Modyo Directors & Investors
Joel Peterson.
Joel Peterson is the Founding Partner of Peterson Partners, LP, a private equity firm focused on small-to-medium-sized growth companies. Mr. Peterson as been a lecturer at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University since 1992 where he has taught courses in real estate investment, entrepreneurship and leadership. Mr. Peterson is currently the Lead Director at JetBlue Airways and at Franklin Covey. He has served as a director at Asurion, the Dallas Market Center, Texas Commerce Bank (Dallas) and on a number of other boards, including the Advisory Board at the GSB and on the President's Council at his alma mater. He is the former National Managing Partner of Trammell Crow Company where he also was its CFO for 10 years and CEO of Trammell Crow Residential for a brief stint in the mid 1980's. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University. Since 1992, Joel Peterson has taught courses in real estate, entrepreneurship, and leadership at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Peterson's course focus is presently on the effective management and leadership of growing businesses. His abiding interest, however, is in students and the important decisions they will make in the business world and in their personal lives.
José Miguel Musalem
Member of the Investment Committee of the Venture Capital Fund Aurus Bios. Founding Partner of Aurus Gestión de Inversiones, Mr. Musalem is responsible for the Private Capital/Venture Capital (PE/VC) areas. Mr. Musalem was also a Founding Partner of Moneda Asset Management S.A., served not only as General Manager but also as Head of the Moneda's Private Equity area. Mr. Musalem is a shareholder and President of CyD Internacional S.A. and is involved as Director of several business corporations. He began his professional career in 1975 at Editorial Lord Cochrane S.A., and later on he joined the research department of the Cruzat Group. Upon his return from USA in 1981, he was appointed Manager of the Soft Drinks Division at Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. (CCU). Jose Miguel Musalem Sarquis holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and a M.D. in Operational Research and an Industrial Engineering degree from Universidad de Chile. Mr. Musalem has been a professor and a researcher at Universidad de Chile as well as at UCLA.
Raimundo Cerda L.
Raimundo is Managing Director of Aurus Tecnologia. In such role, he serves at the board of Splitcast, Clickmagic, Zappedy and Junar. Between 2002 and 2006, Mr. Cerda worked in business generation and deal structuring for Penta Inmobiliaria and Las Americas Administradora de Fondos de Inversión. Raimundo Cerda Lecaros holds a MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Commercial Engineering degree from Universidad Católica de Chile.
Carlos Hurtado Ruiz-Tagle.
Carlos is one of Chile's premier entrepreneurs, investors, and political figures. In his career he has founded several companies in diverse industries and today he sits on the board of several of Chile's most important companies. He was the Minister of Public Works overseeing much of the construction of Chile's infrastructure during first democratic government after the removal of the Pinochet regime. Carlos has degree in business administration from the University of Chile and a PHD in Economics from Harvard University.
Naoshi Matsumoto.
Naoshi is currently responsible for the management of his family holdings. Prior to managing his family investment company, Naoshi was VP of Marketing for Fiat and went on to become CEO of Fiat, Chile. In addition to acting as CEO of Fiat in Chile Naoshi successfully launched Chile´s first automotive portal called "Maneja.com". Additionally Naoshi launched in a partnership with Publimetro "Tacometro" which today is the only Auto Trader publication in Chile. After his role as CEO of Fiat, Naoshi took on a strategic management role inside one of Chile's largest economic groups Sigdo Koppers. Naoshi has deep experience inside the Automotive Industry in South America and extensive marketing experience both online and offline. Today, he serves on several boards of directors of some of Chile's most important enterprises.
Larry Cook.
Larry is currently a partner at Peterson Partners. Prior to joining Peterson Partners in 2004, Larry worked in the mergers & acquisitions group at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York where he was a member of deal teams involved in transactions such as General Mills' acquisition of Pillsbury, Citigroup's acquisition of Banco de Mexico and Echostar's attempted acquisition of DirecTV. Larry is a graduate of Stanford University and holds MBA and JD degrees from BYU. He has previously worked in the investment banking group at Lazard in New York and clerked for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Larry sits on the boards of Quality Mechanical, Golden West Sanders and True North AR.
Johnny Kwon.
Johnny is currently managing several family interests in Salt Lake City, Utah. Prior to rejoining his family enterprise, Johnny worked for almost 10 years with Ladd Christensen, one of Utah's most important entrepreneurs. Together with Ladd, Johnny was instrumental in the creation of several key initiatives within the state of Utah. Johnny also served as Deputy Director for Economic Planning within the state of Utah. During this period, Johnny worked with Mark Bonnell for 3 years on several internet technology projects under the guidance of Ladd. Johnny studied at the University of Utah before joining Ladd out of school.