At BGP, we believe that professional growth is a lifelong journey. Our Key Mentors offer a wealth of diverse experience, top accolades and lasting success across multiple fields. Their guidance will help you achieve Greatness.
Joel Holland is the founder and CEO of Video Blocks (videoblocks.com), the first subscription-based provider of stock video and audio, with over 100,000 customers in the television and video production industry, from NBC to MTV to pro-sumers and hobbyists looking to enhance their video projects and productions. In 2012, Video Blocks was named the #4 Fastest Growing Media Company by Inc. Magazine, and made the prestigious Inc. 500 list. For his work with Video Blocks, Joel has been named one of the "Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25" by BusinessWeek Magazine, and "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" by the United States Small Business Administration.
videoblocks.com
Alex Zhardanovsky is co-founder of one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies, PetFlow.com. Through innovative use of social media and its easy-to-use scheduled delivery of pet food, PetFlow.com is on track to reach over $50 Million in sales in just its 3rd year of operations. Prior to PetFlow.com, Alex co-founded and sold a performance-based online advertising network, Epic Advertising, which he helped grow from zero to over $200 Million in annual sales. Alex is an avid angel investor having invested in over 14 businesses, and a dog lover.
petflow.com
Darcy is Founder and CEO of PayVia. Darcy Wedd is a seasoned mobile executive with over 16 years of experience in the mobile industry. Wedd holds executive leadership roles within key industry and regulatory bodies focused on the growth and maturation of network operator payment technologies and services. Wedd was a founding member of one of the fastest growing carrier billing companies in North America, ultimately resulting in the creation of North America's largest operator network billing provider. Wedd brings a rich heritage in mobile, a proven track record of leading profitable companies and an inspirational vision to payvia.
usepayvia.com
Gautam is the co-founder and CEO of NatureBox. Prior to launching NatureBox, Gautam was a Principal at General Catalyst Partners. While at General Catalyst, he sourced and was actively involved with the firm's investments in GoodData, PlumDistrict, BigCommerce, Shareaholic, Honest Company and FriendBuy. Gautam joined General Catalyst from Procter and Gamble, where he analyzed brand strategy and consumer preferences in the Consumer Market Knowledge group of Procter and Gamble's North American Fabric Care business unit. Prior to that, he worked closely with the sales and marketing groups at SinglePoint (fka: Wireless Services Corporation) and CTV Live on Campus, during his studies at Babson College.
naturebox.com
Mr. Krieger is a member of the Kirton McConkie Intellectual Property section. His practice focuses on international intellectual property law, including foreign and domestic patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition law, computer law, and licensing. He represents some of the largest clients in the world in the field of wireless data communication, printers, and server synchronization. Mr. Krieger is recognized as one of Utah's Legal Elite and as a Mountain States Super Lawyers for Intellectual Property.
kmclaw.com
Dave Santulli is the Founder and Executive Director of United Planet. Mr. Santulli lived in Tokyo, Japan for 9 years as the President and CEO of a Tokyo-based trading company. Mr. Santulli holds a Master's of International Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Boston, attended St. Louis University's International Business and Spanish Language program in Madrid, Spain, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Santulli has also been a teacher in US public schools and certified accountant and financial consultant for Price Waterhouse. In addition to living in various parts of the world for a significant portion of his life, Mr. Santulli has traveled to over 100 nations and has studied Spanish, Japanese, and Russian. Mr. Santulli created the concept of Relational Diplomacy as a practical method to improve intercultural relations. Relational Diplomacy is the theory that peace building and improved intercultural relations can occur by creating a vast and intricate web of interpersonal relationships and friendships. Relational Diplomacy is instrumental to his work at United Planet.
unitedplanet.org
Michael is Founder and CEO of Webair. Founded in 1996, Webair.com provides viable web hosting, web development, and managed solutions for companies of all sizes and is recognized as a global leader in the industry. With datacenters in New York, Los Angeles, Montreal and Amsterdam, Webair continues to grow while leading the way with cutting edge technology, exemplary customer service and the value added extras that provide their customers with the peace of mind to effectively run their business.
webair.com
Alexander Debelov is CEO of Virool, an online video advertising network. Virool's clients include: Heineken, Havaianas, General Motors, Colgate, Clorox and Snoop Dogg. In the past, Alexander was CEO of Crelligence Media, an award winning marketing company, and co-founder the Kairos Society, world's largest student entrepreneurship organization. He has participated as a speaker at numerous international forums like The Kairos Global Summit, Youth International Economic Forum and IV Russian Innovation Convention. Alexander is a 2010 graduate of Babson College (ranked as #1 in Entrepreneurship), where he was recognized as the Most Outstanding Entrepreneurship Student, #1 place winner of John H. Muller Undergraduate Business Plan competition and was named Top 5 College Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneur Magazine.
Virool.com
Michael Mothner is the founder and CEO of Wpromote, one of the world's leading search engine marketing firms. Wpromote is was honored as a member of the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Inc 500/5000 list, with over 3,300% revenue growth from 2003 to 2008. The annual Inc 500 list honors the 500 fastest growing private companies in the country. With an innovative, proprietary search platform and 125 employees globally, Wpromote provides powerful and effective search engine marketing solutions to over 3,000 clients worldwide, including HP, SonyStyle, Lenovo, Adobe, BuyCostumes.com, and Wine.com. An Economics and Computer Science major at Dartmouth College, Michael is a respected member of the online marketing community. He is one of four annual invitees to the Google Client Forum, is a Yahoo Ambassador, a member of ThinkLA, a regular speaker at industry events and a regularly quoted source in the search engine marketing industry. Michael was featured as "30 CEO's under 30 To Watch" in 2007 by Inc. magazine, and in 2008 Michael was recipient of the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Entretech Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit.
wpromote.com
Ola is founder and CEO of PMBC Group, a multi-tier public relations agency based in Beverly Hills specializing in Corporate Communications PR and Technology PR. PMBC Group, crafts individualized ROI-driven PR campaigns for clients in the Tech and Corporate Sectors by utilizing and combining the latest PR and marketing techniques, Social Media and SEO tools. Whether the goal is to attract investors, excite shareholders, go public, go global, or build a brand, PMBC is the catalyst to a client's public relations' success.
pmbcgroup.com
Jeff currently works at KZO Innovations, a software development company which he co-founded in 2007. He serves as Vice President of Business Development and plays a key role in select strategic accounts and corporate development activities. He is an expert with interactive streaming media technologies and was a member of the development team for the KZO technology. Prior to KZO Innovations, Jeff founded KZO Webcasting and since 2003 produced hundreds of global webcasts ranging from events in the White House for the President to film festivals in Hollywood. Jeff has a B.S. in Information Technology with a concentration in Information Security and Network Administration from George Mason University.
kzoinnovations.com
Jeff is Co-Founder of IdeaPaint. IdeaPaint is an innovative and environmentally responsible whiteboard paint that transforms virtually any surface into a high-performance, dry erase canvas. Fun and easy to apply, IdeaPaint is incredibly cost effective versus traditional whiteboards, and outperforms all of the other leading dry erase options. With over 75,000 successful installations worldwide, IdeaPaint is the gold standard for dry erase performance, flexibility and environmental responsibility.
ideapaint.com
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