Astrohaus

Astrohaus was founded in 2014 in Detroit with the launch of the Freewrite smart typewriter, a distraction-free writing tool for modern authors. Since then, customers in 50 countries have written 350+ million words on a Freewrite.

The company's mission is to invent unique, well-designed consumer products that are a joy to use and make people's lives more productive.

CEO and Cofounder

SunDaily

Founder of SunDaily, a premium nutritional supplement brand focused on Vitamin D.  SunDaily is a research based nutritional supplement manufacturer committed to producing the highest quality products using only the most effective, bioavailable ingredients like Vitamin D3. Our focus is on creating custom formulations that are tailored to our modern diets and reflect the latest data from scholarly research.

Founder

Macquarie Bank

Structured commodity linked credit products including supply financing, hedges and term/revolving loan facilities for medium to large businesses.  Clients included power plants, paper converters, retail energy businesses, gas storage companies, renewable projects and others.

Senior Associate

Analyst in TMET group sourcing and executing deals in the telecom, gaming, media, entertainment and technology space.  Focused on asset valuation and deal structuring.

Private Equity Analyst

University of Sydney

Worked with research team to build and maintain an autonomous underwater survey vehicle. The project focused on cataloging change on the Great Barrier Reef.

Mechanical Design Engineer

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Studied tail walking in dolphins and other fish using a biomimetic robotic mechanism. Duties included creating physical models that can simulate the flapping motion in conjunction with mathematical models calculated by a post-doctoral student.

Undergraduate Researcher

Astrohaus CEO and Co-Founder. Inventor of Freewrite line of distraction-free writing tools. Over $1mm raised via Crowdfunding. Product Designer and Mechanical Engineer, @MIT alum. Will retire to be an artist in the mountains one day.

Adam Leeb

DeWitt LLP

Partner

Attorney

Seyfarth Shaw

Scott Paler is a partner and attorney at DeWitt LLP. He serves as Chair of the Firm’s Background Screening Practice Group and Past-Chair of the Firm’s Employment Practice Group, and also participates on the Firm’s Executive Committee.

Scott has developed a niche expertise in background screening. Over his career, Scott has advised more than 100 background screening companies on compliance and business issues. He has also defended multiple background screening companies in litigation. Scott previously served as Co-Chair of the Litigation Avoidance Committee for the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA), led PBSA's Insurance Task Force, and participated in PBSA’s Best Practice Steering Committee. He is currently a member of PBSA’s Ethics Committee and regularly presents on industry trends and best practices at national background screening conferences.

In addition to working with background screening companies, Scott has assisted employers nationwide--ranging in size from Fortune 50 companies to small businesses--to create and administer sound, legally compliant background screening programs.   

Apart from background screening, Scott has advised employers on a wide range of traditional employment issue such as employment applications, employee handbooks, wage practices, non-compete agreements, disciplinary investigations, and terminations. He has also represented numerous organizations—from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies—in federal court, state court, and administrative forums. Such disputes have included: discrimination, harassment, non-compete, background screening, wage, breach-of-contract, employee theft, and shareholder/partner matters.

Wisconsin Super Lawyers has repeatedly recognized Scott as a “Rising Star.” In addition, in 2016, Scott was named the exclusive winner of the Client Choice award in the area of Employment and Benefits in the State of Wisconsin. 

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