Bert Kelley
Bert Kelley has advised on legal and business matters for the past twenty years, practicing in both small and large law firm settings. Since 1990, he has served as counsel for the Kabool Group of companies (headquartered in Asia, 10,000+ employees worldwide) overseeing matters in the areas of litigation, venture capital investment and business development, dispute resolution, employment, contracts, commercial and regulatory law. In addition, he has served as counsel for the non-profit Institute for Injury Reduction.
Mr. Kelley teaches in the MBA programs at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and University of Maryland Smith School of Business. His research on legal and business issues has appeared in Law and Policy (Blackwell Oxford Publishing, England), on the CBS News and other media and publications. Mr. Kelley also holds a patent on the Liblex business method for online legal content management.
Mr. Kelley graduated Princeton University with a B.A. in economics and earned his J.D. at Vanderbilt Law School.
Mr. Kelley is a current member of the Washington D.C. Bar. He has also been admitted in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and California. Mr. Kelley is registered and provides services as Hubert Kelley LLC, a Virginia Limited Liability Company, on file with the Virginia Corporations Commission.
Mr. Kelley may be reached by phone at 202-903-6333 or by e-mail at bkelley@georgetownadvisory.com or bkelley@gtadv.com.
Ron Gerber
Ronald J. Gerber is the CEO of Angelbeat, Founder of Gerber & Company, LLC, and serves on the Board of Directors and is a former President of the Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York.
Angelbeat has held over 300 Advanced Technology Symposiums on Security/Network/Wireless/VoIP throughout North America since its founding in 1998. Angelbeat is the largest technology event company in North America based on its 56-city geographic coverage. These forums bring together IT/telecommunications executives with global technology leaders from Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, HP, IBM, Juniper, Symantec, Check Point, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Cingular, RIM and others.
The New York Times has selected Mr. Gerber to write quarterly supplements on the wireless industry for the New York Times Advertising Department. Further details are available at http://www.angelbeat.com/.
Before starting Angelbeat, Ron Gerber founded and managed Gerber & Company, LLC ("GC"), a specialized consulting and M&A firm. Ron Gerber restructured $4 billion Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), leading to a spin-off of its Authentec biometric fingerprint unit, Terion wireless two-way dispatch system for fleet management, and Intersil semiconductor operations specializing in Wi-Fi 802.11 chipsets. For $2 billion Systemax (NYSE:SYX), Gerber negotiated and implemented their ISP partnership with MSN, auction alliance with Amazon and on-line financial services tie with USABancShares.com. Further details are available at http://www.gerbercompany.com/.
From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Gerber worked for Pittway Corporation (NYSE:PRY), holding senior management positions including Vice President of Marketing, Vendor Relationships and Purchasing for its $1.2 billion ADI distribution subsidiary and Vice President, Business Development for its Ademco manufacturing subsidiary. He launched their website, adapted EDI linkages to IP-based Internet applications, coordinated biometric initiatives such as incorporating voice recognition technology in alarm equipment, expanded sales of wireless alarm systems using low-cost, high-reliability and low-data-content transceivers, created new marketing programs for its Alarmnet wireless/cellular alarm monitoring network, developing an OEM spread spectrum product for high-reliability, low cost and low data content applications, advised its Cylink affiliate on new markets for its encryption technology and divestiture of its high data content wireless transmission business unit and structured an innovative home networking joint venture with Microsoft, TCI and PG&E.
From 1988 to 1992, Mr. Gerber worked for the AVX Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:AVX). Gerber was in charge of and led a successful turnaround of its $400M Surface Mount Manufacturing Division, reversing a (10%) loss to 9% profitability in just two years while growing sales by 30%. Key customers included the world's leading telecommunication firms such as Lucent, Nortel, IBM, Motorola, etc. Many of its products were used for military and NASA/satellite applications. He has also worked for Accenture (Andersen Consulting).
Mr. Gerber received a B.S. in Engineering from Princeton University, summa cum laude, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He currently serves as Director of the Harvard Business School Club of New York and previously served as President of both the Harvard Business School Club of New York and the Harvard Business School Club of Dallas.
Mr. Gerber may be reached by phone at 212-812-2311 or by e-mail at rgerber@georgetownadvisory.com or rgerber@gtadv.com.
Bruce Meberg
Bruce Meberg has held senior management positions in marketing, development and operations with both established and emerging next generation companies including Mimeo.com, SupplyLogic and USADATA.
His leadership experience over the past three decades has given him expertise in key business areas including new client launch, account management, business planning, management consulting, online solutions, direct marketing, digital printing, solution sales, product development, product management, market and channel development, international and export marketing, acquisition due-diligence, corporate strategy, digital printing industry, web-to-print (W2P), cross-media direct marketing and online marketing.
Mr. Meberg graduated Princeton University with a B.S. in engineering and earned his M.B.A at N.Y.U.'s Stern School of Management.
Mr. Meberg may be reached by phone at 203-496-6063 or by e-mail at bmeberg@georgetownadvisory.com or bmeberg@gtadv.com.
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