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Rick Wolff


Co-founder Rick WolffRick Wolff is a Partner and Co-founder. He is also a retired Partner from Accenture - the world’s leading management and information technology consulting company. In that capacity, Rick was responsible for winning Accenture’s major Silicon Valley high tech clients. For the past several years, he headed up Accenture’s relationships with key Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists and emerging start up clients as a Partner in Accenture’s Business Launch Center. Previous to Accenture, Rick held numerous systems engineering, sales, and management positions at IBM, DEC, and Avnet. Rick earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.




Hanako Yanagi


Co-founder Hanako Yanagi Hanako Yanagi is a Partner and Co-founder. She is a member of the state bars of California and Oregon and holds a Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University School of Law. She has practiced law as an Associate at Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, (presently Pillsbury Winthrop LLC), with a specialty in business law and litigation. Later, she was the Founder of Business Decisions Corporation, a consulting firm providing Strategic Account Consulting and Account Management software to Investor-Owned Utilities throughout the United States and Strategic Planning and Merger & Acquisition assistance to small companies in need of growth and funding alternatives.