Dr. Prayag Misra
Senior VP, Director at Abasys Technologies
Bamboo Housing Concepts to address the needs of FEMA and Native American Indians
Speaker for June 14th, 2011 Indo Chamber Forum

Education: B.Sc (Physics, Chemistry & Maths) from University of
Allahabad- 1958

Bachelors of Technology ( Honors) in Naval Architecture from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur- 1963

Conferred doctoral degree D.Sc in Naval Architecture
University of Zagreb, Croatia in 1972

Living and working experience of five decades in four different economic systems, such as:

- Industrailized & Capitalized Countries: USA and Germany
- Socialized Country- Norway
- Developing & communist country:Yugoslavia
- Developing & Democratic Country- India

International & Multi-National Corporations and Government
Statoil- Oil & Gas Company, Norway
Standardization & Shipping Classification Companies:
- DNV- Det Norstke Veritas- Norway
- German Lloyd- Germanischer Lloyd- Germany
Consulting & Design Companies-
- John J MacMullen, Naval Architects, Houston
- Friede & Goldman – Naval Architects, New Orleans
- Phillips Petroleum-Oil & Gas Exploration & Production company
Co-Founder Worldwide Technologies, Inc ( 1977-1999)
Richardson, Texas- Electronics, Computers, Oil & gas consulting
Established joint venture in Chennai, India for manufacturing modems 1990-1997.

Achievements:
BUSINESS- Established Chandler Minority Business Breakfast Group in 2001 to advance the cause of small, minority businesses.

The civic, non-profit group has been an economic engine to organize two procurement fairs in 2004, 2005 in Chandler in cooperation with Cities of Chandler, Phoenix and Chandler Chamber of Commerce, Grand Canyon Minority Supplier Diversity Council

SPIRITUALITY- Director & Board member, ARIZONA INTERFAITH MOVEMENT. Authored chapters, prayers in 2009 and 2010

Director, Communications, International Society for Krishna Consciousness,
2000-2010- Hare Krishna Temple
Participated in Governor’s Prayer Breakfasts- 2002-2008
Director,Communications, Chaitanya Cultural Center, Tucson
Organizing Partner with Chandler Chamber of Commerce in Business Diversity Committee 2005 onwards

Titles:
Advocate, Minority Business Development- awarded twice by Minority Business Development Agency ( MBDA),’98-’99
The Agency is established under US Department of Commerce.

Senior VP, ABASYS TECHNOLOGIES, INC
Company is engaged in web design & develoment
Director, Communications, Chaitanya Cultural Center, Tucson
Director & Board Member, ARIZONA INTERFAITH MOVEMENT

Languages:
Hindi, English, German, Norwegian, Serbo-Croat,
Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Urdu

PERSONAL & SOCIAL
Married, one son. Social networks- Facebook, LinkedIn, WAYN, Hi5,Netlog

Frank Meijers
Owner | Luctor-Global Associates
“The Netherlands, Gateway to Europe [what Arizona can learn from the Pros in International Business]”
Speaker for June 14th, 2011 Indo Chamber Forum

Mr. Meijers is President of Luctor-Global Associates, an International Business Development
and Representation firm he founded in 2003. Services include bilateral representation,
connections to local infrastructure, search for key clients or trading partners, business strategy
development, and assistance with export requirements, ITAR compliance and counter-trade
solutions.

He is also Executive Director and one of the driving forces behind the recently formed
Dutch-American Business Accelerator, a local alliance of business people with ties to The
Netherlands, dedicated to leverage their knowledge and connections to help promote
commerce between the two countries. Different from most other help organizations,
its members also have the ability to offer their services commercially in their area of
specialization.

