Ron Guida leads Guida Advisory and is a 30 year industry veteran who mentors and works closely with emerging technology companies. He has helped to launch and grow a number of successful advanced technology products and services companies, including: Covalent Systems, ETSEC, Bluestone, Optaros, Jean Martin, Zenith, Ansi-USA, u1.net, Saturn Infotech, Artezio, and Zircon Computing. He's sold and implemented wildly successful web projects, generated over $ 270 million in profitable advanced software products and services revenue, and has published several white papers on Cloud Computing. He is an expert in the development and implementation of key sales and marketing strategies, and in establishing alliances, partnerships, and channels.