Gary Wayne Clark

About Gary Wayne Clark

Working with purpose-driven leaders to employ technology & business models for value creation and stakeholder benefits that advance a whole-person health and wellness framework. Seeking and creating opportunities to improve health care equity, access, and outcomes so that everyone has an equal opportunity to be as healthy as they can be. Everyone counts or no one counts; we can all make a difference. FOUNDER, CEO & SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR; Multiple Exits• FOUNDER: Earamas Foundation; Non-Profit to Prevent & Recover from Alcohol and Drug Abuse • FOUNDER: Ten Bears Technology; Digital Health Alternative Therapy for Pain, Anxiety, Mobility• FOUNDER; 5 Software companies; Multiple Exits & M&A• 30+ Years of Software Engineering in Digital Health, Biotechnology, Media, and Entertainment BOARD ADVISOR• BOARD MEMBER, Investor, CSO Rx Assurance• BOARD ADVISOR for multiple Startups with disruptive innovations in Digital Health, HIoT, Biotechnology, Multimedia & SoftwareANGEL INVESTOR; Multiple Exits• 30+ Years Angel Investments in Early-Stage Companies• TECHCOAST ANGELS; Board of Governors, Network President• MICROVENTURES; Angel Investor• INNOSPHERE; SAGE Mentor, Executive AdvisorVENTURE CAPITAL: Multiple Exits• COVALENCY; Fractional Executive CEO Advisor, CSO for Startups; Telehealth, Aging in Place, Cash Healthcare Marketplace, Medical Devices, Corporate Wellness SAAS, Opioid Monitoring• LIWET VENTURES; Founder, Managing Partner Life Sciences, Novel Drug Delivery focus • Multiple Investments & Exits; Cyber Warfare, 3D Printing, AI Speech RecognitionINVENTOR / Patents• Improved Patient Experience Using Non-Drug Alternative Therapies\' for Pain, Anxiety Mobility Mgmt• Techniques for Providing Therapeutic Treatment Information for Pharmacological AdministrationACADEMIC / EDUCATION• UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Chapel Hill, BS in Business Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Sigma PiSYSTEMS ENGINEER Electronic Data Systems, Dallas, Texas• ACCOUNT MANAGER Electronic Data Systems, Dallas, Texas• FELLOW, Life Office Management Institute SPEAKER - Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship; Digital Healthcare & Biotechnology• COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY• PEPPERDINE PRIVATE CAPITAL MARKETS• COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON• UCLA• CALIFORNIA STATE CHANNEL ISLANDS• CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY• UC SANTA BARBARAAUTHOR / COMPOSER• Grammy® Recording Academy Artist• 8-Time International Music Award Winner• Amazon Top 10 Seller; 3 Novels, 2 Poetry Books• Member BMI; 56 Credited Works / Songwriter, Engineer, Arranger, Producer

Experience

1. Angel Investor

   MicroVentures

   Jan 2013 — Present

   As an Angel Investor with MicroVenturesFounded in 2009, MicroVentures built a platform that gives both accredited and non-accredited investors access to invest in startups. Over $80M has been raised on our platform to date.MicroVentures is one of the financial industry\'s first organizations which merges crowdfunding with the venture capital industry. The San Francisco, CA, and Austin, TX-based firm provides an opportunity for angel investors to invest in startups alongside Venture Capitalists, often at the same terms. We conduct detailed due diligence on startups and if approved we help them raise capital from angel investors.

Education

• Electronic Data Systems, Systems Engineering Program

  Systems Engineering, Computer Science

  1977 — 1980

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration and Management, General

  1973 — 1977

Skills

• Start-Ups
• Music Production
• Composition
• Digital Media
• Business Strategy
• Mentoring
• Corporate Development
• Leadership
• Publishing
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Published Author
• Fundraising
• Marketing Strategy
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Strategic Partnerships
• Music Videos
• Venture Capital
• Public Speaking
• Private Equity
• Web Design
• Angel Investing
• Executive Management
• Start-Up Consulting
• Start-Up Ventures