Ron Garret, Ph.D., is an entrepreneur, software engineer, angel investor, and filmmaker.  He worked at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab as a research scientist for twelve years before quitting to go to work for an obscure Silicon Valley startup company called Google.  He has co-founded three startup companies, including an on-line jet charter business that was acquired by Richard Branson and became Virgin Charter, and invested in a dozen others.  His documentary film about homelessness recently premiered at the Oakland International Film Festival.  He is currently an advisor for the B612 Foundation, an organization dedicated to finding and changing the trajectory of asteroids on a collision course with Earth.