Colin Wiel
Chapter President

Keiretsu Forum San Francisco and North Bay


Colin is an active Angel investor, having made Angel investments in more than a dozen companies in the past five years. Colin often remains actively involved in the companies in which he invests, and he currently serves on the boards of five companies.

Colin is also an Entrepreneur, having started a 35-person software engineering firm which he ran from its inception in 1998 through to its acquisition in 2001.
Over his career, Colin has made a wide variety of technical contributions such as co-architecting a genomics database to host the fruit fly genome; designing and developing a fuzzy logic based antiskid system for commercial aircraft for Boeing (two US patents issued); co-architecting the Java infrastructure for Charles Schwab’s online trading website (the largest dollar volume e-commerce website in the world); and developing and teaching the Java Servlet and JSP curriculum for UC Berkeley Extension. Colin holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from
U.C. Berkeley.

Colin has founded several community organizations including special interest groups of the Software Development Forum and the IEEE.

Contact: colin@keiretsuforum.com

Maggie Jacobberger
Entrepreneur Director

Northern California

Maggie is the Entrepreneur Director for Keiretsu Forum Northern California. She works closely with the Software, Clean Technology, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Social Investing Committees by overseeing the entrepreneur application and committee review process.

Born and raised in Lafayette, California, Maggie ventured east for college and graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in History. Her post-college pursuits include co-authoring, researching, and editing a book about Frances Grant, one of Radcliffe College’s first African American graduates.

In addition to writing professionally, Maggie directs a tutoring business in Lafayette that focuses primarily on developing students’ writing and critical thinking skills. Outside of work, Maggie is committed to community service and enjoys running, exercising, and cooking.

Contact:  Maggie@keiretsuforum.com

Kelly Kimbrough

Membership Director

Keiretsu Forum San Francisco and North Bay

Kelly is the Membership Director for Keiretsu Forum San Francisco/North Bay. She works on developing relations and communications for the members. She oversees the membership application process, and assists in organizing the events of the organization and the Forum of Investors that occurs every month.

Born and raised in Roseville, California, Kelly left to attend college at California Polytechnic State University where she achieved her B.A. in Speech Communication. Kelly has a professional background working in Media and Entertainment, Consumer Goods, and Computer Software Sales. Outside of work, Kelly enjoys running, photography, cooking, and is passionate about volunteer work.

Contact: kelly@keiretsuforum.com

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