CBC’s executive team is a network of business professionals who provide a multitude of past business and life experiences that create a synergistic environment in which our clients derive a direct benefit.

Our range of experiences and personalities has created a group dynamic that avoids a "one-size-fits-all" approach to client problems or a "corporate line" that squelches envelope-pushing solutions. We provide value-adding management services that can turn a company around or redirect its energies into more profitable paths.

CBC is especially interested in alliances with companies that see the value of collaboration with strategic partners who can earn their stake through value-added services and results. Specific services include operations, financial analysis, market analysis and electronic marketing strategies, Internet access and presence, NT networking (Consulting - Management Services).

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Anthony S. Valente
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A global thinker with formidable powers of concentration, Valente is noted for his ability to patiently pursue solutions to knotty technical and organizational problems, then act decisively. He holds three U.S. patents, products of the three high-tech companies he  founded in the 1960s, 70s and 80s: Quantum Industries (thin-layer and column chromatographic products); Telesonic Systems (milliwatt output AM radio devices for museum and national park site tours); American Gem Market System (international network gemstone trading).

When he established American Gem Market System (AGMS) in 1980 in Moraga, CA, Valente became an early pioneer of the possibilities of conducting commercial transactions over computer networks. AGMS was one of the first  networks in the world to introduce the concepts of private channels and gateways.  Its sophisticated user-oriented services pushed the communications and computer technologies of that time to their limits.

By the late 1980s, AGMS was recording $100 million a year in gem transactions, a foretaste of the high dollar-volume amounts now being generated by electronic commerce.

Today, as he watches concepts and services he introduced to AGMS subscribers 15 years ago become commonplace, Valente has turned his attention to helping small businesses understand how much a conscious approach to web site development can help their marketing and organization in the Internet era.

"There is so much more to a web site than eye candy and ringing mission statements. If properly approached, a good web site can open up a world of interactive marketing possibilities and give clients and customers a genuine feeling of participation and belonging.

"It can become a focal point for how a company organizes itself and conceives of itself. It can even become a means of raising capital without having to compete directly with far larger companies for investors' attention.

"The real news today is that networking and web technology are 'great enablers'. . .small businesses that can find the right help in using them are poised to make fantastic strides."

Patrick C. Totty
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For Totty, one of the problems of modern life is that hot air, gobbledygook and filler are substituting for clear information and thought at almost all levels of life. "For all their intelligence, most academics simply cannot write clear, unpompous English. Nor can most of the people who write software manuals or all the fine print about your credit card obligations. On the other end, politicians and TV news readers dumb down ideas until they are parodies of the real thing.

"At CBC, we believe in a Golden Mean. It is possible to write clear prose that explains even the most complex topics simply and directly. That means getting rid of jargon that confuses, or a stilted approach or using acronyms without spelling them out and explaining them. It means 'showing, not telling,' so that information presents practical implications first, and theory second.

Totty originated CBC's E Mag concept, which he explains "is like an online ringmaster and town crier that gives web site visitors clear directions and a reason to return." He is in charge of  content for CBC web development projects, and edits Provocateur and CBC's marketing materials.

Totty also owns Larkspirit Editorial Services of Larkspur, CA, a business writing firm he founded in 1986 after a 13-year stint as a trade newspaper and magazine editor.

Karl Reed Guest
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Guest is a San Francisco-base attorney who specializes in business law, including mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property. He is the author of this web site's in-depth discussion on Internet capital raising, "Raising Capital for small Companies, using SCOR and the Internet."

"The Internet is presenting small businesses with almost revolutionary possibilities, especially with regard to raising capital. The government's approval of DPOs (Direct Public Offerings) using SCOR (Small Corporate Offering Registration) over the Internet radically changes the traditional relationship between small companies and capital markets. These companies can now go directly to millions of potential investors, bypassing traditional institutional investors."

"In short, 'the little guys' now have a chance to compete directly for investor favor by using a technology where they are not at a disadvantage when it comes to larger rivals. I think CBC's emphasis on electronic equity marketing as crucial to an overall web site strategy is an example of how much more clients should expect from any web site developer they work with."

Mark A. Valente
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Valente is CBC's resident consultant on the construction of relational databases and distributed object technology.

Tadaaki Saito
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Saito is owner and president of Tokyo's Kokuhoren Gem Laboratory (KGL), a 20-year old, an internationally ranked diamond grading laboratory whose clients include some of Japan's most prestigious companies. He is available independently   for  market research, strategic planning and feasibility assessments of trade and distribution contacts in Japan.

CBC's Tony Valente and Saito have enjoyed a long working history, including establishment in the late 1980s of a U.S.-owned networking company in Japan.

Kenneth L. Robinson
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