Carolina Miranda is the founder of Cultivating Capital, a business consulting firm specializing in helping women business owners develop sustainable businesses. She holds an MBA in Sustainable Enterprise that combines fundamental business skills with a deep understanding of sustainable business practices. She has a background in both non-profit and for-profit businesses and has first-hand experience working as a Sustainability Manager, implementing sustainability certifications, and conducting green business audits.

Nicole Winkler-Schaefer is a professionally trained Life Coach, specializing in empowering women to be confident in their lives and businesses. Through her own personal transformations, she has learned to navigate change from different angles and believes that fulfillment comes from being confident to fully express who you are, in all areas of your life. She helps women be confident in who they are through individual and group coaching, and workshops. You can check out her website at www.BeYouConfidently.com.

 

During his career in high tech, Mr. Gilmer served as CEO or COO for several large Silicon Valley firms. He also founded and served as the first CEO of Lectrosonics, Inc, which is currently the leading supplier of wireless microphone systems to the entertainment industry. For two years he was a partner in Bledsoe & Olson, a Silicon Valley turnaround firm. In 1993, he became the Northern California Regional Manager for CFO Today, Inc., a nationwide franchise that offers payroll, tax and accounting services to small business owners. From 1992 through 2003, he also served as CFO for Nisene Technologies, Inc., a small high-tech firm based in Santa Cruz, California. Additionally, Mr. Gilmer has operated a CFO Today local franchise that has served more than 200 small businesses in San Mateo County over the past 17 years. Mr. Gilmer holds a BSEE from Oklahoma State University. He successfully completed the Stanford University Senior Executive Program in 1983. 

 

Mr. Y. K. Ho has been engaged in accounting for more than 25 years. He served as the CFO for the U.S. operations of a large diversified international firm for more than 20 years. In 2001 he joined, B. L. Pang and Associates, a tax and bookkeeping practice located in San Carlos, CA. In 2009 he left that position and established Y. K. Ho & Associates, a tax and bookkeeping practice located in San Mateo.  Shortly thereafter he became a partner in the CFO Today payroll, tax and accounting franchise located in that city. Mr. Ho is an Enrolled Agent admitted to practice before the IRS. In addition, Mr. Ho earned professional accounting qualification as an Associate and subsequently as a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom.  

David Joud is the President of Dynamic Strategic Alignment – a company he founded in 2004.  He is a Certified Business Coach who works primarily with executives and local entrepreneurs. His clients’ commonality is that they thrive on the entrepreneurial spirit.  They are people who want to take control of their lives and their business, reach their potential, and gain a clear focus for the future. David is a member of several community and business organizations.  He is very active in the Chamber of Commerce in Mountain View, chair-elect of the board of director in 2010-2011, co-chairing several committees, and offering seminars for local businesses.  David is also serving as chairman of the board of directors for KMVT15, a local non-profit public access TV station based in Mountain View.  Today David is developing Dynamic Strategic Alignment, a coaching firm, in Northern California.  He is eager to put his talent and enthusiasm to work in our community.

Phyllis Garland is a website designer and Social Media Specialist who loves assisting clients with one-on-one service to achieve dynamic results. She helps small businesses establish a solid web presence, converting ideas into action and effectively tackling any technical challenge that comes her way. Phyllis knows what it takes to increase traffic to our clients’ websites and build awareness of their products and services.  Phyllis works in both MAC and PC platforms, and is comfortable with a variety of web design software applications, such as Adobe Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator and computer languages such as CSS, Javascript, Flash, and HTML. She is also efficient in online/Internet marketing, Search Enginge Optimization (SEO), social media strategy, WordPress, blog design and maintenance, graphic design, and press release writing.

John Pol is a web promotion expert, business owner and entrepreneur.  He is the founder of StrategicMarketingLab.com – a company he founded in 2008.  John has partnered with small and medium sized business for the past 10 years to improve their marketing efforts and increase their profits.  He is driven by his passion for working with business owners and utilizing new technology to leverage business success.  John resides in Mountain View, California where he is eager to share his talent and knowledge with other like-minded entrepreneurs and action takers.

Kimberly Culp is an attorney at Colt / Wallerstein LLP.  She specializes in business litigation, intellectual property litigation and employment litigation.  Kimberly has represented individuals, small businesses, privately held companies and publicly traded companies.  She obtained her law degree from U.C Hastings School of Law and her undergraduate degree from U.C. Davis.