Gary has over 15 years of public relations, promotions and top-tier journalism experience. He specializes in designing, managing and executing domestic and international public relations initiatives for start-up and Fortune 500 companies. He previously held the vice president position at one of the largest technology public relations firms in Silicon Valley where he managed numerous high-profile campaigns, including Cisco Systems and SiteSmith. He was also instrumental in launching iRiver and executing the public relations strategy enabling the company to earn second position behind iPod in the MP3 market.

As a journalist, Gary established the Central European news bureau for Knight-Ridder in Prague and served as its bureau chief. His responsibilities included providing timely business and technology news to global markets. Before joining Knight-Ridder, Gary was a correspondent for The Economist covering technology, retail and consumer markets. He has written for a variety of publications, including London Times, San Jose Mercury and USA Today. Gary earned a bachelor’s degree from University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Intuvo is a revolutionary fusion of an OnDemand CRM application and complete marketing services. Currently targeted towards the Residential Mortgage Industry, Intuvo empowers both Fortune 500 Companies and Individual brokers alike to double their loan originations.

The Intuvo Homebase system leverages the latest OpenLazslo RIA technology, Variable Data Printing technologies & relationship marketing strategies.

Source: LinkedIn

UserVoice adds structure to feedback and reduces the overhead of an honest dialog with our users — It creates a market around good ideas so we get more quality than quantity.

Source: UserVoice

12seconds.tv is the best place online for video status updates. It’s a super easy way to share what you’re doing with your friends and family using short video clips. You can use your web cam or mobile phone. Show your friends where you are, share your thoughts, or tell them how you’re doing. We are building a video status platform that will help you keep up to date with your friends 12 seconds at a time.

Source: Tradevibes.com

The Internet is still an interesting and exciting field for Cruzio co-founder Peggy Dolgenos. She’s currently involved in expanding Cruzio’s horizons, in new technology such as online classified ads and business areas like wireless access. Peggy’s technical background — a degree in Computer Science, combined with 18 years of experience working with computers — adds to her understanding of the inner workings of the Internet. But she’s never forgotten her non-geek roots, and works hard to make Cruzio’s technology useful and understandable to artists and paralegals as well as computer engineers.

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Following an East Coast liberal arts upbringing, including a degree in Management from Yale University, Peggy Dolgenos moved to California and became a Geek. She received a Computer Science degree from UC Santa Cruz and, with her husband Chris Neklason, started Cruzio, one of the first Internet Service Providers in America, in 1989. Today, Peggy is Cruzio’s co-CEO. Her emphasis has always been providing cutting edge technology to non-technical people. In this pursuit she has not only helped make Cruzio the largest Internet Service Provider in Santa Cruz County, but has also hosted the radio show “GeekSpeak” on KUSP, taught classes at Cabrillo Community College, and written articles for tech magazines.

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Cruzio is Santa Cruz Count’s oldest and largest Internet Service Provider, and Dolgenos has been involved in almost every aspect of the business. “I did technical support with a baby on my lap,” she says. Cruzio prides itself on extraordinarily high quality Internet service, including Internet access, DSL, and Web hosting, at a reasonable price. “The service is so good because our employees care,” says Dolgenos, “and it’s my job as CEO to make sure we remain focused on technology services that benefit our community.”

Cruzio can be reached at 831 459-6301, or at www.cruzio.com.

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Jeff Tavangar founded The Armada Group in 1995 to provide companies with exceptional software and IT resources that enable them to achieve vital business objectives. Jeff provides the strategic vision for the company and heads its business development and operations efforts. Under his leadership, Armada has become a leading Silicon Valley IT consulting and technical staffing firm.
Jeff’s keen industry knowledge, IT expertise and ability to recruit top talent have propelled Armada to double its size over the last four years with an average annual growth rate of 28%. In addition to being a vendor of choice for clients such as Cisco and ShoreTel, Armada achieved the distinction of being the top performing technical firm for eBay three consecutive years.

Prior to launching The Armada Group, Jeff was a top revenue producer in consulting services for Heuristic Search and Surfsoft, where he helped clients such as Sun Microsystems, Adobe Systems, EDS, Hitachi and Canon identify and hire top technical talent. He holds a Bachelors degree from the University of California, Irvine. An active member of the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses (NACCB), Jeff is also an avid surfer, snowboarder and belongs to the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz (MBOSC).

Source: The Aramada Group

Surftech is an American surfboard manufacturing company, specializing in the production of epoxy boards, or boards with a polystyrene core and an epoxy resin skin. Founded in 1989 by surfboard shaper Randy French, who wanted to see the industry expand from its focus on individually shaped boards or custom boards to efficiently manufactured mass produced boards. The success of his initial product attracted the interest of other professional shapers such as Dale Velzy, Reynolds Yater, Mickey Munoz, Robert August and Donald Takayama. Others who have since begun creating prototypes for Surftech include Glen Minami, Phil Byrne, John Carper, Rusty Preisendorfer, and Al Merrick. Almost all Surftech boards are manufactured in Thailand and are shipped throughout the world. Board prices retail generally for $575 and up, depending on the size.

Surftechs are generally known for their unique flex and painted finish. Many talented surfers ride them though models are also created for surfers of all levels including specific boards for novices and beginners. They are very durable and are a much tougher board than the traditional polyurethane board.

They also make paddleboards, kiteboards & premium skimboards.

Source: Wikipedia

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Mr. Kannappan serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Plantronics and has been a member of the Board since 1999. He joined Plantronics in February 1995 as Vice President - Sales, responsible for OEM Sales and the Asia Pacific/Latin America markets for Plantronics, Inc. Mr. Kannappan was promoted to Vice President - Sales, responsible for the United States, Asia Pacific/Latin America markets in September 1995. Mr. Kannappan was promoted to Managing Director of our Plantronics Limited subsidiary in England in March 1996. In March 1997, Mr. Kannappan returned from England and was promoted to Senior Vice President responsible for Plantronics’ Worldwide Operations, Plantronics’ Mobile and Clarity Divisions and Plantronics Limited. In March 1998, Mr. Kannappan was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer. In January 1999, Mr. Kannappan was promoted to Chief Executive Officer and appointed to the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Plantronics, Mr. Kannappan was Senior Vice President of Investment Banking for Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated, where he was employed from August 1985 through January 1995.

Mr. Kannappan has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Yale University and a Master’s of Business Administration from Stanford University. Mr. Kannappan also serves as Director of Mattson Technology, Inc., a supplier of advanced process equipment for the semiconductor industry.

Source: http://www.plantronics.com/