Contact Information
iTulip, Inc.
P.O. Box 186
Bedford, MA 01730
Phone: 781-402-1790
email: info at itulip.com (we write it this way to avoid spambots)
Staff
Eric Janszen
Co-Founder & President iTulip, Inc. (Site founded 1998, company incorporated 2006) Co-Author "America's Bubble Economy" Wiley & Sons (2006) Author "The Next Bubble" Harper's Magazine cover article February 2008 Author"Reindustrialize" Harper's Magazine article November 2008 Author of upcoming book "The Post-Catastrophe Economy" by Portfolio Hardcover
More
than twenty years in executive management roles in product marketing,
product management, sales, CEO and Venture Capital management roles in
the high tech industry.
Currently Founder and President of
iTulip, Inc., the global online economics and financial markets
community founded in 1998 with more than ten million visitors from 78
countries that Gill Griffeth of CNBC calls "...the place to go for a
contrary view of the markets" and The New York Times credits for
accurate forecasts of future economic developments.
Previously
President and CEO of RF control technology company AutoCell
Laboratories, Inc., Entrepreneur in Residence at $1.6B venture capital
firm Trident Capital, President and CEO of Bluesocket, Inc. and
Managing Director of seed stage investment firm Osborn Capital.
Between 1998 and 2003, Osborn Capital saw six successful exits out of
20 portfolio companies, including two IPOs and four acquisitions
(Cisco, Microsoft, EMC and Nortel).
As CEO, raised more than $30M in venture capital between 2001 and 2004.
Previously
held executive operating roles in system software engineering, product
management, product marketing and sales for Boston area high technology
companies, including two that went public, Media 100 and Stratus
Computer. Serves and has served on on more than a
dozen boards of directors as board observer or board director and
several advisory boards. Board Director Member of Massachusetts Networking and Communications Council. Board of Advisors: Twin Focus Capital Partners, Progress Partners, and Fotki. Writes for several online and printed publications and newspaper, including Bankrate.com 1999-2001, AlwaysOn Network 2004-2005, Harper's Magazine, The Independent, New Zealand, Sitz der Gesellschaft: Manchen Germany, Harvard Business Review and iTulip.com.
Co-Author of "America's Bubble Economy" by John Wiley & Sons. 2006.
Author of printed Harper's Magazine Feb. 2008 cover article "The Next Bubble" and Nov. 2008 article "Reindustrialize".
Speaker
at dozens of industry events, including: The Money's Back - Stanford
(2005), Trends in Capital Markets - MIT (2004), Finding Hope in the
Tech Rubble - Harvard (2003), Keynote Speaker at Hard Assets
Conference (2007), panelist at HedgeWorld conference in NYC April
2008, Speaker at Nantucket Conference (2009), and Innovators Summit of Mass. Networking & Communications Council (June, 2009).
Frequently interviewed and quoted on CNBC, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Barron's, USA Today, BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera,
Italian, German, Australian, CBCNews.CA, and other international media.
Eric holds a B.S. in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Candy Janszen
Co-Founder, V.P. Operation & Finance
Candy is a Co-Founder
of the re-launched iTulip. With more than 20 years of
extensive experience in financial and operational management, Candy
also serves as V.P. Operation & Finance for iTulip. She is
responsible for all aspects of iTulip's operation and finance,
including company's future business direction, marketing strategy, product development and financial planning.
Prior to co-founding iTulip, Candy served as Director of Operation for
Dynasty International/Air Tiger Express Group (Dynasty/ATE) - a leading
service provider of global logistics and freight forwarding that is
ranked in the top 5 NVOCC in the world.
Growing up in Taiwan, an island that has a dynamic capital economy and
Exports have provided the primary impetus for industrialization, she is
always fascinated by the complexities of the international trade that
is influenced by so many factors locally and in abroad - including
economic and political conditions, foreign laws and policies relating
to tariffs, trade restrictions, and foreign investments. She studied
International Business and earned a B.A. degree in Business
Administration from the National Taiwan University (NTU) - a widely
considered the best and most prestigious university in Taiwan.
