dwellings for a new planet
Lisa Copass, Founder + CEO: Lisa has been an entrepreneur, running companies and profitable business units for over 25 years. She has launched some of the most innovative companies in her career and dozens of products and services throughout the Bay Area and the United States. Some of them include SAP (Ariba), Xsigo (bought by Cisco), Apple, Dell, HP, IBM, Ebay and more. She gained expertise in, and a love for; construction, real estate and home staging, providing business and marketing consulting services to various design-build firms, real estate agencies and home staging companies in the Bay Area. She also started her own staging firm, blu home staging + design in 2015. Lisa holds 2 BA degrees from the University of Colorado (Boulder): one in communications, the other in cultural anthropology.
Quimby Melton, PhD, Co-Founder + CMO + CFO: Quimby has a background in marketing, customer acquisition, sales funnel intelligence, data analytics, technology development, project management, media production and literary studies. Since 2006, he's worked with and founded a number of early-stage companies, including Studio Hyperset (a marketing consulting firm), GoConvert (a sales funnel intelligence app) and Confection (a post-cookie data management solution). Quimby graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia (AB, English, 2000). He went on to receive his MA (English, 2003) and PhD (English, 2008) from UNLV.
David Goldsmith, PhD/Professor Chief Commercial Officer: David’s background has ranged from construction engineering, geotechnical engineering, aerospace and composite engineering in both the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the government. He’s been involved with start-up companies and entrepreneurship, founding his first company in 2002 and has been a board member, advisor, and coach to dozens of start-up companies throughout the country. David was also an Instructor and Assistant Professor of Building and Construction Engineering at Virginia Tech. Currently, David is the Director of Sales for ThermaSteel, Inc., a Virginia based composite construction materials technology developer and manufacturer. David’s academic background includes a Master’s in Building Construction, and Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, in Design, Construction, and Planning; both from the University of Florida.
Quimby Melton, PhD, Co-Founder + CMO + CFO: Quimby has a background in marketing, customer acquisition, sales funnel intelligence, data analytics, technology development, project management, media production and literary studies. Since 2006, he's worked with and founded a number of early-stage companies, including Studio Hyperset (a marketing consulting firm), GoConvert (a sales funnel intelligence app) and Confection (a post-cookie data management solution). Quimby graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia (AB, English, 2000). He went on to receive his MA (English, 2003) and PhD (English, 2008) from UNLV.
David Goldsmith, PhD/Professor Chief Commercial Officer: David’s background has ranged from construction engineering, geotechnical engineering, aerospace and composite engineering in both the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the government. He’s been involved with start-up companies and entrepreneurship, founding his first company in 2002 and has been a board member, advisor, and coach to dozens of start-up companies throughout the country. David was also an Instructor and Assistant Professor of Building and Construction Engineering at Virginia Tech. Currently, David is the Director of Sales for ThermaSteel, Inc., a Virginia based composite construction materials technology developer and manufacturer. David’s academic background includes a Master’s in Building Construction, and Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, in Design, Construction, and Planning; both from the University of Florida.
