American Innovative

Mr. Tony Hu - VP Product Development
Tony joined American Innovative in 2008 as head of product development. Over the past 16 years he has developed hundreds of successful consumer products including top-selling toys, sporting goods, and juvenile (baby) products. A holder of 14 patents, he has also licensed 22 inventions to companies including Mattel/Fisher-Price, Nike-Bauer Hockey, and Franklin Sports.

Prior to American Innovative, Mr. Hu was VP of Product Development at DEX Products, Inc. where he was responsible for design, engineering, manufacturing, and marketing of juvenile products. Before DEX, he was VP Product Development for Overbreak, a rapidly-growing consumer products company, VP Product Development for Munchkin, Inc., a leading juvenile products company, co-founder of Artabunga! a leading website for creative kids, and founder of Primal Products, a product development and licensing firm. Mr. Hu has consulted for start-ups to Fortune 500 companies in the areas of product development, marketing, and licensing.

Tony has taught product design classes at Stanford and has lectured on product development at Stanford, MIT, USC, University of Maryland, and the California College of the Arts. He received his MS in Engineering, Product Design from Stanford and his BS in Electrical Engineering from MIT where he conducted research at the Media Lab.

Mr. Barry Wolfield - Advisory Board
Mr. Wolfield brings a depth and breadth of Product Development and Retail experience to American Innovative. He is currently a Partner within Accenture's Technology Practice. In this role, his focus is on the technology strategy and program management of a wide range of products and services across a diverse group of clients.

In addition to his experience at Accenture, Mr. Wolfield has also worked with dozens of early stage companies during his tenure at Razorfish where he ran the North American Startup Practice. Prior to consulting, he worked in a number of high-tech manufacturing companies building leading communications systems.

Mr. Wolfield holds an MS in Computer Science from Renssellaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from SUNY Albany. Mr. Wolfield also sits on the advisory board of Nexus Global Partners and was previously an adjunct professor at Hartford State Technical College.

Mr. Matthew Gentile - Advisory Board
Mr. Gentile has nearly 10 years of experience in technology start-ups having founded his first, Syncline, Inc., in 1997. Now in his second major venture, Mr. Gentile is currently the CEO of Traverse Technologies, a consulting firm that specializes in the design and development of web-enabled software systems that feature mapping (GIS) as a core ingredient.

Prior to taking the entrepreneurial path Mr. Gentile was a consultant to the property-casualty insurance industry researching catastrophic risk management solutions for natural hazards at the Institute for Business and Home Safety. Mr. Gentile worked as a White House staffer from 1993-1995 in the Office on Environmental Policy. He holds a Master's Degree from MIT and a B.S. from Indiana University.

Mr. Marc Tremblay - Advisory Board
Marc is currently employed with DigitalGlobe, Inc. where he is VP & General Manager of the company's Commercial Business Unit. DigitalGlobe is a leading provider of geospatial imagery and related services serving customers such as Google, Microsoft, Ask.com and Zillow.

Most recently Marc was VP Business Development & Product Management for Z Corporation, which was successfully sold to Contex Scanning. The company develops, manufactures, and markets the world's fastest 3D Printers. Prior to Z Corporation Marc was the CEO of Syncline, a cutting-edge provider of ASP solutions and standards-based GIS Web Services. Before joining Syncline, Marc was VP of Engineering and Operations at Virtual Technologies, which sold hardware and software solutions for high-end visual simulations. The company was acquired by Immersion Corp.

Marc holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Brian Myerholtz - Advisory Board
Brian Myerholtz is a Principal with the Boston Consulting Group where he has worked extensively in the industrial goods and retail industries. His projects have covered a broad range of issues including new market entry, distribution strategy, retail effectiveness, and strategic acquisitions among others.

Prior to joining BCG, Mr. Myerholtz was a Consultant with Accenture. As part of the Media and Entertainment Strategy practice, he specialized in procurement strategy, small business development and IT system design.

Mr. Myerholtz was a Tuck Scholar at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University.