Eric Boone Email & Phone Number

Lisbon, Portugal

North America, European Union

Meristematix leverages the data-rich nature of the highly-regulated cannabis industry to generate cutting-edge predictive and prescriptive analytical output (in addition to the descriptive offering more broadly available in the industry). Meristematix can help your cannabis enterprise recognized newfound growth in areas of demand forecasting, replenishment, price elasticity, inventory management, scorecarding, and more.

Canada

CQA’s mission is to provide cannabis producers and consumers with a simple way to identify quality. Our Advisory and Standards Development Committees are composed of industry professionals and passionate consumers who understand the process and importance of quality from seed to sale to smoke (or whatever the preferred method may be). We are not an industry association, which allows us to maintain a level of independence from the products we evaluate. CQA relies on independent and anonymous lab testing to analyze quantitative criteria, and a skilled tasting panel to provide qualitative sensory analytics. This combined application ensures that only products from licensed producers who meet the established measures are eligible for CQA certification, holding the cannabis industry to a higher standard of quality. It is anticipated that only the top 20% of products submitted will receive CQA certification.We believe that greater transparency in quality evaluation will create even greater accountability from producers and will empower consumers to select the best products on the market.

Global

Seattle Hempfest has been a pillar supporting the conversation around hemp and cannabis since 1991. As a member of the board, I assist in their strategic visioning and execution with a particular focus around fundraising (creating new revenue streams), sponsorship, and identifying strategic partnerships. Primary challenges revolve around transitioning an in-person, free-speech "protestival" to an online portal for education, inspiration, and entertainment. As only the second board president in 3 decades, my primary roles deal with organizational turn-around strategies, grant writing, licensing expansion globally, and Web3 integration.

Canada, Usa, Russia, India, Usa, Uk, W Europe, Kazakhstan, China, Viet Nam, Etc.

Cannabinnovation is the brand under which I conduct consulting in the cannabis industry on a global level. I have worked with many companies in the space since the earlier days of post-prohibition. Some highlights include:Drove awareness, interest and desire to engage in the market by designing creative campaigns, building story boards, identifying and managing vendors (publishing companies, design and production providers), that include Marijuana Venture Magazine, Culture Magazine (Canada)Worked with regulators, legislators and policy makers in our priority geographies: federal, state/provincial and local, both in the US and abroad (Canada,)Interfaced with US Federal legislators, Health Canada, Thai Royal Government, in terms of policy implementation and data usage/analysisConsulted with several educational institutions (Oregon State University, Simon Frasier University, University of British Columbia) to address growing demand for cannabis-based curriculumDeveloped end-to-end business requirements to deliver functional UX capabilities for a “seed-to-sale” compliance system.Created user stories and acceptance criteria for newly developed technical capacitiesManaged efficiencies in team processes and maintained focus on daily execution while ensuring that product goals will be reached within time and budget.Educated internal stakeholders on capitalization, processes and best practices Drove and oversaw business development efforts at numerous industry conferences and events in the US, Canada, and Mexico.Identified the need and sourced the best-in-category providers to provide advanced, AI-driven analytics to the cannabis industry based on the extensive knowledge of the cannabis market and key decision makers with an unrelenting focus on global mindset and scalability Established multiple integration (API) partnerships in the software space with a particular emphasis on interoperable solutions for vertical cannabis operations

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Undergraduate instruction with a focus on Global Entrepreneurship and Introductory Business. Established field project with actual start-up to bring practical learning to classes in first term

Scottsdale, Arizona

Originated financing transactions for state and local governments, health care, schools and universities, largely for private placement. Transactions range in scope from $250,000 - $100,000,000. Developed a pipeline of municipal financing deals in excess of $1 Billion Built and maintained strong relationships with senior elected officials (Mayors, CFOs, Governors) Established strategic partnerships to grow health care and education sectors

Scottsdale, Arizona

Consulted dispensary license applicants in constructing business plans and ensuring compliance with State regulations/guidelines. Worked at the State level to influence cannabis legislation Managed investor relations team and personally handled all escalated calls (we had around 3600 active investors at that time). Managed shareholder relations, media management/press releases Spearheaded transition of company from a single focus to a non-related consolidator Early innovator in cannabis delivery methods (extraction) and distribution (automated vending machine)

Consulting firm specializing in the commercial real estate market in Eastern Europe. Clients include Colliers International, Knight Frank, Toyota Financial Services, Maersk, Henkel, MIBC Moscow City, GDO Properties/Imperia Tower, Beeline, Starbucks, Honeywell, more. Highlights include:Within Colliers International, oversaw development of proprietary CRM system, grew the billing of the corporate services department over ten-fold, from $30,000 quarterly billing to $300,000, within 9 months and developed a team representing five different nationalities

Portland, Oregon Area

Lead team of sales professionals to banner sales levels in a highly competitive market and during a time of extensive downsizing. Sales campaign in Northern California was the most successful in the company's history within the market Highlights include:• Achieved profit margins of 18% by the second sales cycle through headcount reduction, cost containment and revenue growth (division previously lost money)• Improved reporting structure, increased employee morale and pay, blocked CWA union adoption• Implemented co-branding effort with cellular service providers and introduced portabledirectory product

Ohio, Michigan

Career path consisting of beginning in advertising sales with promotion to marketing management ($160M territory and sales force of 120) and, ultimately, promotion to a national product marketing position. Highlights include:• Spearheaded re-branding effort in printed directories among 13 states; converted four brands into one• Introduced 6 new print and internet-based products; successfully promoted them among the sales offices nationwide. Most have been adopted industry wide• Reduced costs and drove revenue, generating first-year EBITDA in excess of $4 million (compared with prior-year losses of over $5 million) on a $272 million product line• Expanded Federal Government "Dream Pages" into major markets, generating $500,000 per year on what had previously been a mandatory sunk cost• $135,000 profit for a $3 million business-to-business directory that had lost money the past eight years. Model subsequently applied across five-state region

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Global Management, Cum Laude

Certificate, Inside India

Certificate, Russian Language And Business, 5

Bachelor Of Science, Marketing