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Embrase is a business consulting firm driving early-stage venture growth

Philippe Telio
Philippe Telio, Principal
As President of Embrase, Philippe leads a team of seasoned professionals focused on commercialization. Recognized by his customers and peers as a consummate marketing professional, Philippe has over 20 years of executive experience driving strategic business development in Canadian and US firms. He has held various positions including, General Manager of Airvex Media, Director Speech Technologies at InfoSpace USA, Vice President Marketing Communications at Locus Dialogue, and Director Sales and Marketing at PTM. Philippe sits on the boards of RushPR, Arkalumen, DokDok, and Xaracom, and is the producer of "Startup Camp" events in Montreal, and Miami. He studied Engineering at the University of Western Ontario.

Larry Lisser
Larry Lisser, Principal
Larry brings 15 years of sales, marketing and business development leadership experience in emerging communication technologies. Through a variety of engagements, Larry has gained a deep understanding of distribution strategy and implemented channel models that have succeeded in markets ranging from small business through to large enterprise. Based in San Francisco, Larry has filled business-critical roles and provided direction to technology companies ranging from telecom to web-based B2B services. Larry is a native of Montreal, Canada and has been based in the Bay Area for the last 10 years.

Thomas Howe
Thomas Howe, Principal
Thomas has over 20 years experience in the design and development of next generation communications equipment. In March of 2007, Thomas won the first O’Reilly Emerging Telephony Mashup Contest with his “After Hours Doctor’s Office”. In Janurary, 2008, Thomas was listed among the most influential voices in VoIP. In March of 2008, Thomas won the VON Magazine Innovator’s Award.  In September of 2008, Thomas won the first Broadsoft Mashup Contest with his “Disaster Dispatcher”.  For a complete biography, check out the LinkedIn Profile. Thomas is an active software developer, concentrating on Voice Mashups and their supporting technologies such as Ruby, Rails, Adhearsion and Web as Platform architectures. Thomas is also a regular contributor to several online publications, such as Fierce VoIP and ProgrammableWeb.

Thomas received his bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering at University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and attended graduate school at Northeastern University where he studied Digital Communications and Signal Processing. He currently serves on several technical advisory boards and boards of directors. Thomas currently resides in West Barnstable, Cape Cod, Massachusetts with his wife and four children.

David Chabot
David Chabot, Principal
David brings a range of experience in software and development, web and multimedia design, e-commerce and B2B / B2C communications and audiovisual production. This allows him to quickly understand and evaluate solutions and services as an operations and project management resource that rapidly fast tracks initiatives for proven results. Since 1996, David has occupied marketing, creative and management positions in multimedia and audiovisual organizations, creative agencies, software and Internet ventures before joining Embrase. David is a Communication Studies graduate from Concordia University with a focus on new media and video.

 

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