Board of Advisors

Jerry Pence

Board Member

As Partner for Najafi Companies, Mr. Pence is responsible for identifying and evaluating acquisition opportunities, leading due diligence investigations, and executing purchase documentation. Mr. Pence also focuses on capital raising and strategic activities for existing portfolio companies as well as potential acquisition targets.

Prior to joining Najafi Companies, Mr. Pence worked for the Boston Consulting Group Los Angeles office, focusing on the financial services, energy, and consumer goods industries. From 1995 until 1999, Mr. Pence worked for Merrill Lynch in Mexico City and Lehman Brothers in New York City, where he executed mergers and acquisitions as well as capital market transactions.

Mr. Pence holds a Bachelors of Arts in Economics and Latin American Studies from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University. Originally from Mexico City, Mr. Pence has worked in Argentina and Brazil and is fluent in three languages.

Luis Leung

Board Member

Mr. Leung began his career in São Paulo, Brazil in 1988 with Smar Equipamentos Industrias Ltda as a Research and Development Software Engineer. In 1991 he was helped establish the company’s operations in the United States and was promoted to CIO and Comptroller. From 1994 to 1997 Mr. Leung helped structure operations and systems for the company’s headquarters as well as for its subsidiaries in Germany, France and Singapore.

In 2004, Mr. Leung co-founded Scitus Corporation, a Microsoft VAR and ISV, and the Alba Spectrum Group a consulting company. The Alba Spectrum Group has operations in Chicago, Houston and São Paulo, Brazil. Its line of products includes Microsoft, SAP and Oracle.

In 2001, Mr. Leung co-founded Advent Corporation, a software development company and Microsoft Partner. The company merged with Enterlogix Corporation in 1992. Enterlogix Corporation, after the merger, was the largest Microsoft Great Plains implementation practice in the state of Texas.

In 1997, Mr. Leung started his consulting career at Hein + Associates LLP in Houston, TX as a Project Manager. In 1999 he was hired by Grant Thornton, LLP as a Consulting Manager and participated in several multi-country systems implementations. In 2000, he worked at eParners Inc as a CRM Practice Leader.

Mr. Leung holds a Bachelors of Science from Instituto Tecnologico Aerospacial, Brazil.