April 11th, 2012
Abbas Mohaddes
Director, President, & Chief Executive Officer
Abbas Mohaddes has served as the Chief Executive Officer and President since March 2007 and as a director since September 2005. Prior to his promotion in March 2007, Mr. Mohaddes served as the Executive Vice President from October 2004.
Mr. Mohaddes was also the President and Chief Executive Officer of Meyer, Mohaddes Associates, Inc. ("MMA"), an ITS and transportation firm that he co-founded, which was acquired by the Iteris in 1998.
Abbas is a founding member and currently is chairman of the board of directors of ITS America, the largest ITS trade organization in the world. He is also a fellow member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the Transportation Research Board, a member of Design/Build Institute of America, and a member of the Forum for Corporate Directors (FCD).
Abbas has published more than 50 articles for ITS/Transportation engineering and technology around the world, and has become an internationally recognized expert in ITS/traffic management. In 1995, he assisted The Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation in preparing the "Traffic Control Handbook," with more than 100,000 copies now in print. He has received several awards by various trade organizations in recognition of his contribution to the Transportation Engineering and ITS fields. Abbas received his Master's Degree in Transportation Engineering from the University of Nebraska.
About Iteris, Inc.
Iteris, Inc. is the market leader in providing software-based Information Solutions to the Intelligent Traffic Management Industry. The company's decades of expertise in traffic management, along with superior services and patented products, help detect, measure, and manage traffic and vehicular performance,minimize traffic congestion, and inform and empower Iteris clients with solutions to better manage their transportation networks. The firm is headquartered in Santa Ana, California with offices nationwide and in the Middle East.
To learn more about Iteris, Inc. call 1-888-329-4483 or go to iteris.com
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April 4th, 2012
Steve West CEO
While training for the 1996 Olympics, Steve West searched for business alternatives that allowed him more freedom to train. His solution: Metafuse, a company that has become a leading Web-based project management software solution provider.
The most important lesson learned:
I learned that it takes much more than just a great idea to build a product and company from scratch. Determination, focus and patience are critical, because it takes time to find the right team, build a great product and establish a loyal customer base for your company.
Your next big step:
For our company, it will be important to significantly grow our market share over the next few years. Many companies are still using spreadsheets and/or a combination of desktop software tools to manage their projects, rather than use a comprehensive Web-based project-management software tool like Project Insight. Ultimately, we'll need to increase the awareness level of how important collaborative Web-based project-management software is to the success of nearly all businesses.
Advice for other young professionals:
If you have a great idea that you believe in wholeheartedly, then by all means chart your course and set sail, so to speak. Plan carefully and execute your plan with determination, but be prepared for the unexpected, and be ready to adapt your plan when necessary. If you believe in yourself, you can succeed in fulfilling your vision.
Project Insight
Project Insight is the leading web-based project management software for the mid-market developed by Metafuse, Inc. It brings project teams and management teams together to collaborate on projects in real-time, whether across the globe or street. Project Insight software solutions and project management services help organizations operate more efficiently and productively. This combined with responsive customer service is what makes Project Insight the best provider of online project management software in the market.
Project Insight is 100% Made in the USA
Project Insight is 100% developed, and supported in the United States with pride! We do not offshore or outsource our development or technical support. Our friendly training and support staff pride themselves for their outstanding, responsive, and personal customer service!
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March 23rd, 2012
Scott Trotter Executive Director
Since August of 2006, Scott Trotter has served as the Executive Director for the Child Abuse Prevention Center. In his role, Scott provides leadership to a volunteer Board of Directors and a staff of over 80 employees. His guidance helps shape the Prevention Center's family focused prevention programs. Scott is committed to fulfilling the Prevention Center's mission of serving at-risk children and families with programs that break the generational cycle of child abuse and family violence.
Scott has long been involved in nonprofit and healthcare organizations, serving key roles at organizations including, Habitat for Humanity and Caremark. His professional experience also includes 18 years of business management at Disney and Ernst and Young. His expertise in strategic planning and organizational leadership are tremendous assets and allows the Prevention Center to reach even more children and families in Orange County.
The Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit directly serving at-risk children and families in crisis to prevent and break the generational cycle of child abuse. We value every child's right to grow up in a safe and nurturing home environment. Our programs provide critically needed parenting education, case management, and mental health services to families at-risk of abuse in their own homes. Our programs work with parents to create healthier environments for children, ultimately building stronger families. By providing families with the tools and education they need to build nurturing homes, we are breaking the generational cycle of abuse. One child at a time, one family at a time, we are creating stronger families and healthier communities.
In our community, child abuse statistics are staggering. The Orange County Child Abuse Registry receives more than 100 calls a day reporting cases of child abuse and maltreatment. In 2010, over 18,000 child abuse reports were filed in which over 38,000 children were reported to have suffered physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse. Sadly, more than 1/3 of abused and neglected children will eventually victimize their own children. Please partner with us to Help Break the Cycle.
Become a Volunteer! Our experience has shown that volunteers find our program to be extremely rewarding and gratifying. We greatly value our volunteers and hope you might consider talking to us about this opportunity to serve our community. Please attend a volunteer orientation to learn more. The next available dates are April 30, June 11, July 30, August 27 and September 24 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Light dinner at 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP to LRomo@BrightFutures4Kids.org.
To learn more about The Child Abuse Prevention Center, go to brightfutures4kids.org.
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March 21st, 2012
Chris Cannizzaro
A Young Man With a Passion and a Goal
This is a great story!
Listen to the story of a twenty-year-old young man whose dream was to climb Mt. Everest, even though he had no climbing experience at all. Chris is a demonstration of the truth: If one person in the world can do something, anyone can do it if he/she has two things: an unstoppable desire and access to someone who has done and can teach hi /her how to do it.
You will hear what unstoppable passion sounds like. It means choosing to do or die all the way up and down big mountains.
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March 14th, 2012
Steve Healy
General Manager
Identive Group, Inc. provides secure identification, or "Secure ID," solutions that combine the convenience of radio frequency identification ("RFID") with the security of smart card technology - enabling people to easily and securely interact with and manage digital devices, systems and data. The company's offerings range from innovative hardware and software products, to complete systems, to integration services, which are used to address a range of Secure ID applications including physical access, cyber security, credential issuance and management, mobile payment and ID systems integration. Identive sells its offerings to customers in the government, enterprise, consumer, education, healthcare and transportation sectors.
The company's Hirsch Identive business unit - formerly known as Hirsch Electronics - develops and sells enterprise-class physical access control solutions, fully integrated security systems as well as integration services that support a wide range of identity credentials, including digital certificates, smart cards, RFID cards and biometrics.
Hirsch Identive, a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), manufactures integrated security and identity systems for worldwide markets. Hirsch's award-winning solutions incorporate access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, digital certificates, smart cards and biometrics in order to successfully secure facilities, digital assets and electronic transactions.
Conscious Selling the Sandler Way
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February 29th, 2012
Ron Williams
CEO
Dedicating 22 years to the United States Secret Service, Ron Williams had the opportunity to work and supervise all divisions of the SS Treasury department in the Los Angeles Field Office. Gaining a wealth of security expertise and a highly regarded reputation within Federal Law Enforcement, Mr. Williams decided to start Talon Executive Services, Inc., a corporate security and investigations company. As a Secret Service Agent, Mr. Williams supervised the credit card and financial fraud squad, the counterfeit squad, and the elite Counter Assault Team (CAT) to combat terrorism. As the Lead Advance Agent, Mr. Williams was responsible for all advance security plans and logistics coordination for Presidential, Vice Presidential, and foreign heads-of-state visits to Los Angeles. He personally protected Presidents Ford, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, as well as such noted dignitaries as Queen Elizabeth, Yitzhak Shamir, and Pope John Paul and was the recipient of numerous awards including the United States Secret Service Director's Award for Special Achievement on eight occasions.
Focusing on the company he founded in 1994, Talon Executive Services, Inc., Mr. Williams has created a highly advanced team of former Secret Service and F.B.I. agents as well as other federal, state and local law enforcement officers. Threat assessment and physical site surveys performed by Talon include venues such as public transportation, entertainment and pharmaceutical. As a RAM-w certified agent, he performs threat assessments and develops remedial measures for water districts, identified as one of the nation's critical infrastructures. Because of his expertise in the field of anti-terrorism, Mr. Williams was asked by the California Gubernatorial delegation in 2002, to meet with Tom Ridge regarding homeland security.
