Bill is a Army veteran and the founder and Managing Partner of Paladin and Associates, a firm that helps executives create successful businesses by providing a broad array of executive services. He is co-founder and Chairman of the Triangle Accredited Capital Forum, an angel investor network that reaches throughout the southeast. Bill has forty years of business experience, mainly in the computer industry, as a CEO and general manager responsible for computer software and hardware businesses in companies such as IBM, Intel, Dialogic, Banyan Systems and LiveWireLogic.

Brad Lienhart is a co-founder of EntreDot™.  After a 28 year career in product management, supply chain management, and profit center leadership at The Dow Chemical Company; Brad moved to the RTP area to begin 16 years of founder/investor/executive support activity with Triangle based start-ups. These start-ups have been based on novel technologies licensed from the Triangle’s major universities and ideas launched by working people wanting to pursue a dream and a new career.

Terry Conlon is a highly experienced Executive Coach and Fractional CFO. He helps managers, professionals, and executives dramatically, measurably, improve their business and leadership performance, especially veterans and millenials. His clients include leaders of startups, SMB's executing exit strategies, non-profits, and other community organizations. He is a USAF veteran affiliated with BunkerLabs RDU, EntreDot, NC State University, Arena Capital, the FMI Leadership Institute and other entrepreneurial organizations in the Triangle region of North Carolina. He became a CPA in 1981, a PMI certified project manager in 2003, and an ICF certified coach in 2014.

With a passion for business development and web technology Charlie founded WooshDate.  Web services grant Charlie the privilege to have a positive impact on the growth of companies in this era of e-commerce.  His unique background of both business development and systems engineering allows him to dilute complex solutions into digestible understanding.  Charlie has been working in IT and creating websites since 2002.