Scott Beck is the president and CEO of Beck Ventures, Inc. a private equity and investment management company additionally he serves as the president of Cornerworld, Inc. In 2003 Beck was an Associate Vice-President at JP Morgan Chase and Co's Lab Morgan where he focused on new business formation and corporate strategy for the bank globally. Prior to joining JP Morgan Chase, Mr. Beck was a member of SG Cowen's leveraged Finance Group that he joined in 1998, where he provided support to clients who access the high yield and leveraged finance capital markets. Preceding SG, Mr. Beck was a senior auditor at Ernst and Young LLP.
Mr. Beck received a Masters of Accounting from the Kozmetsky School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin where he completed his B.B.A.
Beck is a member of the Board of Directors of United Texas Bank and is Vice President of Beck Properties Trophy Club.
Additionally, Beck serves on the boards of various educational and charitable organizations.
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Kelly Larabee is a strategist who has helped promote and guide numerous progressive technology ideas and businesses. She focuses on communications, executive strategy and creating visibility via public media. She is currently on the advisory boards of several early stage technology businesses, as well as the Encanto Palmcroft Historic Preservation Association and the Phoenix Parks and Conservation Foundation.
Most recently she led all communications & strategy for Skype Technologies, the leading global Internet telephony company, from its inception to its sale to eBay in late 2005 for $2.6 billion.
Prior to joining Skype, she worked with Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis on KaZaA, and continued directing all aspects of media and communications strategy for KaZaA after its sale to Sharman Networks through May 2003, when KaZaA became the most downloaded software in the world. She continued to advocate for consensus solutions for issues related to file sharing with the Distributed Computing Industry Association (www.DCIA.info), the Washington, DC based consortium of companies up until the Supreme Court ruling on issues related to file sharing.
She joined Alexander Communications in 1996 and left as a vice president of Alexander Ogilvy in 2001. She moved from Denver to Phoenix in 1997 and worked remotely to the San Francisco and LA offices. Larabee primarily ran pr for idealab!, but she also managed marcom for Ziff-Davis’s GameSpot and Computer Shopper/NetBuyer,Infobeat, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Heidrick and Struggle’s LeadersOnline, Visitalk, Hewlett-Packard’s Enterprise Systems Group, and Nortel’s acquisition of Bay Networks.
Before Alexander Ogilvy, Larabee worked as a PR consultant for a variety of clients including America Online at the Washington, D.C. office of Fleishman-Hillard Inc. She assisted in the creation of the Interactive Working Group, the AOL lead coalition of ISPs that pressed Microsoft to open Windows 95. She created a consumer privacy program for MasterCard International, and wrote the summation of MasterCard’s telemarketing fraud program that earned a Silver Anvil Award. (http://www.fleishman.com/overview/reputation/silver_anvil/mastercard.html)
Her final project in Washington, D.C. was with key non-profit organizations to support the Clinton administration’s youth anti-smoking initiatives and create the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids with Bill Novelli. She began her career in the United States Senate as a staff assistant to Senator Herb Kohl from 1992 to 1995.
Kelly holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Colorado State University. She was a founding member of the Council for Internet Commerce, a member of Technology Empowerment Network and Women in Technology.
David Gullett is a co-owner of Symmetrix Technologies, LLC, a consulting firm that provides IT installation and support services for law firms and banks in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Prior to founding Symmetrix, David was the lead programmer for Consumer Finance Systems, developing loan software. He then worked for Microconnect and Bloom Technologies in Dallas providing IT support and network consulting. He also was the network administrator Heritage Galleries - one of the top online auction companies in the world.As a shareholder David provides IT support and maintenance for Cornerworld. He is actively involved in developing, managing and maintaining the network infrastructure.
Mr. Gullett holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Arlington. Additionally David has attained expertise and certifications in Microsoft networking, Linux, Cisco, Citrix and Novell NetWare.
Billy Green is a partner, co-founder and senior consultant of Symmetrix Technologies, LLC, a consulting firm that provides IT installation and support services for companies in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex. Prior to Symmetrix, from 1993 until 2000, Billy worked for Microconnect, LLC providing IT support and consulting.
As a shareholder Billy provides IT support and maintenance for Cornerworld. He is actively involved in developing, managing and maintaining the network infrastructure.
Mr. Green holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of North Texas. Additionally Billy has attained expertise and certifications in Microsoft networking, Cisco, Citrix and Novell Netware.
Mr. Scott Beck discusses the emergence of Cornerworld to the investment community