Jay B. Gould
Mr. Gould practices in the Corporate & Securities area and is co-leader of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s Investment Funds and Investment Management Practice Team. He counsels clients involved in all aspects of the financial services industry. Mr. Gould represents U.S. registered investment companies, hedge funds, offshore investment companies, investment advisers, retail and institutional broker-dealers, and municipal bond underwriters. Mr. Gould advises investment companies, investment advisers and broker-dealers on mergers and acquisitions. He represents hedge funds and private equity funds with strategies for investing in India, Japan, Eastern Europe and Africa, distressed debt, activist situations, and other more traditional strategies.

Additionally, Mr. Gould represents technology companies that are funded by non-traditional sources, including hedge funds and private equity funds, and counsels such companies on ownership structuring, corporate governance, and capital raising matters, among others. Mr. Gould has extensive experience in structuring investment funds and drafting private placement memoranda, partnership and limited liability company agreements, subscription agreements, registration statements, proxy statements, periodic reports, no-action letters, applications for exemptive relief and other documents for filing with the SEC, the NASD, and other regulatory agencies. He also provides counsel on matters involving corporate governance and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance; mortgage securitizations and sales; collateralized debt offers; joint ventures and strategic relations; and retail, institutional and offshore securities distribution strategies and regulatory considerations.

Michael Scott
For many years, Professor Scott was a lawyer and an educator. As a partner in the law firm of Perkins Coie LLP, Professor Scott's areas of practice included intellectual property law, domestic and international licensing, technology law, and litigation for all types of businesses, from tech start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. With over 30 years of legal experience representing high-technology clients and an extensive background in computer technology, he is a pioneer in the field of high-technology law and public policy. He has also authored some of the most widely used publications on technology law, including Scott on Information Technology Law (in its third edition with Aspen Publishers - previously called "Scott on Computer Law"), Scott on Multimedia Law (in its second edition with Aspen Publishers), and Scott on Outsourcing Law & Practice. In total, he is the author of seven books on intellectual property, computer, multimedia, internet, and telecommunications law, and has published and presented hundreds of papers on related topics at symposia around the world. A member of the board of editors of the UCLA-ALASKA LAW REVIEW during law school, Professor Scott is currently editor-in-chief of two monthly newsletters - THE CYBERSPACE LAWYER and THE E-COMMERCE LAW REPORT. He also serves as co-chair of the California State Bar's Intellectual Property Section, Computer/Internet Roundtable.

Professor Scott is now a full-time professor at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, CA, where he teaches many courses in information technology (IT) law, information privacy law, patent law, and other areas. A former member of Southwestern's adjunct faculty whose affiliation with the law school dates back to 1976, he joined the full-time faculty in 2003. Professor Scott feels strongly that "it is extremely important to help law students become truly conversant in those areas of technology, law, business and public policy they will need to be effective leaders of the 21st Century."

Martin P. Waterman
Martin Waterman is the founder of Mentoropolis.com and StrategicDNA.com, two firms that specialize in helping to assist start up companies. He has over 25 years experience in venture capital specializing in helping young companies to become global, sustainable enterprises.  He is Chairman of the Board of Trafford.com which was Canada’s 5th fastest growing company in 2004.  Trafford was the first on-demand book publisher in the world printing one book at a time per order.  Trafford has published over 15,000 authors in over 125 countries.  
Martin also has a background in journalism & public relations and all aspects of documentary film production.  He is also the founder of CorporateDocumentaries.com.  He also sits on the Board of Directors of Sensor7.com, Schnitzelz.com, ModernAccessSystems.com and UrthMinerals.com. 

David Traub
David Traub has a background in new media. He speaks globally on the subject and has been a keynote speaker for the Consumer Electronics Show and MacWorld among others. He has produced games for a variety of entertainment industry clients. He has a Masters in Education from Harvard with focus on Interactive/Immersive Technologies in service to optimizing human capital/social and emotional learning. Some of his clients have included Apple, Capital-EMI, Microsoft, MTV Networks/Viacom, The Rolling Stones, U2 & the Republic of China.

Dr.Charles Parks Ph.D. J.D.
Dr. Parks is considered an International Adviser and has extensive contacts throughout the world in the trade and finance industry. He is currently the Executive Chairman of I.B.A. (International Bank of Australasia), and founder of both I.M.F. Global and O.W.F. (One World Foundation). He is President of Louisiana Capital University, and Representative of the Presidential University in the Ukraine.

Dr. Parks sits on multiple Boards of Directors and is also an advisor to many companies including KPIP.co.kr and UplusKorea.com, two High-tech companies founded in South Korea. He is a diplomat of cultural and trade attaché of PHR Australia. He holds a 9th Degree Grand master Olympic Sports Korea Tae Kwon do and is the spiritually adopted son of the Venerable Won Dam Supreme Grandmaster Monk who is a “living Buddha” and Head of Korean Buddhism. He has been an advisor of International Investment/Financial firms, and prior to this he was on the board committee of Foreign Airline & Trust.