Who we
are
Brian Reale
Brian Reale is the co-founder and president of Colosa Inc. Mr.
Reale has more than 10 years experience managing high tech companies.
In 1997, Mr. Reale founded a Long Distance Telecom and Satellite
Services Company named Unete Telecom (
www.unete.bo)
which was sold to a publicly traded U.S. company in 2000. Mr. Reale
also co-founded Nexigis Inc. (www.hellomundo.com) in 2004, a consumer
VoIP company focused on the Latin American Market. Prior to founding
Unete, Mr. Reale worked as the Latin America Regional Manager for
Boca Research, Inc., a leading manufacturer of communications technology. Mr.
Reale has been a speaker and panelist at a number of industry conferences
including First Conferences' Internet Service Provision América
Latina (Miami, 1998), the Latin American Internet Data Center & Carrier
Hotel Summit (Key Biscayne, 2001), and the CICT VoIP Conference
(Copenhagen, Denmark 2004). Mr. Reale has published several
articles, including
Bolivian
telecommunications industry for the World Economic Forum and
Harvard Center for International Development in 2002, and “VoIP
Market Opportunities in the Developing World,” (November
2004 CICT). Mr. Reale graduated magna cum laude from Duke University
in 1993 and was awarded a Fullbright scholarship in Ecuador in
1994.
Robert Vernon
Is a co-founder and currently serves as Managing Director of VK
Howden, LLC. Bobby is also a co-founder and major shareholder of
Colosa, Inc., a software company specializing in Internet based
work flow and BPM systems.
Prior to co-founding VK Howden and Colosa, Bobby served for five
years as Senior Vice President with Mexbrit, Ltd., a reinsurance
consulting firm based in Coral Gables, Florida. Prior to Mexbrit
he served as Vice President and Director of Reliance National Brazil
Seguros in charge of all specialty/financial products and played
a key role in designing and completing the acquisition of Seguradora
BMC, S.A. based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the subsequent creation
of Reliance National Brasil Seguros.
Bobby has published several articles relating to Financial and
Professional Liability, and has been quoted in many US and Latin
business publications, including National Underwriter, El Informe,
El Chronista, and Buenos Aires Economico. Additionally, he has
spoken at many notable conferences on the subject of Professional
Liability & Corporate Governance, namely the 1998 and 2005
PLUS conferences in Palm Springs and Boston, respectively, the
2006 C5 Conference in London, and the 1998 World Research conference
in Miami, FL.
Bobby is proficient in Spanish and Portuguese and holds a Bachelor's
Degree in International studies from Georgetown University and
an MBA from Duke University.
Mike Reale, PhD
Mike Reale is the founder and president of Ramstar Enterprises,
Inc. a U.S. corporation founded in 1995. Ramstar Enterprises, Inc
is a boutique supply chain and manufacturing process consulting
company. Prior to founding Ramstar Enterprises, Mr. Reale was the
Vice President of World Wide Supply Chain Strategy and Initiatives
for the Xerox Corp. located in Webster, NY. In this capacity Mr.
Reale was responsible for evaluating the human capital needs of
the supply chain, the technical capability and developing both
the tactical and strategic initiatives required to meet the firm’s
objectives. Prior to Joining Xerox, Mr. Reale held progressive
positions with Boca Research Inc., where he was the COO. Mr. Reale
also spent several years at Sanmina-SCI where he held the position
of Senior Vice President Atlantic Division. Additionally Mr. Reale
spent 20+ years at IBM where he progressed in management positions
in both Materials Management and Information Systems. Mr. Reale’s
last position at IBM was that of Director of Manufacturing for
the IBM PC. Mr. Reale has been a guest speaker for AMR Research,
located in Boston MA. He was also both a speaker and panelist at
the European Logistics Forum in Amsterdam, NE. for the World Trade
Group LLC and for the American Strategic Management Institute in
Phoenix, AZ. Mr. Reale has held prior Director Positions for Medi-Bill
Associates, Telefonicos Atlanticos (1989-1993), Boca Research China
Ltd, 1995-1999, and the Junior Achievement of Huntsville, AL. Mr.
Reale has an MBA from Pace University and a BS in Industrial Psychology.
He has attended the Harvard Business School for International Manufacturing
Structure and Strategies, Stanford University for Manufacturing
Strategies and Implementation, and IBM Systems Research Institute
for Programming Language Systems Architecture.
John C. Wigg
John C. Wigg is C.E.O. of Mexbrit, a Reinsurance Intermediary and
Consulting firm with offices in Miami, Florida and various countries
in Latin America including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico.
Prior to joining Mexbrit in 1988, Mr. Wigg worked in New York with
the firm of Guy Carpenter. Mr. Wigg is also President and a Director
of Medi Access, a Mexican firm that provides Third Party Administrative
services to the Health Management industry in Mexico. Mr. Wigg
grew up in Mexico and England and received his Bachelor's Degree
from University of the Pacific in California and his MBA from Cornell
University. Mr. Wigg speaks fluent English, Spanish and Portuguese.
John Zakhem, J.D.
John Zakhem is a partner at Doyle, Zakhem, Suhre and Lilly, a Denver
based law firm. Mr. Zakhem was admitted to the Colorado and the
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado in 1998. Mr. Zakhem has
been appointed to several prestigious legal institutions, including
the Colorado Access to Justice Commission and the Denver Judicial
Nominating Commission, and he is currently serving as the Chairman
of the Colorado State Personnel Board. Mr. Zakhem is also a member
of the Young Lawyer’s Division of Denver. Mr. Zakhem received
his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and his
law degree from the University of Denver.
