Babak Motamedi holds more than 18 years of experience in a variety of business fields including International Business Negotiation, Business Consulting, Entrepreneurship, Capital Acquisition, Project Management, and General Contracting.

Babak’s dedication to his commitments, be they personal or professional, reflect his personality.

Dan Mendell has founded 4 past startups in the last 25 years and driven most of them all to exit. He was the founder Sun Solutions, 1-800-support, Pacific Dataware and Syndical. He loves all things tech and wine.

As a past TIE charter member he has provided significant mentoring to many of Portland's young entrepreneurs and learned from them as well.

Matt Troyky brings over 25 years of experience in the creative advertising field and experience from major agencies such as Deutsche and Bozell. Troyky oversees branding, marketing and advertising. He loves all things artistic and wine.

Christian Gibbs comes to Kazzit with over 10 years experience in direct strategic marketing and technology sales. Because he lived in Panama at an early age he appreciates tasty food and hot Weather. He loves all things artistic and wine.He loves all things relationship based and wine.

Erica has 10 years of experience working with successful start-up companies. She brings with her extensive business and online marketing backgrounds and oversees both offshore and in-house design teams. She loves all things properly written, and wine.

Amanda has experience in both early stage and corporate organizational management. Her background includes accounting, public speaking, teaching, event planning, and cultivating client relations. She loves all things in their place, and wine.