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Bruce Albert
Strategic Advisor
Bruce Albert formed Applegate Seven in January 2007 to provide strategic, operational and M&A counsel to marketing communications and media technology companies. He is an advisor to Kaleidocope/Interpublic, RPost, Eleven SA, globefish and Progress Partners. He is also a volunteer advisor leading a team to establish Gilda’s Club Enterprises, a for-profit division charged with generating unrestricted funds for this non-profit organization that provides social and emotional support to people living with cancer and their families. Bruce applies diverse strategic and operating experience gathered at Doyle Dane Bernbach, the Dick Lord Agencies and Kaleidoscope/Interpublic to build brands and businesses. Throughout his career, he has maintained a balance of line and staff management responsibilities, and worked directly with senior level clients to address positioning challenges, create integrated marketing solutions, and develop best practices and accountability metrics. Bruce has played leading roles in business development, M&A, forming and reengineering agencies, and executing market entry strategies, domestically and abroad. His work on multi-national brands in the U.K., Europe and Japan during the 1980’s and 90’s, and recently in Europe and China, has enabled Bruce to provide global clients with country-specific and pan-regional intelligence and perspectives critical to generating attributable, incremental sales and strong returns on marketing investments.
John Brooke
Strategic Advisor
John Brooke is experienced in every aspect of the venture process. He currently manages a family fund of investments called Brooke Private Equity Advisors in Boston. John was the fifth employee at Advent International, a leading global private equity firm with 20 offices worldwide and more than $6B in managed capital. He spent 15 years at AI, where he ran the Far East Group in Singapore, managed the associates/analyst programs in Boston, and led early stage technology investing and later stage buyout investing. His results were consistent with all partners - a net exceeding 40 percent. John's family remains AI's largest single shareholder. Upon his return from Asia, Mr. Brooke joined The Tucker Anthony Private Equity Group (Park Street Capital) and helped establish it as a leading private equity fund-of-funds management company with in excess of $800 million under management. Park Street Capital manages a series of fund of funds for institutions and families. Mr. Brooke was responsible for fund access, fund raising, fund oversight and management. Brooke earned his MBA at Harvard.
Eric
Healy
Strategic Advisor
Eric Healy is Executive Vice President, Network
Director at Isobar, providing high level strategy and relationship
management services to global, North American based clients. At
Isobar, Eric is responsible for cross unit integration across
its’ 43 agencies, 94 offices and 42 countries where he also serves
in a corporate development function for acquisitions. Prior to
Isobar, Eric served as Senior Vice President, Director of Mullen
Interactive. At Arnold Worldwide, Eric managed the $270 million
Vonage account, and led the agency’s Interactive practice. Eric’s
past employment includes Vice President, Strategy Group at Digitas.
A native to the footwear industry, Eric also served as founding
Director of eCommerce and Global Direct Marketing at Reebok International
Limited. Eric’s past experience also includes a wide range of
emerging technology and marketing services consultation for local
start-ups and venture firms including Cirrus Wireless, Quatrro
Wireless, Highland Capital, Orchid Partners and Common Angels.
Eric is an active board member for a wireless company, Mobot,
Inc. and a viral marketing provider, HypeCouncil and also serves
as a capital advisor for Progress Partners. Eric holds dual Master
of Science degrees in Management and Marketing from the University
of Massachusetts at Amherst . He is a member of many leading technology
and venture organizations including New England Venture Association,
New England Venture Network and the Massachusetts Innovation &
Technology Exchange.
Ham
Lord
Angel/Seed
Round Advisor
Hambleton
(Ham) Lord has over 20 years experience in the software industry,
where he co-founded three software companies. Currently, Ham is
the Managing Director of Launchpad Venture
Group. Launchpad is a Boston-based angel
group that focuses on seed stage technology companies. He manages
the group's deal flow, due diligence and investing activities.
Ham is an active angel investor and advisor to early stage software
companies. He serves on the boards of three startup companies
- Building Engines, JAM Technologies and Mok3. Ham's senior management
experience was in the software industry, most recently as co-founder
and Vice President of Marketing for Advanced Visual Systems (AVS).
