About Justin Ribeiro

I'm currently working as an entrepreneur and hired gun, acting as an interm COO for one firm and running a firm I started with my business partner Gareth Coen called Stickman Ventures, Ltd.

I've been featured in an NHK: Japan documentary on the new wave of advertising for making ads for Toyota. I've sold my photography to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. I've worked with companies large and small, from telecom to gourmet food. I'm at home behind the scenes cruching numbers and code or making the sales pitch and giving the big presenation.

A range of topics and activies interest me, from business and technology, to photography and the arts. I believe there is nothing that I cannot accomplish. I don't sell people on value; any one can offer value. I sell people on the results I provide.

I'm currently buying a house with my fiancee Monica. We still haven't set a date for the wedding, but it's on our list. In my spare time you can find me doing all matter of things, from coaching youth soccer to acting in local theatre. I keep offices in San Francisco, CA.

A more indepth historic view

California-born and raised, I moved to Seattle after high school where I received the Campion Academic Scholarship from Seattle University. While pursuing a degree in business administration, I continued to expand my knowledge and horizons. I took two jobs, one as an editor of Seattle University's weekly student newspaper and the other as an Information Technology Manager for the Alber's School of Business. While excelling at both, I continued my passion for athletics and was a goalkeeper on the Seattle University varsity team, receiving Scholar Athlete honors in 1999. I continued my passion for acting in the theatre, performing in several university productions including Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.

In the summer of 2000, I took a job with The Geneva Group, a information technology consulting firm, and worked full time while maintaining a full load of classes. I excelled at both, managing multi-million dollar projects during the day, and scoring a 3.9 GPA my final two years at Seattle University. I gradated with cum laude honors from Seattle University in 2002 with a bachelors degree in business administration.

I remained in Seattle after graduation, working with entrepreneurs in starting new businesses, and working with industry giants such as ATT Wireless. My work with them in particular lead directly to employee productivity gains totaling 400%, and savings of $12-15 million a year (as reported by a third party study that they had commissioned).

I completed a Master degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of San Francisco in May 2006. While attending the university I have received the coveted Deans Research Fellowship to explore research opportunities with faculty members on current business topics. My final GPA was 3.89.