Our expert business advisors are passionate about helping businesses succeed. They bring extensive hands-on business experience to each client situation, ensuring you receive practical âreal worldâ advice that can be applied to daily operations. Business advisorsâ expertise covers all key business areas, and they will work closely with you to develop productive solutions.
Our team is here to answer your questions, schedule meetings with business advisors, suggest relevant training, and assist with the signup process.
Staff
  
   
    Roger B. Gilbert
      Director
    Lanuages Spoken: English
    
    831-216-3000
    
   
 
  
   
    José Luis Barajas
      Program Manager
    Lanuages Spoken: English, Spanish
    
    (831) 216-3000
    
   
 
  
   
    Jesus Escutia
      Client Relationship Manager
    Lanuages Spoken: English, Spanish
    
    831-216-3000
    
   
 
 
Business Advisors
  
   
    Alan Gohary
      Generalist, Startups, Real Estate, Quickbooks
    Lanuages Spoken: English, Arabic
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Alejandro Nino-Garcia
      Import/Export, Food Entrepreneurship, Startups, E-Commerce
    Lanuages Spoken: English, Spanish, French
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Asbury Lockett, JD, MBA
      Generalist, Funding Expertise
    Lanuages Spoken: English
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Bob Kramer, MBA, MA
      Strategic Planning, Business Startup and Management, Government Contracting
    Lanuages Spoken: English
    
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Carla Gannon, BS, JD
      Intellectual Property Law, Patents & Trademarks
    Lanuages Spoken: English
    
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Chris Caroll
      Digital Marketing, Social Media, E-Commerce, Website Development, Digital Tools
    Lanuages Spoken: English
    
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Claudia Newcorn, MBA
      General Business Consultant & Marketing Strategy Consultant
    Lanuages Spoken: English
    
    
    
   
 
  
   
    David Mancera, MS
      Agriculture, Finance, Marketing, Business Management
    Lanuages Spoken: Spanish
    
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Dr. Brad Barbeau
      Startup Success; Financial Planning and Management; Financing; Business and Strategic Planning; Organization Design and Development;
    Lanuages Spoken: English
    
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Favian Rodriguez, MBA
      Finance, General Business Management, Startup Assistance, Marketing & Social Media
    Lanuages Spoken: Spanish
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Geoffrey Bogart
      Exporting
    Lanuages Spoken: English, Spanish, Portuguese
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Gil Cardon
      Generalist
    Lanuages Spoken: English, Japanese
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Gustavo Pulido
      Startups, Business Plans, Business Structures
    Lanuages Spoken: Spanish
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Laura Pruneda, CPA
      Financial Planning and Analysis, Financial Reporting, Business Acquisitions
    Lanuages Spoken: English, Spanish
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Lourdes Uranday, MBA
      General Business and HR Consultant
    Lanuages Spoken: English, Spanish
    
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Molly Lorenzi, J.D.
      Labor Law, HR
    Lanuages Spoken: English, Spanish, Portuguese
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Olivia Molifa
      Marketing, Public Relations
    Lanuages Spoken: English
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Pablo Gomez, MBA
      Funding, Restaurants, HR
    Lanuages Spoken: English, Spanish
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Susan Petrella, MBA
      Marketing, Startups
    Lanuages Spoken: English
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Tania Santos Arvizu, Enrolled Agent
      Accounting, Agriculture, Construction, Food Entrepreneurship
    Lanuages Spoken: English, Spanish
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Wendy Brickman, MBA, MA
      Marketing Specialist
    Lanuages Spoken: English
    
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Rhonda Lowe
      Start-Ups, Business Plans, Marketing Strategy and Planning, Retail, Hospitaliity
    Lanuages Spoken: English
    
    
    
   
 
  
   
    Amado Mabul
      
    Lanuages Spoken: English