Dave Duckwitz has broad experience in the digital world where he has held executive leadership roles that have led to multiple successful company exits. In Dave’s current role as Chief Executive Officer of Sensor Industries, he is focused on providing Multi-Unit property owners technology that enables them to improve their Net Operating Income while focusing on water conservation.  In Dave’s last role as CEO of Target Media Partners Interactive (TMPi), a performance-based lead generation and digital marketing company, he built and sold the Company in November 2018 to Digital Air Strike. Prior to TMPi, Dave was CEO of venture-backed CitizenHawk, Inc. from 2008 – 2014 where he successfully led the Company to an exit by Wolters Kluwer.  Howard Shultz’s (founder of Starbucks) investment firm Maveron, was the lead investor in CitizenHawk. Previously Dave held executive management positions with ValueClick, Commission Junction, SupportSoft and Stamps.com, and earlier held sales and sales management positions at Computer Associates, ASK Group and Hewlett-Packard. Dave is a computer information system graduate of California State Polytechnic University (Pomona).

Neal Lassila is a seasoned executive holding key leadership positions in enterprise-level roles. He has leveraged his talents and skills in Enterprise Level Strategic Planning, Start-Up Development through Exit, Technology Leadership, Business and Technology Operations, and several high visibility R&D initiatives with 3 patents to his name.

During his 22 year tenure with The Walt Disney Company, he led the global technology team, the strategic planning, and re-launch of The Disney Stores and integration with Disney Store.com establishing the Omni-Channel strategy for Disney. Neal also enjoyed the opportunity to work directly with notable senior executives Bob Iger, Steve Jobs, and many others.

In 2012, he created and launched Fresh Juice Global, a digital agency, which focused on digital transformation services to the retail and hospitality industries. In his role as CEO, Neal built trusted relationships with many General Managers, C-Suite executives and owners in the hotel and timeshare segments as they looked for new growth strategies.

Neal attended the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in Business Administration.

John Buccola serves as Sensor Industries’ Chairman of the Board and has served on its Board since April 2017. Mr. Buccola is the Chief Technology Officer for Profit Enhancement Systems (PES) in Westlake Village. Prior to PES, Buccola was CIO for WASH, North America’s premier provider of multifamily housing services, where he was recognized by MIT and Microsoft for his work in machine learning.  John also held CIO and IT leadership roles at Panavision and Alliance Healthcare and serves as a Board Member for the Society for Information Management, BikeVentura and the Channel Islands YMCA. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business from the University of La Verne.

Mike Panesis is the Executive Director of the California Lutheran University Center for Entrepreneurship. He is a startup community leader in the Conejo Valley and Ventura County, to the north of Los Angeles.  He comes to Cal Lutheran from UC Santa Barbara, where he ran UCSB’s highly successful New Venture Competition. Mr. Panesis is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship and early stage investing.

Mike is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Governors of Tech Coast Angels (TCA), the largest accredited angel investor group in the country. He heads TCA’s Central Coast Investor Network. Mike is a founding member of the Santa Barbara Angel Alliance.

Mike has an MBA Marketing from Rutgers University and a BS in Computer Science for Business from the DeVry Institute of Technology. He lives in Camarillo with his wife and two children. He is on the Steering Committee of the Ventura County Greek Festival.

Previously serving as CEO of Talon International, Inc. for ten years, Mr. Schnell led an operational and financial turnaround of this global apparel brand including establishment of a worldwide supply chain, strategic customer realignments and multiple debt & equity restructurings. Prior to Talon he provided financial turnaround & management services to an electronic surface-mount manufacturer; an e-commerce marketplace for electronic components; and an international manufacturer and distributor of high technology pumps.  Mr. Schnell has also served as a senior financial and corporate development officer for a diversified consumer products firm, an international aerospace manufacturer; and a regional apparel retailer. He was a CPA with Ernst & Young and completed an executive MBA with Stanford University Executive Institute.