Keiretsu Forum Westlake Village joined with San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles to create the Southern California Region of Keiretsu Forum in 2006. Within the region you get both localized and specialized venues. You can network/participate where you’re comfortable, in your own backyard, or go where the action is for your interest/expertise. There’s also the draw of an international network of investors that expand access as far as it needs to be for your benefit.
Our founding team of angel investor members, along with our partners and sponsors, are committed to growing the community of investors who are interested in funding entrepreneurial opportunities and providing valuable resources for their growth.
Our members have the option of investing individually or working within a group of investors who wish to combine the efforts of due diligence and negotiating terms for the investment.
Our goal….. To grow our community of investors by providing an international platform to showcase the most promising opportunities, ultimately creating the right environment, a Keiretsu, for everyone’s potential success with ROI.
Meeting Location
Keiretsu Forum Westlake Village holds its Forum meetings at the office of MediaPointe, the Westlake Village Host Sponsor:
667 Rancho Conejo Blvd.
Newbury Park, CA 91320
Team
Region President
Southern California Region
(310) 991-4309
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Connie Koch Harrell
Region President
Southern California Region
(310) 991-4309
connie@keiretsuforum.com
Connie’s unique business sense and creative vision is the blueprint for her proven successes in various industries as both a serial entrepreneur with retail, telecommunications, printing, graphics and forms design, technology, Internet community development and CEO/COO over companies in publications, telecommunications, technology with enterprise management systems, public relations, and fundraising. With a belief that people and relationships are the most vital part of life, along with her pioneering attitude and insatiable desire for new experiences, Connie is growing the chapters of Keiretsu Forum in Southern California.
Director Community Services
Southern California Region
(310) 991-5328
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Virtual Assistant
Southern California Region
(714) 751-1037
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Director, Aerospace & Defense Review Board
Southern California Region
7147511037
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Larry Harrell
Director, Aerospace & Defense Review Board
Southern California Region
7147511037
larry@syndicatingresources.com
Larry Harrell retired as a Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems Vice President assigned to support the recent acquisition of Scaled Composites acting as an advisor to the President of Scaled Composites. Larry’s unique abilities to cultivate start-up businesses are being utilized in the formation of The Spaceship Company (TSC), a joint venture LLC with Virgin Holdings Group. Merging the innovative, rapid prototyping capabilities of Scaled with the process driven requirements for TSC to build a spaceship system manufacturing business is the challenge. He was the Managing Director and CEO of AGS Industries GmbH, a joint venture company that represented the interest of the six shareholder companies and the Industrial Participation interests of the other NATO countries. He was responsible for managing the prime contract for the NATO AGS Program. As the prime contractor, he led the JV in preparing the AGS-I proposal, negotiations, and issuing contracts to the six core industries and the main sensor provider (Transatlantic Cooperative Advanced Radar). Prior to this assignment, Larry was Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Technology in charge of Integrated Systems and Platforms with responsibilities for coordination among Northrop Grumman’s Newport News, Ship Systems, and Integrated Systems sectors. His responsibilities included Sector business strategy, front-end merger, acquisition and divestiture, and optimizing technology investments in connection with developing the company’s strategic framework. With 34 years of professional experience in the defense industry, including 26 years with Northrop Grumman Corporation, Larry has expertise in test and evaluation, research and development, project management, manufacturing operations, program management, business management, and business development. He has worked as an engineering manager on the B-2 Program, and was the air vehicle manager on the first aircraft delivered to the U.S. Air Force and the manager on the first B-2 upgrade program as part of the spiral development program. Since 1995 he has been involved with mergers and acquisitions at the corporate office. Larry holds a bachelor degree in aeronautical engineering from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and a master’s degree in technology management from Pepperdine University. He has also earned a certificate in toxic and hazardous materials management from the University of California at Los Angeles, and completed executive management and marketing programs from the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management, MIT, and the Cranfield University School of Management in London. Larry has also served on the Board of Directors for Scaled Composites, Aurora Flight Sciences, and Hiller Aviation Institute. In 2000 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors for TRW Automotive.
Director Women's Initiatives
Southern California Region
(714) 751-1037
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Marylou Garcia
Director Women's Initiatives
Southern California Region
(714) 751-1037
marylou@keiretsusocal.com
Marylou is focused on reducing companies’ overhead costs by providing a highly qualified team to time and resource strapped companies to deliver savings they can take to the bank. Their average savings is 20%. Our compensation is completely performance based, so the company will always be net positive.
Marylou’s past experience includes holding the CFO position of a technology development firm, Corporate Director of Finance with Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts, a global hotel conglomerate, and Regional Financial Controller and Controller positions with Hyatt, The St. Regis and Holiday Inns Hotels & Resorts.
Marylou has anaged companies with Revenues up to $320M. Implemented strategies that increased the companies’ revenues and bottom line results. 20 years of senior financial management experience with public and private firms, corporate and entrepreneurial firms, start up to Fortune 500 companies, domestic or international, in eighteen (18) countries including Asia, the Caribbean, North, South and Latin Americas.
Director Medical Devices Review Board
Southern California Region
(714) 751-1037
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George Winston
Director Medical Devices Review Board
Southern California Region
(714) 751-1037
george@keiretsusocal.com
33 years in healthcare commerce, including sales, sales management, marketing, marketing management, with Sorenson Research, Abbott Laboratories and Hospira Worldwide and 5i Sciences. This experience spans across several medical device product lines for the hospital critical care, CV surgery, and CV anesthesia markets. The product lines include physiological pressure measurement, continuous mixed venous oxygen saturation monitoring, electronic infusion devices, airway management, sleep apnea and CV Surgery devices. Net result of the assignments is a thorough understanding of the acute care hospital market, with special knowledge of physician and nursing technology needs along with designing and selling products into the anesthesia, critical care and CV surgery areas.
Currently V.P. Marketing, 5i Sciences, a medical device start-up with a focus on OSA and airway management in sedated patients, undergoing medical procedures. Experienced in partnership and financial discussions with major potential corporate partners and investors.
Areas of experience include: Establishment of a regional critical care sales force with top and bottom line sales accountability, establishment of a KOL referral program, development of sales and product training materials and participation in the product design process, with focus on product usability to enhance clinician acceptability.
Education: 1972 – 1975 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida Marketing and business, 1969 – 1971 Miami – Dade College, Miami, Florida A.A.S., Aeronautical Technology. FAA flight certifications include Commercial license, Flight instructor, Instrument flight instructor.
Director International Regulatory Affairs Review Board
Southern California Region
(714) 751-1037
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Steven Lehat
Director International Regulatory Affairs Review Board
Southern California Region
(714) 751-1037
steven@keiretsusocal.com
Steven Lehat is a thirty year attorney, founder of two law firms Regulatory World and Citadel Regulatory Law, and the President of Law Business World, a law business consultancy. He is a graduate of Southwestern University School of Law, has an undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Cincinnati, and serves as mentor for both graduate and undergraduate students at University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business and undergraduates at University of Cincinnati Carl Lindner Business School. Mr. Lehat also participates in USC’s Minority Business Program.
Clients come to him for guidance, protection and piece of mind when they need to deal with regulatory agencies at the local, state, federal, and even international levels. These agencies include the Patent and Trademark Office, Copyright Office, SEC, FDA, Homeland Security, CPSC, EPA, FTC, and a host of others.
