| Richard D. Smith is Chairman & CEO of U.S. Road To Recovery LLC which he started as a private sector
initiative in February 2008. Richard also serves as CEO, President and Managing Principal of SMITH-TRG
a business performance improvement and value creation consulting firm he founded in 1997. At
SMITH-TRG Richard developed, launched and CEO led multiple emerging market digital media ventures.
He is an author, 2006 book 'AD-MIRED' Media's Power to Create Business Value and speaker to business
groups on visioning, innovation, business transformation, economic issues, and future-world markets.
Richard has over twenty-five years of general management and senior business development leadership
experience in pre/post IPO and FORTUNE 200 companies (CSC, MCI and IBM). He earned his Bachelor of
Science degree in Business from Strayer College and served honorably in the U.S. Army. In 2007, he
founded The Patriots Project a pro bono private sector initiative to directly assist 'Wounded-Warriors'
recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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| Steve Kenda is CEO of HireAbility.com, a world-class provider of CV/resume extraction (parsing)
technology used by job boards, applicant tracking and vendor management systems, HRIS systems,
and staffing companies to manage the influx of CVs and resumes to their businesses. New Hampshire
based HireAbility is also involved in e-media, training, and social networking in the recruitment space.
Steve graduated from MIT in 1979 and has spent the past 30 years as an entrepreneur, founding
and co-founding six companies while acquiring seven. As Founder, Chairman & CEO of KENDA Systems
in 1984, Steve grew the business to a peak of $80 million in revenue and 850 employees in 20 offices
spanning nine time zones. He has served as a director of the Salem Boys' and Girls' Club as well as the
president and chairman of the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses (NACCB).
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| Steven W Hillstrom is President and CEO of Xeratec Corporation, a Michigan based firm he
founded in 2001. Xeratec specializes in custom software and database applications, virtualization
technology, system conversions, and multi-system integration with a focus on Microsoft® and
VMWare® solutions - serving clients in healthcare, manufacturing, technology and energy markets
as well as state government entities. Previously Steve worked for 14 years in various leadership
and global system architect roles with Baxter Healthcare. Steve graduated from DePaul University
with a BA in Management of Information Systems.
Steve has a large family with two children who have served in the military. The eldest was injured in
Iraq and earned a Purple Heart. The younger is an Army Ranger now stationed in Washington. Steve
volunteers for the Keweenaw Care Corp., a non-profit group that help today's military faimilies
before, during and after deployment.
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| Alan S. Michaels is President & CEO of eCompetitors Inc, a New York firm which provides side-by
-side company comparisons at the line-of-business level, as well as information on the top 11,000
global industries which cover over 97% of the world's economy. Prior to co-founding eCompetitors
nine years ago, Alan had 25 years experience in leadership roles at major corporations, including
IBM, Manufacturers Hanover Bank (now JPMorgan Chase), McKinsey & Company, GE, and three
multi-billion dollar insurance companies, including OneBeacon Insurance where he was the
Corporate Planner and VP of E-business. Alan has a BA in Economics, an MBA in Finance, and an
MS degree in Computer Systems - all from Binghamton University.
Alan also founded the LinkedIn group Corporate Planning & Global Industry Segmentation with
over 5,300+ members world-wide.
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