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Mr.Starkman joined AlphaStaff as its President and a member of its Board of Directors in December of 2002. As President and CEO, Mr. Starkman is ultimately responsible for all areas of the company. Prior to joining AlphaStaff, Mr. Starkman was President and CEO of OneChem, a software application provider to the chemical industry. While at OneChem, Mr. Starkman transitioned an idea from proof of concept into a successful technology platform that received widespread interest across industries relying heavily on multi-level transactions, transfer of goods and communications. He also raised significant amounts of investment capital and architected and drove to closure multi-million dollar joint ventures, strategic partnerships and international acquisitions. Previously, Mr. Starkman had a distinguished legal career, serving as the managing partner of his firm for approximately 10 years, and, thereafter, as a partner at Steel Hector & Davis, an international full service firm. While with his firm, Mr. Starkman argued a seminal case before the United States Supreme Court in 1999 on complex RICO/employment laws. He also served as lead counsel in numerous trials, appeals and settlements in complex, multi-million dollar RICO, antitrust, First Amendment, products liability, labor and commercial cases and was repeatedly called to testify as an expert witness in complex commercial cases. Mr. Starkman was retained by General Electric Medical Systems to build and supervise a team of over 10 Latin American law firms handling over 200 cases in countries throughout South America. Mr. Starkman also developed business models, structured contracts/transactions and brought together US technology and European industry expertise to launch $100+ million economic developmental ventures in Europe. | 