In the summer of 1995, Mr. Steve Hess  formed and became Managing Partner of IStrategies International (IStrategies ).  Mr. Hess has 20+ years of international (USA, Europe, and Asia) marketing and strategic relationship experience in the Computer/High Tech Industry. Steve has worked for technology, and infrastructure companies. He has done strategic alliance and acquisition work for the last 15 years (IT, Internet and vertical). During that time, he was an essential participant in the due diligence and acquisition strategy development and execution at a number of companies. Steve have been involved in raising venture capital for startup companies and currently manages an incubator, a  limited partnership, one LLP and founded an association of venture capitalists.

In 2000 Steve contacted a longtime friend and mentor Bob Coolidge. He asked him to come out of semi-retirement to become a Partner at IStrategies International (IStrategies ). In 30 years, Mr. Coolidge has been President/Chief Executive Officer of a number of high-technology companies. Bob has been approached and hired by venture capital groups or the Board of Directors to replace founding or existing senior management in eight at risk high-tech companies.  In those turn-arounds, he dealt with troubled, visionless, plateaued, product-poor or unprofitable high technology companies.

Our finance associate Lowell Dicke has worked for the U.S. State Department at the United Nations, was Staff Legal Counsel for Litton Industries, started and was in charge of project finance for the Fluor Corporation, and was head of project financing at the Bechtel Corporation.  In addition he  was a partner in Montgomery Securities. Lowell holds degrees in Economics and Law from Yale University.

Additionally, IStrategies has established 2 relationships; one with Crimson Consulting, and the other with Berkeley Consulting. If you would like to find out more about either company, click on their name to send an email request or contact us directly by clicking IStrategies International .

Crimson specializes in marketing issues for Internet companies. With more than 2,400 consultants, they have done strategic and implementation-level consulting for such companies as AOL, Cisco, HP, IBM, Lucent, Microsoft, Nortel, Oracle and Palm. 

Established in 1996, Berkeley Consulting (BC) is a non-profit, student-run business consulting organization recognized by U.C. Berkeley's Student Activities and Services Office and by the Haas School of Business. BC members are recruited from a variety of academic disciplines, including business, economics, engineering, physical sciences, and humanities.

Moreover, Along with many at UCB IStrategies founded and has a close relationship with an association of UC Berkeley alumni who are venture capitalist. Additionally, Steve Hess is a member Keiretsu Angel Forum and manages an on-line discussion group for the Keiretsu.

The Keiretsu Forum provides a structured process for introducing sophisticated investors to private equity opportunities.  Forum members, who are accredited investors, may invest capital, and may also contribute ideas, networking resources, and business experience. The Keiretsu Forum was founded Randy Williams.

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