Tony Valente, Managing Director
A global thinker with formidable powers of concentration, Valente is noted for his ability to patiently pursue solutions to knotty technical and organizational problems, then act decisively. He holds three assigned U.S. patents, products of the three high-tech companies he founded—Quantum Industries (thin-layer and column chromatographic products); Telesonic Systems (milliwatt output radio devices for museums and national parks tours); American Gem Market System (international network gemstone trading).Over time Valente raised an aggregate of $10.6 million for his three high-tech start-ups. He is an accomplished network designer, administrator and SQL developer who has architected and lead engineered multiple e-comm businesses in addition to his pre-dot com entrepreneurial skills. When he established AGMS in 1980 Valente became an early pioneer for the possibilities of commercial transactions over computer networks. By the late 1980s AGMS was recording over $100 million of trading a year on their proprietary computer network, a foretaste of the high dollar-volume amounts now generated by Internet sites. "...but the real news today is that networking, communications and web technologies are more than great models for small businesses, they are enablers in ways never before imagined—from remotely managed desktop networks to youth driven social networking as well as efficient organizing "cloud" applications which," Valente says, "...may return us to the cost-effectiveness of yesterday's Time Shares." Patrick Totty, Larkspirit Editorial
Patrick Totty, DPO Group's Marketing and Editorial Director, is a business writer and former magazine and newsletter editor. "My field is one where you learn how to find information quickly and how to synthesize it into something useful to your readers." Those skills are at the backbone of DPO Group's ability to conduct thorough, intensive, original market research that lays the groundwork for a successful direct public stock offering. "Every client has a right to expect solid, intelligent analysis of the marketplace and good advice on how to approach it. That means that each of our market research projects is an original piece of work, done with a specific client in mind." Totty also operates Larkspirit Editorial Services of Larkspur, CA, a business writing firm he founded in 1986 after a 13-year stint as a trade newspaper and magazine editor. His clients have included the University of San Francisco, University of the Pacific, Pacific Bell, Business Products Industry Association and Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of San Francisco. Totty has ranged far-and-wide with his writing skills and he may likely be behind a favorite newsletter of yours. |
Reed Guest, Corporate Attorney
During his time in practice Reed was a founding partner in a Walnut Creek law firm, a Senior Partner in and General Counsel to Equity Pier, LLC, a Boulder, CO based venture capital and consulting business, and has acquired extensive experience in the following areas: Finance – working with investment bankers, venture capitalists, hedge funds, financial institutions and individuals to provide both debt and equity funding to business Mergers and Acquisitions – representing both buyers and sellers of businesses, including international operations, in the purchase and sale process, and growing businesses through that process Governance – advising management and boards of directors on proper governance and compliance Business Litigation – representing clients in state and federal court in California and overseeing counsel in litigation in non-California courts, including extensive experience in the enforcement of trade marks and copy rights Reed’s clients have included businesses
in the areas of professional practices, both wholesale and retail
distributors, real estate brokerage, high tech product and services
distribution, an investment firm, and a factoring company, as well as
the owners and operators of those businesses. Yannick Wets, Software Development
Wets is an accomplished developer who holds a degree in Computer Sciences from the University of Kentucky. He has driven key projects for companies like Legacy Marketing Group, Hamilton Software and The Fair Isaac Companies (the folks who brought you credit scoring). Wets has also managed offshore developer pools. Recently Wets has enhanced applications for Learning Tools International, gINT Software and at Enterprise Webs where with Valente they advanced that company's travel web businesses with dramatic innovations and its subsequent equity financing. Some of Wets' skills include the use of JavaScript, ASP, CISCO Networking, XML, Java, Perl, .NET, SQL and other MS Suites. Yannick is also an avid hiker and has now traversed nearly every square mile of Marin and Sonoma Counties. |
