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Monique Nickel
Naples, Florida
Adivsor—Product Development

Eduardo has been a serial entrepreneur for the last 25 years, launching ventures in e-commerce, franchising, and B2B services, both in Venezuela and the U.S. Also, during that time, as Executive Director of the premiere Latin American integrator of high-tech packaging lines, he expanded the company's international presence and led it to record revenues. Prior to starting his entrepreneur/small business adventures, Eduardo was a strategic management consultant with McKinsey & Company, serving clients in Europe, South America and the U.S.

 

Throughout his experiences, Eduardo has grown to understand how critical it is for small businesses to have great communication with their clients—it can be instrumental in maintaining, growing and adapting the business.

 

Eduardo has a Science Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.

As part of a two-person home watch service in Naples, Florida, Monique and her sister together have more than twenty years of combined experience in this growing sector. She possesses a true international background having lived in the U.S., Europe and Latin America. The fact that Monique is fluent in German, Swiss-German, French, Spanish and English helps her closely connect with her foreign clientele.

 

Monique is acutely aware that home watchers and their clients are not being served adequately by the current options of apps and software. The right web tools "could make all the difference in the world by delivering better security and more efficient communications".

 

Monique holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from Michigan State University and is a licensed real estate agent in the state of Florida.

 

Jim began his professional career with Olan Mills, Inc. as a part-time telemarketer. He climbed the corporate ladder and eventually grew the organization to over 15,000 employees with more than 1,000 locations across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. During his leadership tenure, the company grew at an annual rate exceeding 25%. After almost 20 years in the family business, he resigned as President of Olan Mills Studios and founded ReGENERATION Partners, one of the world’s premiere family business consulting groups.

 

As President and Managing Partner of ReGENERATION Partners, Jim has advised more than 200 companies across a wide range of industries and issues. Jim is also the author of two management consulting books: Portraits of Success: 9 Keys To Sustaining Value In Any Business and The Family Business Road Map to Peace of Mind.

 

Jim holds degrees in Psychology and Sociology as well as an MBA and a Honorary Doctorate of Law.

Alberto is Managing Partner at Adara Ventures. He works with entrepreneurs from the early-stages of a company through their growth and expansion, helping with positioning, strategy, and organizational development. He is passionate about company building and likes to work towards large outcomes as well as building strong investor syndicates that help to accelerate growth. Mr. Gómez's hobbies include running, tennis, and scuba diving. He loves classical music and opera, as well as travelling with his wife and 3 children.

 

Prior to launching Adara, Alberto was Managing Director of Telefonica Venture Capital. He has also held management positions at Atento Group, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley as well as consulting positions at McKinsey & Company, and Booz, Allen & Hamilton.

 

Alberto has a Science Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

James Olan Hutcheson
Dallas, Texas
Advisor
Alberto Gómez
Madrid, Spain
Advisor

Leadership Team

 

Little did Eduardo Torres know that meeting Monique Nickel in the second grade would be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Years later, while jointly attending the eMerge Americas TechWeek Conference in Miami, a conversation started about Monique’s experience in the home watching sector. That conversation led to the idea and conviction that with better tools at their disposal, home owners could work much more efficiently and securely with their home watchers. That’s how Eduardo’s latest business adventure started.

Eduardo Torres
Miami, Florida
President
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