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Whatever your political background may be, we urge you to vote today in the State Primary in NY (and beyond)! Image courtesy of Paul Snatchko (T: @PaulSnatchko)

Whatever your political background may be, we urge you to vote today in the State Primary in NY (and beyond)! Image courtesy of Paul Snatchko (T: @PaulSnatchko)

Team member James DiPaolo posted the following: jamesdipaolo: Clara Schumann –– a bit like Mozart’s sister, she was in the shadows of patriarchy. (Her husband was the revered Robert Schumann). Clara, though, was a tremendous virtuoso pianist and composer of some of the best woman-created compositions in piano repertoire today. Cheers to Google for spotlighting her in typical Google fashion!

Team member James DiPaolo posted the following:

jamesdipaolo:

Clara Schumann –– a bit like Mozart’s sister, she was in the shadows of patriarchy. (Her husband was the revered Robert Schumann). Clara, though, was a tremendous virtuoso pianist and composer of some of the best woman-created compositions in piano repertoire today. Cheers to Google for spotlighting her in typical Google fashion!

Our Journey and Our Destination

By Team Advisoray

Our Journey So Far…

A business is only as strong as the community behind it. We truly appreciate all the users who have given us valuable feedback over the past few months. Thank you for your continued patience and support as we continue to refine Advisoray and construct new and useful features. We have learned so much from our diverse user community and we can’t wait to continue our journey with all of you. 

Our Destination…

The Advisoray development team is well underway with developing Advisoray 2.0. Our next version includes an easy way for users to access our Advisor network to find a service they need. Above that, Advisoray is building an interactive module that educates users on how to best leverage available resources to accomplish their initiative. We can’t wait to show you guys what we’ve been working on! YAY!

Swiss researchers pitch £700 million, 10 year Earth simulator»

unexpectedtech:

Researchers in Switzerland want €1 billion (£780 million) to build a Living Earth Simulator, which can analyse complex systems on a planetary-scale, and perhaps even predict the future.

It’s called FuturICT, and it’s one of six projects in the running to score a massive grant from the European Commission’s Future and Emerging Technology Flagship program.

The simulator would chew on data about things like the weather, financial systems, animal migration patterns and power grids. Then, by using models, the Earth simulator could find out how these systems work and interact with each other.

That information could even point towards events in the future. In the project’s pitch, researchers say it could “provide a basis for predicting natural disasters, or managing and responding to man-made disasters that cross national borders or even continents.” It could also help society “discover a more sustainable way of living”.

The project would take about ten years to build, and require a huge amount of data from experts in many different fields. There are also plans to crowdsource data from sensors, smartphones and other devices.

“Revealing the hidden laws and processes underlying societies probably constitutes the most pressing scientific grand challenge of our century,” a spokesperson for FuturICT said. If the team wins the cash, it expects to open initial simulations and data repositories in 2015.

(via unexpectedtech-deactivated20130)

Advisoray Member Spotlight: Lena Feygin

By Catherine Zhang & James DiPaolo
Lena Feygin (Advisoray Profile) works as an EVP of Business Development with a solid record of enhancing workforce transition to achieve strategic goals. She focuses on creating blended learning and performance support solutions designed to transition global and national workforces to new services, technologies, business processes and strategies. She believes project success is built on strong analytical, communications, facilitation, instructional design, and coaching skills using individual & corporate personality and cultural assessments.

Her experience comes from the Health Care industry and includes vocational education/corporate training, businesses analysis, web presence and content development, lead generation marketing campaigns and consulting/coaching in the corporate domain.

Lena’s other specialties include Healthcare Consulting, Change Management/Implementation, Corporate/Executive Business Coaching, Workforce Development, Business Development.

Lena currently works with a Visual Branding agency, Brand Labs, in NYC. She was kind enough to set aside some time for Advisoray to do an interview:

1. Advisoray: What brought you to work in the start-up space?
I am a serial entrepreneur, this is my nature. I strive in a start-up environment and understand the start-up mindset. I think it is amazing to build a company/project from the ground up. In a start-up environment it is all about the team and the energy of the people involved. That and a great idea are bound to bring success.
Given my passion for the start-up environment, I am currently working at a Visual Branding Agency that has an enormous expertise in brand creation and brand management. This enables our team to support our clients from day 1 in all aspects of their business development.
Given my background in building Health IT related training programs and working hands-on in the healthcare field, I think we can be an invaluable asset to any Health IT related start-up.

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Advisoray Member Spotlight: Bill Smartt, Communication Coach

August 11, 2012 

By James DiPaolo and Catherine Zhang

“The way you authentically connect - the way you present yourself has everything to do with your ability to succeed, advance in your career, and motivate other people.”– Bill Smartt

Bill Smartt (Advisoray Profile) is the president of Smartt Talk Inc., and has led communication workshops and individual coaching sessions at American Express, Credit Suisse, Planned Parenthood, Method, Little Pim, General Assembly, Brooklyn Brainery, Sunshine Suites, Arc90, and Kindling Inc. He has experience in account management, software sales, project portfolio management, financial controlling, and as a software product specialist.

Bill brings twenty years of experience to his role as communication coach. He has worked as a performer, teacher, writer and producer in San Francisco, Seattle and New York. Bill has a BA and MFA in Acting, and was an adjunct professor at Queens College from 2004 – 2009.

Bill lent us his valuable time for a interview about his work:

1. Advisoray: What brought you to work in the start-up space?
I worked in IT for years at Credit Suisse, then worked with a smaller tech firm, Arc90 and got introduced to the startup space that way. I love working with start-ups as they are incredibly passionate about the work they are doing.

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