Lang Fund Mentor Network
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- Wendy Dubit
- James Elkus ’01
- David Epstein ’01
- David Geliebter
- Rachel George ’77
- William Gilbert ’69
Joseph Dooley IIIAs the president and founder of Dooley Associates, Joseph Dooley brings a breadth and depth of experience. He has worked for a range of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, and in information technology, biotechnology, financial services, professional services, health care, broadcasting, publishing, manufacturing, consumer products, cosmetics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Dooley Associates assists entrepreneurs in obtaining private equity financing from venture capitalists and angel investors. As New York practice lead for Razorfish’s infrastructure and security services group, he worked with clients regarding IT security issues and codeveloping digital solutions that fit into their business models for e-commerce initiatives. He has spoken publicly on venture capital, entrepreneurship, public key cryptography and wireless security and privacy. Mr. Dooley has also written on the need for enhanced privacy in the digital age. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, InformationWeek, Venture Reporter, Information Security magazine, as well as other publications. Mr. Dooley holds a BA in political science from the University of Hartford, an MA in economics from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from the University of Connecticut.
Wendy Dubit is the founder and president of Vergant, a brand-building and business development consultancy that creates social-oriented programs, products and promotions for diverse companies and causes. She has been the primary force behind multiple publishing, entertainment, new media and education initiatives. Prior to launching Vergant, Ms. Dubit served as founder and executive director of Heaven, a nonprofit that uses new media for the benefit of society and to bridge the digital divide. Ms. Dubit’s Angels computer training and community service program for students and staff won contracts of more than $1 million per year from the New York City Board of Education. She also founded WorldWise Marketing, OutHouse Productions, CD-MOM: The Family Place in Cyberspace and FarmHands-CityHands: Linking Farm and City for the Benefit of Both, and she was the founding editor of Wine Enthusiast magazine.James Elkus ’01James Elkus is a senior director of finance and operations of Avero, Inc., a young technology company that develops restaurant hospitality intelligence software. His responsibilities include corporate and business development, strategic planning and general management issues. Mr. Elkus was recently successful in raising Series B and C rounds of venture capital and venture leasing funds for the company. Investors and advisors include TH Lee Putnam Ventures, Onex Ventures, Cobalt Ventures and Sam Zell, as well as partners in Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Bessemer Venture Partners. Previously, Mr. Elkus was an assistant project manager at the Related Companies, Palladium Company, a large-scale real estate development company based in New York. At Palladium, he was involved in such projects as CityPlace, a 72-acre town center development located in downtown West Palm Beach, Fla. To a limited extent, he was also involved in the Time Warner Center in New York, which houses Time Warner’s corporate headquarters and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. In addition to his MBA from Columbia Business School, he holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Colgate University. David Epstein ’01David Epstein is currently the director of public sector solutions development in IBM's Software Group. He oversees the development of a broad range of replicable software solutions which incorporate IBM middleware and ISV content for federal, state and local governments and related industry sectors. His work focuses on the areas of electronic government, homeland security, health care, life sciences and education. His organization is also responsible for the identification, acquisition and enablement of key ISVs in these areas. During his tenure at IBM, Mr. Epstein has been involved in the rollout of B2B technology and the development of core Internet standards, video compression and data visualization technologies. He also has served as the vice president of development for a start-up media company. Mr. Epstein began his career at BBN Labs, the developers of the Arpanet (the forerunner of the Internet,) as a principal architect of a $100 million DARPA-sponsored training system. In addition to his MBA from Columbia Business School, Mr. Epstein holds an AB in engineering and applied sciences and an SM in computer science from Harvard University. Elliot Fishman Elliot Fishman has more than 12 years of industry experience in the fields of venture capital, start-ups, technology transfer and engineering. He is currently the founder and managing member of Astrina Capital, LLC, a consulting and financial advisory firm for venture-backed companies. Services include technology assessment and due diligence; follow-on capital raising; interim management; financial modeling and capital budgeting; turnarounds and restructuring and M&A advisory. Previously, he served as senior vice president at Advantage Capital Partners, a venture capital partnership managing over $440 million among