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Dan CaulfieldOverview

Strategic Execution

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Entrepreneur

Board member, and Executive – 7VC deals, sold 4 companies

Founding CEO Tweetphoto-(Lockerz.com) – 1st Investment of Kleiner Perkins- S

Fund Launched Darestep for Ernst& Young

Globally – Digital Branding/ Strategy Practice

Founded/ CEO Hire Quality – Placed over 200,000 Transitioning

US Military Veterans in Large Corporations

– -Acquired to H. Ross Perot, 1999

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Social Entrepreneurism

Founded Hire a Hero- – Helping Military find good jobs when they return home.– Our vision is to eliminate the military service penalty.

• Unemployment for recently discharged military members is three times that of the general population

Founded Helmets to Hardhats- – Conceived program after testimony to US Senate Armed Services Committee

while answering questions of Senator Ted Kennedy.– Formed Taft-Hartley Labor Management Committee in partnership with the AFL-

CIO (Building and Construction Trades Department) and Construction industry. Board comprised of 16 Labor Union Presidents, and 16 Construction Industry CEOS.

– Personally lobbied and secured $40M in defense appropriations earmarks from US Congress.

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Legislative Experience

Principal resource/expert witness for both US House and Senate law makers in matters concerning Military/ civilian transition– Authored “Hire a Hero Act”, a tax credit for hiring veterans, Introduced

by Senator Kerry, signed into law by President Obama November 2011– Authored key amendments to “New GI Bill” to include Vocational

Training.– Contributed significantly to ‘Language’ of Defense Appropriations Act

to authorize “Reverse Boot Camp” to aid transition.– Subject Matter Expert for Several Associations Including NGAUS

(National Guard Association), MCA (Marine Corps Association, Retired Officers Association, AUSA (Association of the US Army)

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Public Relations- Telling The Story

Extensive Formal Media Training

Success Leveraging Mass Media

Negotiated 20 plus Media Partnerships– Major Media

Companies transition to digital revenues

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Representative Deals

TweetPhoto- $10M Acquired by Lockerz

Dicom Grid- $7M Series B (Canaan Partners)

DiscoverSD- Acquired Platinum Capital (Union Tribune)

eBridge- Raised 4M in Debt Financing (CapX Partners)

eVisibility sold to LSF (French Public Company)

Dayak- $1.5 Angel- $3M Series A (First Round, Bessemer Capital) Acquired by BountyJobs

MojoPages- $1M Angel, $4M Series A (Austin Ventures) (Spin off MOGL= $14M)

99Leads- $400K Angel BrightQube- Raised $1.5M

Angel Edgeware Analytics- $1.3M

Angel- Acuired BoeFly DesignScape- Sold Company

to Private investor Hire Quality Acquired by H

Ross Perot (personally) MilitaryHub- Reverse Merger

Sato Travel

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Looking for Opportunities

To make a difference by clarifying the strategic plan and gaining a shared vision of the critical path to success.

To secure strategic business development deals, streamline/ formalize operational processes, and recruit key leadership.