The Players:

Adams Kirkpatrick

        Sustainable Business

William David Bell, MBA, DEng

        Science and Technology

Stuart Vexler, Ph.D.

        Change Management

Sharon Miller,

        Brand Strategist

Errol Siegel,

        IT and Hardware

Ari Kahn,

        Medical Technology

Lee Twill,

        Holistic Business Consultant

Wayne LaChappelle,

        Financials and Planning

Linda Hobbs Bell,

        Writer and Editor

Michael Adams,

        Software and Hardware

Pliny Fisk III,

        Sustainability Guru

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More about “The Players”:

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Adams Kirkpatrick

        Sustainable Business Expert, Founder

1. +   Adams raises funds, advises executives, develops ideas, and creates clear strategies. Adams is an expert in creating and maintaining sustainable systems, and he has a long history of supporting many diverse companies in a wide range of markets.
   

       

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William David Bell, MBA, DEng

        Science and Technology

1. +   David is globally-recognized for his leadership and skills in Engineering Test & Evaluation. David has helped test and evaluate for the DoD some of the most technologically-advanced concepts on the planet including Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) and many more ideas. David also taught Systems Engineering (SE) at Johns Hopkins and currently teaches SE at Southern Methodist University.
   

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Stuart Vexler, Ph.D.

        Change Management

1. +   Stuart helps individuals and teams achieve breakthroughs and avoid schedule slippage. He has helped senior executives at Dell, Motorola, LCRA and other companies manage change and growth. Stuart taught at The University of Texas Business School and is a longtime Folk Music enthusiast.
   

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Sharon Miller,

        Brand Strategist, Firebrand Studios

1. +   Sharon helps Whole Foods, Nike, Apple and more find their best messaging and brand strategies. Positioning your companies sustainable efforts in the most relevant way requires insight and strategy.  She is dedicated to helping green ideas make the greatest impact through clear and effective messaging. Sharon's 25 years of experience in this field lends intelligence and efficiency to this process.
   

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Errol Siegel,

        IT and Hardware, Serengeti Systems

1. +   Errol knows technology in ways that boggle the mind. Errol is also business savvy.  He knows how to connect IT ideas to markets.  Errol’s experience includes working with start-up to large-scale companies and government groups to develop mission critical IT solutions.
   

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Ari Kahn,

        Medical and Technology

1. +   Ari helped lead the National Institutes of Health’s Cancer Genome Atlas Project (TCGA).  He is amazingly-gifted at understanding medical markets and understanding practical, market-based applications for those ideas. Having created cutting-edge systems for sharing public research, Ari is an expert in helping businesses access and utilize information from cutting-edge public research. Ari is also an expert in genomics and energy efficiency. Ari is president of Brilliant Energy Solutions & Technologies (BEST). BEST develops smart energy strategies that save money immediately and protect clients against rising costs, from evaluation to planning to execution.
   

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Lee Twill,

        Holistic Consultant

1. +   Lee has provided holistic business consulting services for almost 20 years. Lee has worked in and around the investment banking industries, providing integrated systems analysis for businesses, large and small with companies like Goldman Sacks, Ashwood Capital, BMG Music, and Merrill Lynch. By clearly understanding the whole, Lee reduces complex challenges to their most basic level and helps balance out stagnation, inefficiency, and misdirection within an enterprise, with powerful recommendations to management.
   

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Wayne LaChappelle,

        Financials and Planning

1. +   Wayne knows what investors expect, need, and how to create clear, logical, and convincing financials.  In his career, Wayne helped financed what was at the time the largest real estate deal in U.S. history.  He also has many years of experience in Automotive, Banking, Manufacturing and beyond.  Wayne helps create multiple-win, revenue-positive solutions for all business constituents.
   

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Linda Hobbs Bell,

        Writer and Editor

1. +   Linda has a long history of helping companies clearly communicate. Linda has been a Proposals Manager, Software Test Analyst, and IT Systems Test Analyst. She is pithy. Really. Linda excels at understanding and distilling complicated ideas into powerful messages for a variety of audiences.
   

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Michael Adams,

        Software and Hardware

1. +   Michael is a talented technology developer. He has worked with leaders in the field of computational radiation transport, developing software with applications in astrophysics, national security, medical imaging, cancer treatment, nuclear reactor analysis, and a host of other fields.  His work has focused on massively parallel computing (algorithms and implementations) and predictive science (hierarchical verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification).
   

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Pliny Fisk III,

        Sustainability Expert, CMPBS

1. +   Pliny Fisk III is Co-Founder / Co-Director of Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, the oldest sustainable design and planning, research and educational firm in the US. With a background in architecture, landscape architecture, and the systems sciences, Pliny has made pivotal contributions to the sustainability movement for more than four decades by developing replicable prototypes, as well as protocols and policy initiatives. These prototypes have prompted governments, such as the former Soviet Union, Cuba, and China, to seek his expertise. Pliny’s protocols helped shape the world’s first green building program and have now spread globally. His methods have been used to help green the White House and the US Pentagon. Pliny has received contracts from the EPA, DOE, HUD, CSA, AIA and numerous foundations. In addition to his role at CMPBS, Pliny has served as an advisor to the MacArthur, Gates, and Enterprise Foundations. He is CEO and founder of Sustainable Earth Technologies, a Texas corporation and pro-active private sector green technology company.
   

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