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Building the Future has quickly become one of the fastest rising nationally syndicated programs. With a focus on interviewing startups, entrepreneurs, investors, CEOs, and more, the show showcases individuals who are realizing their dreams and helping to make our world a better place through technology and innovation.
Nash is CEO & co-founder of Vallie, UK’s first on-demand parking service. Vallie launched in Nov 2015 to widespread acclaim and has gone on to expand its service through all of Central London. Prior to Vallie, Nash was CEO of G&R Technologies Ltd, where he grew the ad network to manage nearly a billion ads per month before it was acquired. Nash has been an active tech investor and startup advisor. He has invested in over 20 startups personally and through the fund he co-founded, Inflection Ventures. Prior to being an entrepreneur, Nash was Head of Mobile Ad Operations for Asia-Pacific at Google and a senior sales manager at Google USA. Nash was also an early team member at AdMob before it was acquired by Google. He started his career within Google’s AdWords sales team in 2007. Nash has a degree from Columbia University and was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He currently resides in London with his wife. https://www.vallie.co.uk https://twitter.com/valliemycar https://www.facebook.com/Vallie-468452029988177
Bolt Motorbikes Founder, Nathan Jauvtis, has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and has always had a passion for reducing our environmental impact, including founding non-profit A-Day-Without-Driving, a grassroots movement dedicated to educating the world about how we can decrease our carbon footprint. His passion for the environment has been one of the driving forces to create Bolt Motorbikes. As part of the core team at Zero Motorcycles, his contributions led to the production scale of their flagship X-model. Company background: Getting around a city is a real pain. Whether it’s nasty pollution or congested streets, innovations are coming to change the way people get around their cities. Bolt Motorbikes' first product, the M-1, is a smart, fully-electric motorbike that is fun and easy to ride. It is the highest performance and most motorcycle-like experience of any electric bicycle in production and it has the lowest barrier to entry of any motorcycle (gas or electric). The M-1 combines the fun and thrill of a motorcycle with the approachability of a bicycle. http://www.boltmotorbikes.com/ https://twitter.com/boltmotorbikes
Roland Ligtenberg, Co-Founder and VP of Growth and Business Development at HouseCall Pro, is passionate about finding scalable growth channels and mobile technology. HouseCall Pro is revolutionizing the home services industry by offering a cutting-edge SaaS platform for home service professionals to streamline business processes. Its sister app, HouseCall, is a mobile marketplace that makes it easy to book, schedule, and pay for home maintenance. Roland and the rest of the founding team behind HouseCall Pro met while founding a context awareness technology SDK, Gimbal, at Qualcomm Labs. After launching HouseCall, the free app for homeowners, the founders realized the need for an advanced, all-in-one mobile software program for field service management, so HouseCall Pro became the main focus. Through Roland's implementation of growth strategies and channel development, HouseCall Pro has grown from a small startup of five people to a company supporting thousands of home service professionals. http://tryhousecall.com/ https://twitter.com/housecall https://www.facebook.com/HouseCallApp
Robin is tasked with scaling the WaterSmart business and leads the team to improve water-use and operational efficiency for municipal and investor-owned water utilities globally. He has over twenty years of experience in leveraging technology to solve global problems. Prior to WaterSmart, Robin was CEO of Terracotta Inc., a big data software provider. He joined Terracotta from TIBCO Software Inc., a leader in analytics and infrastructure software, during which time he established and grew businesses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. He also served on the boards of Software AG and DataSynapse Inc. Earlier in his career, he was an analyst, consultant and salesperson in capital markets technology. Robin graduated with honors in Economics & Italian Studies from Lancaster University in the UK. http://www.watersmart.com/ https://twitter.com/GetWaterSmart https://www.linkedin.com/company/852570 https://www.facebook.com/WaterSmartSoftware
Michael McAleenan is a Florida native, born and raised in the small beach town of New Smyrna. He's an avid surfer and he loves being on the water. Throughout his career he's started a number of businesses, from agricultural maintenance to his newest adventure in technology development Venue VIking! https://venueviking.com/ http://www.stationhousestpete.com/
