Constantin Ohanian
Founder and Executive Chairman,
CERTPOINT
Constantin Ohanian is a successful line executive with an outstanding record of pioneering and growing major businesses for Procter & Gamble, CBS Records, Clorox, Tambrands, and RJR Nabisco in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, China, the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Before founding CERTPOINT, he engineered and led Tambrands' global expansion and RJR's $1.2 billion entry into the former Soviet Union. Constantin's opening of the Soviet Union for Tambrands is a current case study of innovative business leadership at Harvard University and his "Marketing Guide for Entrepreneurs" was widely distributed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ara A. Ohanian
Chief Executive Officer, Founder and President,
CERTPOINT
Ara Ohanian brings to CERTPOINT 10 years of international corporate training and knowledge transfer experience. He founded management programs with the late Nobel Laureate Dr. W. Leontief to provide just-in-time training to over 2,500 international executives in more than 10 countries. Before founding CERTPOINT, Ara developed and ran a successful series of entrepreneurship programs to train citizens of the former Soviet Union for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under a contract from Deloitte & Touche.
Barry Rubenstein
General Partner, Wheatley Partners
Barry Rubenstein has been investing in technology companies since 1976 and was a founder or founding consultant to several, including Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc., Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., Novell, Inc., and Cheyenne Software, Inc., where he served as chairman and CEO. Mr. Rubenstein is serving or has served on the boards of USWeb, Opus360, Picazo Communications, CosmoCom, FatWire, and Source Media. He holds a Master's in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from New York University.
Eli Oxenhorn
Executive Consultant
Eli Oxenhorn is a private investor in emerging-growth technology companies and has served as an adviser to Wheatley Partners. From 1984 to 1994, Mr. Oxenhorn served as Chairman and CEO of Cheyenne Software, Inc., which he built into a billion-dollar industry leader in providing back-up and archival solutions for networked computers. Mr. Oxenhorn has also held several senior management positions at Gates/FA, including Chairman of the Board from 1987 to 1989. From 1974 to 1983, Mr. Oxenhorn held various senior technology positions at Warner Communications.
Lawrence Howard, M.D.
Managing Director, Hudson Ventures
After practicing medicine from 1981 to 1988, Lawrence Howard co-founded Presstek, Inc., a publicly held graphic arts company whose market value grew from $12 million to $800 million under his direction as president and CEO. Dr. Howard serves on the boards of several Hudson Ventures portfolio companies, including Intellibridge and Intuitive Products International (IPI) as well as CERTPOINT. He is also on the board of trustees of Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, the Federation Employment and Guidance Services, OPCENTER and the Diabetes Research Institute. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire and New York Medical College.
Dr. Tayeb A. Kamali
Vice Chairman, CERT
Dr. Tayeb A. Kamali is the Vice Chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), and Vice Chairman of the Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT), the first Technology Park in the UAE. Dr. Kamali is a leader in developing and managing organizational change. As part of the senior management team of the Higher Colleges of Technology he has worked to create a world leading eLearning institution through strategic implementation of laptop learning programs, wireless campus infrastructure, online learning programs and knowledge management programs. Dr Kamali is the Founder and Chair of numerous international conferences on eLearning and entrepreneurship taking place in the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Kamali holds a Doctorate in Engineering from George Washington University, and an MBA and Bachelor of Science degrees in both Aeronautical Engineering and Aircraft Engineering from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, USA.
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