![]() Dennis Kamoen is a business development consultant and the quintessential executive advocate. Prior to emigrating from Amsterdam to New York as a young boy, Dennis traveled with his fashion model mom to many European countries where he learned multiple languages. Eventually settling in Westport, Connecticut, a hamlet for writers, actors, and musicians, Dennis grew up immersed in a sea of creativity. Around this time, Westport was also known as the Marketing Capital of the World. Dennis was privileged to know and work under the apprentice of unique individuals and top corporate executives in Westport and New York City who mentored him in the mysterious art of marketing. Dennis attended Cushing Academy boarding school for a short time and established the beginning of his international network of friends and colleagues. He worked as a corporate courier between New York and London; the beginnings of becoming a truly seasoned international traveler. He briefly attended college in New York City and then left and started several companies in Connecticut and Chicago with successful exits. Today, Dennis works with top executives, individuals and companies in a variety of industries all over the world. His unique ability to utilize his interpersonal skills with all types of people, combined with his resources and extensive network of friends and colleagues helps his clients develop and enjoy successful solutions to their business development and marketing challenges. Dennis was a member of the Startup Founders Group in Los Angeles, a colorful melange of startup CEO's from various industries who regularly met in order to process business challenges through proven methodology. The group was led by John M. Morris, a founder of Tech Coast Angels (the largest angel organization in the USA), and a previous Faculty Advisor at UCLA Anderson School of Management.
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![]() Cynthia Wylie is the founder/co-founder/partner of three successful consumer products companies. She grew up on a farm in Western Pennsylvania which is where she first learned the value of hard work. Cynthia received her B.S. degree from Pennsylvania State University in Agriculture Economics and Rural Sociology, the first in her family to graduate from college. She then went on to get her M.A. degree in International Economics and Finance from Georgetown University where she attended on a full fellowship. After graduate school, she worked at the World Bank in the Finance Department and then in investment banking where she was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug. Cynthia co-founded Maui Toys, a successful toy manufacturer that was ultimately sold to JAKKS Pacific. Subsequently she became a partner in the avant-garde street wear company, X-Large Clothing, with over 38 stores world-wide. X-Large was sold to B's International, a Japanese corporation. After selling X-Large, she took a year off and decided to go back to her roots to start Bloomers Island, a brand that promotes a healthy lifestyle for children with the help of a colorful cast of garden characters called the Bloomers. Cynthia has designed, invented and patented many consumer products, sold in thousands of stores in North America including mass merchants such as Walmart, Target, Bloomingdales, Kroger, Wegman's, True Value Hardware and Nordstrom. Cynthia has also written and presented for many conferences such as the California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) and the Early Childhood STEM Conference (EC STEM). She has written five children's books published by Rodale Kids, an imprint of Random House Children's Books She is a writer for the online publication, Data Driven Investor (DDI) as well as Medium and LinkedIn. Recently, she was asked to be a judge for the UCLA, Anderson School of Management, Business Creators Program.
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