Luis Gutierrez Roy
Mr. Luis Gutierrez resides in Barcelona (Spain) and serves on ME911's Strategic Advisory Board guiding the company on its expansion strategy in the US and Europe. He is currently a Managing Partner with Telegraph Hill Capital (THCapital), a US-based fund which invests in mobile, wireless and digital media companies.
Prior to THCapital. Luis Gutiérrez headed the Barcelona office of Ernst & Young Corporate Finance as Managing Director. He joined E&Y after previous experience at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he was a Corporate Finance Associate Director, and also Houlihan Valuation Advisors, a Corporate Finance firm present in several US cities. He started his professional career as a financial analyst for the Barcelona Stock Exchange.
Luis has led corporate finance engagements, fundraising and M&A transactions in Europe, the US, Asia and Latin America, and has provided financial advisory to companies in various sectors, particularly Telecommunications, Media and Technology. He is a frequent lecturer at top business schools such as ESADE, IESE and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and has published papers, articles and co-authored a book on business valuations. Luis Gutiérrez has a BS in Economics and Business Administration from the Universidad de Barcelona. He also is a MBA from the University of San Francisco. He speaks English, French, Catalan and Spanish.
John Zdanowsky
Mr. Zdanowsky serves on ME911's Strategic Advisory Board with strong expertise
in finance and entrepreneurship. John has always excelled at whatever he's focused on. He was an Eagle Scout as a kid, in the 8th grade he programmed a computer to solve Rubik's Cube. He was number two in his high school class, still holds the school record in the pole vault, and he graduated with his first college degree in just 3 years.
He has his MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University.
He's led or arranged 14 acquisitions, one IPO, five private equity investments and two debt transactions totaling over $500m for companies he either founded or joined as CFO.
John has so many amazing accomplishments, and he loves building businesses as much as anyone, but his greatest joy in life is his time spent with the wife and kids playing games and enjoying each other.
Regina Phelps, RN, BSN, MPA, CEM
President, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions
Regina Phelps serves on the ME911 Strategic Advisory Board with strong expertise in emergency preparedness, management and safety and is an internationally recognized expert in the field. With over 24 years of experience, she has provided consultation and educational speaking services to clients in four continents. She is founder of Emergency Management & Safety Solutions, a consulting and training firm. EMS Solutions is as a full service health and safety training and consulting company specializing in emergency preparedness, response, recovery and safety. This includes life safety and business continuity planning; EOC design, emergency exercises; ergonomics; and general safety consulting. 100% woman owned firm. A partial listing of clients include:Levi Strauss & Co., Adobe, The World Bank/IFC, Northern Trust, Intuit, Microsoft, Liberty Mutual, IDG, Equity Office, Stanford University, VISA, PMI, TSMC NA, Wells Fargo PPIC, MasterCard, TransUnion, MGIC
Regina holds Degrees and Certificates from:
- Certified Emergency Manager, CEM, International Association of Emergency Management
- High-rise Fire Safety Director
- Masters in Public Administration, San Francisco State University
- Bachelors of Science in Nursing, Arizona State University