Our Members
Meet our Netcito members, a diverse group of highly successful entrepreneurs from around the United States.
Alex Budak is a social entrepreneur and professional faculty member at Berkeley Haas. Budak created and teaches a transformative course called “Becoming a Changemaker,” and is Executive Director of the Berkeley Haas Global Access Program. He co-founded and now advises the social enterprise StartSomeGood.com, which has helped over 1,000 changemakers in 50 countries raise over $10 Million USD.…
I am Larelle Clarke, founder, and CEO of Ditch the Wait. Wife, mom of three, and self-taught entrepreneur of the Lean Startup model. Before starting my business, I worked nearly 15 years as a HUD contractor and DC government Public Housing employee. I am a native Washingtonian, traveler, and foodie. I am a lover of cultural exploration and all things business.…
Dave Conley is a former AOL tech exec who introduced millions to the internet for the first time. After corporate, he joined the government, and as an entrepreneur, started several companies. After losing 150lbs and rebooting his life, today Dave is an inspirational speaker and author. His new book is about living a kick-ass midlife.
I’m the owner of Sure Optimize, a data analytics company specializing in marketing with data. We help chief marketing officers improve the customer experience, bring in more customers and retain customers using data. I’m a single-owner working with a couple of contractors for implementation. I have a strong background in enterprise software and data systems. I’ve also gained experience in digital marketing through my CTO startup experience and working with marketing organizations in Sure Optimize.…
After undergrad I spent four years as a US Air Force officer, then moved into the energy business where I spent 30 years in a range of IT, commercial, financial and public/government affairs roles, obtaining my MBA early in that journey. After retiring I led a Compass Pro Bono consulting project, then joined Samaritan Ministry as Operations Director.…
Peter Mellen is an entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience working in online business and commercial real estate. He is Founder and CEO of Netcito, a network of peer advisory groups for entrepreneurs.
Previously, he co-founded Edison|Wright, where he launched one of the first PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) programs in the world to finance clean energy projects in buildings through voluntary property tax assessments.…
Michael Nelson is a Co-Founder of IntimacyIVF. Prior to this full-time role, Michael worked for over 14 years in international development at the Inter-American Development Bank. During this period, Michael worked his way up from Research Assistant in Washington DC to Chief of Operations for the Bahamas office. Among other leadership responsibilities, he led multi-agency assessment and response teams in response to natural disasters, winning several awards from the institution including the President’s Award and 2 Team Awards.…
Jamey Stowell is a professional leadership coach, strategy consultant, and group facilitator. Jamey served in a variety of leadership roles at Georgetown University, African Leadership University, and INSEAD, designing academic and professional development curricula with some of the top strategy and business professors in the world. He is part of an elite group of facilitators who lead the renowned Interpersonal Dynamics course in the Stanford MBA program, and is a certified executive coach in the Six Domains of Leadership model used at Duke Fuqua School of Business.…
Eric Tobias is founder and principal of a soon to be launched boutique law firm, TobiasCounsel, PLLC. As both in-house and outside counsel, Eric has drafted and negotiated complex technology transactions including those involving cloud services, SaaS, reseller/OEM and distribution relationships, technology development, university tech transfer, manufacturing, outsourcing, joint ventures. Eric has spent almost his entire legal career serving emerging growth companies, many of whom are at the intersection of media and technology or offer products or services to large, risk-averse or highly regulated customers in media, healthcare or financial services.…