Professional highlights 1. Amp Incorporated (now TE Connectivity) – Managed AMP’s GM accounts in Ohio, Delco Air, Delco Products, Delco Moraine, Inland, Frigidaire, responsibilities included connectors, subsystems, switches, fiber optics and other products for Amp’s largest auto-machine accounts. 2. Molex – Marketing Manager Data Division – lead the McKinsey restructuring team to restructure Molex from a product focused company into a customer based company, directed the company away from consumer durables to professional electronics (computer, telecom, datacom), created the Data Division, developed the product that remains their #1 seller over 20 years later, grew sales from $90M to over $2B, with the Data Division doing 20%+ net profit, won numerous company awards. 3. Crane Electronics (now Crane Connectors) – founder, President, developed and sold electronics components and subsystems for the military, telecom, datacom and computers, the company is still profitable over 30+ years later and left to create Compass. 4. Compass – single-handedly developed the world’s most advanced connector system and sold multi-million dollar licenses to 3M, LG and Litton (acquired by Northrop Grumman). 5. The Panda Project – founder, CEO, created the world’s best personal computers and servers, was the #1 IPO of 1996, disrupted the market so much that the company ran afoul of Intel and Microsoft, was the victim of a stock manipulation scheme aided by illegal activities of a major bracket firm forcing the sale of the company to a Silicon Valley venture firm in 1999, but saw no positive return on stock due to a series of missteps by the management team installed by the venture capitalists, never equaling the sales achieved by Panda. 6. Founded NewGuard Entertainment Corp in 2006 to develop content for the changing media landscape. The premier property developed and ready for full launch is World Moto Clash, on track for a $1B+ valuation. 7. Founded the Silicon Valley Incubator to launch large scale firms in hardware, entertainment content and consumer products. 8. In 2015, Crane founded the Cyber Security Incubator when he realized unless the industry started doing a better job, none of the internet would matter and much of our military might wouldn’t either. Achievements 1. Over 100 patents granted in computer architecture, semiconductor technology, robotics, thermodynamics and interconnect technology. 2. Won the ID Magazine and International Design Yearbook annual design awards. 3. Products designed by Crane have been displayed at the San Francisco MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum and the Modern Museum in Bremen, Germany. 4. Won product and marketing awards at Comdex, CeBIT, PC Expo and the Consumer Electronics show. 5. Jean Novell picked a Crane computer design as one of the top science/art object in the world. 6. Crane has been interviewed on NPR, CNBC, NBC and CNN regarding technology and products. 7. An accomplished Superbike racer and team owner for over 30 years, consistently finishing high up in the national standings. 8. Formerly High-Performance editor for BMW News. 9. Currently developing several TV and film properties associated with World Moto Clash. 10. Crane was an accomplished guitar player and DJ at Washington & Lee University radio while studying electrical engineering and playing varsity athletics at the Virginia Military Institute. 11. He has also developed a TV series, Vultures in the Valley, which is currently being developed for ITV Global. www.worldmotoclash.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/stanfordcrane
Professional highlights 1. Amp Incorporated (now TE Connectivity) – Managed AMP’s GM accounts in Ohio, Delco Air, Delco Products, Delco Moraine, Inland, Frigidaire, responsibilities included connectors, subsystems, switches, fiber optics and other products for Amp’s largest auto-machine accounts. 2. Molex – Marketing Manager Data Division – lead the McKinsey restructuring team to restructure Molex from a product focused company into a customer based company, directed the company away from consumer durables to professional electronics (computer, telecom, datacom), created the Data Division, developed the product that remains their #1 seller over 20 years later, grew sales from $90M to over $2B, with the Data Division doing 20%+ net profit, won numerous company awards. 3. Crane Electronics (now Crane Connectors) – founder, President, developed and sold electronics components and subsystems for the military, telecom, datacom and computers, the company is still profitable over 30+ years later and left to create Compass. 4. Compass – single-handedly developed the world’s most advanced connector system and sold multi-million dollar licenses to 3M, LG and Litton (acquired by Northrop Grumman). 