Collective IQ (CIQ) [http://www.collectiveiq.com founded by William "Billy G" Glynn, ranked one of the world's top innovators by Information Week, announced today the addition of Dan Sharp, one of the world's most influential strategists and policy advisors, to its team of Strategic Advisors.

Dan Sharp was voted by Forbes magazine one of the top 25 influencers "that help the US Win." He is the founding CEO/President of London's Royal Institution World Science Assembly whose Organizing and Project Steering Committees include dozens of world leaders and Nobel Prize recipients -- focused on the next 100 years of scientific development and the impact discovery has upon the human race. The organization is supported by many foundations, corporations, government and notables including Peter Norton, Pete Peterson of the Blackstone Group and CIQ's William Glynn.

 Mr. Sharp was the General Coordinator of the Club of Madrid's founding conference with King Juan Carlos, Mikhail Gorbachev and 35 presidents of emerging democracies. For 15 years Dan served as the President/CEO of President Eisenhower's American Assembly at Columbia University, lead Xerox's International government and public affairs, and was the Deputy Attorney General of California. He chaired the Advisory Board of the Council of the Americas for seven years, and served on international advisory committees at Duke and Georgetown Universities, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Mr. Sharp also consults with leading corporations, universities and governments on building organizational resilience through early-alert and all-hazard business preparedness and continuity systems.

Mr. Sharp holds a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School and a B.A. degree in International Relations from the University of California. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the Pacific Council on International Policy, the President's Advisory Committee of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships and the Century Association (New York City).

About Collective IQ
Collective IQ is a Corporate Merchant Bank focused on a family of elite private equity funds (buy out, niche equity, leasing, sub debt, mezzanine), a portfolio of companies and provides niche alternative asset class services. Headquartered in Atlanta, with offices worldwide, CIQ serves as the corporate venture and development team for a network of global 1000 corporations.

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