He attended HS in Long Island and business college in Western New York and has been a San Diego resident for nearly thirty years where he owns a highly successful wealth management practice.

Inventive at an early age, Russ? twin infants inspired him to conceive and guide the development of an innovative solution to save time and energy in his business development efforts. His goal was to create an efficient and automated way to meet referral partners with client types and commonalities that would accelerate professional relationships to the point of referral generation.

?I recognized the potential to help myself and my referral partners become better connected to those who can open doors and help grow our mutual businesses. I also realized that we can encourage the spirit of reciprocity and giving. With Connequity, we make it easy for our users to meet high-caliber individuals that are complementary to our service models. We assist our members in building a balanced referral network, leading to long-term business relationships.?

Russ has proudly served on boards for several charity and community organizations, and currently resides in sunny Solana Beach, CA with his wife Amy and three energetic children.

With extensive experience in software engineering, George has cultivated a versatile skill set spanning the full development lifecycle, from architecture design to implementation and deployment. A talented professional in the tech industry, George has contributed his expertise to innovative companies such as Playcast.io, Reach Robotics, 21e8-Ltd, and Nyriad, tackling challenges in containerization, API infrastructure, distributed systems, and cloud applications.

George is particularly adept at bridging technical gaps between frontend and backend solutions, having successfully managed cross-functional projects and worked remotely across different time zones. His commitment to quality and efficiency is evident in his track record of implementing robust authentication systems, optimizing containerized applications, and developing comprehensive packaging solutions.

A graduate of the University of Waikato with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, George now resides in Wollongong, Australia. He has a passion for collaborative development environments, thrives in team settings, and enjoys contributing to open-source projects in his spare time. As an advocate for test-driven development and efficient state management, George is always eager to discuss innovative approaches to software architecture over a good debugging session, especially if it involves tackling complex distributed systems challenges.

Trey Overton began building software since the early 90s, getting started when punch cards were no longer required, as that seemed like a big step up. Early days of writing client/server apps for government and enterprise companies soon shifted to the web, where his work has thrived. Except for three years on a dev team at Microsoft, Trey focused on his own company, delivering web sites and web apps for a wide variety of clients. Today, he is the Principal Software Architect leading his crack team of engineers in delivering sophisticated apps built on the AWS cloud infrastructure.

Along the way, Trey has also taught classes to high school students, published tabletop miniature war games, and volunteered as an active leader for the Boy Scouts and Venturing. He lives in Tennessee with his wife, many kids at home or nearby, grandkids now too, and possibly too many dogs and cats.