Allan Lunsford sparks Insidework’s vision and contributes much of its thought leadership. He is also President of Lunsford Group, a privately held investment holding company consisting of a series of privately held, independently owned entities in real estate, software, media, demographics, health care and the Internet. Lunsford Group — augmented with consulting — has served such distinguished clients as Sears, Roebuck and Co., Apple Computer, BuyDirect.com, TRW, Eastern College, Herman Miller, Joy Manufacturing, World Vision USA & International, Malaysian Industrial Development Agency (MIDA) and the Brunei Investment Agency.

His interest in global societal and economic issues — along with his understanding and involvement with technology — has made Al Lunsford a requested speaker and guest lecturer at Claremont McKenna College, University of California/Irvine, American Management Association (AMA), Administrative Management Society (AMS), Open Office Landscape Users Group, and BusinessWeek magazine seminars.

Dan Wooldridge manages the operations of InsideWork and leads our consulting practice in leadership, strategy, legacy and succession issues for executives and owners of businesses. Dan is one of the original thought leaders for InsideWork and he continues to develop and shape the InsideWork message.

Previously, Dan was a senior consultant at FMI Corporation, the premiere management consulting firm in the global construction industry. While at FMI, Dan was the Practice Leader overseeing the innovation and development of FMI’s core practices in leadership, strategy, business development, and project execution. Dan served as a senior faculty member at FMI's acclaimed Leadership Institute and was involved in leader development for FMI clients as a coach, mentor, writer, speaker, and consultant. His client work involved management succession, assessing and developing leaders and leadership teams, creating organizational leader development programs, coaching and mentoring, innovation and creativity, renewal in the life of leaders, and the legacy of leaders. Dan developed joint leader development programs with Harvard and West Point and designed the “Coaching to Develop Exceptional Leaders” program. He continues to be involved extensively in executive coaching.

Dan also has an extensive background in national and international marketing, as well as in the educational events and hospitality industries. His contribution in the non-profit sector includes leadership and board roles for The Navigators.

Prior to InsideWork, Geoff Finch was Vice President & CFO of Lockheed Martin Finance Corp. where he provided various finance solutions for Lockheed Martin's customers worldwide. He directed budgets, forecasts, financial reporting, and renegotiated a $150 million structured credit facility while at LMFC. He also served as VP of Finance for VentureStar, which was Lockheed Martin's $5 billion new business venture for a next generation space transportation system. Previously, he was Vice President of Business Development at Lockheed Martin Finance Corp where he managed a team of 9 professionals and an annual deal flow of $18 billion.

He began his corporate career at Lockheed after serving as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Coast Guard. He has extensive international business travel in Asia, Latin America, Europe & Middle East. He is fluent in Spanish, has knowledge of Portuguese, and some Thai.

Before joining InsideWork, Bernard was Co-founder and VP of Business Development at the social media platform GoingOn Networks. He led the initial product development for the GoingOn platform which BusinessWeek recognized in their "Best of the Web" list for 2007. He continues to serve as an advisor to GoingOn as well as Innotive (an interactive multimedia platform), Fidgt (web 2.0 address book), and Qbox (online music tagging & utility tool).

Prior to this, Bernard was a Director at the boutique investment bank iRG, where he focused on Telecommunications-Media-Technology companies, M&A advisories and capital raising. Before iRG, he was Vice President of Business Development & Marketing at the voice portal and solutions provider HeyAnita Korea, Inc., a joint venture between Softbank and HeyAnita, Inc. At HeyAnita Korea, Bernard was responsible for establishing strategic and content partnerships. Earlier, he gained experience in the strategic planning unit of Digital City Chicago, a partnership between the Tribune Co. and AOL.

Jim Hancock joined the InsideWork conversation in 2003, bringing with him a background in content design and digital movie production. He's written a dozen books and developed more than 200 digital shorts for clients including Compassion, International Justice Mission, Youth Specialties and InsideWork. His newest book is How to Volunteer Like a Pro

Before joining InsideWork, Sam spent his college days at the University of California, Irvine working on projects in computer graphics, linguistics, software design, artificial intelligence, and even a small foray into genetics & information theory — altogether earning him a degree in Information and Computer Science.

After 2 years of working with The Navigators at the University of Arizona in Tucson, he returned to Southern California to marry his college sweetheart and get his hands back into technology. At InsideWork, Sam and his team have been laying a new foundation for the IT infrastructure of InsideWork to allow for more creativity, faster development and future scalability. Through the introduction of a new content platform, they have revamped the aesthetic, functionality, and usability of the InsideWork website, and they are also building InsideWork's presence in the mobile (iPhone) and social (Facebook) spaces.

After a long stint in the supermarket industry, Peter decided to reevaluated his life in 2003 due to the strike. Finding a connection in computer science while attending Santa Monica Community College, Peter eventually transfered to the University of California, Irvine looking for a degree in computer science. While still attending UCI, Peter began working for InsideWork as an intern and found a real connection to the companies vision and the people behind it. He is now a full member of the InsideWork team and expects to graduate in the fall of 2008.

Curt was raised in Fresno, California before going to the University of California, Irvine on a water polo scholarship. Two years in, he changed his major from Film Studies to Fine Arts — returning to a lifelong passion for drawing and painting. Sam Nguyen recruited Curt to produce graphics for InsideWork and, when it became obvious that Curt was a relational match as well as a fresh visual thinker, his project work turned into a job at InsideWork. Curt approaches design as an extension of his artistic core that occupies a place nearer “pure” art than propaganda. In his off hours, he is working on a tabletop book of original works.

Andrew was raised in Colorado Springs and moved to Waco, Texas in 2005 to attend Baylor University. As an undergraduate, he pursues a double-major in Entrepreneurship and International Business. Andrew spent a semester in France, studying business at the University of Caen's Institut d'Administration des Entreprises — an immersion that deepened and clarified his fascination with other cultures and multinational living. At InsideWork, Andrew is developing MyIPO, continuing work he began as intern in the summer of 2007.