| Boris Zhilin - Partner, Armor Capital Management – Boris is a founder and managing member of Armor Capital Management which is a New York Based hedge fund that has demonstrated outstanding results investing in public and private companies. Prior to Armor, Boris was in the Healthcare Banking and Merchant Banking Group of Bear Stearns. |
| Colin Moran - Partner, Abdiel Capital – Colin is a co-founder of Abdiel
Capital which is a private investment fund in New York City focused on value
based and operating fundamental based investing. Colin previously was a
partner at Chieftain Capital which was a $4 Billion hedge fund. Prior to
that Colin worked at Goldman Sachs in the Healthcare Investment Banking
Group. |
Fred Festa - CEO W.R. Grace - Fred is the CEO of WR Grace which is a $4 billion publicly traded global specialty chemical company. Grace manufactures silica, catalysts, chromatography equipment, and separations media. Fred was previously a partner at Morgenthaler Partners, which is a $1 billion buyout fund, and CEO of ICG Capital, a public internet holding company. Prior to ICG, Fred spent over twenty years in executive roles at General Electric and Allied Signal. |
| Fred Starr - CEO, Thompson Traders Fred became President and CEO, Thomasville Furniture Industries in 1982, retiring in 1998. During his 16 years, Thomasville’s Annual Sales more than tripled to well over a half billion dollars. In 2001, he returned to furniture manufacturing, as President and CEO of Natuzzi Americas, retiring in 2008. In 2010 Fred became CEO of Thompson Traders, a copper sink importer. |
| Keith Frankel - CEO Vitaquest International – Keith founded Vitaquest and has grown it to be a $300 million contract manufacturer and distributor of nutraceuticals and nutritional supplements. Keith grew Vitaquest through expanding manufacturing and acquisitions in Canada, internationally, and throughout the U.S. |
