Meet the Shasta Angels

Eric A. Hiatt

Eric A. Hiatt, a Redding native, is currently Founder and Chairman of the Board at Reverse Focus Inc., a technology company that sells SAAS to the mortgage industry. He is a Partner at Synergy One Lending DBA Retirement Funding Solutions, Executive Director, Investor and board member at Shasta Angels Group. He also holds multiple board seats and has placed capital in multiple start-ups through his private equity fund Level Up Capital LLC. Previously, he was a Partner and SVP at Security One Lending Inc., at one time America's largest Reverse Mortgage Bank (Sold to WIMC in Dec 2012).

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Michael Dacquisto

Michael Dacquisto is an Attorney: Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee at Michael P. Dacquisto Law Firm. He also is an Investor and Board Member of Shasta Angels Group for Entrepreneurs.

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Luke Miner

Learning, Travel, Leadership, Adventure and Connecting people are a few of my top past-times. I spend my time helping entrepreneurs leverage crowdfunding and their tribe to launch their idea/business.

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Sami Kader

Sami Kader is a Principal and Founding Member of Water Works Engineers, a civil engineering consulting firm specializing in water and wastewater treatment and conveyance infrastructure projects with engineers and technicians in 7 offices throughout the western United States. He lives in Redding, CA, spending most of his free time involved in youth soccer as a coach, league administrator and fan.

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Thomas Anthony

Vidya S. Bobba, M.D.

Dr. Vidya Bobba is a retired Board Certified Radiation Oncologist. He has 28+ years in the Medical Industry and is the Founder of Redding Cancer Treatment Center.

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Garrett Viggers

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Jano and Gabriela Banks

Jano is currently Director of Hardware Engineering for Google Nest. He has held similar senior positions at Apple and Amazon/Lab 126 over the past decade. Jano is also an Angel investor in a Silicon Valley startup independent of Shasta Angels, and he and Gabriela are excited to start investing in startups and small businesses in Shasta County.

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Heidi Corrigan

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Mark Clure

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Josh Barker

Josh Barker is the owner and Broker of RE/MAX Town and Country. Josh lists and sells more homes than any other agent in the Redding, CA market with well over 300+ homes sold in the past 12 months. With 16 years of experience, Josh brings his systematic approach to delivering supreme value and service to his clients.

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Tyler Dunbar

Tyler was born and raised in Shasta County. He spent nearly 13 years in the US Navy and is currently serving as President at Central Standard Talent. Central Standard Talent is a leading provider of talent acquisition and human resources services, The company offers various services, including talent acquisition, human resources consulting, and employee development to clients focused on software engineering and accounting professionals.

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David Skinner

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Ryan Russell

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David Stine

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Jake Pritchard

Jake Pritchard is the founder and current CEO of All Trade Services Inc., a specialty trade and construction company located in Mount Shasta, CA. As a dedicated supporter of education, he created and maintains the ATS Trade School Scholarship Fund, which provides Siskiyou County high school graduates with the financial means to attend trade school. Jake holds six California state contractor licenses, showcasing his extensive expertise in the field. In addition to his work at All Trade Services Inc., Jake is the co-founder and President of a real estate acquisition and development company. He also holds board seats for several community-driven non-profit organizations. In his spare time, he enjoys writing and playing music, collaborating with other entrepreneurs, and dabbling in inventions and patents

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Dharm Singh

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Dr. Terry Rust

Dr. Terry Rust is a Board-certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. He is the Chairman of the Board and Owner of Sac.49er Travel Center. Owner of Rust Homes and is also a Published author.

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SH Lau

S H Lau brings international business perspective to investing, having worked in 2 countries abroad and traveled extensively. He spent the last 25 years in technology startups in the Silicon Valley, in various capacities from CEO, VP Sales & Marketing to VP Business Development. He exited the last startup after it was acquired by Carl Zeiss, a German Multinational. He is currently a real estate and start up investor, business consultant and a life coach.

Joel Taylor

Joel Taylor is the co-founder and CEO of Bethel Music, and WorshipU. After receiving his MBA from Point Loma University, he went on to be the executive producer on over 30 albums and a full-feature film, as well as co-writer on many songs. He is also the co-owner of Theory Collaborative, an award-winning coffee roastery located in Redding, CA. He is also passionate about investing locally in real estate and small business startups.

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Charlie Williams

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Jenny Lynn Buntin

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Josh & April LaFrance

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Ryan Sprenger

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Bill Kohn

Bill Kohn is the owner & President of Frozen Gourmet. He is on the Board of Director for the following organizations: Shasta Angel Group for Entrepreneurs (SAGE), Shasta Regional Community Foundation, and Redding Economic Development Corporation.

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Mike Davis

Mike Davis is the Founder and CEO of MD Imaging. He has held numerous board seats with start up companies. Mike has extensive entrepreneurial history in medical industry specializing in x-ray technology.

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Cliff Curry

Cliff Curry is the Founder, President, and Chairman of the Board of CGi Technical Services. He currently is the President of CurryGroup LLC. An Investor and Board Member of the Economic Development Corporation of Shasta County and Shasta Angels Group for Entrepreneurs. He is also a donor and member of McCauley Society.

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Tony Giovaniello

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Missy McArthur

Missy McArthur is currently a City of Redding Council Member. She has served on numerous boards and committees and has extensive entrepreneurial background with experience as a businesswoman, teacher, family planning counselor, P.A. and Medical Administrator

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Scott Putnam

Scott Putnam is the CEO & President of Apex Technology Management. His expertise is in Healthcare IT industry and has 22+ years as Business Consultant. He holds numerous awards by CRN, MSPMentors, & Shasta County.

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Jeff Tugwell

Jeff Tugwell is a Redding native and the President of Tugwell Roofing Co., with offices in Redding and Chico, CA. Tugwell Roofing has proudly supported the local community for many years and brings a white collar approach to a blue collar industry. He is an active Real Estate and business startup investor.

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Chris Corrigan

Chris Corrigan is the CEO of Teamwork HR and has 35+ years in HR and Workers Comp experience.

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Stanislav Fritz

Stanislav (Stasa) Fritz is from Minneapolis, via Seattle. He currently focuses on his writing and micro press, New Libri (newlibri.com). His business background includes C level experience (including P&L and strategy) at two technology startups and one mid-sized software company. Along the way he worked at Amazon and Microsoft. His background is eclectic, with three varied masters degrees and a BS in electrical and computer engineering. When time permits he also blogs at booksstillmatter.net.

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Michael Murray

Michael has 20 years as a venture capitalist, an additional 15 years of General Management experience, 15 years volunteering for EcoEnterprises Fund I and II, and 10 years of public service for the city of Mt. Shasta including Mayor.

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