W. John Devine , Retail Consultant
James D. Helin, Marketing Advisor
Corley Phillips, Angel Investor & Financial Consultant
Michael Takagawa, Management Consultant
Russell Fradin, E-Business Consultant

W. JOHN DEVINE

Retail Consultant

• 25 years senior management in big-box retail
• EVP, COO, Toys R Us - 17 Years
  • Grew company from 4 to 200+ stores
  • Established $3B international division
  • Named "Geoffrey Giraffe" and created Geoffrey Dollars
• Chairman and CEO, Child World Inc.
  • 180 Stores
  • Annual revenue $800M
• Chairman and CEO, Auto Parts Club, Inc.
  • 17 Stores
  • Annual revenue $100M
  • Raised $16M in equity financing
• University of Maryland, Mathematics / Computer Science.

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JAMES D. HELIN

Marketing Advisor

• 2001 - 2002 President, Paramount Farms (Sunkist)
• 1999 - President, Chief Marketing Officer, Los Angeles Times
• Former President/Management Consultant, JD Helin Management Company
• Former CEO/Managing Director, D'Arcy Masius Benton Bowles
• Former Executive Vice President, Dailey & Associates
• Director, American Association of Advertising Agencies (New York)
• Instructor, University of Southern California, Institute of Advanced Advertising Studies
• Honors Include:
  • Leader of the Year, Western States Advertising Agencies Association
  • AdWeek's Agency of the Year
  • Alumnus of the Year, San Jose State University, College of Business
• Honorary Member, Beta Gamma Sigma, national business professional society
• BS Marketing with Honors, San Jose State University
  

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CORLEY PHILLIPS

Angel Investor & Finance Consultant

• General/Founding Partner, American River Ventures
• Active seed stage investor in 28 companies since 1993
• Board Member, Cam Commerce Solutions (NASDAQ: CADA)
• Board Member, McClellan Technology
• President, Manzanita Software Systems, 1990-1994
• President, Grafpoint, 1984-1990
• BSEE/MSEE, Washington State University, St. Louis
• MBA, Santa Clara University

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MICHAEL TAKAGAWA

Management Consultant

• Founder & President - The Corporate Edge
• Former President/COO, Discovery Toys, Inc.
• Former VP Sales & Marketing, Colgate Palmolive
• Personal coach to CEOs and executives at major corporations
• BA, University of California, Berkeley
• MBA, Stanford University

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RUSSELL FRADIN

E-Business Consultant

• SVP Business Development - Wine.com
• Executive Vice President of Corporate Development for comScore Networks (comScore Media Metrix - http://www.comscore.com), where he is responsible for defining and structuring new business channels and applications to extend the comScore Customer Knowledge Platform
• Former VP Business Development, Engage Technologies, Inc.
• Former Manager Business Development, Flycast Communications
• Former staff member at ADEMCO and FBI
• Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

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