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The Coaching Board
"You will NOT want to sign up for coaching. You will HATE the coaching while you are in it. As an entrepreneur, you don’t have time for coaching and you know your pitch is already pretty damn good. Believe me when I say: Coaching will be well worth your time (and a little humiliation now and then is a good balancing tactic).”
~ Judy MacDonald Johnston, CEO Blue Lake Children’s Publishing, Serial Entrepreneur
ZINO Society Coaching Board Members-
Alan Housley
With a high technology background in Fortune 100 companies and venture backed startups, Alan has gained over 25 years of marketing, business/operations management, strategic planning, and international business expansion experience. Twenty combined years at Hewlett Packard and Eastman Kodak has provided Alan with world class business skills -- especially in the area of product marketing, go-to-market execution and business planning -- while delivering outstanding business results. Since arriving in the Seattle area, Alan has focused his skills on starting and growing smaller, high technology and e-commerce businesses – leading marketing, sales, product management, development and operations.
Diverse businesses managed have ranged from enterprise computing and networking, to wireless mobile software & services, factory automation/control, professional photography and imaging, consumer based digital photography and imaging, office document management, and field customer technical support. Some of the vertical markets Alan has served include health care, government, telecom, manufacturing, energy & aerospace. Alan earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri – Columbia.
Alan Smith - Fenwick and West
Andy Shawber - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Andrew Shawber is an associate in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focuses on corporate and securities matters for companies and venture capital firms.
Prior to law school, Andy conducted client intake for Lane County Law and Advocacy Center, a non-profit legal referral service for low-income clients in Eugene, Oregon. He also taught LSAT courses for Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions.
Bart Pestarino - Sentinel Peak - Principal
Marketing contractor focused on startups, B2B services, value-added-resellers (VARs), professional services firms, software companies
Bill Carleton - McNaul, Ebel, Nawrot and Helgren
Bill is a Member of McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren, PLLC, a Seattle firm large enough to handle sophisticated legal matters, yet small enough to provide individual attention, and excellent, cost-effective legal representation.
Drawing on experience that spans the history of the Internet, Bill counsels entrepreneurs, technologists, investors, board directors and executives who found, nurture and monetize growing companies.
Bryan Brewer - Business Plans Northwest
Bryan Brewer has guided business plan clients in raising more than $15 million in angel and venture funding since 2000. He specializes in helping entrepreneurs prepare to successfully present to angel investors through the Investor Pitch Makeover service offered by Business Plans Northwest. As a former journalist, author, technologist, and business owner, Bryan brings an incisive perspective on the essentials for startup success. He is an active volunteer and presenter for the Northwest Entrepreneur Network, the business schools of the University of Washington and Seattle University, and other entrepreneurial groups in the Northwest.
Bryan Jaffe - Cascadia Capital, LLC
A senior vice president at Cascadia, Bryan Jaffe helps build client relationships by focusing on M&A mandates, recapitalizations, restructuring and equity private placements.
He joined Cascadia Capital from Gordian Group, LLC, where he managed and executed complex and special situations financial advisory assignments, including restructurings and reorganizations, buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions, financings, and matters requiring opinions and expert testimony.
Cathi Hatch – ZINO Society
Prior to founding ZINO Society, Cathi Hatch has held executive roles and consulted in the restaurant business for over twenty-five years, including her work as director of operations for Schwartz Brothers Restaurants and regional vice president for Restaurants Unlimited, Inc. She currently holds leadership positions on a number of for-profit and nonprofit boards including Zones, Inc.; Cinnaroll Bakeries Ltd.; Pacific Northwest Ballet; YMCA, PONCHO and the United Way of King County. Ms. Hatch has served as the president of HatchMatch, a consulting business that works with businesses and nonprofits to maximize the impact of philanthropy in the community, and has served as a facilitator and trainer for a variety of companies.
C.J. Voss – Stoel Rives
C.J. works with public and private companies on business and financing transactions. In addition to acting as principal corporate and securities counsel to several publicly held companies, C.J. advises entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies on business formation and founders’ issues, intellectual property protection, early stage and venture capital financings, and technology development and commercialization arrangements. C.J. has represented clients in the life sciences, software and information technology, consumer products, and financial services industries. He has been named a “Rising Star” and one of Washington’s “Super Lawyers” by Washington Law & Politics.
David Van Patten - Consultant
Dave Watts - GrapeCity
Watts brings over 25 years of experience in sales, consulting, and management to his new position,including work with global corporations, such as Legent Corporation (now CA), Digital Equipment Corporation (now HP), and Apple Computer, as well as local firms, such as BEST Consulting (now COMSYS) and ASI Consulting. While at these organizations, he led multiple successful million-dollar-plus sales efforts and established key partner selling relationships to leverage additional product and service sales. At Digital, where Watts spent 10 years, he helped build a field organization that took the corporation from $0 to $1.8 billion in network business revenue in 18 months. Most recently, Watts was co-founder anda Managing Director for Advantros Corporation, providing enterprise workflow and document management solutions.