5. The Panda Project – founder, CEO, created the world’s best personal computers and servers, was the #1 IPO of 1996, disrupted the market so much that the company ran afoul of Intel and Microsoft, was the victim of a stock manipulation scheme aided by illegal activities of a major bracket firm forcing the sale of the company to a Silicon Valley venture firm in 1999, but saw no positive return on stock due to a series of missteps by the management team installed by the venture capitalists, never equaling the sales achieved by Panda. 6. Founded NewGuard Entertainment Corp in 2006 to develop content for the changing media landscape. The premier property developed and ready for full launch is World Moto Clash, on track for a $1B+ valuation. 7. Founded the Silicon Valley Incubator to launch large scale firms in hardware, entertainment content and consumer products. 8. In 2015, Crane founded the Cyber Security Incubator when he realized unless the industry started doing a better job, none of the internet would matter and much of our military might wouldn’t either. Achievements 1. Over 100 patents granted in computer architecture, semiconductor technology, robotics, thermodynamics and interconnect technology. 2. Won the ID Magazine and International Design Yearbook annual design awards. 3. Products designed by Crane have been displayed at the San Francisco MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum and the Modern Museum in Bremen, Germany. 4. Won product and marketing awards at Comdex, CeBIT, PC Expo and the Consumer Electronics show. 5. Jean Novell picked a Crane computer design as one of the top science/art object in the world. 6. Crane has been interviewed on NPR, CNBC, NBC and CNN regarding technology and products. 7. An accomplished Superbike racer and team owner for over 30 years, consistently finishing high up in the national standings. 8. Formerly High-Performance editor for BMW News. 9. Currently developing several TV and film properties associated with World Moto Clash. 10. Crane was an accomplished guitar player and DJ at Washington & Lee University radio while studying electrical engineering and playing varsity athletics at the Virginia Military Institute. 11. He has also developed a TV series, Vultures in the Valley, which is currently being developed for ITV Global. http://www.worldmotoclash.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanfordcrane
Company Profile We set the seed bed for innovative thinking, providing worldwide incentive challenges open to anyone with the drive to create something unique. From the winning MVP concepts will emerge a company built on the creator’s vision and Fast Track’s execution expertise, capital investment and management services. Mission Fast Track forges unique MVPs into successful companies. Applying a proven business approach, we empower disruptive ideas with seed investment, execution expertise and market experience. https://fasttrack.vc/ https://twitter.com/fasttrackvc https://www.facebook.com/FastTrack.vc https://ca.linkedin.com/in/david-little-56757996
As a self-described unconventional CEO and driven entrepreneur, Mike Tatar is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of VyonCloud, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. But don’t call him CEO. Mike much prefers keeping things on a first name basis. Mike oversees corporate operations to ensure quality service and support for VyonCloud’s small to mid-sized business customers. VyonCloud offers custom cloud solutions and support services including: Application Hosting, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Office 365, Business Class Email and Virtual Private Servers. Before starting VyonCloud, Mike was co-owner and Sr. System Administrator of Invision Technology Solutions. Mike holds a BS in Information Systems from Western International University and an MBA in Technology Management from the University of Phoenix. http://vyoncloud.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Vyon-Cloud-1523754441205792/ https://twitter.com/vyoncloud
Shelley is a psychologist, nationally syndicated columnist, TEDx speaker, and mother of three. She is a partner at venture capital firm Lamp Post Group and the JumpFund, an angel fund investing in female-led startups with high growth potential. Shelley writes about her work on purpose, relationships, and leadership in columns for Inc., and The Huffington Post, and her work has also been featured in Time, Yahoo Business, Fast Company, LifeHacker, and Business Insider. She started Torch with a mission to bring balance and safety to the wild world of technology for our children. She loves that her kids are creative masterminds with technology, but she also wants them to read books, make eye contact, and play outside.
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