Welcome

Concerro (BidShift) CEO

Last year in October 2007, I joined Concerro, Inc. as President and CEO. The company (recently renamed from its original name of BidShift, Inc.) is a SaaS (software-as-a-service) provider to the healthcare market. Concerro has developed an online auction system like eBay that allows nurses to offer to work on shifts at hours that suit them, and allows hospitals to fill open shifts and better address patient needs. Concerro service is now improving outcomes, helping with the nursing shortage and reducing premium pay expense at almost 200 hospitals nationwide.

Other Professional News

I have joined the Board and invested in a new start-up, StaffVision, which is a Web 2.0 On-Demand HR solution, for Human Capital Management (HCM). StaffVision is targeted at solving the challenge of hiring sales staff for small-medium sized companies.

I have joined the Board and invested in a wireless equipment manufacturer, Advantaq Systems, Inc. Advantaq has developed a 4th generation wireless node to build WiFi and wiMAX networks for cities.

BS Construction & Design, Inc. I have joined the Board and invested in a California company focused on large construction and design projects for Caltrans.

I was briefly asked to join the Advisory Board of Affinity Circles, a VC-funded start-up social network for universities, professional organizations and sports teams, based  in Silicon Valley.

I have signed an LOI to make my second Angel investment in SchoolParent.net: a new social network for school parents focusing on elementary and middle school grades.

I have made a first Angel investment in Interstate Aircraft: an aircraft manufacturer located in Lebanon, NH. The company received its FAA Type Certification in July and the company was subsequently sold to a private buyer.

Another group I have been advising is the the JPJ Group, on various international telecom projects, including obtaining a WiMAX license in South Africa.

I have also joined the Advisory Board for the Bronco Entreprentur Team (BET) and participate on the eCouncil and Santa Clara University CIE.

I have recently joined the Advisory Board of Nth Air a start-up WiMAX service provider in Silicon Valley.

Sunol News
The next Sunol Glen Unified School District Board meets every month on the 3rd Tuesday of the month our new Superintendent, Molly Barnes (no relation).

Recreation update
In February, I  returned from an unsuccessful attempt to climb Mt Aconcagua, one of the "7 Summits" via the technical Polish Glacier route. Hopefully, I will be able to return to conclude this unfinished business. Currently I am recovered after my second shoulder surgery (this time on my right shoulder) by Dr Millett at the leading Steadman-Hawkins Clinic in Vail, CO and have started on a new extreme home fitness program, P90X. I highly recommend Beachbody's 90-day P90X program because it is so comprehensive, including diet, strength training, yoga, kenpo (kick-boxing), stretching, plyometrics (jump-training) and a brutal abs routine!

I continue to row with the guys from what used to be the Stanford Rowing Club, then named Redwood Creek Rowing Club and now the Masters program with Palo Alto Rowing Club: we purchased a new Sykes quad and a 2-yr old Hudson 8 and honored our club motto (to race with the minimum of training and not come last!) with a 4th place finish in the 2008 San Diego Crew Classic.

My UK School News
Country Life magazine recently highlighted Tonbridge School as being in the top three public schools in the UK, with Eton and Westminster, on A level results, and in the top four, with Eton, Westminster and Winchester, on Oxbridge entrance results.

The Times Educational Supplement 2006 world rankings of the best 200 universities placed Imperial College in the Top 10 positions (at #9 - just ahead of Princeton, #10). Harvard ranked #1, then Cambridge, Oxford, MIT, Yale, Stanford, CalTech, and UC Berkeley at #8.