Ken Mehlman is a lawyer and political strategists. He was an active member of the Republican National Committee and was even selected as the committee’s 62nd chairman. He practiced environmental law at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld and there he was known for providing his clients with solutions regarding regulatory, legislative, constituency, and public and corporate relations issues.
During former President Bush’s re-election campaign, Ken Mehlman was the campaign manager. Due to his successful handling of the Bush campaign, he was chosen to be the former President’s Deputy Assistant and Director of Political Public Affairs. Apart from being a White House Staff member, Ken Mehlman served Congresswoman Kay Granger as the latter’s chief of staff. He was also appointed as legislative director for Congressman Lamar S. Smith.
When Ken Mehlman did not renew his term as chairman of the RNC after the 2006 elections, he was hired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Inc. as their Managing Director and Head of Global Public Affairs. He now oversees KKR’s relationship to various stakeholders all over the world as well as the company’s government and public relation issues.
The Wall Street Journal even branded Ken Mehlman’s works at Akin Gump as “political intelligence.”
Dan Vetras serves as the chief executive officer of Visible Technologies. His company sells brand management solutions online to businesses and consumers.
Before becoming a part of Visible Technologies, Vetras worked as CEO and president for Talisma, a provider of management solutions for customer interaction. He facilitated the takeover of the Bellevue, Washington-based company by business software maker nGenera.
Early in his career, Dan Vetras worked in various positions at Lotus Development Corporation/IBM. For seven years, Vetras took jobs in both business development and sales management.
Vetras was once vice-president for consumer sales and channel marketing at Edmark Corporation. When IBM acquired Edmark, Dan was retained as vice president for the new entity’s global sales for consumer software.
He later trained his sights on Intranets.com, where he became vice-president for sales. He subsequently served as CEO and president of Captura Software. His leadership eventually saw the merger of the company with Concur Technologies in 2002.
With his extensive experience, Dan Vetras is considered a veteran in many respects. To Visible Technologies, he brings more than two decades of experience. As Visible Technologies CEO, he watches over everyday operations, devises corporate strategies, and engineers long-term dealings with customers.
Founded in 2003, Visible Technologies equips customers with technology-based solutions for brand management. It can build a company’s reputation from scratch by optimizing the best of search engines. In the same way, it can help companies identify and take advantage of crucial user-generated content portals.
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