago as a stockbroker. He knew that he would enjoy the world
of finance much more if he could find a more client focused
approach to offering financial advice and began an exhaustive
search for a more suitable firm. Having interviewed with the likes of
Merrill Lynch, AG Edwards, Edward Jones, Smith Barney, Morgan
Stanley and AXA Advisors, Jon finally settled on Summit Financial
Group of Cincinnati.
In the fall of 2002, Jon was transferred to Lafayette, IN to operate a
newly acquired financial planning firm. In the 5 years under his
management, the firm grew an average of 70% per year in accounts
and assets under management. In the spring of 2008, Jon decided
to purchase the practice entirely and continue it’s growth.
Since coming to the Lafayette, West Lafayette Community, Jon has
taught financial classes and been the keynote speaker for the Town
of Delphi, Ivy Tech Community College, Sagamore Surgical Center,
Rea Magnet Wire, Fisher’s United Methodist Church and 2
nd
Street
Baptist Church as well as numerous other companies, churches and
non-profit entities. Jon has also written articles for Doctors of
Dentistry Magazine, Carmel Magazine and been listed in the “Who’s
Who of the Financial industry”.
5-Star Wealth Manager by Indianapolis Magazine for 2009, 2010,
2012 and was appointed a Blue Ribbon Panelist for the Wealth
Management Selection Committee for 2010. Most recently, Jon was
awarded the 5-star wealth manager award for 2013. This award was
given to the top 375 of 9100 Wealth Managers of Indianapolis and
it’s surrounding areas and appeared in October’s issue of
Indianapolis Monthly Magazine. Jon was also recognized in Forbes
Magazine as one of 7 leading financial advisors in Indiana.
866.582.5721
[email protected]
Dr. Lee Ng is passionate about technology innovation and
new business creation.
As a Director of Venture Technology at Siemens Technology-
to-Business Center (TTB), she leverages her past experience
in manufacturing, business development, consulting, and
venture capital to scout for new technologies and develop new
businesses for Siemens. Her current focus is in industrial
automation, drive technologies, energy efficiency and
transportation technologies.
Before Siemens, Lee was a Business Director of New
Business Creation at Agilent Central Research Laboratories
where she worked with startups and internal incubation. Prior
to Agilent being spun out of Hewlett Packard, she held jobs in
manufacturing R&D, product generation and strategy
consulting at HP. Earlier in her career, Lee consulted for a
variety of Fortune 500 companies at IBIS Consulting and
evaluated the viability of new business ventures and corporate
spin-offs for Ampersand Ventures in the east coast.
Lee holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Texas at Austin, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
Materials Science and Engineering from MIT, with minors in
economics, finance, and strategy.
510.761.4439
[email protected]
Mike Rich graduated from Purdue with a
BSEE in 1993 and received an MBA from
Indiana University Kelley School of Business
in 1998. Mike spent the early years of his
career as a software engineer before taking
on progressive responsibilities in general
management. He has over 20 years of
experience in a number of industries
including automotive (GM, Cummins),
consumer electronics (Thomson Multimedia),
enterprise software (Double-Take), and
healthcare (Roche). Mike has overseen many
product developments and launches and has
been responsible for the development of a
number of new businesses and business
models as well as management of multi-
million dollar profit and loss centers. Mike
currently manages Global Strategy, Business
Development, and Partnering for Roche
Diabetes Care in Indianapolis.
317.521.1879
[email protected]
Scott Snively is a partner in the Firm's Business Group.
Scott's practice involves advising clients on general corporate
matters and complex merger and acquisitions,
recapitalizations and financing transactions.
Scott's experiences include representing private equity clients
in numerous equity and mezzanine investments and
leveraged buyouts. Scott also serves as primary
legal advisor for many small to midsize companies. Scott
advises clients on various legal matters including formation,
investment structures, succession planning, exit strategies,
corporate governance and various contract issues.
Scott also advises entrepreneurs and emerging companies on
growth strategies, equity and debt financings and day-to-day
legal issues.
Scott began his career as an associate at a boutique
corporate and real estate lawfirm in Chicago, Ill. Being
originally from Indiana, Scott moved back to Indiana and
joined Ice Miller LLP in 2007.
In his free time, Scott enjoys spending time with his family,
playing golf and coaching his three children in youth sports.
Scott graduated from DePauw University with a Bachelor of
Arts in communications in 1998 and earned his juris doctorate
in 2001 from the DePaul University, School of Law.
Scott is licensed to practice law in the states of Indiana and
Illinois.
[email protected]
David Uible founded his first company in 1989 to supply
refurbished NCR mainframe computers to banks in
Switzerland. In 1993 when the former Soviet Republic
countries open their borders to commerce after perestroika,
David signed a management agreement with the Russian
Ministry of Health to form Media Sphera Publishing. Media
Sphera Publishing stabilized the publishing, printing, and
distribution of Russian medical research while introducing
western marketing concepts through advertising. After several
profitable years as a private company Media Sphera
Publishing was nationalized by the Russian government.
In 1997 David created Uible Management Group with the
objective of acquiring distressed companies in the technology
and manufacturing sector. Since then, UMG has invested in
and turned around six businesses, taking an active
management roll in each acquisition.
David is a county commissioner, running on the platform of
balancing the budget, which he accomplished in his first year
in office. David has served on multiple non-profit boards and a
local bank board. He also founded the Cincinnati chapter of
the Young Entrepreneurs Organization. He and his family
have lived on a buffalo ranch in southwest Ohio.
[email protected]
Based in Beijing (China), HonMun is currently the
President of China Operation for Thaicom – an
International Satellite Service Provider listed on the
Thailand Stock Exchange.
Prior to his current position, HonMun is a Vice
President at Thailand largest Mobile Operator AIS
and he has held several senior management and
leadership roles at Microsoft, Nokia, Alltel and
Motorola and was relocated to Hong Kong,
Bangkok, Beijing and Singapore.
HonMun was an advisor to several organizations
including: Beijing City Government (assisting in their
design of the secured wireless infrastructure for
2008 Olympics games); Google Enterprise (advising
on its entry into the China market) and China Mobile
(assisting in its overseas expansion strategy). He
was also the founder and Chairman of Singapore IT
Federation (Wireless Chapter), an avid angel
investor in a dozen of startups and mentor to
students at Thailand Sasin Business School and
Assumption University MBA program.
HonMun graduated from Purdue University (West
Lafayette) with Masters and Bachelor’s Degrees in
Electrical Engineering in 1988.
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