Al Riedler. financial advisor

A certified public accountant, Mr. Riedler has more than 25 years of management experience in the areas of public accounting, finance and operations within technical companies. Currently, he is the chief financial officer at St. Bernard Software where he is responsible for the finance and administrative operations. Previously, Mr. Riedler was the chief financial officer of Bluebird Systems, a software development company.  He is the former Industrial Group Controller for Ramada Inns and Vice President of Finance of STARNET Corporation (a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska.

Kay Sakata. business & sales advisor

Kay Sakata's technology career spans over 35 years. He co-founded WindFire Technology where he held a position as a V.P. of Sale and Alliances. Previously, he held various top management positions with Bluebird Systems including executive vice president and VP of international and channel sales. Previously, he was a branch manager of the San Diego office of Source EDP.  He concurrently served as an advisor to the Bank of Taiwan, the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, and the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China where he helped develop the IT resources for the government in Taiwan. Kay was the MIS director at Shareholders Management Company, an investment management company, and began his career as a systems engineer for IBM. He holds a B.A. degree in Mathematics from UCLA.

Kay Lee. business & sales advisor

Kay Lee came to Alero with 27 years of experience in Information Technology industry. He started his career as a Fortran & PL/I Programmer in Mini Computer System, and has worked in many industry sectors and system configurations in multinational environment, from Mainframe to PC Desktop, Local Area Network to Wide Area Network, Batch Legacy System to eCommerce System, and System Software to Application Program. He also engaged in Management as a Senior Consultant, Project Manager, and Program Manager. He has been involved in distribution services to set up worldwide partners for technology providers to move into target markets and close accounts. He holds Master of Science Degree in Information and Computer Sciences from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Bob Rowlett. legal advisor

Robert D. Rowlett is an attorney generally focusing his practice to counseling on general business matters with a particular focus in intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, trade secrets and related matters. Prior to re entering into private practice in 2003, he was as General Counsel for Wink Communications, Inc., a publicly traded technology venture in the software and interactive television business. Prior to Wink, he gained “large” law firm experience with the respected law firms of Howard Rice, Nemorovski, et al. and Christie, Parker & Hale where he also specialized in intellectual property matters. Mr. Rowlett received his J.D. from the University of San Diego, School of Law in 1994, is a registered Patent Attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and a registered Professional Engineer with California, and holds a college level Instructor’s Credential in engineering and a masters degree in engineering from the University of California.

Rebecca Lawson. marketing advisor

Rebecca Lawson’s marketing career spans over 20 years. She brings extensive experience in corporate and marketing communications, product marketing, vertical market development, product launch and strategic positioning for enterprise and internet technology companies.  She currently works for Peregrine Systems as Director of Product Marketing. She also founded and owns her own marketing consulting firm, Stratis Technology Marketing.  Prior to Peregrine, she worked for Keylime Software as V.P. of Marketing. Mrs. Lawson’s experience also includes multiple marketing and sales positions with companies like: TriTeal Corporation, Pages Software, Bluebird Systems, and EDS. She holds a Bachelor of Science in natural sciences with teaching credentials from the Michigan State University.