Our Members and Alumni
Meet our Netcito community, a diverse group of highly successful entrepreneurs from around the United States.
Rachan’s experience includes 8+ years of programming and 5 years in online advertising. He has worked both for startups and large organizations. AliveJuices isRachan’s first foray into running one. Rachan was inspired to get into the food/health business after his father had a stroke in 2009. Along with his family, he created homemade juices for his father using Ayurvedic guidelines.…
June is a business development, strategy and operations consultant to federal contractors in construction and wireless infrastructure. June has an early stage, bootstrapped software product in use by three existing clients. June has a 20-year background spanning financial services, emerging tech, supply chain and international logistics, commercial real estate and development, construction and wireless, with experience in high growth companies as well as Fortune 500.
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.…
As a health coach, Kerrie creates a safe and supportive environment that allows her clients to explore their current symptoms and health challenges and discover alternative approaches to healing. She founded Live in Rhythm with a desire to inspire others to new levels of health and happiness in their life.
Michelle brings more than 18 years of experience from the communications, digital marketing, e-commerce, and marketing strategy disciplines. Michelle has worked on both the corporate and consulting agency sides focused on corporate growth strategies, acquisitions, and the articulation of Internet growth and marketing strategy to a wide range of constituencies.
Currently, Michelle is CEO and Founder of Make Your Mark Digital with responsibility for the vision, strategy, and growth of Make Your Mark.…
Filmmaker, producer and media consultant Jeff Martini of Martini Media Solutions has over 25 years of experience in digital storytelling, and just passed his six- year anniversary as a preferred vendor of Capital One. Jeff and his team have created successful soup-to-nuts videos for many strategic efforts for Visa, Capital One, Louis Vuitton, and non-profit groups such as the CCHS Foundation, the Young People’s Chorus of NYC, Porto Charities and Trinity School at Meadow View.…
An engineer by training, worked most of my life in finance and technology (IT Auditing, Banking), and currently running an online fashion label (tag) business. From Amsterdam (The Netherlands) originally, lived in New York from 2006-2014, and now almost 3 years in Philadelphia. I love building and growing my own business. I approach many tasks and challenges with a focus on process and data analysis.…
Sean Martin McDonald is the CEO of the Social Impact Lab (SIMLab) CIC, the makers of FrontlineSMS and FrontlineCloud. He is the Founder of the Capture the Ocean Project and the FrontlineSMS:Legal Project. Sean joined SIMLab in 2010 and works with organizations all over the world to figure out how to use mobile technologies to increase their social impact.…
David designs, implements, and advises partners on unique multinational,cross-sector development investments in Africa, the MiddleEast, CentralAsia, South East Asia, and Latin America. He serves his partners (including start-up social enterprises, Fortune 100 executives, global NGOs, and community-based organizations) in the pursuit of innovative approaches to market-led and participatory development. He has worked extensively with multinational consumer products, agricultural, food and beverage, extractive, and pharmaceutical companies.
Charles grew up in NYC and graduated from Johns Hopkins and BostonUniversity School of Law, where he focused on juvenile justice and public interest. After law school, Charles spent a year in Italy before working for four years as a teacher, coach, and assistant principal at one of DC’s lowest-performing public schools in Anacostia. After teaching, Charles started his own small law practice and helped found a successful legal services corporation for the disabled, where he worked until Co-Founding GoodWorld in July of 2014.…
Andy is the owner of Development Solutions Global, the company behind the Christian Inspirations & Papier de Maison greeting card and stationery brands, which generates $2-$3m in annual sales. Andy also has particular expertise in sourcing & producing products in China, with over 15 years of experience.
Andy is a small business enthusiast, who loves helping people connect, learn and grow.…
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.…
I am a third generation native Washingtonian, born and raised on Capitol Hill. I believe in putting people first and giving all I can to my community. Honesty, open communication, and continuous learning are what I am most passionate about. After high school at Elizabeth Seton in PG County, I earned a Bachelor’s of Business Administration at Temple University’s Fox School of Business in Philadelphia.…
Margot Biane Merrick is Co-founder and Co-CEO of TheLoopVillage.com – a virtual, online community targeting senior isolation. The Loop Village is an online platform that offers one-on-one companions, live virtual travel events and classes as well as a cafe so “you never eat alone again”. The Loop Village is gaining massive traction in the Age Tech space with its mission is to improve the lives of millions around the world.…
Dan is the founder of NextGenAngels, a collection of investors under the age of 40, which aims to be the ‘most entrepreneur-friendly angel group in the world.’ Prior to co-founding NextGen Angels, Dan was InvestmentDirector at CIT Gap Funds. Previously, Dan was Vice President at the New Vantage Group, an early-stage investing company, where he led more than20 investments.…
Jim loves to build, create, innovate and problem-solve. He has a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Rochester. After undergrad, Jim worked as an Examiner at the US Patent & Trademark Office. While working as an Examiner, Jim attended law school on a part-time basis to earn his JD. Jim has since been in private practice for over
15 years, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, for the most part, in the business methods space.…
ANGELA MONACO JEWELRY, founded by Philadelphia-based jewelry designer Angela Monaco, is a Rittenhouse storefront and fine jewelry brand centering on connection with intuition and spirituality, and reverence for the natural world.
Designer and entrepreneur Angela Monaco has been designing baubles and beautiful, distinctive jewelry for twenty years. Her artful combinations of gems and precious metals are consistently being reimagined with a goal of connection—connecting with others, and helping others to feel more deeply connected with themselves.…
GO2 is a full-service growth agency focused on data-driven design and marketing. We work with clients to create and implement strategies that will help their business grow and thrive fast. All of the services offered by GO2 are tailored to fit our clients needs no matter where they are on their journey. I built and developed GO2 from the ground up, basing our methodology around the values of ideas-led, media-neutral, integrated, and multi-disciplinary growth hacking strategies.…
My background is in tech sales and I spent 20+ years working in reseller channels across the UK and Europe.
After spending a few years in Sales and Marketing consultancy I could see the way digital engagement was changing the buying cycle. Utterly bored with corporate sales I decided to change.
I could see the huge potential in SEO but not how I could apply my existing skills and experience.…
Born and raised in Uganda and USA. Studied Accounting Information system and graduated with an MBA from Johns Hopkins University.
I keep a day job as an Information Security and Systems Auditor supporting public and private organization clients within the USA and overseas.
3 years ago, embarked on Real Estate business and we are on our second property which is a multi-unit building that has just been remodeled to market as a boutique style short term rental to corporate and professional clients.…
Demond is a husband and father with a background in business process improvement. He has always wanted to work for himself and do something he loves to do. Demond enjoys cooking, so he decided to start a business that pertains to bbq, Streetside BBQ.
Before launching Streetside BBQ, Demond has a proven track record and thirteen plus years in the area of supply chain management, logistics, transportation and process improvement across a variety of businesses including, but not limited to, health care services, utilities, power, information technology and services and the chemical industry.…
Paul is CEO at 3Advance, an agile development team specializing in real-time apps that are UX-focused, AI-driven. He’s worked with some of DC’s largest non- profits and a host of startups – at all stages of funding. He founded InGame Fantasy, DC SportsTech, Arlington Celtic (REC soccer team), and is now working on a product that combines the lessons and connections made from all of this experience.…