Michael founded SEEDR L3C in 2009 and serves as its managing director. Prior to SEEDR, Michael was co-founder and strategy director of a technology consulting firm in Atlanta where he led a multidisciplinary team in developing R&D and commercialization strategies for early-stage, technology-oriented social enterprises in fields ranging from materials science, water treatment, biotechnology, building construction, financial services, and IT. He also served in key roles for portfolio companies and joint-venture partners, which included two years as a strategist for an affordable housing finance and development firm in the Dominican Republic. Over the past five years, Michael has consulted businesses, local and international nongovernmental organizations, universities, and state and federal governments on public-private partnership, technology transfer, and innovation strategies. He is also a regular lecturer and studio reviewer at Georgia Tech and has has been recognized for his public policy research on the relationships among social enterprise business models, technology, and economic development. Michael began his career in development locally with Community Investment Services at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta. Michael received a B.S. in International Affairs with Highest Honor from the Georgia Institute of Technology and has studied strategy at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C.
Steven Wilbert serves as finance director for SEEDR L3C. With a strong analytical and business acumen, Steven leads SEEDR financial initiatives with experience in financial theory, portfolio architecture, risk, and investment management. Steven is the former co-founder and chief financial officer for SEEC INC, a technology consulting firm where he led corporate finance and restructuring initiatives and provided turnaround, performance-improvement advisement, financial and operational restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, financial transactions, financial engineering and valuation business plans, financial projections, cash flow forecasts, and interim management services to the breadth of SEEC clients. Prior to co-founding SEEC, Steve led a national lending platform affiliated with The TRUMP Organization. As Executive Vice President of TRUMP Mortgage, he integrated highly successful management strategies and technology solutions into commercial and residential lending platforms. While a principal at his own private consultancy, Steven advised a client base of underperforming companies in turnaround scenarios, including capital restructuring and operations. His talent and discipline for growth has defined his leadership experience as an operating executive. Navigating the unsettled financial markets, he served as the principal acquisition and contracting advisor and consultant to the President and senior staff within The Mortgage Lending Direct located in New Jersey. There he led a team in negotiating acquisitions and mergers while providing significant expertise in the area of business and asset evaluation.
Victoria M. Gammino has 20 years experience in infectious disease and nutritional epidemiologic research, including work in the U.S., South America, Asia, Micronesia, Africa and Eastern Europe. She has worked in the public and private sectors and has served as a staff member or consultant to several private and corporate foundations in the areas of program development and evaluation. She has also assisted non-governmental organizations to incorporate evaluation and strategic planning into their operations. From 2002-2004 she served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer in the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she remained until 2008 when she moved to the Global Immunization Division. She received her doctorate in International Health from Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, where she was a recipient of the Harry D. Krusé Award for Research in Human Nutrition. Dr. Gammino also holds a Master of Public Health from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in epidemiology.
Sue Gerber has served a Public Health Advisor at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for over 20 years. She has worked in a number of areas including sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis where she was one of the first assignees to BOTUSA, CDC’s field station in Botswana from 1997-1998. She has worked with the Global Immunization Division since 1999 were she initially worked as a Technical Officer with the World Health Organization in East Africa, and covered Nigeria for the Division from 2005 to mid-2007 when she accepted the position of Team Lead for the AFRO region. She began her career in international health with the Peace Corps, where she was a volunteer in Liberia focusing on childhood immunizations and child survival activities. Since that time, Sue has worked extensively throughout Africa and Asia. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Epidemiology at Walden University.
Dr. William B. Rouse is the Executive Director of the Tennenbaum Institute at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also a professor in the College of Computing and School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Rouse has written hundreds of articles and book chapters, and has authored many books, including most recently People and Organizations: Explorations of Human-Centered Design (Wiley, 2007), Essential Challenges of Strategic Management (Wiley, 2001) and the award-winning Don’t Jump to Solutions (Jossey-Bass, 1998). He is editor of Enterprise Transformation: Understanding and Enabling Fundamental Change (Wiley, 2006), co-editor of Organizational Simulation: From Modeling & Simulation to Games & Entertainment (Wiley, 2005), co-editor of the best-selling Handbook of Systems Engineering and Management (Wiley, 1999, 2008), and editor of the eight-volume series Human/Technology Interaction in Complex Systems (Elsevier). Among many advisory roles, he has served as Chair of the Committee on Human Factors of the National Research Council, a member of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, and a member of the DoD Senior Advisory Group on Modeling and Simulation. Dr. Rouse is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, as well as a fellow of four professional societies – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He received his B.S. from the University of Rhode Island, and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