Frank was born, raised and educated in The Netherlands, where he earned a ChemEngr
degree from Delft Technical University. He served for six years as Air Traffic Control Officer
in the RNLAF and subsequently spent 3 years in Aruba as civil air traffic controller and
high school chemistry teacher. After immigrating with his family to the US, his employment
covered 12 years of hands-on engineering, marketing, production and executive
management in the data storage industry [Nashua, BASF, Control Data, and Memorex],
in positions running from research engineer to VP Manufacturing Operations. In addition,
Frank graduated summa cum laude with a BSEE degree from Northeastern University
in Boston. He became a true international entrepreneur after founding his own business
here in Phoenix in 1980, initially producing test equipment for the international disk drive
community, and later computer data storage systems used in the flight simulators of NATO
and all major airlines and around the globe and in large process control systems used by
utilities, refineries and world-class government contractors on all continents. He interrupted
his Luctor-Global business for three years in 2004, holding the position of VP International
Marketing at STS/ICx, a local manufacturer of radar-based border security systems and
perimeter control equipment.

Frank has served as an appointee to the Arizona District Export Council for 8 years, and was
active in several AZ Technology Council committees. Having resided in three continents,
his Euro-American cultural background and multi-lingual capabilities have served him well
to understand the prerequisites for operating in a global market and to establish many long-
term and keenly trusted International relationships. His most recent endeavors include
assisting a Dutch company for 2 years with the introduction of their computer platform for
e-Learning in the US, forging a collaborative relationship between TU Delft and ASU in the
areas of advanced photo-voltaic research, bio-engineering, student/faculty exchange and
curriculum development, and organizing the 2-day Arizona portion of a US Trade Mission for
the Netherlands Aerospace Group in March of this year.

Paul Duplantis
Co-Founder
Quired.com & TecScout.com
The Other Side of Social Media | Tapping into the Conversation of Commerce
Speaker for June 14th, 2011 Indo Chamber Forum

Paul Duplantis is a web technology entrepreneur who has worked in the areas of technology, business consulting & recruiting for the last 15 years. Paul earned a Bachelors of Business Administration degree from Colorado State University with a focus on Marketing (Pueblo) in 1987.

Paul formed Quired.com in 2007 with business partner Tim McLain to put form to ideas that had been gestating back to the 90’s on the role web technology would play in transforming commerce and personal communication. Since 2007, Quired, LLC has developed a web platform as a means to generate revenue, serve as a foundation to build web applications, build a development team around and eventually evolve into a communication platform. In early 2011, Quired, LLC launched TecScout.com, a marketing & sales brand to direct their development efforts into a targeted web services, consulting & training model to enable businesses to harness the unlimited possibilities of web technology.

Currently, Quired is wrapping up first phase development on a new application to help tap into the conversations on the web from discovery and lead development all the way through to project management. The beta version of this app, the foundation from which TecScout prospects for and manages their growing list of clients and will serve as a topic in Paul’s presentation for the Indo Chamber Business Forum at ASU on June 16th, 2011.

Paul is an active member of the business development committee for the Indo American Chamber of Commerce with TecScout.com providing development and consulting services for IndoChamber.org and the Indo American Chamber of Commerce brand.

Kimber Lanning
Founder & Executive Director
Local First Arizona
The Upside of a Down Economy: Buying Locally
Speaker for May 10th, 2011 Indo Chamber Forum

Kimber Lanning is an entrepreneur, economic specialist, and community activist who works to cultivate vibrant, sustainable communities and inspire a higher quality of life throughout Arizona. Lanning is actively involved in fostering cultural diversity, economic self-reliance, regional planning, and responsible growth in the greater Phoenix area. She is the founder and Executive Director of Local First Arizona, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising public awareness of the positive economic and environmental impacts of supporting locally owned businesses.

