Lisa Guillermin Gable

Lisa Gable’s career includes extensive leadership experience in global brand management, technology, international diplomacy and media. In 2004, President George W. Bush named Lisa as the United States Ambassador to the 2005 World’s Fair in Nagoya, Japan. Lisa repositioned U.S. participation by focusing on business development, investment and job creation.

Lisa started Silicon Valley based Guillermin Group, a brand management firm advising executives at companies such as Oracle and Cadence that had reached the crucial billion dollar mark and required marketing systems to reach the next level. She also brought nimble and measurable processes to a diverse set of companies such as Apple, Quantum, Roche and Radisson Hotels. Her background includes global corporate identity manager for Intel Corporation and service at the White House and Defense Department. Her ability to transcend business sectors has made her successful on the West Coast, East Coast and Japan.

She serves as a senior fellow at the Council on Competitiveness, a CEO roundtable. She is Chairman Emeritus of the Pacific Research Institute; serves on the board of Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management; served as a commissioner of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships; and served as vice chairman of the U.S. Defense Department’s Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. Lisa is a member of the Belizean Grove and Women Corporate Directors.

Lisa Gable is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in international relations and holds a Master’s degree from Georgetown University’s National Security Studies program.

James S. Gable

Jim is an individual investor and consultant residing in northern Virginia. Previously he worked in Silicon Valley for many years, including as a Vice-President at 3Com Corporation following 3Com’s acquisition of Kerbango, a company he co-founded. Kerbango built a critically acclaimed Internet radio – a new type of Internet appliance that played thousands of Internet radio stations from the web in a device that looked and operated much like a traditional AM/FM radio. The product won Best of Show at the 2001 Consumer Electronics Show and appeared in many newspapers and magazines including USA Today, Newsweek and Rolling Stone.

Before starting Kerbango, Gable was Vice-President of Software Marketing for Apple Computer. In his twelve years there, he was instrumental in shipping several of Apple's most successful products such as Mac OS 8, the original Power Macintosh, TrueType fonts and the LaserWriter II. His experience at Apple covered nearly all aspects of product inception, development and introductions. Earlier Jim worked at the Chicago office of the Boston Consulting Group. Jim holds a Master's degree in industrial engineering and a Bachelor's degree in history from Stanford University. He holds a Master's degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School.