KIREGISTRY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Product Officer ( AEC )
Ms. Cupples oversees the development and design of the company's products and services. She is dedicated to aligning project experience and company products. Ms. Cupples is a registered Landscape Architect, certified Planner, and LEED Accredited Professional with more than 25 years' experience. She has received numerous awards while part of design and construction teams including from the AIA, AIA East Bay Chapter, ASLA, ASLA Northern California Chapter, PCBC Gold Nugget Awards, DBIA, CMAA, California Counties Architects & Engineers Association, ENR California, Silicon Valley Business Journal. Ms. Cupples mission is to transform the way the AEC world builds.
Mr. Kramer is an international keynote speaker (including TED), a bestselling author, executive coach and marketing strategist consulting Fortune 500 clients such as Harvard, IBM, Cisco, TED, MasterCard, Dell, NASA, NFL, Pitney Bowes and many more. He also sits on several advisory boards including Mutual Mind, Raynforest, HealthPure and SpiderQube. Mr. Kramer is also a Forbes contributor. As president/CEO of Purematter-his digital marketing agency in San Jose, CA- his leadership steered one of the fastest growing private companies in Silicon Valley and a recognition as one of the publication's "Top Who's Who."
Ms. Proctor serves as co-managing member of and leads the Real Estate Practice Group of Century Law Firm, PLLC. Ms. Proctor has been listed in Best Lawyers in America and is a leading real estate lawyer in the Northwest. Ms. Proctor has served many distinguished roles in the community, including serving as the prior Chairwoman of the Board of Regents of the University of Washington and prior President of the Pacific Real Estate Institute. Ms. Proctor's 30 years in practice includes clients in the U.S government, quasi-governmental, and foreign entities. She has represented financial institutions, lenders, developers, other commercial business entities and nonprofit organizations. She served two terms as a member of the Board of Directors of the Seattle Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Constance received her degree from the University of Washington School of Law which honored her as a Distinguished Alumna.
Job Titles:
- Independent Procurement / Planning Consultant
Mr. Baxter is an independent procurement/planning consultant to public and private sector institutions, development banks and agencies globally. Although focused on PPPs, he also advises institutions in North America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia implement sustainable planning, procurement, and implementation project best practices; and navigate the challenges that complex procurements face, thereby resulting in client tenders that are transparent, competitive, resilient and market tested. As the chair of WAPPP's North America's Chapter he works with my counterparts in Mexico and Canada to build transnational alliances. At the Institute for Public-Private Partnerships (IP3) he was responsible for building a global network of PPP practitioners that allowed IP3's parent company to penetrate the PPP market.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Strategist
Mr. Gandara is a business development strategist with close to three decades of global experience including senior positions at Moneytree and DB Squared. Mr. Gandara guides paradigm-shifting companies through access to new markets, strategic joint ventures, and key customer introductions. He prefers a hands-on approach to assist extraordinary entrepreneurs to transform their vision into reality and/or guide high growth companies to take advantage of unique market opportunities in the US and abroad. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business and co-founder of the Ernest I.J. Aguilar Scholarship Endowment.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of TerreStar Network
Mr. Sobieski is the Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of TerreStar Network, which successfully integrated the core components of an emerging 4G network. Doug was a key original architectural member of what later became XO Communications. Doug served in various senior management positions at Broadband Wireless. Prior to his XO tenure, Doug was Director of Telecommunications at Questar Corporation in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he developed a business unit that became the foundation for Nextel. Most recently, he managed Tahoe Consulting, a company that facilitates network service expansion and policy implementation in South America.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- President
Mr. Molander manages the operational delivery and functionality of the company's products and services and the strategic business plans for exceptional global performance. Mr. Molander is an energy and operations veteran with 27 years of experience spanning all aspects of corporate operations, construction, finance, procurement, supply chain, IT, land, and development. He led high profile state and federal projects in excess of $1 billion, presided as President of Puget Western and numerous director/executive positions with Puget Energy. Mr. Molander's mission is to stand up a world class company.
Mr. Madison manages the capital structure and strategic planning of the company's finances. He maintains strict adherence to GAAP, SEC, and global accounting standards. Mr. Madison is a finance and accounting veteran with over 30 years of experience in both public and private companies. He has assisted clients in accounting, tax, financial reporting, strategic planning, and financial leadership. He has been CFO, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director of a public company. Mr. Madison's mission is to maintain financial integrity and accountability for the company at all stages.
Ms. Hopkins served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Puget Sound Energy, where she spearheaded its information technology efforts and identified and enabled business process improvements. Prior to leading Puget Sound Energy's large-scale delivery programs, Margaret held the title of director of IT infrastructure at Puget Sound Energy where she was responsible for the design, delivery, support of enterprise-wide infrastructure, and technology solutions.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Ms. Mellies served as Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for Puget Sound Energy. Ms. Mellies led a corporate shared services organization that includes human resources, facilities, safety, security, business continuity, and fleet services. Prior to joining Puget Sound Energy in 2005, Ms. Mellies was general manager of Human Resources for Microsoft Corporation's Server and Tools Business in Redmond, Washington.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Chief Executive Officer
Job Titles:
- Executive Director of the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
Prof. Kunz is Executive Director of the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering at Stanford University and has a teaching appointment in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Stanford University. He also serves on the advisory board of Alice Technologies, introducing Artificial Intelligence to Construction and Engineering. Prior to joining Stanford, he was Chief Knowledge Systems Engineer at IntelliCorp, which developed commercial applications of Artificial Intelligence methods in many areas of engineering, manufacturing, and business. In the 1970s, he led development of the first application of Artificial Intelligence ever used in practice, the PUFF system for pulmonary function diagnosis, whose descendants remain in wide use globally.
Job Titles:
- Senior Partner and Co - Chair of the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Mr. Sybert is a senior partner and Co-chair of the Intellectual Property practice group of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP. He has a national and international practice representing and counseling major U.S. and foreign businesses in complex litigation and arbitration in state and federal courts, and before administrative agencies. His areas of expertise include all aspects of intellectual property including trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets; unfair competition including antitrust and trade secrets; and complex commercial litigation including franchise and contracts. Prior to joining Gordon & Rees in 2001, Mr. Sybert served as General Counsel and Vice President of Lanard Toys, a Hong Kong based, U.S.-owned toy company with global operations, where he was responsible for the company's legal affairs worldwide as well as business management of its U.S. operations. He is admitted to practice law in California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Oregon, and Washington.
Mr. McMahon spent more than 30 years helping global leaders in the financial services industry create significant value and enhanced customer impact through the creative use of data, analytics, and insights. As General Partner of the Rosemark Capital Group, Mr. McMahon invested in intellectual property-centered firms and oversaw the North American Financial Services consulting group at Cap Gemini, a $12 Billion revenue global services company. He has held positions as Executive Vice President for the Atlantic Region at HSBC; Partner at Booz, Allen Hamilton leading their global financial services practice; and he was CEO of Toronto Dominion Bank, USA. In addition to his work with large organizations, in 1999 Mr. McMahon co-founded and later sold his interest in Novantas, a data services and consulting firm that continues to flourish today.