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BRIAN GOLDSTEIN

Brian Goldstein is a seasoned executive with a proven track record in growing technology based organizations with over 20 years experience in senior management, business development, sales, and marketing in the enterprise software, data warehousing, business intelligence, consumer internet, medical software and biotechnology industries.

Currently Brian is Principal of Goldstein Associates, a firm that helps grow technology based companies, specifically in raising private equity and venture capital.

Most recently, Brian was Chief Executive Officer of Sunrise Capital, Inc (dba Kona Bay Marine Resources), a marine biotechnology company with research and production facilities in Kona, Hawaii, as well as production and processing facilities in Kekaha and Waimea, Kauai.

Brian Goldstein is a seasoned executive with a proven track record in growing technology based organizations with over 20 years experience in senior management, business development, sales, and marketing in the enterprise software, data warehousing, business intelligence, consumer internet, medical software and biotechnology industries.

Currently Brian is Principal of Goldstein Associates, a firm that helps grow technology based companies, specifically in raising private equity and venture capital.

Most recently, Brian was Chief Executive Officer of Sunrise Capital, Inc (dba Kona Bay Marine Resources), a marine biotechnology company with research and production facilities in Kona, Hawaii, as well as production and processing facilities in Kekaha and Waimea, Kauai.

Before joining Sunrise, Brian helped to co-found Hoana Medical, a provider of medical devices that passively collect patient vital signs and other physiologic parameters. Prior to that, Brian was co-founder and CEO of Vivaldi Networks, an analytic software provider to the retail vertical. Before Vivaldi, Brian was Director of Business Development for Brio Technology (Acquired by Hyperion, acquired by Oracle NASDAQ:ORCL), a leading provider of data warehouse tools and analytic applications. Prior to joining Brio, Brian worked at Oracle Corporation, Chaparral Communications and Echostar.

Brian serves on the following boards:

  • Chairman, Hawaii High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC)
  • Executive Committee member, UH Angels

Brian holds an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird and a B.S. in Business Management from Arizona State University.

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