George W. Beard has >30 years experience as a serial start-up entrepreneur, Business Angel and Co-Op development consultant. He has acted as an emerging growth company "turn-around"​ executive in the areas of sales, marketing, mergers, strategic planning, finance and general management. Mr. Beard's previous clients include Honeywell Information Systems (HISI 3200: 1st General Purpose mainframe computer w. telephony), G.E., Blue Cross (where Mr. Beard designed the central network database system, CIP), American Mutual Insurance Company (managed Systems and Programming Departments), Fidelity, Prime Computer, MUMS founder (MultiUser MicroSystems), EES founder (card-swipe Mac), i Corp (founder, world's fastest x86 servers), ThugBuster founder, Lotus/IBM and Wang, BrightChange founder - now CFO of IPC Co-Op© (www.IPC.coop) a Nevada-based global Consumer/Buyers Cooperative federations with his permission to offer GILT-EDGED HIGH-YIELD BOND™ offerings featuring SGC (Stable Gold Collateral) in order to introduce the Mondragon biz model to the Americas.His strategies and innovations make valuable contributions to many companies. Beard's patented Security System, having card access and a stealthy internal lock, is frequently referenced in patent applications. In recognition of his contributions in industry, Beard was invited to become a Sloan Fellow at MIT's Sloan School of Management. There, and at Harvard, he studied multi-national production strategy and finance, earning a Masters degree in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MSB, MIT). Mr. Beard studied Electronics & Industrial Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He is an Eagle Scout with 3 Gold Palms.Specialties: EB-5 TEA, Regulation A+ ($50 mil. SEC Reg. A+ Tier 2 DPO) Concept, Seed Stage equity with Equal Opportunity IPO (EO-IPO / EOIPO allocation rights), Co-Ops, Benefit Corporations, "IPO Express"​, B Corp, Business Development Company ( BDC ), capital formation, finance, title insurance, M&A, product /system design, innovation, motivation, risk mgt., surveillance, governance, going public via the "Beacon Model"​, distributed blockchain logistics, payments. Trademarked the GILT-EDGED HIGH-YIELD BOND™ He also serves as the Treasurer of LOOKFIRST (an insurance holding company) and as the Managing Partner of Beacon Investment Partners.