Candy started her 1st half of career in Taiwan and has held a series of
senior management positions in international organizations and
government - including International Trade Department of Taiwan
External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), and the International
Buyer Center, Bureau of Foreign Trade, Taipei, Taiwan. Her conceptual
understandings and skill in International Business management beyond
that applicable within a domestic setting, has effectively assisted
Taiwan businesses and manufacturers participate in foreign government
tenders, and global procurement markets, and provided multinational
corporation with professional consultation in sourcing for products and
vendors in Taiwan.
She moved to U.S. from Taiwan in '86, and started her 2nd half of
career in the US from the ground up at Dynasty/ATE Group, where she has
progressively grown within the firm that are paralleled with the
company's growth over the years. She started working at Dynasty/ATE as
an Ocean Import Operation in the Boston office, and was promoted to the
department manager in 3 months. Over the next 6 years, she helped set
up two main operational offices in China, namely in Beijing and
Shanghai, and led the ocean import department achieving the most
profitable department in the company that accounted 75% of company's
business in both revenue and volume. Dynasty/ATE has rapidly grown to
the leading position in the freight forwarding of transpacific-North
American ocean import market during that period.
Shortly after that, she undertook the Air Import department, and was
promoted again to the Import Manager managing both ocean and air
department's logistics operations. Four months later, her vision and
ability coupling with passion and motivation for self-growth, she
established an Export department and led the company entering the
export market. Within 2 years, she was promoted once again to the
Director of Operations oversight all aspects of operations and finance
worldwide. Her talent in identifying complex administrative challenges,
and creative problem solving skill had permitted her to lead the ATE
operations team achieving near 100% existing customer retention rate.
And it enabled the sales team to acquire new customers, rapidly grew
the company from 2 to 51 wholly owned and joint venture offices
global-wide during her 14 years of leadership at Dynasty/ATE. At
present, ATE has 60 company owned offices in the US and 15 Asian
countries, supplemented by agent networks in 65 countries in Europe,
South America and Africa, with more than 900 employees worldwide.
Candy holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration &
International Business from the National Taiwan University (NTU),
Taipei, Taiwan where she graduated with high honors, and has also
completed Communication in Business Development Program at Harvard
University.
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Contributing Authors
John Serrapere
John
Serrapere has been advising investors since 1986. He
currently is the Investment Analyst & Portfolio Strategist for
Foster Holdings, Inc., a large Pittsburgh, PA based family
office. His firm also consults other investors seeking
alternative investment options. Mr. Serrapere was formerly a
principal of Rydex Leveraged Hedges, LLC in Rockville, MD where he
designed registered and non-registered products.
Mr. Serrapere has published in The Journal of Indexes, Global Financial
Data, Corporate Finance Review (Warren Gorham & Lamont, NY, NY),
The Retirement Planning Journal (Commerce Clearing House, Chicago, IL)
and has presented for Information Management Network (NY, NY).
Sean O'Toole
Sean O’Toole, Owner/Broker, Granite Realty, Inc. Currently
drawing from 12 years of experience in the software industry to build a
successful real estate investment track record using technology as a
key competitive advantage. Specializing in distressed properties with
nearly 150 residential and commercial projects completed in the past 4
years. Founded first software company at age 18 and later
held engineering, product management, sales and operations positions at
the VP and Director levels. A key contributor at startups including
Xing Technology (acquired by Real Networks) ISI/GlobalCenter (acquired
by Global Crossing), and Icarian, Inc.(acquired by Workstream, Inc.). Also
served as President of the OpenMPEG Consortium which brought 32 major
technology and content companies together to define key industry
standards.
Eric Hodges
Eric Hodges: Portfolio Planning, Estate Planning and Business planning, Stahlschmidt Financial Group.
Currently
a member of the Estate Planning Council of Diablo Valley and a
candidate for the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation.
Previously he was a marketing and business development executive in the
investment banking software industry. A former competitive cyclist, he
can often be found riding the back roads of the San Francisco Bay area. |
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