Ace Moghimi, MBA Candidate, Babson Ace Moghimi is currently pursuing an evening MBA from Babson College's F.W. Olin School of Business. He was formerly an Operations & Commodities Analyst at Barclays Capital in NYC, later moving to Boston and attaining a position as a Derivatives Analyst at John Hancock. His responsibilities have ranged from leading and managing major projects to doing analysis and reporting for internal business units. In his spare time, he launched his first company in Real Estate, investing in small cash flow properties. He previously worked for a startup that ran venture accelerator programs over a weekend for college students, and is in constant pursuit of his next venture as he moves through the SLP 2011-2012. Ace is originally from the greater Boston area. He resides in the Fenway neighborhood and enjoys catching Sox games, playing golf and pursuing his goal of becoming an amateur skimboarder.

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Brian is currently a founder and principal at Elm City Capital, a real estate investment firm focused on acquiring multifamily properties and delivering financial, social and environmental returns to our investors. Prior to this Brian was a partner with Winning Strategies ITS, a start-up new media and IT services firm, Brian was responsible for bringing in new business, building business processes and managing marketing accounts for the State of New Jersey, Greenhill & Co. and Lebhar Friedman. Prior to Winning Strategies ITS, Brian served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bulgaria developing private-public partnerships in the social enterprise space, founded HybriNet Inc, a start-up software company and was a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Brian is the founder and Chairman of Areté Youth Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization supporting leadership development in the Balkans. He graduated from The College of New Jersey in Accounting and has an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

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Helena Mistry, Founder, GradConnect Helena Mistry is currently Founder of Gradconnect, which she started when she realized her fellow graduate students had a hard time of finding jobs that suited their skills earned in graduate school, or sometimes had a hard time finding a job at all. She is also a postdoctoral Fellow at Dana Farber Cancer Resarch Institute, where she is finding a cure for cancer. She holds an undergrad from the University of Waterloo and a PhD in Pharmacology & Toxicology from the University of Toronto. She is a 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Boston.

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Joshua Levitt, Co-Founder & Managing Director at UsedCisco.com Sectors: Technology Joshua Levitt is the Co-Founder & Managing Director at UsedCisco.com. He holds responsibility for overseeing operations, creating company vision and executing business strategy. Josh has been a successful entrepreneur in various industries with a focus on operating and building small businesses. He has several years of experience with the reseller channel in the Networking Industry and is the author of “Green Your Network,” a blog focused on network hardware as it relates to the green IT movement. As an entrepreneur, he most recently exited a successful business in the food & beverage industry and in 2006 returned to the Internet hardware space to help launch UsedCisco.com. He holds a dual B.A/B.S. degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a 2012 fellow in the Start-up Leadership Program class in New York.

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Oksana Gerasymchuk, Founder & CEO, Adriff Oksana is the Founder and CEO of Adriff. Adriff is Posterous for real estate online flyers. The service enables real estate professionals to create graphic flyers by simply emailing all the required information. Prior to Adriff, Oksana worked as an HR Manager at Anzer IT Solutions and started a real estate apartment leasing business in Ukraine while finishing her undergrad. She is currently working on an idea for a new venture that will radically disrupt the lead-gen industry. She holds an MBA from Lincoln University, is originally from Ukraine, and moved to the SF Bay Area in 2008. In her free time, Oksana can be found at a range practicing her marksmanship skills or mountain biking somewhere. She is 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Silicon Valley.

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Shelli Trung is the founder of Investors Beat, a magazine for real estate investors. Prior to Investors Beat, she worked at a range of corporate businesses in the medical, education and banking sectors, where she led business improvement and marketing projects. Shelli has also worked with a number of startups, mentoring in the areas of business development, public relations and branding. She is also a seasoned real estate investor, having bought, renovated and sold real estate internationally. Shelli is listed as one of the Top 10 female startup entrepreneurs in Australia and holds a degree in neuroscience from The University of Melbourne. She is passionate about helping real estate investors and entrepreneurs grow their business and invest wiser. Shelli is 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New York.

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Even as a kid in the Cape Verde Islands, Sidi was a budding entrepreneur, launching small enterprises with neighborhood children that went well beyond the simple lemonade stand. When Sidi came to the United States at age 17, his entrepreneurial skills combined with a passion for art and design. He finished high school in the States, and was then awarded a full scholarship to the prestigious University of Pennsylvania. After receiving Bachelor of Arts degrees in both architecture and fine arts, Sidi was awarded another full scholarship to pursue advanced studies in the field of architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He recently completed his M. Arch I degree, Master of Architecture, showed an original animation at the Guggenheim Museum in NY, and has worked for renowned design firms in the United States, Germany, and Switzerland. In his free time, Sidi is an artist who enjoys working in a variety of different media.

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