Lori Singleton -Manager
Salt River Project
SRP’s Sustainability Initiatives & Programs
Speaker for May 10th, 2011 Indo Chamber Forum

Lori is a 31 year employee of SRP and resident of Arizona

Lori’s responsibilities at SRP include:

Development / implementation of renewable energy projects to meet SRP’s sustainable resource goals

Oversight of research and development projects to support company-wide initiatives

Development / implementation of new environmental initiatives for SRP including gasoline lawn mower recycling, tree planting, clean school bus initiative, travel reduction, and other internal environmental programs

Development / implementation of “green” energy pricing program

Development / implementation of solar incentive program for residential and commercial customers

Development of renewable energy education programs for implementation in middle school/high school curriculums

Promotion / public relations for all new renewable energy projects / purchases (solar, wind, geothermal, landfill gas, low head hydro, fuel cells)

Sustainability issues media spokesperson for SRP

Representative of SRP on numerous environmental committees, boards and commissions

Current Affiliations
Valley Forward Association; Board of Directors
Audubon Society; Board of Directors

Affiliations (Past)
Solar Energy Advisory Council: appointment by Governor Janet Napolitano
Valley Forward Association: Chair, Board of Directors
Maricopa County Regional Travel Reduction Task Force
City of Phoenix; Environmental Quality Commission
Valley Metro; Clean Air Advisory Committee
Tempe Chamber of Commerce; Environmental Committee
Valley of the Sun United Way Loaned Executive
Maricopa County Regional Travel Reduction Task Force; Chair
Association for Commuter Transportation, Valley of the Sun; President & National Board Director
Southwest Center for Education and the Natural Environment (ASU); Board of Directors
Audubon Society; Chair, Board of Directors

Doug Bruhnke – CEO
Growth Nation
Another Economic Upside: Grow Globally!
Speaker for Indo Chamber May 10th, 2011 Forum

Profile

Doug Bruhnke is founder and CEO of Growth Nation, a growth services firm that helps client companies rapidly increase revenue and earnings regionally and globally using a full range of marketing, publicity, sales, business and business development tools.

Doug and the team at Growth Nation have led successful growth initiatives for over 100 emerging, mid-sized and large companies. Doug’s expertise is in cross-border growth positioning, strategy, planning, execution and education. His international experience includes living six years in Tokyo and Singapore and working in 35 countries. The Growth Nation process has been used to create over $1 billion of new revenue and over $500 million of new earnings.

Doug serves on several Boards that support economic development and international growth including the World Affairs Council of Arizona, Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, Scottsdale Sister Cities and Enterprise Network. He also serves on key committees for Invest Southwest Capital Conference, Arizona Technology Council and Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is President of the University of Utah Alumni Association in Arizona. Doug also founded and leads the Arizona International Growth Group (AZIGG), and Growth Nation is a member of the World Trade Center Association.

Doug has an MBA degree from Michigan State University and a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Utah. He previously worked for DuPont, DuPont Japan, DuPont Dow, ProModel Corporation, Phelps Dodge Corporation and DataPreserve. He has been awarded 5 patents. Doug resides near the global headquarters of Growth Nation in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Aric Zion – Partner & CEO
Zion & Zion
Defeating The Economic Downturn
The Story of Zion & Zion

Aric has held various executive level positions in the United States, Europe and Asia, spanning over 20 years of experience in marketing, including having lead Nortel Networks marketing operations in Japan, and Nortel’s product marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Throughout Aric’s career he has overseen and actively participated in the full breadth of marketing related activities including advertising creation and placement, public and media relations, trade show participation and event creation, interactive marketing and sales management.

With graduate work in computer engineering at The University of Florida, in business administration at Emory University, and doctoral work in marketing at Arizona State University, Aric’s broad expertise and experience are leveraged while working with clients such as; Goettl, Slide-Lok, First Check Diagnostics, Sotheby’s International Realty, and Andersen Windows.

Aric’s roles at Zion & Zion extend to providing strategic leadership for the firm, as well as creative direction, business analysis, market research and planning for clients.

Aric’s community involvement includes the active ongoing support of Audubon Arizona and the Arizona Science Center and having served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mesa Symphony Orchestra.Aric’s personal interests include SCUBA diving and boating. Aric also teaches marketing and marketing research at Arizona State University.

Brad Preber, CPA, CFF, CFE – Managing Partner
Grant Thornton
Why are IPOs in the ICU?

