Gerard Artavia is a beverage industry veteran with more than 10 years of marketing experience from Kraft Foods and Nestle USA. During that time, he has served as brand manager, category sales lead, and innovation manager, developing relationships throughout the industry. His roles have included new product development, Hispanic marketing, national and local retail sales development. Gerard earned his MBA from USC Marshall and a BA from UCLA.

Ian Simpson brings more than a decade of experience in entrepreneurship and business strategy. In 2003, Ian founded Integrated Learning, Inc., a national private tutoring company. Recently, as a business consultant for IBM’s Global Business Services, Ian provided strategic support to publicly traded companies and the US Air Force. Ian earned his MBA from Georgetown and a BA from UCLA.