NCET

Dave Archer, President and Chief Executive Officer

Dave has over 35 years experience in all facets of marketing, technology, operations and finance. He spent 17 years at Viacom where he introduced numerous new products and services both in the United States and abroad, including Pay-Per-View, home shopping, high-speed data services and "Showtime Arabia," the Middle East’s largest multi-lingual cable TV and satellite programming service.
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Chuck Alvey

Chuck Alvey, CEcD*, is President and CEO of EDAWN – The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, a position he has held since September of 1998. EDAWN is a not-for-profit corporation, a private-public partnership committed to recruiting and expanding quality companies that have a positive economic impact on the quality of life in the western Nevada region.
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Scott Frost, Secretary / Treasurer

Scott Frost served as the founding Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Smart City Networks (formerly known as US Telcom) when the company moved its headquarters to Las Vegas in 1998. During his tenure the company more than tripled in size and became a leader in the industry. In November of 2001, Mr. Frost founded Desert Frost Ventures, a business development and capital-sourcing firm with its headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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David LaPlante, Past President

David LaPlante is Senior Vice President of One to One Interactive.  David was recognized as “Marketer of the Year” in 2004 by the Northern Nevada chapter of the American Marketing Association and was recently named as one of the “Twenty Under the Age of Forty” by the Reno-Tahoe Young Professionals Network in 2007.
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Darik Volpa

Darik Volpa is the Founder and CEO of Understand.com.  After nine years in the medical device industry, Darik Volpa witnessed a huge disconnect in communication between surgeons and patients. Most of the time doctors were too busy or lacked the skill set to communicate well with patients, and patients were usually confused with strange terminology or too nervous to ask the right questions. These opportunities led Mr. Volpa to found Understand.com in 2003. Today, Understand.com has over 2,000 physicians licensing content and has served more than 5,000,000 patients in over 130 countries. Read more.

Frank Yoder

Frank T. Yoder, has served as President and CEO of Advanced Information Systems, Inc. (AIS) for the past 23 years. During his this time, Frank grew the company from a one man startup to a highly respected IT consulting company with offices in the UK, and in across the US. Frank’ scope of professional expertise includes corporate strategic planning, operations, business development, and project management. Read more.

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Bob Goff, Chair and Board Member Emeritus

Bob Goff’s background is a blend of managing high technology growth companies and venture investment-related activities. He has more than 30 years of marketing and senior executive experience in managing the rapid and profitable growth of (3) semiconductor product companies ranging in size from start-ups to 1000 employees with annual revenues ranging from 0 to $100 million that resulted in multiple strategic mergers and IPOs.
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