four offices in New York, St. Louis, New Orleans and Tampa. From 1997 to 1998 he served as director of product management at Doubleclick, Inc., a leading, publicly traded Internet advertising firm, now with a market capitalization in excess of $1 billion. Mr. Fishman’s also has previously served as vice president of Technology Management and Funding, a technology venture incubator, associate of technology transfer for the Center of Technology Transfer at the University of Pennsylvania and marketing manager of telecommunications for the National Semiconductor Corporation. In his position at Penn, he planned business strategy for several telecommunications products. Mr. Fishman holds a PhD in economic history and the history of technology from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from the Wharton School and a BSEE from Duke University. Joseph Flicek Joseph Flicek specializes in taking technologies and underperforming assets and leveraging them into profitable businesses. In 1996, he created and established the new ventures group in the Science and Technology Ventures Office at Columbia University. Until 2001, under his leadership Columbia participated in the formation of more than 40 new portfolio companies, and today four of these companies are publicly traded. The Columbia portfolio companies have raised almost $1 billion in venture and public market financings and have generated more than 1,500 jobs. At Columbia, Mr. Flicek brought together faculty members, industry and venture capital groups in order to start new business ventures based on intellectual property and research from the more than 7,000 faculty members and 2,500 laboratories. Ranked number one among universities in licensing, Columbia generates over $150 million per year. Mr. Flicek is currently serving as CEO of Supertron Technologies, Inc., an MRI medical device company that has special expertise in building high-temperature superconducting circuits. The company's investors have requested that Mr. Flicek assist in repositioning Supertron as a value-added asset in the MRI marketplace. Mr. Flicek holds a BA, MA and MBA from the University of South Dakota. Monika Mantilla Garcia ’96 For the last 14 years, Monika Mantilla Garcia has served as an advisor, manager or investor in a variety of privately held companies in the United States and Latin America. Mrs. Mantilla is the founder of the U.S.-H.I. initiative, a “think-and-action” tank that promotes and facilitates access to private equity for American Hispanic entrepreneurs. In 1996, Mrs. Mantilla cofounded the Discovery Advisory Group, a New York–based professional services firm that advises, raises private capital and develops strategic business resources for middle-market companies. Mrs. Mantilla is also a partner of RRR, a fund created with the Ashkenazy family that manages private investments in the retail and real estate sectors. In 1988, she began a nine-year career at FMG, a company later acquired by TMM Mexico, the largest Latin American logistics and sea transportation provider. Mrs. Mantilla is a member of the New American Alliance, an organization of American Latino business leaders united to promote the economic advancement of the American Latino community in the United States. In addition to her MBA from Columbia Business School, Mrs. Mantilla holds a law degree from the Universidad del Rosario. Victoria Phillips Geduld ’88 Victoria Geduld is a member of the boards of Dances Patrelle, the Mosaic Colony and the Rodeph Sholom School, and she is chair of the board for Starworks Foundation. She has also worked actively with attorney general Elliot Spitzer on the Food Allergy Initiative, testifying on food labeling issues before the Food and Drug Administration in both closed and public sessions. Until 2000, Ms. Geduld was president of Phillips Strategies, Inc., which provided independent research on publicly traded equity securities to fund managers, brokers and other investors. Prior to joining Phillips Strategies in 1994, Ms. Geduld was fund manager and analyst for Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co., where she managed discretionary brokerage accounts, specializing in health care and casinos. Previously, as portfolio manager and analyst for Morgens, Waterfall, Vintiadis & Co., Ms. Geduld managed an equity and bond portfolio, utilizing actively hedged techniques and specializing in distressed bonds, “fallen angels” and potential bankruptcies. Ms. Geduld has been published in the New York Times and Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. Victoria Received a master’s degree from New York University’s Graduate Creative Writing Program, an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in literature and creative writing from Columbia University School of General Studies, where she graduated cum laude. Previously, Ms. Geduld was a professional dancer and performed at the Metropolitan Museum, Lincoln Center, Rutgers University and Purchase College, as well as with the Lyric Opera Company and in films. Ms. Geduld retired in 2000 to raise her three children. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree and a PhD in dance history at Columbia University. She is also certified in gyrotonics and gyrokenesis and teaches part-time in New York at Studio Riverside. In addition, Ms. Geduld is a certified Red Cross Instructor and has taught swimming at the 92nd Street Y.
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