Cyrus is an investment management company based in NYC with $1.25 Billion under management, and Stephen is the head of the company and its majority owner. Stephen has worked on Wall St. since graduating from Yale in 1986.

Stephen has completed 8 triathlons - mostly Olympic distance, and some sprints. He took part in the 2007 CEO Challenge in St. Croix, finishing in 6:28.   Stephen is back again this year, and taking part in the CEO Challenge because of the "additional competitive challenge."

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Juan Fernando Conde is the CIO of CIGNA, one of the nation's premier health services company, with the goal of improving their client's health, well being, and security.  Juan Fernando is responsible for the 1800 staff at CIGNA that provide technology services to the internal staff as well as their client, member, and provider communites.   CIGNA has approx. 10 million Medical members, 18M Behavioral Care members, and 6M Pharmacy members.  Prior to joining CIGNA in February 2007, Juan Fernando worked at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) as the CIO of World Markets where h

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Dan Rigby is President and CEO of Human Resource Management Systems, LLC, an employee benefits and human resources advisory firm based in Naperville, Illinois. HRMS focuses on the benefits, hr and training needs of mid-size employers. HRMS has been in the forefront of the current wellness trend in healthcare. The company has produced weekly healthy tips and a monthly wellness newsletter for the employees of its clients since 2003.

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BD's Mongolian Barbeque is a chain of 31 restaurants based out of Detroit, with locations in 10 States and Mongolia. Billy is founder and CEO of the company, and established the business in 1992. He has worked in the restaurant business for the last 28 years, since age 14. Billy is a graduate of the Hospitality Business Program at Michigan State University.

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Ray Bordogna is a Partner and the Chief Strategy Officer at LiquidHub, a global information technology services company focused on delivering innovative IT Solutions within the context of Enterprise and Service Oriented Architectures ("SOA"). The firm's 500 associates operate globally from offices in Philadelphia, PA, Boston, MA and Hyderabad, India and market proven solutions in the Financial Services, Life Sciences, Insurance and Retail industries.  Raymond leads the firm's US consulting operations consisting of approximately 350 billable associates.

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Dominick Costello is the Partner and Director of stores for Rickys nyc, a beauty supply retailer with 21 stores located mostly in Manhattan also with locations in Brooklyn, Miami, and East Hampton. In this role, Dominick runs the store operations on a daily basis with focus on the growth, vision and direction of the company. No stranger to retail, Dominick has been working in stores for 24 years, and during that time has only been with 2 different companies.

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Royal Containers is a manufacturer of corrugated containers to customers in everything from electronics to retail. In addition to 'making boxes', Royal products can also be found in theatres and retail stores as corrugated display pieces. Royal Containers is a manufacturing company located near the Toronto airport . This family-owned company was founded in 1980 and has enjoyed success and growth over the years. The newest facility located in Brampton, Ontario is 110,000 sqft and employs over 120 people.

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Mike Ochstein founded Price Realty Corporation, an investment & management firm, in 1991. Price builds long-term alliances with investors to capitalize on favorable market conditions for investing in multi-family properties. Price currently owns and operates over 4,300 multi-family units in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Mike graduated from Indiana University with a B.S. in Community Development Planning.

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EMS helps clients to achieve their strategic objectives by delivering software solutions that align the company's IT infrastructure with the goals of the business. They offer process consulting, system design and integration, application development, customer support, and training in products and ITIL best practices. EMS works with medium to large enterprise customers across a wide range of industries, as well as academia and the public sector.

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Creative Presentations is a provider of state-of-the-art integrated technical services and audio-video presentation products. They are a multi-award winning company that has established a reputation as one of the top companies in the dynamic LCD industry. The company has over 6,000 clients and reached it's goal of exceeding $10 million in sales by the year 2000, and is now one of the top 100 private companies in New Orleans.

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Shayne Macherowski is the Owner of Evergreen L.A.N.D., a land acquisition and development company that develops and sells high end resort properties. Projects vary in scope from on mountain triplexes to high end ranch property or single family homes.  Prior to founding Evergreen, Shayne was an independent distributor in Florida for a cardiac device company from 1992 to 2004. When he sold that business he started to develop some of the real estate he had been acquiring over time and found that he enjoyed that very much.

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Joe Marinucci has served as President of Interactive Marketing Solutions, Inc. since its inception in 2000. In 2002 he entered the online space with the formation of American Premium Warehouse, Inc., a company specializing in online list monetization and creative publishing for marketers. In 2007 American Premium Warehouse merged with Interactive Marketing Solutions, Inc. to form the Interactive Marketing Media division. Joe oversees the day to day operations of Interactive Marketing as well as negotiating and establishing new business opportunities.

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United Merchant Services of California, Inc. (known publicly as UMS Banking), has been providing payment processing services to merchants and financial institutions since 1987. Their corporate headquarters are located in Glendale, California with regional offices in northern California, Texas and Florida. The company provides business owners with the ability to accept various forms of electronic payments, including credit card processing, ACH billing, electronic check conversion, and gift cards.

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Professional Business Bank was founded by Bill in 2001 to fill the need for personalized banking services in and around Pasadena. The bank recently announced a merger with Belvedere Capital in order to pursue a business plan involving aggressive acquisition of other banks in the Southern California area.

Bill has been in private tax practice for 30 years and is one of only 250 non-attorneys ever admitted to practice before the bar of the U.S. Tax Court.

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Donald Booth is Co-Owner and Principal Architect at DJG, Inc.  Currently celebrating its 30th year in business, DJG, Inc is a full service, multi-discipline engineering and architecture firm headquartered in Williamsburg, Virginia, providing quality engineering and architectural design services throughout the Mid-Atlantic and in foreign locations such as Europe and South America.  From concept to completion, DJG has the in-house design resources and capabilities required to deliver new or renovation designs.  Since starting with DJG in 1996, Donald has focused much of his training on the

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Matthew Wong is the owner and CEO of PRIMA USA Limited.  With manufacturing facilities in China, the New York design team at PRIMA develop and produce customized accessory and trimming products for apparel companies in the US. Clients include Polo Ralph Lauren, Jones, Liz Claiborne.

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