Michael has spent the last 15 years building ways to connect people on the web. He founded & was previously CEO of LifeFiles.com, the first online memorial and obituary application, Aldor Solutions, a SAAS application, & LayeredTech.com, one of the world’s fastest growing web hosts. He is an early stage investor & adviser to Cognasys, an expert software system developer & 3tera, the leading cloud software computing platform developer. Michael is also a corporate finance and technology lawyer with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP.
Jim has over 15 years of experience in media including the internet & print publications. His focus has been on marketing & technology at Worth International Media Group, Borrell Technology and Time-Warner, Inc. Jim has been involved with numerous media distribution projects throughout his career & is responsible for implementing brand maximization strategies & fulfilling technical requirements. Jim is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) & also holds an MBA.
Wendy is a proven senior executive with over 13 years of strategic planning, business management, operations and marketing expertise. Wendy is a natural born problem solver who can break down complex business issues into easy to understand and solve components.
Wendy possesses a valuable combination of strategic and visionary expertise combined with a rare ability to communicate them through an organization and implement them to the marketplace. These qualities have led to the successful development of over a hundred innovative products, major new distribution and new distribution channels and increased market share that equated to strong sales and profits.
Wendy developed ConnectedMarketing, just one of the powerful tools Athena Marketing, Inc. uses to determine where the opportunities for increased results are. Through her career she has worked with companies in a variety of business segments throughout the United States, Latin America, Canada and Europe including: Tasco Worldwide in consumer products, Celestron International in Manufacturing, Loren Industries and Nova Southeastern University in education services. Through these companies she has worked closely with retailers worldwide in virtually all channels of distribution including Wal-Mart, Kmart, Natural Wonders, Cabela’s, Bass Pro, Victorinox Latin America, Canadian Tires, Dixons.
In addition, Wendy is extremely involved in the community. Her main involvement is with Women in Distress, a organization committed to the mission of stop abuse for everyone. Wendy holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing from Florida State University and a M.B.A from Nova Southeastern University.
