Chuck Ehrlich

Chuck is a new venture consultant and teacher with clients in North America, Europe, and Asia. He has an extensive background in telecommunications and has worked with financial services companies, systems integrators, software companies, and computer vendors. He has owned his own business; worked as a manager in small businesses and large multinational corporations; and helped to start companies as an entrepreneur, angel investor and advisor.

Companies include:

	ACN Securities, Managing Director
	Lymph Notes, Publisher
	Diabetes Dashboard, founder

Consulting

His consulting experience includes:

	Business planning for e-business startups.
	Legacy application evaluation and migration planning for a major American telephone company.
	Consulting to telecom carriers, paging companies, and computer vendors in Japan.
	Negotiating international software distribution agreements.
	Reengineering the DDI billing system to support new products including Friends & Family, WATS, and VPN.
	Designing billing, customer care, and network applications for Sprint, US West, SNET, and Motorola.
	Systems Architect for an Electronic Funds Transfer software package used by major money center banks.

Teaching

Since 1999 Chuck has been an Adjunct Professor and Director of E-Business Curriculum Development at the University of San Francisco (see classes) and in 2003 he joined the faculty of the USF New Venture Center. Chuck has also given a number of other seminars and lectures:

	Seminars on Online Brokerage and eBay for visiting managers from Korea.
	Billing System Selection and Justification Workshop at IIR Billing Systems Conference in London.
	Billing System Selection and Justification Tutorial at IIR's Billing and Customer Care conference in Miami.
	Developing Billing Systems To Meet The Challenges Associated With Network Interconnection In A Deregulated Market at IIR's Billing & Customer Service Conference in New York.
	Current Status of Telecoms in the USA and Europe at NTT Data's Billing Seminar in Tokyo.

Education

	Master of Business Administration from the McLaren School of Business, University of San Francisco, with Dean’s List Honors and the EMBA Award for the Highest Academic Average.
	Master of Science in Computing and Information Sciences from Case Western Reserve University.
	Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
	Princeton University, Algol programming classes while in high school.
	R.E.S.I.S.T.O.R.S.--the world's first computer club for young people--founder, president, and advisor.
	Symposium for Entrepreneurship Education (SEE) PriceBabson @Berkeley.
	FastTrac facilitator and administrator training, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Affiliations

	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
	IEEE Computer Society
	SDForum
	NABE Silicon Valley Roundtable
	Women's Technology Cluster of San Francisco
	Beta Gamma Sigma business honorary society