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Since launching MagicBeanStalk in 1999, Mr. James M.Gutierrez has successfully guided the company's growth, secured venture capital, assembled a renowned board of advisors and led a team of more than 20 employees in San Francisco and New York City.

MagicBeanStalk is a leading e-business recruiter which connects traditional and new economy companies to their most valuable resource: human capital.

By providing engaging educational events and online recruiting services, MagicBeanStalk allows hundreds of thousands of aspiring job seekers to discover unparalleled career opportunities with businesses looking for skilled employees to fuel their growth.

Currently, Mr. Gutierrez is principally responsible for cultivating strategic relationships, raising additional funding and recruiting top-flight employees.

Mr. Gutierrez is also the inspiration behind UpStart101, the company's flagship event series, which introduces students from the nation's top universities to leaders in a wide spectrum of businesses. Now in its second year, UpStart101 has worked with more than 300,00 undergraduate and 25,000 graduate students across the country.

Before founding MagicBeanStalk, Mr. Gutierrez worked at Merrill Lynch in New York, where he helped structure and market equity and fixed income hedging strategies to Latin American corporate clients.