Meet our board.
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Sammy Abdullah, CFA Sammy is a co-founder of The DAN. He manages general operations of DAN Fund. |
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Kevin Vela Kevin's love for startups comes from his three attempts at starting his own ventures, two of which he chalks up to "learning experiences." As a founding partner of Vela Keller PC, a boutique law firm in Mockingbird Station, Kevin focuses his practice in the areas of startups, capital raises, and corporate law. Kevin represents dozens of Dallas based startups, dozens more around the world, and has significant experience in Angel, Seed and Series A funding. Kevin also serves as an advisor to a Venture Spur program company, AcclerateNFC, and the Dallas Entrepreneur Center. Kevin runs the DAN Twitter feed, you can follow it @DalAngelNetwork. |
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Chris Koller Chris has been involved with technology ventures for 10+ years. Initially Chris served as a Business Development Manager for the Web Head Group, a San Antonio based technology infrastructure, security and development firm. He has now moved on to found his own digital advertising agency, Idealgrowth, focusing on delivering dynamic, scaleable and efficient marketing strategies for high growth businesses. Chris's primary expertise is in developing technology based business models, planning scaleable technology platforms and generating online exposure for web based companies. |
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James Austin James’ professional background has focused mainly on credit underwritings for large corporate companies. James worked with Bank of America as the primary analyst in the bank’s financial institutions group, where he actively monitored a portfolio with over $2.0 billion of collective exposure. Currently, he's an associate in the global credit analysis group within Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank. He analyzes and evaluates prospective deals across multiple industry groups, including manufacturing, services, technology and energy. James is an active market investor and has contributed personal capital to fund multiple business ventures. |
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