Our Advisors

    Prof. Thomas J. Kosnik Advisor

    Tom Kosnik is a Consulting Professor who teaches Global Entrepreneurial Marketing and the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program at Stanford School of Engineering. He is currently collaborating with faculty at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden and the National University of Singapore to develop a new course entitled Global Entrepreneurial Leadership, which will be delivered in autumn of 2002 using mobile technologies and the Internet. He has also taught a variety of marketing courses at Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business.

    Professor Kosnik’s research and consulting focuses on five themes: Circles of Influence, Global Entrepreneurial Marketing, Designing Systems that Summon the Spirit, Managing Global Partnerships and Managing Market Risks. He has worked with over 100 startup companies since 1975, and has consulted to leading Information Technology product and services companies including American Management Systems, Apple Computer, Applied Materials, Ernst & Young, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, and Oracle.

    Tom also shares his skills and expertise with non-profit organizations by supporting the Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students (BASES), College Kids, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, Starshine Foundation, and Women’s Technology Cluster.

    Vincent Iswaratioso Advisor

    Vincent is an entrepreneur that has been in the IT field for 10 years. He started Polaris, a company that specialized in delivering IT solutions to the industry.

    Since 2001 Polaris has incubated Polaris 3D: the market leader in 3D Animation industry, Polaris NET: the market leader in Network Aggregation Services for Fiber-Optic access, and Polaris Infra: the market leader in Building IP Communication Services. Polaris has revolutionized the Indonesian market since its conception with projects, such as: Pioneering for WIFI hotspots commercial access, pioneering the FTTH access to most international hotel chains in Indonesia, and Pioneering full IP-Backbone building Telecommunication.

    Recently, Vincent is engaged in creating the largest online payment gateway for the online gaming industry in Indonesia.