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| The speakers at the MarketReach America Raising Money for Homeland
Security seminar bring their own professional expertise and experience
from the world of business and finance, government, banking, and
law. |
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| Seminar
Participants |
| Barry
Bogage, Executive
Director, Maryland/Israel
Development Center
(MIDC) |
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Bogage is an
international
business development
professional
with 20 years'
experience
developing
and executing
strategies
to identify,
cultivate,
and close new
business opportunities.
He has served
as the executive
director of
the MIDC since
1992. His responsibilities
include
targeted trade
development
to assist Maryland
and Israeli
companies expand
through international
trade and technology
joint ventures.
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| Christopher
T. Cushing, President, The Commonwealth Group |
Christopher T. Cushing
has been a
strategist
in presidential
campaigns in
the United
States and
political campaigns abroad and
now serves
as a strategic
marketing consultant
to the top management
of Fortune 500 corporations.
Chris has particular
skill and experience
in managing corporate transactions that involve complicated
issues of public policy and investment. (The
Commonwealth Group is WolfBlock's strategic advisors on homeland
security matters.)
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Todd Dollinger, Founding
Partner and Managing
Director, The Trendlines
Group |
D. Todd Dollinger
manages The
Trendlines Group's
activities
and is responsible
for long-term
strategic planning.
Todd launched
Trendlines,
Inc., a Kansas
City-based
company providing
sales, marketing,
consulting,
and product
development
services for
the American
market, in
1978.
Todd consults
to management
and the boards
of directors
of numerous companies
and assists companies
with strategic
planning, commercial
negotiations
and partnering.
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| Gideon Federmann, Associate, Eurofund |
Gideon Federmann brings a background in IT and communication to
his work in consulting to clients in relation to corporate
strategy. He
joined Eurofund in 2002.
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| Joel Fisch, Strategic Investment Manager, Intel Capital |
Joel Fisch joined the Israel team of Intel
Capital in 1999 as a strategic investment manager. He has led
the team's investment efforts in the digital home arena and is
active on the boards of several technology start-ups. Prior to
joining Intel, Joel was a transactional attorney representing technology
clients at the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster,
LLP.
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| Azriel
(Azi) Hemar, Deputy Chief Scientist and
Director, International Relations and Cooperation Division |
In his position at the Office
of the Chief Scientist, Azi Hemar is responsible for executing national policies to augment the competitiveness of Israeli industries through creation and management of bilateral programs to promote and facilitate international cooperation in industrial R&D.
His activities include promoting Israel as a attractive and mutually beneficial target country for investment, particularly in high-tech industries, as well as raising the awareness of the international VC industry, potential strategic partners and enterprises outside Israel to the vast technological potential Israel possesses.
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| Shlomo Kalish, Founding Partner, Jerusalem Global Ventures |
Dr. Shlomo Kalish founded Jerusalem
Global Ventures (JGV) in 1999, after founding The Jerusalem
Global Group, a technology-focused investment house, in 1994.
JGV invests in seed- and early-stage companies. Shlomo served
as a general partner of Concord (K.T.) Ventures I, LP, an Israeli
venture capital fund. Considered one of Israel's leading technology
investors, Shlomo frequently appears in the media. He is active
member of the boards of a number of non-profit organizations
and institutions.
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| Steve
Rhodes, Founding Partner
and Chairman, The Trendlines
Group |
Steve
Rhodes is chairman of
The Trendlines
Group and serves as the CEO of the Misgav Technology Center.
Steve began
his career
with the Chicago
branch of Bank
Leumi le-Israel
in 1979. He
advanced through
a number of
financial marketing
positions including
director of
marketing,
and continued
with Leumi
when he and
his family
moved to Israel
in 1985. At
Bank Leumi
in Israel,
Steve rose
to the position
of deputy manager
of the Bank's
International
Division. Steve is a member
of the board
of directors
the Galilee
Educational Foundation.
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| Francois Shazar, Project
Manager, Israel Aircraft Industries |
Francois Shazar has a broad range of experience in business development, marketing, and technology R&D.
He has been involved in establishing a number of low- and high- tech start-ups. He served as VP business
development for CommunicaTV Ltd. and as a leader of the business innovation team of Israel
Aircraft Industry’s
(IAI) Lahav Division.
He is currently the CEO of the IAI company developing an advanced perimeter security system.
Francois served as a transport
pilot in the Israeli Air Force.
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| Stuart
Shorenstein, President,
Wolf Block Government Relations D.C., LLC |
Stuart Shorenstein
heads a team at WolfBlock that provides
across the
board services
on legislative
and administrative
matters for
a national
client base.
He is
also a member
of WolfBlock's
Corporate Department
and chair of
its Communications
Practice Group.
He has
led the representation of clients
involved in mergers, acquisitions,
financing,
and venture
capital transactions
aggregating
hundreds of
millions of
dollars.
Stuart has
lectured at numerous
national conventions
and is the
author of many
articles on
the communications
industry and venture capital transactions. He is a member
of the bars of
the State of
New York and
the District
of Columbia.
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