David McGinnis - Citigroup
David McGinnis is a banker and relationship manager with the Seattle office of The Citigroup Private Bank. He works with high net worth individuals and families on a broad range of Citigroup services. Prior to Citigroup, David worked for 18 years in corporate banking with ABN AMRO Bank and Sterling Savings Bank, as well as five years in the Seattle entrepreneur community. During his corporate banking career David focused on the banking needs of large public and private companies in the Pacific Northwest, assisting with acquisition and general business finance, interest rate hedging, cash management, and other services.
Serving on the board of directors of the Northwest Entrepreneur Network, David is committed to helping entrepreneurs and angel investors succeed in our community through involvement in programs such as the Early Stage Investment Forum and
Accelerate business advisory programs.
Duff Bryant – Stoel Rives
Duff is a principal in the Corporate practice group. His practice focuses on corporate, finance and general business matters for private companies in a wide range of industries and at various stages of growth. Duff has significant experience in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and joint ventures. He has also advised and assisted numerous clients in forming, capitalizing and maintaining corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships in the United States, the Cayman Islands, Mexico, Chile and Panama. Duff also has extensive experience in secured and unsecured financings. He has been named a “Rising Star” by Washington Law and Politics was included in Chambers’ America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2006).
Ellen Bierman - Black, Lowe & Graham PLLC
Grant Cummings - Arscentia
Pat Franke – Graham & Dunn
Pat chairs the firm’s Emerging Companies Team. He acts as general counsel to start up and emerging companies with a focus on the technology industry. In this role, Pat advises his clients' boards of directors and management with respect to corporate financings, corporate governance issues, business transactions, shareholder matters and employee issues. Pat also advises his clients on significant transactions including mergers and acquisitions, licensing deals, real estate transactions and other commercial matters.
Haeryung Shin - Davis Wright Tremaine
Haeryung Shin focuses her practice on business and corporate law and energy law. She brings a diverse array of experience gained from her work as counsel to several European private venture funds with respect to portfolio investments in the United States and Canada. Haeryung regularly advises public and private companies in a full range of legal matters pertaining to mergers and acquisitions, secured lending transactions and joint ventures.
Isabella McPeak - ActionCoach
"I guarantee to use my 15 years of experience owning and operating a multi-million dollar company , my heart and passion, and my professional training as a business coach to help you succeed and fulfill your personal and professional goals."
Jackson Weaver - InTown Media
Jackson has always been entrepreneurial – from the development of one of the first rock music stations on the FM radio band to building a digital new media companies - he has always worked on the edge of new media and new ideas.
Jeff Lindstrom - My Health Insurance of Washington
Jim D. Johnston, J.D., C.P.A. – Johnston Law
Jim received his J.D. from Seattle University in 1990 and his M.S.T. from Golden Gate University in 1986. From 1981 though 1990 he practices as a certified public accountant in Seattle, Washington. From 1990 through 2001 Mr. Johnston practiced as an attorney as a partner focused on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and securities law in the Seattle office of Lane Powell LLP. Since 2001 Mr. Johnston has operated his own law firm through which he served as chief financial officer, inside and outside general counsel to a variety of company’s.
Joe Wallin - Davis Wright Tremaine
Joe Wallin focuses on significant business transactions, corporate finance, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and tax law. His work includes angel and venture financings, drafting and negotiating mergers and acquisitions agreements, joint venture agreements, and advising businesses and individual clients regarding tax planning and equity compensation. Joe represents foreign investors in U.S. businesses, provides general counsel services for companies from startup to post-public, and advises clients in Securities Exchange Act compliance and corporate governance. Joe is a contributor to DWT's Corporate Finance Blog, CorpFinBlog.com.
John Baier - Davis Wright Tremaine
John Baier represents companies and investors in a variety of commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private debt equity and offerings, venture financing and strategic investment transactions. John has represented numerous private companies in early- and advanced-stage financing rounds. He also handles general corporate matters including entity formation, conventional financing, contract and corporate governance matters.
Kirk Van Alstyne - Evolution Capital Advisors
Founder and Managing Partner at Evolution Capital Advisors. Evolution is a boutique investment bank providing capital formation and mergers and acquisition advisory services focused exclusively on the niche of early stage technology companies. The firm has a strong specialty in the cleantech sector, recently advising high profile early stage Northwest firms such as Powerit Solutions (smart grid), M2E Power (energy harvesting), and Novinium (grid reliability) on raising their early institutional (venture capital) rounds of financing.
