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Paul Lewis is a passionate serial entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the founder of four companies, two of which he took public and the other two were strategically acquired by Fortune 500 companies. His first company, MC² Corporation, was formed while Lewis was a senior in college. The firm provided technical solutions to global corporations, named among the “INC. 500” list of the fastest growing privately held companies in the United States, and was strategically acquired in 1999 by a Fortune 500 company.
His next venture, Getgo-Mail.com, successfully raised sufficient capital to build a fully functional unified messaging device based on patented intellectual property before going public. Next Lewis became President and CEO of CardXX Inc, a technical manufacturing company that used its patented process to build the world’s first NIST Level-3 rated smart RFID credit card.
Lewis’ latest venture, PG Lewis & Associates, became a national leader in computer data forensics and was critically involved in many sensational complex litigation matters before being strategically acquired by a Fortune 500 company in 2006.
He has been featured on CNBC-TV, FOX-NEWS and a number of other broadcasts as an expert in emerging technologies, and has authored numerous articles for Forbes, Fortune, INC., and many industry journals. He served as President and CEO of MC² Corporation, President and CEO of Getgo-Mail.com, President and CEO of Cardxx Inc., and Founder and Managing Partner of PG Lewis & Associates. He is a former member of Cisco Systems’ Steering Committee and Novell’s Advisory Board.
He was named “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” for United States National Region 2 by the Small Business Administration, appointed to the “Forty under 40” list of most influential business people, recipient of the “Blue Chip” award for overcoming significant adverse business conditions, and was twice named a finalist for “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young. He is a frequent lecturer on entrepreneurialism at many of the nation’s top business schools and universities. Lewis is active in the global Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) and is an active angel investor and mentor to other entrepreneurs.
Mr. Lewis received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science in 1988 from Fairleigh Dickenson University and is the recipient of the University’s 1997 Pinnacle Award for Outstanding Accomplishments. He resides with his wife and four children in New Jersey.
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