President & CEO, Sky Enterprises LLCFounder and Leader of Solutions-based companies supporting worldwide customersI’m originally from South Africa and moved to the United States as a teenager. I founded Sky Enterprises LLC in April 2007 after several years working as the lead international salesperson for a U.S.-based exporter of heavy machinery company. Sky Enterprises began as a trade and finance company focused in exploring opportunities in emerging markets, particularly Nigeria. As our customer base grew, our business activities did as well. Essentially, as we helped our customers succeed, we added business units to help them expand. We’ve added many domestic companies to our portfolio to help create sustainable local investments as well. Sky Enterprises now has business units or affiliated companies that provide services and support in the following areas: Financing and Technical Partner/Management Solutions for Oil and Gas Contracting companies; Supply Chain and Procurement Services with Financing Support; Financing Support for Manufacturers and Resellers; Management Consulting; Risk Participation; Asset-based Investing and Marine Assets Equity Financing. Our subsidiary companies, USA Equipment Sales LLC sells heavy machinery throughout the world and our Sky Labor Contractors LLC provides Technical/specialist contract labor staffing internationally particularly to companies involved in upstream oil production and exploration. We have had occasion to execute mandates for counterparties in Europe, North America, and across Africa.We’ve also greatly increased our investment and activity in our own neighborhood, the Jacksonville Beaches. We’ve established companies and special purpose entities to own and manage our $20+ million portfolio of commercial and residential real estate and actively redevelop properties in the Beaches communities.You can find our family of companies at the following websites and inquire at cs@skyenterprises.com for more information: skyenterprises.com; skylaborcontractors.com; marshpointproperties.com; usaequipmentsales.com; 221surfside.com;skybritishenterprises.co.uk.