Our Team

The DreamIt team consists of five groups working together to provide a platform for starting exciting, new companies. The groups include our managing partners, business partners, speakers, Gurus (mentors), and funding partners.

Managing Partners:

The DreamIt Managing Partners are all entrepreneurs. We have each founded, built and successfully sold one or more business. We have backgrounds in technology, finance, sales and marketing, and law. We all are currently angel investors and have invested in software/SaaS, chip, pharmaceutical, medical device, and many other startup companies.

Our Business Partners include many prominent law firms and accounting firms with professionals who concentrate on providing service to startups. Each of them has agreed to donate their time to help DreamIt Companies properly structure their businesses, and to provide counsel throughout DreamIt `08. Our speakers, Gurus and mentors include leading visionaries, entrepreneurs and business strategists. They will speak during DreamIt and/or provide regular coaching, mentoring and guidance to DreamIt companies. Our funding and economic development partners include early stage venture firms, angel groups, private investors, and public economic development agencies who are providing support for DreamIt and/or will be attending Funding Day.

The growing list of participants includes:

Mentors & Gurus

Rob Adams - Co-Founder and Managing Partner, NextStage Capital
Brad Aronson - Founder, i-Frontier
Mel Baiada - Principal, Basecamp Ventures
Nick Baughan - Managing Member, Marks Baughan & Co.
Steve Barsh - Serial Entrepreneur
David Brussin - Serial Entrepreneur, Co-Founder, Turntide
John Capobianco - President and COO, MEDecision, Inc.
Michael M. Carter - Managing Director, The Musser Group
John Carrow - CIO, Unisys
Mike Dever - Serial Entrepreneur, CEO, YouChoose.net
Anthony Gold - VP and GM, Unisys
Anne Gordon - Partner, Dubilier & Co
Paul Graziani -CEO, Analytic Graphics
Steve Harris - Founder and VP of Private Equity Management, MidCoast Capital
Jane Hoffer - President and CEO, Prescient
Michael Kopelman - Principal, Edison Venture Fund
Tom Olenzak - Founding Partner and Managing Director, Fountainhead Venture Group
David Oppenheimer - Serial Entrepreneur, RobinHood Ventures
Mark McDowell - Founder and Managing Director, Ingenium Group
Alexander Miller - Director, QVC
John Moran - Serial Entrepeneur, RobinHood Ventures
Rick Mosenkis - President and CEO, WorkZone
Bertrand Navarrete - VP of Acquisitions, Internet Capital Group
Marc Slovak - VP, Product Technology, LexisNexis
Christopher Stanchak - Founder and CEO, TicketLeap.com
Jim Stogdill - CTO, Gestalt Software
R Linda Resnick - Founder, CEO Resources
Dan Tiernan - COO, GL Trade Capital Solutions /FNX Solutions
Nat Turner - Co-Founder, CEO, InviteMedia

Past Speakers:

Lou Bucelli - Bucelli & Company LLC
Rick Bunker - CIO, ICG Commerce
Vincent Chiavone - Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, ListenLogic - Real-time Business Intelligence
Anthony Ibarguen - President and CEO , Alliance Consulting
David Lipson - Founder and CEO, MODA Technology Partners
John Loftus - Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Safeguard
C.H. Low - Founder and CEO, Orbius, Inc
Rich Milgram - Founder and CEO, Beyond.com
Ben Millrood - Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Epitome Systems
Ned Moore - CEO, Co-Founder, Director, Portico Systems
Scott Snyder - President and CEO, Decision Strategies International
Scott Yetter - President and CEO, Voxware