Kristie Lanum – ZINO Society
Kristie has over 15 years of experience in operations and administrative management. Ms. Lanum spent ten years as Director of Operations of a manufacturing company where she was responsible for managing all aspects of the business. She is on her second tenure at ZINO Society where she works closely with the entrepreneurs and members. Ms. Lanum has a record of accomplishment that includes effectively developing and implementing forward thinking policies and procedures that focus on streamlining operations and assuring efficiency long-term. Ms. Lanum has served on the screening committee for the UW Business Plan Competition, Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition and the CleanTech Open. She also volunteers for The Moyer Foundation and The Tibetan Healing Fund.
Leslie Smith - Square 1 Bank
As a Senior Vice President of venture banking, Leslie works with early stage venture backed companies in the Seattle, Utah, Idaho and Montana markets. She not only provides full service banking, but also helps her clients navigate the investment community and early stage ecosystem which she knows very well. With over 20 years in finance and banking in the Seattle area, Leslie spent the last eight years working with venture capital firms, angel investors and early stage technology and life science companies. During her seven year tenure at Silicon Valley Bank, Leslie established and grew its Northwest Venture Capital and Private Banking practices, providing loan facilities, cash management and professional advice. Before joining Silicon Valley Bank, Leslie worked at US Bank in various capacities, including seven years managing a practice that financed business acquisitions in the medical space.
Michael Nordtvedt - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Michael Nordtvedt is an associate in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Seattle office, where he focuses on corporate and securities laws matters, representing companies, venture capital firms, and investment banks. Michael has extensive experience representing companies, underwriters, and other investors in public offerings and private financings, corporate governance and SEC compliance matters, and mergers and acquisitions.
Michelle Bomberger - Equinox Business Law Group
Nona Battistella - BNY Mellon
Nona is a Director with Bank of New York Mellon Wealth Management where she is responsible for attracting new clients and transitioning the client smoothly to her team, of portfolio managers, private bankers and fiduciary officers. She has worked in the investment industry for most of her career with broad experience including investment banking, private equity, estate planning, investment management and planned giving. She has held positions locally as a Partner with Liberty Pacific Capital, Vice President in the Private Client Services group for Wells Fargo, Regional Vice President for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and Vice President of Client Services for Accessor Capital Management.
Rebecca Anderson - Graham & Dunn
Rebecca counsels clients on a variety of general corporate matters, with an emphasis on advising start-up and emerging companies on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and debt financings, corporate formation, securities law compliance and other business transactions. Rebecca is a member of Graham and Dunn's Emerging Companies and Entrepreneurs Team.
RJ Humphries - ZINO Society
Rob Brown - ZINO Society
Rob Brown comes to ZINO Society with a unique perspective as both an entrepreneur and an investor. He is the founder and former CEO of Healionics. Prior to Healionics, he was spent over 15 years in technology development. The last 10 were spent at Microsoft, in the areas of, financial analysis, strategy development and product development bringing nine products to market.. Previously, he led broker/dealer relations for American Funds. Mr. Brown holds an MBA from the University of Washington.
Ronald Howell - Washington Research Foundation
Sandra Wright - RocketDog Communications
Scott Rabinowitz - DHR International
Stephen Gerritson - enterpriseSeattle
business development manager for clean technology at enterpriseSeattle, has been elected to the board of directors of the Northwest Environmental Business Council.
Stuart Campbell - Davis Wright Tremaine
Stuart handles transactional matters primarily for emerging technology and other high-growth companies. He has particular focus in representing companies in the wireless, health care technology and game spaces. He has extensive experience representing investors and companies in venture capital financings and with respect to mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, entity formation, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and technology transfers and licensing. Stuart also advises clients on corporate governance matters.
Tom Newell - Shorewood Group
Troy Hartzell - Evolution Capital Advisors
Vin Ricci - Foster Pepper
Mr. Ricci's practice includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, public company reporting and disclosure, cross border transactions and general corporate matters, with a focus on the representation of life sciences and technology companies.
Before joining Foster Pepper, Mr. Ricci was an associate at Orrick's Seattel office, and at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP. Prior to that he was an associate at Cahill Gordon & Reindel in New York for six years.
RT Members
Phillip Swan -Eventuate
Proven track record to build best-in-class sales, channel marketing and technical teams that are motivated to deliver results that enable the company to become number 1 in their industry. Phillip Possess the technical and sales background to deliver the passion and vision that builds both the external and internal bonds and loyalty to the product and the company
Tama Smith - Tama Smith Associates
Ms. Smith has lived and worked in North America and Europe throughout her eighteen-year professional career as a global strategist and management consultant helping large companies improve revenue and market share as well as profitability through operational efficiencies. She is also an experienced venture capital-backed entrepreneur, a corporate business executive and an investment banker specializing in leveraged buy-outs. Her industry experience spans consumer products and services, media and entertainment, information technology and telecommunications, aviation and transportation, along with the public sector.
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