Russell Brand has founded three successful companies and advised and made angel investments in hundreds more. His current focus is on crafting investor and customer stories to enable early stage companies to have their offerings valued and appreciated. Russell offers strategic advising to companies of all sizes and shapes. He has done noted work in open source adoption, artificial intelligence-aided software engineers, and computer security and has sold and been awarded six patents in the organization of computer storage. Several of his projects have individually resulted in tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in savings to US taxpayers. He has been active in several angel investment groups, including Keiretsu Forum and MIT Angels. Russell received his masters from University of California, Berkeley, and his bachelor's degree from MIT, where he was a member of Tau Beta Pi and an officer of Eta Kappa Nu. Email: brand@QuietCandor.com Website: http: //www.QuietCandor.com/ LinkedIn: https: //www.linkedin.com/in/russell-brand/ Hong Nguyen-Phuong challenges and inspires teams to fully engage, lead, and innovate. He co-founded Hotaru Media and is a member of Silicon Valley Alliances. Hong studied engineering at MIT, computer science at Boston University, and general management at Harvard Business School. He is committed to learning constantly in interactions with stakeholders and teams to bring innovation and value to market. His 2019 engagements brought to market a food logistics platform and a block-chained communications platform. Hong is certified in project management, Scrum, and scaled agile. Active in local communities, he is most proud of being awarded Individual Member of the Year by the Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce. Email: hong.nguyenp@gmail.com Website: https: //siliconvalleyalliances.com/ LinkedIn: https: //www.linkedin.com/in/hongnguyenp/ Kimberly Wiefling helps people achieve what seems impossible but is merely difficult. She's the founder of Wiefling Consulting and co-founder of Silicon Valley Alliances. She wrote a project management book that has been popular globally for over a decade, Scrappy Project Management: The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls Every Project Faces, which was also published in Japanese by Nikkei Business Press. Kimberly is the executive editor of a series of Scrappy Guides, most recently, Scrappy Women in Business and Scrappy Campaigning. Her expertise includes global leadership and team effectiveness, program and project management, creativity and innovation, and organizational culture. Kimberly is wildly enthusiastic about working with people and teams who are committed to solving global problems, profitably and thus sustainably, in order to make a powerful positive difference on Planet Earth. Email: kimberly@siliconvalleyalliances.com Websites: SiliconValleyAlliances.com, KimberlyWiefling.com, Wiefling.com LinkedIn: https: //www.linkedin.com/in/scrappykimberlywiefling/