National Practice Leader: Litigation services
West Region Practice Leader: Forensics, investigations & litigation services

Brad is the office managing partner for Grant Thornton’s Phoenix office. He also leads Grant Thornton’s National Litigation Services practice and is the Regional leader of Forensics, Investigations and Litigation Services in the western United States. Brad is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified in Financial Forensics and Certified Fraud Examiner with almost thirty years experience serving as a litigation consultant, expert witness, forensic accountant and fraud investigator. He specializes in complex claims and events, with a particular emphasis on commercial disputes and fraud claims. He frequently speaks, writes and teaches on leadership, accounting and fraud related matters.

Angela Perez – Associate
Snell & Wilmer
Five Steps in Going Global

Angela Perez’s practice is concentrated in business and finance, focusing on venture
capital and private equity, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, and
commercial agreements. Her experience includes representation of clients in various
industries, including bioscience, medical research, health care, OTC drugs and
pharmaceuticals, and product manufacturing. Angela’s experience also includes
representation of clients at various stages of the company life cycle, from start-up to
exit.

Angela regularly drafts and advises clients with respect to a myriad of commercial
agreements, including those that are generally applicable across different industries
such as confidentiality, employment, severance, employee equity incentive awards,
partnership, support services, management services and licensing; as well as those
that apply to specific industries such as clinical trial, manufacturing, co-packing,
maintenance and repair, federal sub-contracts, and management services.
She represents clients ranging from emerging growth companies and those seeking
venture capital to large publicly held corporations.

Angela directs Snell & Wilmer’s Bioscience & Health Care Industry Group.

Education
University of Arizona College of Law (J.D., 2004)

Harvard University (B.S., Biology, 2001)

Harvard Women’s Volleyball Team (Varsity, 4 years)

Court Admissions
Supreme Court of Arizona
Professional Memberships & Activities

State Bar of Arizona
American Bar Association
American Health Lawyers Association
Arizona Bio Industry Association
Snell & Wilmer’s Bioscience and Health Care Industry Group, Director
Harvard Alumni Club of Phoenix, Board of Directors and Events Chair
ASU Center for the Study of Law, Science and Technology, Research Fellow
Greater Phoenix Leadership, Biosciences Task Force, Former Associate

Director of Research
Other Professional Experience
Snell & Wilmer, Summer Associate, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona

Brett Johnson – Partner
Snell & Wilmer
Five Steps in Going Global

Brett Johnson’s practice includes representation in business, export, government
contracting, and health care matters, including professional liability defense and
commercial litigation matters. In addition to representing large and small businesses,
individuals and pro bono clients, he is the editor of the firm’s International Industry
Group’s Global Connection newsletter.

Representative Transactions
Advised pharmaceutical company on obtaining $56 million federal
government contract

Advised emergency services company in regard to $350 million federal
government contract

Advised pharmaceutical company regarding developing government
contract mandated subcontracting plan

Advised multiple companies regarding developing government
Teaming Agreement

Advised multiple companies in regard to government subcontracting
compliance issues

Advised multiple companies in regard to export licensing issues
involving multiple federal and foreign government agencies

Developed multiple multi-national companies foreign transaction and
export compliance programs

Advised multiple companies in regard to voluntary self-disclosures and
responding to governmental requests for information concerning export
control violations

Advised multiple companies and their senior executives in regard to
complying with governmental subpoenas and trial preparation

Advised multiple multi-national companies in developing international
sales, distribution, and commercial agency agreements

Education
International Import-Export Institute

Certified U.S. Export Compliance Officer (2008)

Certified ITAR Professional (2009)

Lex Mundi Institute, Program in Cross-Border Dispute Resolution (Summer
2008)

University of Maryland, University College (Masters, Int’l Management, 2006)

United States Naval War College (Completed Program in Strategic Studies,
2004)

The Hague Academy of International Law, the Peace Palace

The Netherlands (Summer 2003)

University of San Diego School of Law (Masters of Law, International Law,
2001)

Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D., 1999)

1999 Honors Moot Court Board, Director
Phi Delta Phi Honors Fraternity, Secretary

Santa Clara University (B.S., Political Science, Minor, English, 1996)

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