Stage2 Board of Directors
Alan
W. Urech, President
Nat Padget
Stephen
M. Dorvee
Todd Gordon
Mark Wyssbrod
John
Rasper
Alan
W. Urech, President
Alan Urech is a Senior Executive with
30 years experience in successfully developing and commercializing companies.
He develops businesses by using strong strategic, tactical and operational leadership
skills to help them understand and implement appropriate business aspects of a
company's growth. These organizations include HBO & Company where he was part
of a team that saw the organization's expansion from initial start-up to about
$350 million dollars in revenue within 12 years. During this period, he was instrumental
in developing very successful healthcare product lines which significantly grew
the Company's overall profitability. HBOC was sold in 1998 for US$13.8 billion
to McKesson Corporation.
Currently he is the Managing Partner and Principal
of Stoney River Capital Partners LLC, an Angel-backed consultancy that has cultivated
over 600 capital sources for investing in high-growth companies. SRCP provides
senior level management guidance on investment funding strategies, corporate growth
planning and plan implementation, business directions and exit strategies. This
guidance transforms successfully growing entrepreneurial companies into growth
businesses that attract investment capital. His practice focus is to "coach"
strong young entrepreneurial seed, start-up and expanding companies to successfully
communicate their business proposition to the investment community.
Alan
has been a member of TAG - Technology Association of Georgia- since 1989 and is
currently a member of Healthcare Special Interest Group Board. He is also a member
of:
• MIT Forum - Atlanta Chapter - Program Committee
• Greater
North Fulton Chamber of Commerce
• Kettering Executive Network (Atlanta)
• Georgia Entrepreneur Society (GES)
He is a former member o the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Association for Corporate Growth.
Alan holds a Master of Arts Degree with a focus in Healthcare Administration from Central Michigan University and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Northern Illinois University. He is a registered MT (ASCP) and Certified Six Sigma - Green Belt.
He
is a founding member of St. Vincent de Paul Society, serving as Chairman, President
and CEO from 1996 to 2002, and he serves on its Board of Directors.
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Nat
Padget
H.N. (Nat) Padget is Chairman of Shareholder Solutions,
LLC, a consultancy to aid executives, boards, and owners in enhancing shareholder
value. Before that, he spent two decades in banking, most recently as President
of Flag Bank and Executive Vice President Flag Financial, which he joined in the
merger Flag Financial and CNB Holdings, where he had been President and CEO of
Chattahoochee National Bank. At Flag Financial, a $1.8 billion institution, he
initiated strategic initiatives for specific market areas based on formal research,
helping the bank's original shareholders more than quadruple their investment.
As a founder of CNB Holdings, he grew the publicly traded institution to $850 million through organic growth and merger activity. CNB Holdings was named as one of the Atlanta Journal/Constitution's "Top 100 Public Companies of Georgia" four out of its last five years based on financial performance factors including shareholder value, and the company received the highest ratings for credit quality from regulators. As Executive Vice President of Milton National Bank, total assets grew from $18 million to $130 million in 4-1/2 years, and the loan portfolio developed from $5 million to over $90 million while receiving the highest rating from regulators for asset quality and management.
Nat held vice presidencies at Georgia Federal Bank, National Bank of Georgia and Gainesville National Bank. He began his career as an Assistant National Bank Examiner for the Comptroller of Currency.
Married
and the father of three children, Nat holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Financial
Management from Clemson University. He received the "Financial Advocate of
the Year" award from the U.S. Small Business Administration for Georgia in
2003. He is an Eagle Scout.
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Stephen
M. Dorvee
Steve Dorvee is a partner and leader of the Intellectual
Property & Technology Practice Team at Arnall Golden Gregory and former chair
of the law firm's Litigation Group. He is an experienced litigator and has litigated
trade secret disputes, copyright, trademark and patent infringement cases, cases
involving restrictive covenants and unfair competition matters throughout the
United States. He also has extensive experience in information technology litigation,
including many hardware and software defects cases.
Steve advises numerous clients on the proper use, registration and maintenance of trademarks and has practiced frequently before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. He also is experienced in intellectual property licensing, and data privacy. He frequently lectures on technology and intellectual property law topics, is often quoted in industry publications and was named a "Georgia Super Lawyer" by Atlanta Magazine in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 for his work in Intellectual Property Litigation.
Steve
holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Dartmouth College and a Juris Doctorate Degree
from Duke University School of Law.
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Todd
Gordon
Todd Gordon, President of The Benefits Group, is
responsible for day-to-day operations as well as building relationships with and
educating clients. Todd helps business owners assess their business insurance
needs to design comprehensive benefits packages. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree
from Indiana University and a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University
of Illinois. Todd is involved with the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce
as well as Leadership North Fulton.
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Mark
Wyssbrod, CPA
Mark Wyssbrod, CPA, Pro-Active Tax & Advisory
Solutions, LLC, is a relationship-based tax and business advisory, helping small
businesses achieve their goals since 1999. As a tax and business advisor, Mark
learns his client's goals and helps them plan for the future through proactive,
efficient business decisions. His philosophy is the reverse of traditional tax
preparers, who are usually simple historians reacting to their clients' prior
and current positions. Their reactive stance means trying to fix previous mistakes:
Mark strives to prevent them in the first place.
Mark
earned a Bachelor of Science in Business & Economics with a Concentration
in Accounting from the University of Kentucky. As an Eagle Scout, he learned to
give back to community. In addition to volunteering with the Stage 2 Business
Accelerator, Mark also serves on the North Fulton Business Expo and several Greater
North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Small Business Committees.
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John
Rasper
John
Rasper is owner and chief executive officer of DeKalb Office Environments, the
largest Steelcase office furniture dealership in the Southeast. He purchased DeKalb
Office Environments in 1984 after being sales manager for Steelcase in Cleveland,
OH and Nashville, TN. Under John's leadership, DeKalb Office Environments has
grown into a 100+ associate office furniture dealer.
John is a charter member of Vistage, the World's largest CEO membership organization and is the incoming president for the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce for 2009. He also serves on the board of advisors for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and the Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce as well as the board of directors of the Country Club of the South in Alpharetta.
DeKalb
Office Environments has received numerous awards over the years for community
support and charitable endeavors. In 2005 John received the Greater North Fulton
Chamber of Commerce Board Member of the Year for over ten years of sponsorship
and support. He is a 1970 graduate of Ashland College with a BA in Business Administration
and played professional baseball in the Atlanta Braves organization from 1970
to 1974.
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