His association with AFAUSSS (Association of Former Agents of the United States Secret Service), ASIS (American Society of Industry Security), ATAP (Association of Threat Assessment Professionals) American Water Works Association (AWWA) Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) to name a few, keeps him abreast of all matters involving security and threat assessment. He is also an active member of the FBI's InfraGard program, U.S. State Department Overseas Advisory Council (OSAC) and OCPST (Orange County Private Sector Terrorist Response). Mr. Williams frequently appears on Fox News Channel as well as other national shows as a security analyst and terrorism expert. He was also the keynote speaker at the 1999 Alabama Governor's Conference on Violence in the Workplace Prevention, has made presentations to the California Association of Water Agencies which included a White Paper, and continues to educate organizations on various security issues through specialized seminars and training.
To learn more about Talon Executive Services, go to talonexec.com
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February 15th, 2012
Michael Luckman
With forty plus years as a salesperson, marketing pioneer, entrepreneur and sales trainer, Michael Luckman is today, a successful and dynamic speaker, trainer and coach. In Overpowering Fear he opens up his life and the lessons learned to help his readers uncover their own fear blocks and overpower them, in order to enjoy lives filled with confidence, success and abundance.
Overpowering Fear is Michael’s real world journey through a career filled with amazing achievements – including the launch of the first electronic toy and inventions like the cartridge video game system, the electronic keyboard and the see-through advertising product seen on vehicle wraps. Michael also “gets real” about the personal defeats that came when fear, uncertainty and doubt clouded even one of the brightest minds in business.
In working with and training thousands of salespeople, Michael came to the conclusion that those who reach the top in sales are those who have learned to overpower their fears and do whatever is necessary to gain the business. While those we would consider average salespeople succumb to their fears and will do only those things that fall within their comfort zones.
Unlike psychologists and other scientists who approach the topic of fear from an arm’s length or academic perspective, Michael peels back the cover on his own life. With astonishing honesty and impressive insight, he exposes painful, emotional events that began in childhood and continued to dog him as he rose in the business world.
Told with humor as well as deep personal truth, Michael’s life story and his “Luckman’s Laws” help readers take an equally brave and fruitful look at their own journeys. They will be delighted to find ten exercises at the end of the book that Michael created to help them find the causes and cures for their own fears. Readers will also learn how to identify goals they want to see materialize in their lives, understand what dreams they have been afraid to realize and be able to create a roadmap to a fantastic future.
This is a hugely important book because it alone examines the earliest origins of fear, a complex and defeating emotion, from a very personal and relatable perspective. Fear is present in every occupation and in every stage of life, so much so that it is a virtual epidemic affecting almost everyone at any time.
To see more about Michael Luckman and his book, go to michael-luckman.com.
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February 8th, 2012
Michael Saddik CEO
Michael Saddik is an established senior executive with over 20 years of experience in sales and technology. Formally the Executive Vice-President of Concerro, a healthcare Software-as-a-Service company, Saddik later co-founded his own start-up tech company, AnaTango, which specializes in cloud-based software applications and services. Saddik holds an MBA from Pepperdine University with an emphasis in Executive Leadership; and currently serves as a Board Member for The Lupus Foundation of Northern California, a non-profit organization which promotes lupus awareness.
His company, AnaTango, has quickly established itself as a business solution provider which enables their customer base to maximize their operations, while minimizing their total cost of ownership. Saddik and his team of business management experts have empowered organizations to do business their way while speaking a common business language. Currently, "The AnaTango Business Diamond", (Saddik's business solution to the market today) consists of four distinct services: AnaTango Cloud, AnaTango Consult, AnaTango Connect, and AnaTango Apps. The Cloud and Consult services being the two most popular services offered.
"AnaTango Cloud" is AnaTango's software solution which allows organizations small and large to implement, deploy, and manage their strategy with visible accountability. AnaTango Cloud products are designed to empower business leaders with all of the tools required to create and execute the simplest to the most complex operational processes and strategic plans. It embraces the over-arching CEO view intertwined with a systems engineering and detail- oriented approach that allows the user the impressive ability to model a process or develop a strategic plan, as well as a seasoned executive does.
