Howard Morgan
Howard Morgan has more than 25 years of experience serving as a mentor, advisor and investor in entrepreneurial ventures. Dr. Morgan is, and for more than the past six years has been, President of Arca Group, Inc., a consulting and investment management firm, and since January 1999 has been a director of and consultant to Idealab, which creates and operates internet companies. Since 2005, he has been a partner of First Round Capital, a venture investment firm. Dr. Morgan was Professor of Decision Sciences at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1972 through 1986. He is a director of Internet Brands, Inc.
Howard Morgan has more than 25 years of experience serving as a mentor, advisor and investor in entrepreneurial ventures. Dr. Morgan is, and for more than the past six years has been, President of Arca Group, Inc., a consulting and investment management firm, and since January 1999 has been a director of and consultant to Idealab, which creates and operates internet companies. Since 2005, he has been a partner of First Round Capital, a venture investment firm. Dr. Morgan was Professor of Decision Sciences at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1972 through 1986. He is a director of Internet Brands, Inc.
Jawahar Chirimar, CEO
Jawahar has worked for over 18 years in Financial Institutions, including: Susquehanna Investment Group, Fisher Francis Trees & Watts, Lehman Brothers, IREO and Citi Bank. His experience covers: Quantitative Research, Risk Management, Credit Trading, Business Start-up, Private Equity and Managing a key trading profit center at Lehman. Jawahar earned his PhD in CIS from University of Pennsylvania, a BA in Mathematics and a BS in Computer Science from Cornell.
Jawahar has worked for over 18 years in Financial Institutions, including: Susquehanna Investment Group, Fisher Francis Trees & Watts, Lehman Brothers, IREO and Citi Bank. His experience covers: Quantitative Research, Risk Management, Credit Trading, Business Start-up, Private Equity and Managing a key trading profit center at Lehman. Jawahar earned his PhD in CIS from University of Pennsylvania, a BA in Mathematics and a BS in Computer Science from Cornell.
Parmjit S Kang (Parm), acting CFO & CMO
Parm has worked nearly 10 years in Financial Institutions, including: BNY Mellon, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, and Houlihan Lokey. His experience covers: Corporate Strategy and Product Development in Retail Banking & Securities Servicing, Venture Capital, and M&A. Parm earned his MBA from the Yale School of Management, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and a BS in Mathematics from UCLA.
Parm has worked nearly 10 years in Financial Institutions, including: BNY Mellon, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, and Houlihan Lokey. His experience covers: Corporate Strategy and Product Development in Retail Banking & Securities Servicing, Venture Capital, and M&A. Parm earned his MBA from the Yale School of Management, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and a BS in Mathematics from UCLA.
Jay Cuthrell
Jay Cuthrell is a strategic technology consultant with Cuthrell Consulting, LLC and frequent industry speaker based in Research Triangle Park, NC and Missoula, MT. His focus is serving clients that are telecommunications service providers, startup companies, and investment groups. He has held CTO, VP, and GM roles at Digitel Corporation and NeoNova (an Azure Capital and Bridgescale Partners portfolio company) and infrastructure consulting roles working both domestically and internationally for Fortune 500 clients. He also served at Scient (iXL), Nortel, Analysts International, IBM, and NCSU College of Engineering. He holds a BS in Materials Science and Engineering from North Carolina State University.
Jay Cuthrell is a strategic technology consultant with Cuthrell Consulting, LLC and frequent industry speaker based in Research Triangle Park, NC and Missoula, MT. His focus is serving clients that are telecommunications service providers, startup companies, and investment groups. He has held CTO, VP, and GM roles at Digitel Corporation and NeoNova (an Azure Capital and Bridgescale Partners portfolio company) and infrastructure consulting roles working both domestically and internationally for Fortune 500 clients. He also served at Scient (iXL), Nortel, Analysts International, IBM, and NCSU College of Engineering. He holds a BS in Materials Science and Engineering from North Carolina State University.