Miki Saxon, CEO, 25 years as a successful recruiter gave Miki Saxon an in-depth understanding of the bottom-line impact of employees who are turned on—and off.

She developed the MAP (mindset, attitude, philosophy)™ framework which she uses to help startup executives build attractive and strong yet flexible cultures, strengthen communications, reduce burnout and improve retention.

In 1993, she wrote The Swamp and the Alligators: a (slightly irreverent) guide to career planning and the search process and was named Author-in-Residence at San Francisco State University Career Center.

Miki writes MAPping Company Success for RampUp, Leadership Turn for b5Media and as well as numerous articles on management and culture.

For more information, see Miki's LinkedIn profile.



Alan E. Negrin, Chairman/angel/contributor, held senior management roles in companies as diverse as Xerox and Harris Corp. He is a serial entrepreneur with founding roles in Optilink (acquired by DSC, now owned by Alcatel), Advanced Fibre Communications (was public, recently aquired by Tellabs), and E/O Networks (acquired by GoDigital, now owned by ICBS).

His 30-year career spans engineering, marketing, as well as general and senior management. Since retiring, Al has served as an active Board member of Pliant Systems, Inc., seeded several startups, and taken up golf, about which his only comment is, "Tiger has less than nothing to worry about."

Al is an active contributor to RampUp's product line, having provided the original concept for Option Sanity™ and many of the precepts found in Empowerment Through Management Communications™.



Matt Weeks, Board Member/advisor, is currently CEO and Founder of startup EyeTMedia, an analytics and campaign services firm serving the online video advertising and publishing community.

Is currently CEO and Founder of EyeTMedia, an analytics and campaign services firm serving the online video advertising and publishing community.

A 25 year veteran of the software and financial services industries, Matt's expertise is in corporate and product strategic marketing, market entry, "productization" of technology and business development via channels and partnerships. A consummate deal-maker and trusted board-level advisor, he has served as an independent consultant to investors and venture funded technology companies such as 5Square System, CrossLogix (BEA), Market Scan, Eality (Success Factors), and has served in VP and General Management roles at Bank of America, Intuit, Managemark, Security Pacific, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and Moody's Investor Services. He was CEO of a start-up in the Intelligent Documents process automation enterprise software sector.

Currently Matt advises a number of start-ups and continues to work with select clients in his board-level advisory firm FINTECA while he drives EyeTMedia to their exit of stealth mode and the announcement of their initial product.

Matt serves on the National Board of Directors of the USC Marshall School of Business Alumni Association, and is active in the local San Francisco chapter, having led that organization for 7 years, and resides on the San Francisco Peninsula with his wife and daughter.