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Panelists for the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Challenge Semifinals

Kevin Bloomfield

is founder and managing partner of Bloomfield Partners, LLC.The company’s diverse focus

includes identifying, funding, and advising early stage, scalable technology companies. He previously co-founded

and served as President and CEO of NetVentures Corporation. Kevin has been named both a Rising Star and

Entrepreneur of theYear, was recognized by the Center For Innovative Technology (CIT) GAP Fund as one of fifty

entrepreneurs who are most likely to buildVirginia’s next generation technology companies, was listed in the Blue

Ridge Business Journal’s 20 under 40 directory, and has been nominated for numerous Chamber of Commerce and

other civic awards.

Eva Doss

has 20 years of experience in business consulting, strategic planning, business development and equity

fund establishment and management in the United States and Europe. During her career Eva established new

business ventures and seed investment opportunities, and developed innovative business partnerships for

companies. She established the Southside Business Technology Center, a business consulting entity in 2005, which

grew into The Launch Place, the lead entrepreneurial development organization offering business consulting,

training, office space and subsidies, and equity investment through its two equity funds to start-ups in Danville,

Virginia, and in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

Doug Juanarena

is a serial entrepreneur with more than 35 years of experience as a founder and CEO

of successful technology businesses. He is the past VP and site leader for Rackspace Hosting’s Blacksburg

development center. He is past head of GenTekVentures, a firm that assists technology companies with start-up

and business development activities. In the past he has served as a research engineer for NASA at the Langley

Research Center and was founder and CEO of Pressure Systems, Inc., KPSI, and Luna Technologies.

Kevin Passarello

is Counsel to Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney inWashington, DC in its emerging companies

group. His practice encompasses corporate finance; venture capital and private equity; intellectual property;

mergers and acquisitions; and corporate

law. Kevin is a serial entrepreneur. Before

joining Buchanan, he co-founded two venture-

backed technology companies in the software

and mobile markets--with investors including

Microsoft, Sequoia Capital, Hg Capital, and

Catterton Partners--as well as a $60 million

buyout fund. He recently co-founded and is

CEO of a predictive analytics company, based on

research from the University of Virginia Medical

Center. He has hands-on international business

experience in 15 countries. Kevin is a graduate

of Georgetown University Law Center.

Kamran Razvan

, Ph.D., is the founder and

CEO of Click & Pledge, a global leader in

providing over 9,000 nonprofit organizations

and political campaigns with cloud-based online

fundraising and donor management applications.

Dr. Razvan has founded two other successful

software development companies serving

Motorola, NASA, the Naval SurfaceWarfare

Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ingersoll

Rand, Hewlett Packard and others. He is a

recognized expert in the field of e-commerce,

security for online financial transactions and

database management. Dr. Razvan has authored

various patents, is a noted speaker and educator

and is active in many community philanthropic

organizations.

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