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Meet the Creative Team:
Hicham Bouabdallah Chief Technology Officer
Michigan State University
Ben Jedd Chief Communications Officer
Bradley University, Ball State University, M.A.
Christopher Klündt President – Co-Founder
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Frank LaRosa Chief Architect
University of New York – Stony Brook
Sean Laurent Software Developer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Becky Splitt CEO
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wichita State University, MBA
Eric Wuebben Creative Director
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Peter Zaballos SVP Marketing and Business Development
University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA
Board Members:
Eric Apfelbach President and CEO at M2E Power, Inc
A seasoned executive and technology entrepreneur. Prior to M2E, Eric served as CEO and President of Virent Energy Systems, was founder and President of Alfalight, and VP of Global Sales and Marketing at Planar Systems. Eric has served on the board of numerous emerging technology companies.
Blake Irving Pepperdine University
Blake, professor of entrepreneurship at Pepperdine University, led product teams at Microsoft over a 15 year tenure. Blake, as Corporate Vice President of MSN and Windows Live Platform groups, led the development and operations of many Internet Services including Windows Live Messenger, Hotmail and AdCenter. Prior to Microsoft, Blake held senior marketing and management roles at Xerox Corp., Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. and Compaq Computer Corp.
Steve Wallman Wallman Investment Counsel
Steve is a securities analyst with Wallman Investment Counsel and is the General Partner for Wallman Limited Partnership. He is Chair of the StudyBlue Board.
John Wiley University of Wisconsin-Madison
John is a Faculty member and Interim Director of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Nearly 40 years in higher education, including eight as Chancellor for the UW. Wisconsin’s Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate School.
Advisors:
Luella Schmidt CPA and founder of Fine Point Consulting
Luella directs the Company’s finances.
Bubba Murarka Facebook
Bubba Murarka, directs Facebook’s business development activities. Prior to joining Facebook in 2008, Bubba was Entrepreneur in Residence at Bay Partners, spent 5 years at Microsoft in program management roles including Group Program Manager of Live Search, was Co-Founder of Pocketwerks, and was a Cal State University Student Trustee.
Paul Wrycha Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP, is the Company’s primary corporate law firm. Paul Wrycha, a partner with the firm, is responsible for orchestrating the Company’s funding activities and providing legal counsel.