The IMPACT EXPAT. Mid East's Youth development trendsetter

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Founded Pacific Business Forums, Hawaii's first integrated venture brand and market catalyst 2001-4 

• Spearheaded increase of seed/early stage funding for tech companies from $3MM to $100MM, 2001-5
• Silicon Valley/NYC VCs knowledge and networking forums and private sessions
• VC Master classes
• Funding showcases / $100k Business plan competitions 
• Fundraising Bootcamps
• Hawaii Venture Journal 
• Hi-Tech CEO Roundtable
• Advocated for Hawaii's historic Act 221, 100% Tax credit, investment incentive

 Launched the  $100,000 Fusion Hawaii Venture Showcase business plan competitions 2002. (Japan,  2000)

Created the Access to Capital model for Asia/Pacific minority SMEs under Executive Order of the White House funded by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 2004. 

The Venture Showcase debuted at the Hawaii Convention Center delivering over $1 million in funding to start-ups on Day 1.  

Deal Engine Software (2003) Economic sector based Entrepreneur/ Investor/ Service Provider matching engine built on a $1 M Oracle platform.

Created Arab Youth Venture Foundation (AYVF, 2007) pioneering NGO with end goal of private sector jobs/ confronting youth-bulge in MENA four years before the Arab Spring. 

MENA's first strategic extra-curricular and public programs (5.1 million, 6-26 yrs olds from 81 nations, 112 nationalities. 

34 trailblazing programs, focus:

• STEM & Space
• Entrepreneurship/Money
• Emotional Intelligence
• Literacy/Story Tent
• Creativity/Art/Design

Repeat funding by governments, MNCs, big tech, defense contractors.

In 2007 pitched, 2009 secured historic NASA Int'l Space Act Agreement that actively drew NASA into Middle East markets. And enabled AYVF in 2010 to put UAE on global space map and catch NASA's attention for GCC.

Envisioned and launched in 2008 the Middle East's first programs for space education, outreach, workforce development and training (7) years before launch of a regional space agency & strategically supporting GCC 'Visions 20xx'

Delivered Proof of Concept for foreign University student space training/Research Fellows at NASA forming the basis for NASA's current International Internship model.