Linda Pedersen
Linda is a mother, veteran, first generation immigrant, bi-lingual and entrepreneur. She has obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business, is a project management professional (PMI) certified through PMI and a trained speaker. She has experience in the corporate world in electronics engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, lean six sigma and enterprise software development. She has taught over 130 events to over 15,000 investors nationwide. Her passions are God, family and country.
Andrew Brown
Andrew is a father and entrepreneur who has obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance and education. He has also obtained a black belt in six sigma and has worked in the corporate world of financial services risk management.
Together, they have completed over 50 residential flips or builds with Homes For The Win and have built and are launching an 81 slot RV park in north Austin NxNW RV park. Generating revenue over $20M in the past 10 years, are general contractors and have raised over $27M in funding. They are passionate about affordable housing that is both safe and quality. They are also very health conscious and determined to utilize their skills to bring powerful nutrition to central Texas.
Craig Peterson
Mr. Peterson is currently CEO and founder of VIZN™ Gaming Corporation www.VIZNgaming.com, Aurra™ Corporation www.aurra.biz. and VEFXi™ Corporation www.VEFXi.com. He is an eight-time serial entrepreneur and was a 19-year Intel Corporation general manager & leading technology innovator driving high-speed computing including 3 processor design & deployments, 8 generations of chipsets, and three successful internal startups. In one, he developed the world’s fastest supercomputer with $70M DARPA funding which changed the direction of the entire supercomputer industry in how supercomputers were built. This established the core team of Intel’s now third-largest business, the Enterprise Business. Mr. Peterson created two successful startups in China which became leaders in their respective markets, and he developed three more startups in the US all which have spectacular technology advancements beyond their respective industries. Mr. Peterson has been an industry speaker on a range of new technology trends. Virtually every digital electronics device on the planet contains things he has invented. He had a two-year visiting professorship at Peking University Graduate School in Shenzhen, China talking on 1) Growing Personal Success and Motivation and 2) Supercomputer on a Chip Design & Tradeoffs. He is an expert in Tharsel Studios’ virtual production volume chamber, video processing, VR, gaming, and the Adobe Suite. Mr. Peterson has received eleven international photography competition recognitions including being published in the international “Best of the Best Photographers 2019” journal. He has painted and sold many custom acrylic portrait paintings. Mr. Peterson has broad and deep strengths from microchips to supercomputers, from system architecture to manufacturing, from electronics to mechanical design, from building and landscape architecture, to building construction, and from building teams to project execution management. He designed the nearly 1 million square feet of building architecture concepts and site plan for Tharsel Studios, a new movie studio coming to central Texas. Mr. Peterson is an active choir member of his local church and played piano for weekly church services for 14 years. Mr. Peterson has strong business acumen, execution management, as well as a broad and deep technical disruptive innovation track record. He has two mottos: 1) “Never stop learning”, and 2) “Run forward as fast as you can.”
Lorenzo Traina
Mr. Lorenzo is arguably one of the top strategic sales and marketing visionaries in the world. He is a 6-time high-tech entrepreneur all in the video, video gaming, and video entertainment markets. He previously was the Director of Sales and Marketing for the first no-glasses 3D display companies in the US market. Mr. Traina was the Vice President of Purchasing and Marketing for Custom Installation and Home Theater at Datavision Corporation in New York City. He previously held senior management positions with Apple Computer, Best Buy, and served in the US Military. He is an expert in many industries including video entertainment, movie and TV production and promotions, video gaming, VR, and digital signage. He has a high degree of expertise in business acumen, customer support, strategic innovation, pop culture, music, and sports. He has a near photographic memory and can give backgrounds and statistics for most actors and professional sports teams and players.
Richard Wansley
Mr. Wansley has a Masters Degree in Equine Science and Reproductive Physiology. He also has 5 years’ experience in the computer and technology industry in sales and marketing across multiple industries. Mr. Wansley grew up in and around the rodeo world. He has been a Team Roper through High School and College and has experience in Steer Wrestling. He managed cow & calf operations for 20+ years as well as a horse breeding operation. He’s been a professional Farrier for more than 20+ years. He shod for multiple High School, College and Professional Rodeo Cowboy and Cowgirl champions. And, he has served with the Young Pro Cowboy Ministry.