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These are the guys I might be working w=th. I only met with Doug Kitani so far. He is now the VP/CFO of Aircraft Owners
and Pilots =ssociation <http://www.aopa.org/info/> . The next person I am to meet this week is Dan Beldy, Dis=ey's
venture capital guy. And the third is Chuck Wallace, the co-founder=of Esurance. They all work for AOPA now. (AOPA -
http://www.aopa.org/info/ <http://www.aopa.org/info/> )&nbs=;Dan and Chuck have consulting contracts at the
moment, gerting the new companies ready for launch, and once that happens they are to=assume executive positions in
these new startups. Doug suggested the same =or me. I would need to sign an NDA.
,,,You sounded sk=ptical about the opportunity...am I missing something that does not sound =ight?
DOUGLAS KITANI&n=sp;
Par=ner @ Calder Capital Partn=rs
Douglas L. Kitani has twelve years of experience including private eq=ity and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining
CCP, he was Head of A=ternative Investments for Honeywell International's $23 billion =ension fund. At Honeywell, Mr.
Kitani held responsibility for all aspect= of the $1 billion alternative asset investment program, including ident=fication,
due diligence, negotiation, structuring and monitoring. Prior =o Honeywell, Mr. Kitani was a Principal and senior direct
investment pro=essional at Quadrant Capital Group, a private equity firm founded by the=0AScripps-Harvey family.
Previously, Mr. Kitani worked in investment banki=g for JP Morgan H&Q and SG Cowen. He started his business career at
=E Capital after serving three and a half years in the US Army as a Black=awk helicopter pilot and platoon leader. Mr.
Kitani graduated the United=States Military Academy, West Point with a BS in Law/Systems Engineering= He also holds
an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory Univers=ty.
D=N BELDY
Managing Director of Steamboat Ventures.
Dan has spen= the last 20 years in technology and finance as an investor, entrepreneu= and operator.
=OA
Dan currently serves on the boards of Fanzt=r, Move Networks, Baynote, Greystripe, Passenger, and Vobile, and is
act=vely involved with FreeWheel . Dan's prior investments include Playdom, =cquired by The Walt Disney Company
(NYSE: DIS).
Prior to Steam=oat, Dan was a co-founder and Managing Director of Plainview Capital, an=innovative family of
fundamental value investment funds that leverage a =roprietary software platform, Plainview Analyticsm. Before
Plain=iew, Dan was an associate and partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners= Focusing on early stage software
investments, Dan was invol=ed with several successful, growing companies as an investor / advisor /=board member
including Employease, acquired by ADP (NASDAQ: ADP), Techno=ati, Starmine, Method Home and Maxion Technologies.
Early in h=s career Dan was an officer and an F/A-18 Hornet jet instructor pilot fo= the U.S. Navy, completing over 275
aircraft carrier landings in tours o= duty with the Atlantic Fleet.
Dan received a BS in Computer S=ience as a distinguished graduate of the US Naval Academy and received a= MBA in
Finance from The Wharton School from The Wharton School.<=pan style="font-size:10.0pt;">
CHUCK WALLACE=/span>
Co-founder & senior executive @ Esurance <=div>
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F=w entrepreneurs can say they founded an Internet business that grew from=zero to a billion dollars in revenue. Chuck
Wallace is one of them. In 1=99, a year before the dot corn implosion, Chuck co-founded Esurance. It n=t only survived
the bubble burst, but through innovation and unheard of =ustomer service strategies, Esurance aggressively grew by
introducing a =ew business model to the stale, unimaginative world of insurance. Chuck =elped build Esurance into the
fastest growing auto insurance company in =he US with revenues approaching $1 billion, 500,000 current customers,
2=000 employees, and 11 offices nationwide. Today, Chuck is bringing the s=me vision and expertise in building
innovative ecommerce companies to Up=tream Worldwide. As President and COO of Upstream, Chuck is helping to
c=eate the first true Consumer Cash Commerce Platform — a new cate=ory of business enabling consumers to exchange
everything from cell phon=s and consumer electronics to precious medals for much needed cash. And =ike Esurance,
Upstream is changing the game by elevating service levels to=a new high through its 100% Max Cash Guarantee. At
Upstream, Chuck overs=es every department that impacts a customer's experience =93 marketing, customer care,
operations, technology and operational fina=ce. In between Esurance and Upstream, Chuck served as CEO of Ustream
TV,=the leader in live interactive video broadcasts, enabling anyone with a =amera and an internet connection to
broadcast easily to a global audienc=. As Upstream's CEO, Chuck led the company through 30% monthly g=owth and
angel, venture debt and private equity financings by top fundin= partners.
Chuck started his career as an Air Force instructor p=lot, first teaching young men and women to fly at undergraduate
pilot tr=ining in Lubbock Texas, and then flying the C-130 Hercules in Frankfurt =ermany and Willow Grove Pennsylvania.
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