Whether the process, structure, or model is a SWOT (OTSW), KPI, TOC, Feasibility Study, Risk Control or models that exist today, or even something that you invent, Anavation lets you construct it, and integrate it within the bigger picture.
"AnaTango Consult", Saddik's latest creation, allows organizations help with: Strategy Deployment, Operational Excellence, Infrastructure Efficiency, Shareholder Return, Profitable Growth, Customer Metrics, & Financial Consistency, and lastly: Branding and Marketing: via: Internet websites, Social Media, other Media outlets.
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February 1st, 2012
Larry Sidoti, Vice President of Development and Operations
Yogurtland is pioneering the customer-created frozen yogurt experience by combining irresistible yogurt flavors with an exciting franchise business model.
Yogurtland stores feature 16 original sweet and tart flavors of self-serve frozen yogurt from a rotating menu of more than 50 selections that include both classic and exotic flavors, including no sugar added choices. Customers become the architect of their frozen yogurt creation by mixing and combining flavors and topping their yogurt with a choice of over 35 toppings that include fresh fruits, nuts, cereals, candy and much more. Price is determined by the total weight of the customer's cup.
The company's structure and culture is built around continuous improvement and operational excellence, supported by top-level training programs reinforced by continuous franchisee support.
Yogurtland is recognized as a leader in the self-serve frozen yogurt sector. Its combination of premium quality products, superior service, attractively designed stores and vast selection of flavors and toppings in a self-service environment set Yogurtland apart from any other frozen yogurt concept.
Founded by Phillip Chang, Yogurtland opened its first location in Fullerton, Calif., in 2006. In its first year, Yogurtland served more than 25,000 customers each month. Prior to founding Yogurtland, Chang founded, developed and launched Boba Loca in 2001, a 33-store specialty drink chain in Southern California that serves Boba Tea or bubble tea, a refreshing Asian beverage, as well as a variety of other drinks.
Yogurtland has over 170 locations throughout the Unites States, Mexico and Guam. The company expects to have 75 additional locations either open or in development by the end of 2011, expanding to more than 1,000 total locations by the end of 2017.
The focus will be on expanding existing markets in Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin), Atlanta, Portland, Seattle and the Tri-State Area surrounding New York City. Targeted new markets include Chicago, Ill., Alabama, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. International growth is also on the radar. The company currently has two locations on Guam and 23 stores in Mexico. An additional 10 stores are planned for Mexico in 2012 as well as a location in Puerto Rico, slated to open later this year. Furthermore,Yogurtland will open four units in Venezuela in 2012.
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January 25th, 2012
Kai Tao, Partner at K5Launch
Kai Tao is an experienced technology investor through Park One Capital, his family office, which invests in both private and public equities utilizing a variety of capital structures. Park One Capital seeks innovative disruptive business opportunities to back, working actively with entrepreneurs to create value by leveraging its many years of industry and financial relationships.
K5 is an accelerator run by angel investors and experienced business people to help emerging entrepreneurs build successful, technology-driven companies. The first step in becoming a part of K5 is to apply. Entrepreneurs who are accepted will receive funding and attend K5Launch, which is a three-month, high-intensity program that helps entrepreneurs build the necessary framework to launch their companies.
K5 was formed by a group of very successful entrepreneurs and investors who continue to have a passion for building startups. We are all based out of Southern California, and would like to provide local entrepreneurs with the opportunity to work with local investors, mentors and other business professionals. Our goal is to build a vibrant and supportive community for entrepreneurs in beautiful Southern California.
A company can get up to a maximum of U.S. $25,000 in pre-seed funding. The fund is intended to help the founders build the initial product, whether it's a prototype or version 1.0, as well as develop an initial business model. However, K5 is not about funding alone. Even more valuable than the money, is the time our advisors and mentors will spend with the companies to develop a viable business model. In addition, K5 provides a space to work with Internet access, mentor office hours, legal services, website design & hosting help, and other professional services that a startup needs. Entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to connect with the angel and venture capital investor community, and build essential connections for subsequent fund raising.
K5Launch is a three-month high-intensity program that will cover all the key elements of building a lean technology-driven startup. The program is designed to walk the entrepreneur through the process of taking an idea and turning it into a business-and not just any business, a cost-efficient company with a strong chance to succeed. It will also include many hours of personalized mentorship, where our business mentors will work closely with the founders and guide them through the program.
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