The C4CUBE teams includes personnel who have experience in all aspects of business required to manage this venture, build new businesses, and deliver a return on the investment. C4CUBE management team include:

Ky Good, Managing Director
Norman Smith, Managing Director
Lawrence Udell, Director – Industry Liaison
Lynne Keller, Executive Director
Robert Unmacht, Director Broadcast Media

 

 

Ky Good co-founded C4CUBE in 2006 with a vision to establish an Incubator in Northern Nevada to help bridge the “gap” between entrepreneurs and industry and contribute to bringing start-up companies into the region. In 2003, Ky co-founded iN3 Partners, which is an on-going business development and consulting firm, that focuses at working with entrepreneurs and early stage growth companies. In addition, Ky currently serves in varying management capacities to 3D Armor Systems Inc. (advanced materials protection system developer), Eye-Com, Inc. (a biosensor and communications controller device developer), Center for Technical Investments (a venture fund currently being formed in Nevada), Scheelite Technologies LLC (a direct methanol fuel cell system developer), ETECHS (an engineering focused charter high school), and provides executive advisory to several other pre-Series A funded high technology startup companies. Prior to 2003 and back to 1992, Ky served in various executive and corporate officer roles for several start-ups including Research & Development Laboratories, Alidian Networks, Advanced Fibre Communications, and DSC Communications. During this time, Ky lived and worked overseas yielding a depth of business and personal contacts throughout the United States and international marketplaces, with a strong focus in Asia Pacific.

Prior to 1992, Ky spent five years in marketing and product management with Nortel Networks and 15 years with Verizon and South Central Bell (now BellSouth) holding a wide range of engineering and management positions. Ky brings his significant expertise in a number of technologies, US and International business development, entrepreneurship, and applied engineering to identify emerging markets, develop investment opportunities and business alternatives.

 

Norman Smith has 30 years executive management experience specializing in startups and cutting edge innovations in retail, technology, manufacturing, and international business development. He founded 9 successful startups and raised over $250 million in startup funding taking their annual revenue from startup to over $100 million. His ability to assist young startups comes from his personal experience that includes: building world class management delivering world class services and products. He took a failing U.S. manufacturing firm from $1/2 million in sales to $120 million while winning state awards for handling of hazardous materials and waste water treatment. He started and managed international joint ventures in Hong Kong, Thailand and China, with an average annual growth of 1500%.

He took manufacturing technology services and consumer product retailing from 43 locations to 216 locations with no change in cash flow tripled revenues and increased profits by 11%. He is nationally recognized for innovative programs and job growth while serving on the board of the Contra Costa Software Business Incubator Board, as a University Regent for several Non Profit(s), and as a board member for Regional governance and Private industry. When not starting a new company his leisure time passions include travel scuba diving and animal rescue.

 

Lawrence Udell is Executive Director of both the Center For New Venture Alliance and the California Invention Center. He has created and taught “New Ventures and Entrepreneurship” courses for over 30 years, plus a special course on, “Technology Marketing” at the Cal-State Hayward, School of Business and Economics.

He served as a Lecturing Professor at U.C. Berkeley, teaching a course on Technology Transfer & Commercialization, and has also taught other courses for other universities in the U. S. and Canada. He is an active member of the Licensing Executives Society, and is co-founder and managing director of the Silicon Valley Chapter of LES.

Founder of over 20 corporations, he also provides consulting to both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies, plus lectures frequently at inventor, corporate and government functions throughout America and in other countries for the World Intellectual Property Organization (United Nations).

 

Lynne Keller has been recognized as an “outstanding women in the gaming industry” in Northern Nevada. Her thirty-two years of experience encompass most all areas of the gaming administration from clerical positions to Controller to Executive Vice President and General Manager of a local casino in Reno, Nevada. Lynne has witnessed first hand the growth of gaming into a sophisticated business utilizing the latest technology to enhance its profitability.

She learned early on that the growth of any business is based on customer service, teamwork and a strong community involvement. Her community involvement began in the 80′s with leadership positions in the PTA both locally and regionally, and in the 90′s with the Senior Alliance board and the Senior Citizens Center in Reno and Treasurer of a Storey County General Improvement District. Through her leadership employees of the casino she managed raised thousands of dollars for the Children’s Cabinet, March of Dimes, the Girl Scouts, Toys for Tots, St. Judes Children Hospital, and a local community outreach program providing food for those less fortunate at Thanksgiving and Christmas. She has also been a strong advocate and contributor to the Nevada Women’s Fund, the Boys & Girls Club of Western Nevada, and the local Public Broadcasting Station in Northern Nevada.

 

Robert Unmacht has 30+ years of experience founding, running and serving as an advisor to a large number of companies. In addition, throughout his career, Robert has owned and operated several radio stations, principally in the Pacific Northwest.

Robert is the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the M Street Corporation, a broadcasting trade publication and market research firm. After 15+ years with M Street, Robert sold M Street to Clear Channel Communications, the largest operator of radio and television stations in the United States.

Realizing the absence of quality financial and operational advisory services for small to medium sized radio, internet, television and print companies, Robert teamed with Doug Fleming in 2002 to form a new investment banking and strategic consulting firm specializing in communications. That firm is now iN3 Partners, Inc.

Robert is a recognized industry expert in communications, having worked with all areas of the industry and having been quoted in hundreds of publications domestically and internationally.