Anthony Elliott, CPA is a forensic “royalty audit” specialist with more than 30 years of public and corporate accounting experience. He consults with EDC SBDC small business clients on a broad range of finance, accounting and tax related topics, including business startup assistance, business plan and financial projection development, access to capital, disaster recovery, dueRead more
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Gonzalo Fernandez has a business degree from La Salle Business College in Havana, Cuba. He is the founder of GBF Consulting, a small business financing advisory. His areas of expertise are analyzing and securing business loans, and strategic planning. An experienced banker, he had held senior management positions at national, regional and community banks, includingRead more
Melissa Forziat is a Hermosa Beach-based marketer, speaker, consultant, and author. She helps small businesses market on a budget with specialties including marketing strategy, email marketing, social media marketing, sponsorship marketing, and partnership marketing. Before starting Melissa Forziat Events and Marketing, Melissa’s career involved roles with the Olympic Winter Games, Rugby World Cup, and theRead more
Samuel Frank’s background spans tech, manufacturing, energy, and nonprofit environments, with two decades of experience turning complex, cross-functional problems into practical steps that teams can actually act on. He blends analytical structure with a straightforward, collaborative style, working closely with founders to sharpen priorities, pressure-test assumptions, and build simple operating rhythms that reduce noise andRead more
Erin Fredregill, B.A., is the Founder/CEO of Robe + Signet, a full-service social media agency providing strategy, content marketing, and implementation services to small and medium-sized brands in a variety of industries. Her experience spans over 6 years of in-house and agency experience managing integrated marketing campaigns for accounts in numerous industries as diverse asRead more
Sasha Globa is a finance professional with decades of experience supporting business operations in a variety of organizations and industries, ranging from multinational manufacturing and distribution to tech startups. He has served in management roles encompassing business development, marketing, financial planning and analysis, as well as financial reporting and internal control. More recently, Sasha servedRead more
Shalene Hayman, B.S., has worked in the accounting industry for more than 20 years. She has experience with local public accounting firms and as a partner and principal in her own firms specializing on managerial finance/accounting functions. She is the CFO/Controller for many large nonprofit organizations and small businesses in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
Noel has 25+ years of global experience combined with an outcome driven, entrepreneurial mindset that underpins his successes in establishing, supervising and motivating multinational teams of specialists. His strong visionary thought leadership is based on a solid, routinely updated, engineering background. He is a practicing software engineering process architect and enterprise management executive with aRead more
Sarita D. Jackson, PhD, CGBP, is a bilingual (English/Spanish) international trade consultant and founder of the Los Angeles-based Global Research Institute of International Trade, LLC (GRIIT). Her expertise helps firms enhance their revenue by capitalizing on global market opportunities. She has extensive experience in Latin America, the Caribbean and Southern Africa. Dr. Jackson is theRead more
Doug Korte is an internationally recognized, award winning and accomplished global technology business executive, guest speaker, investor, and respected transformational leader, experienced in turning-around and growing high-tech companies sized from start-up to Fortune 50. In addition to serving as an executive for IBM, HP and Harris Corporation, responsible for multi-million-dollar business operations, he has helpedRead more
