Russ Aldrich manages challenging business situations and delivered measurable results for over four decades.  His key skills are C-Level/Board Level Management, Fund Raising, P&L Center Responsibility, Executive Recruitment, Domestic and International Sales Channel Development, Technology Transfer, M&A Experience, and Product Development and Management. This work covered some of the most prestigious companies in the world as they developed medical devices, semiconductor systems, telecommunication products, computer software, and hardware. He was a founding partner at Guide Ventures, LLC, where the team raised two (2) seed/early-stage private equity funds in 1996 ($15MM) and 1999 ($21MM). The funds invested in new media, enterprise software, and network security, and both had successful exits. 

An energetic leader, Anette Asher inspires and moves teams into action while keeping an eye on the company vision and Board’s mandates. Her strengths and passions are discovery, critical thinking, and deployment, which add value and improve ROI creatively. With 25+ years of leadership and insight, she pierces through the fog to help teams find a course that produces win-win deals. Quick to see complex interrelations, can coalesce and identify patterns between people, processes, and their ideas and redirect them to boost outcomes. Her entrepreneurial spirit and empathy help companies reignite their reason for being and clarify fuzzy plans. With a mindset that your wins help all of us win, Anette drives teams to achieve goals, initiate organizational change/turnarounds, and succeed. 

Bruce Whetstone’s experience spans four decades as a leader in information systems and technology, including over 25 years in IT management with major global corporations and over 15 years as an IT management consultant. His extensive track record showcases success in business-critical situations by linking a company’s IT strategy to its business strategy. Bruce solves complex problems and addresses IT infrastructure, operations, staffing, and management issues. His experience includes major IT system integration projects, including over 20 merger and acquisitions, data center relocations/consolidations, deployment projects, and re-architecting global systems.