AVS develops software for scientists and engineers involved in
applications such as Medical Imaging, Geographic Information Systems
(GIS), Engineering Analysis and Oil & Gas Exploration. AVS
was acquired by Muse Technologies in 2000. Prior to AVS, Ham was
co-founder of two Bio-Informatics companies, MicroChem
Technologies and Polygen. Both of these
companies were pioneers in the development of software for drug
discovery, and were part of an industry wide acquisition roll-up
that resulted in the Accelyrs division
of Pharmacopeia. Ham is a trustee of the Cape Cod Conservatory.
He graduated magna cum laude with a degree in computer science
from Brown
University.
Dan Miller
Strategic Advisor
Dan, is the Managing Partner of Startup Florida, LLC, founder
of Biz Tank, LLC, and formerly President of Movo Mobile, LLC,
which was acquired by Neighborhood America in October, 2006. Dan
has helped scores of entrepreneur’ to start-up, organize, systemize,
grow and exit their businesses. With his diverse background as
an entrepreneur, investor, advisor and athlete, Dan has become
a well known speaker and expert on using technology and people
to make companies more efficient and competitive. In 1981 he represented
the US in the Maccabiah Games in Venezuela and Israel and he also
trained with West Ham United of the English Professional League.
He is now a 2nd Degree Black Belt and Instructor of Tae-Kwon-Do,
as well as a competitive club tennis player. Dan graduated with
a BA from Brandeis University in the Boston area. He completed
the “Birthing of Giants” entrepreneurial education program sponsored
by MIT, Inc. Magazine and the Young Entrepreneurs Organization
(YEO).Dan was an active member, and also a former President, of
Boston YEO. In Sarasota, Florida, Dan facilitates a monthly CEO
Peer Group of early-stage entrepreneurs. Dan is the Chairman of
Pongo Software, an ecommerce provider of resume and career software
and serves on the Advisory Boards of Synthenet Corp., Real Digital
Media LLC, 82Degrees Tech, the Sarasota County Economic Development
Corporation, and the Sarasota County Tourism Economic Development
Board.
Alan Osetek
Strategic Advisor
Alan is the EVP of Visual IQ, a leading provider of ASP-based marketing optimization managed services for agencies and advertisers. He is a serial entrepreneur with eighteen years experience in early stage agencies and emerging media firms in the digital and direct marketing industries. Prior to joining Visual IQ, Alan was an Executive Vice President at Isobar/Carat (part of the Aegis plc network), one of the worlds leading digital agency networks. His responsibilities included global business development, corporate development, cross unit integration, and global client services. Prior to the global business development and client services role, Alan was responsible for organically building or acquiring new service offerings for the Isobar network including CRM, search engine marketing, affiliate marketing and web development capabilities. Alan spearheaded the acquisition and integration of two digital marketing firms: Molecular and iProspect. These respective technology consulting and search engine marketing agencies were integrated into the Isobar holding company at the direction and guidance of Alan. Prior to joining Isobar, Alan was the President/Founder of the digital marketing agency Vizium. In 2001, he successfully sold the firm to Aegis plc (parent company of Isobar), the 6th largest agency holding company in the world. Alan is an Economics graduate of Skidmore College and received his Master degree in Business from Babson College.
Alex Wilmerding
Strategic Advisor
Alex Wilmerding is a director at The Citigroup Private Bank in
Boston
, MA .
Wilmerding has over 19 years of experience, primarily in
venture and private equity investing and corporate and business
development. Prior to Citigroup
Private Bank, he was a partner at Boston Capital Ventures.
He was responsible for investing in and advising companies
that provided technology solutions to the travel, hospitality,
financial services, real estate, retail,
transportation and distribution industries.
Prior to this, he managed business and operations project
in Shanghai and Southeast
Asia for Fednav Limited.
In addition, he held four executive management positions
with Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragon Airlines, subsidiaries
of the Swire Group. Having
lived in China,
Hong Kong, Taiwan
and Indonesia
for six years, Alex is fluent in Mandarin.
Alex earned a BA degree in history from Yale
University and an MBA
in finance and organizational management from the
Columbia Business
School .
He is the author of two books, Deal Terms and Term Sheets
and Valuations. He also
sits on the board of family office, Charles Pratt and Company
and Dosoris Trust Company, and is
Trustee and Officer of the Yale-China Association.
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