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Bob Kaehms, Publisher/Editor

Bob is the former editor-in-chief of Web Techniques, the leading web development magazine for the internet community. He has a long past with Internet development, even before the birth of the URL.  His early gopher server (for those who remember that program) was used extensively throughout Lockheed, and written about in Dr. Dobbs Journal.  He was the Director of Computing at Internet Archive, the non-profit side of Alexa Internet.  While there, he was responsible for the first backup of all publicly available content on the Internet, a 2-terabyte collection that was eventually donated to the Library of Congress.

He is a native of the east bay, and still active in sports himself,  including masters swimming. His big events of the year include the one hour postal swim, held in January, and the Trans-Tahoe relay, held in July. Bob has recently taken a sabbatical from his full time position as Chief Technology Officer at Media Net Link (http://www.mnl.com),  to start EastBaySports.Com.

Ric McGredy 

Ric McGredy is a technology consultant who has lived in the East Bay for the last 22 years. He has managed information systems development projects at Bank of America, Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems and other prominent Bay Area companies. In 1994, he founded Media Net Link, a web services company for business, where he is currently president. Ric and his family live in Danville and participate in swimming, softball and basketball team sports. His wife, Sally, is also very active in the community, including her recent stay as head coach of the San Ramon Valley High School Swim Team. 

Mike Croghan

Mike's career in advertising is as deep as the Croghan legacy in swimming. His father, Jack Croghan, is one of the true pioneers of AAU /USS Swimming on the pacific coast, with a career that span over sixty years. Being a swimming athlete in the Croghan household was not an opinion. With three All American swimming siblings in the family, expectations were high. But, with strong family values and a true nack to make swimming a blast, Jack Croghan assembled a 350 member traveling circus of swimmers that will remain unparalleled even by today's standards.

He is presently contracted by Microsoft, WebTV, where he is helping to launch a whole new way the world will watch and interact with there televisions. Prior to WebTV, Mike was Director of Sponsorships at Acteva.com, a B to B internet ticketing company, where he fostered relationships with promoters, sponsors, and media partnerships, including Ask Jeezes.com Greenlight.com, Pets.com, Elance.com, LA events, The Filmore, Maritime, Hall, NFL alumni, 415 tech, and IMom.com. Before Acteva, Mike was V.P. of Sales and Marketing for the San Jose Sabercats Arena Football Team, where he oversaw sponsorship sales totaling over 1.3 million dollars. From 1982 through 1997 Mike held various executive marketing positions within such companies as Granny Goose Foods, CBS-Radio, Sears Point Raceway, Englerter and Cross Advertising, and Lucky Stores Advertising

An East Bay Native, Mike lives in Castro Valley with his wife and four children. His oldest is attending college in Oregon and the younger three are in middle school and high school.

Mike stays active by occasionally roughing it up in a pickup waterpolo game, and by challenging himself with an occasional masters swimming event . This past Olympic year he assisted Mike Bottom's World Sprint Team with a sponsorship deal for Maui Jim Sunglasses.
 

Kevin Nelson

Kevin Nelson is a writer with East Bay roots. He grew up in Hayward and was an All-League basketball player for the Hayward High Farmers. He is the author of 13 books, including The Daddy Guide, The Greatest Golf Shot Ever Made, The Runner's Daily Book of Inspiration, and others.  He has written for local and national publications such as the San Francisco Chronicle, Contra Costa Times, Diablo Magazine and others. His writing has been translated into Dutch and published internationally. He is a screenwriter with a feature film in development. He is the author of Playground Pop, a serial novel. He lives in Benicia with his wife and two kids. 
 

Suzanne Van Cleve

Suzanne is the Director of the PeopleSoft.Com Network, which includes PeopleSoft's public and extranet sites for customers, partners, and the sales channel. In addition, Suzanne develops project implementation plans, including resource allocation, budgets, scheduling, and technology requirements. She has had strategic positions at Adobe, Vivant, and  Xign Corporation.  

An avid open water swimmer, Suzanne loves to tell fish stories about her recent conquests: the Kaanapali-Maui Classic, the 12-mile Trans-Tahoe Relay, and the Escape from Alcatraz. She’s on the board of directors for Tri Valley Masters Swimming, and was a catalyst in transforming the team into an independent non-profit organization.

When not swimming, she’s often seen in Pleasanton running with her two Dobermans, Xena and Skylar. She’s a member of the Pleasanton Fleet Feet/Huffers and Puffers running club, and favors the half marathon distance for road races.

Gene Wang

Gene has three children and is active in Bay Area community activities.  He regularly sings to the children at Friend’s Nursery School, and teaches classes at Stanford and the U.C. Berkeley Extension on entrepreneurship.  He was on the technology committee at Fairmeadow Elementary School.  

Gene is a co-founder and Chairman of the Board at PhotoAccess.com Corp.  Prior to Photo Access, Gene was the CEO and President of Computer Motion, a medical robotics company which he took public in 1997.  From 1992 to 1995, Gene was Executive Vice President at Symantec Corp. where he managed 4 divisions and helped that company grow from $172 million to $412 million in annual sales.  From 1988 to 1992, Gene worked at Borland International where his last position was Vice President and General Manager.  While at Borland, Gene helped popularize the C++ programming language, initiating its development as Director of R&D and eventually selling over a million copies.  From 1983 to 1988, Gene was Vice President of Marketing at Gold Hill Computers.  From 1980 to 1982, Gene was an operating systems programmer at Wang Laboratories.  Gene received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Craig Ziegler

Craig grew up in southern California where soccer was considered a "real" sport even in the 60's and 70's. He played soccer through high school, into college, and in a semi-pro league in SB pre and post college.

Craig's commitment to the community is evident, having chosen to spend the bulk of his career in the nonprofit sector with organizations focusing on issues ranging from improving the health care system in California, to improving the business climate and quality of life in Silicon Valley.

Craig has coached in Santa Barbara, San Diego, and now in Castro Valley. " I coach because I love kids and I love to teach. I joined the CVYSL Board, where I serve as Treasurer,  because I wanted to get more involved in my community, in something that I am passionate about - soccer."