Value Added Solutions, LLC2004-PresentValue Added Solutions, LLC (VAS) functions as a Facilitator to our clients. VAS provides a structured approach to raising debt and equity, as well as Sale Leaseback development to its clients, primarily multi-site Operators within the Convenience Store Industry (C-Store), focusing in the C-Store and Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) Industries for over 30 years, thus our knowledge of understanding within these industries is unparalleled.Prior to VAS, Mr. Hardy served as an employee associated with several Fortune 50 Companies, most notably Shell Capital, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell Oil Co., as the Vice President and National Business Development Manager, building a corporate portfolio in excess of $400 million.Prior to Shell Capital, Mr. Hardy assisted in the formation of two separate, privately held, prominent companies, focused still in the QSR and C-Store Industries, where he served as a Vice President and Business Development specialist utilizing a very unique and specialized transactional structure and process, which yielded combined corporate portfolios in excess of $1.5 Billion. The major shareholder of the last company formed, is the largest privately held, and one of the most prestigious companies in the USA.