John Rodgers Email & Phone Number

Holiday, Fl.

Clarity Creative Media, LLC. is a full service communications company capable of meeting all of your marketing and advertising demands. An exceptional website doesn't mean anything if it does not captivate the intended target market and generate results. Every website we design is developed to convert visitors into customers. It has been proven that you only have a few seconds once a visitor lands on your website to compel them to stay and read further. It is our job to design your site so that it is not only appealing to the eye but also contains the relevant content the visitor is looking for prominently displayed in the beginning of the site. This approach will lead the visitor deeper into your site's content and information increasing the possibility of converting them from a visitor to a customer.We are specialists in responsive design. This design process is relatively new and allows users of any type of device such as smartphones, ipads, tablets, etc. to access your website in an attractive and functional format on any screen size. Responsive design is crucial in today's marketplace. Currently more than half of ALL internet access and searches comes from mobile devices while only approximately 18% of all websites in existence are responsive in design. By designing a responsive website you immediately have a distinct advantage over most of your competition.

Since 1964 SCORE's seasoned business experts have provided the highest level of business mentoring services to help entrepreneurs create and grow their business. SCORE is the leading source of ongoing small business mentoring, training, workshops and online expert resources in the U.S.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Quikstone Capital Solutions provides working capital to small to medium sized businesses nationally to help them grow and expand. A variety of businesses can benefit from our business loan alternative, our merchant cash advance.Quikstone Capital has been in business for more than a decade and we’re in it for the long haul. We partner with our merchants to achieve success and their success is a direct reflection on us. Quikstone Capital will never put a merchant in a position to fail under the weight of its own debt.

Seminole, Fl.

ARMME Medical Technologies, Inc. offers only the highest quality medical devices, surgical instruments and services throughout the world. The company has secured the exclusive distribution rights for many of these technologies and services for all the Americas, the Caribbean Islands, Africa, the Middle East and parts of Europe. ARMME provides products and services to medical, dental, ophthalmic, and veterinarian practitioners, as well as hospitals, surgical centers, clinics, and urgent care facilities. All products are ISO and/or FDA approved and offer unprecedented warranties within the industry. Our motto: "Serving those who serve humanity". Our mission: "To work with practitioners that place positive patient outcomes above profits.

Indian Rocks Beach, Fl & Zagreb, Croatia

Wrote all business plans and contractual agreements for this medical specialty holding company comprising of five separate business entities. Our primary focus was the $68,000,000 U.S. Dollar recapitalization of the Institute of Immunology (IMZ) located in Zagreb, Croatia. This particular project involved extensive discussions and negotiations with members of our United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Regulatory Team/ Advisors, the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Standards Organization (ISO) 9000 & 13000 Series and members, at the highest levels, of the Croatian Government and the Catholic Church.

Largo, Fl.

- Wrote and filed all corporate documents.- Formed alliances with affinity groups.- Responsible for procuring all contract production of our formulas.- Set up our distribution network through General Nutrition Centers and regional chain pharmacies.- Worked with the FDA for approval of our nutraceutical formulas and packaging.- Wrote, filed and registered a Reg D equity offering resulting in 1.5 million dollars raised.- Negotiated the acquisition of two subsidiaries subsequent to the Reg D offering.- Under my direction and the help of key team members the company went from $0 revenue to over $13,000,000 when it was sold in 2005.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

- Executed 100's of stock transactions involving millions of dollars on a daily basis.- Dealt only with the company's most experienced and wealthy clients.- Performed efficiently in an extremely fast-paced, detailed oriented environment.- Monitored markets on a worldwide basis on a daily basis.- After 911 assisted with various Government agencies with the recent trading activities in select companies and the trading activities of specific clients. Our research found no irregularities.

Largo, Fl

Responsible for assuring compliance with all government regulatory agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for this fully reporting publicly traded company. Wrote and filed all SEC registrations for the Company including, but not limited to, SB-2's, 10K's, 10Q's, 8K's and Proxy Statements. Wrote, designed and implemented all safety programs for nine manufacturing divisions bringing the Company into OSHA compliance. Handled all correspondence with the Company's transfer agent, CPA's, legal counsel, the SEC, OSHA and Shareholders. Proficient in the SEC's EDGAR electronic filing system. OSHA certified.

Dunedin, Fl & Atlanta, Ga

Served as Co-Founder and Partner for this financial consulting and capital formation firm based in Dunedin, FL. Developed multi-faceted, targeted and comprehensive strategies for companies that engaged our services. Successfully structured, wrote, filed and registered five direct public offerings (DPO's) at both State and Federal levels resulting in over $12,000,000 raised for our client companies. Interviewed with the media on a regular basis including newspapers, television, radio and trade publications in an effort to promote both the products of client companies and stock sales. In 1995 Co-Founded the Black Bear Brewing Company of Atlanta, Georgia and was instrumental in facilitating the inducement and underwriting of a 4.2 million dollar bond offering involving, for the first time in Atlanta's history, a combination of industrial revenue bonds and low income housing bonds for the brewery's facility in downtown Atlanta. The mixed-use project known as Black Bear Apartments, LLP was the historic "Trolley Barn" located at 975 and 981 Ashby Street. The facility combined the brewery with 16 loft style apartments and was awarded the "Restoration Project of the Year" by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Sold out of the company in 1998.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Working for several brokerage firms and consistently placing within the top 10% of gross sales production. I achieved the position of Regional Sales Manager for Kober Financial. This was a new region for the corporation with no offices or employees within the Southeast. I was responsible for the recruitment/ development of a sales force that within 1 year went from 0-110 Registered Representatives, securing leases and handled the logistics of opening 4 branch offices within the State of Florida and 1 branch office in Atlanta, Georgia. Designed company training program, wrote sales manuals, recruiting brochures and negotiated all contractual agreements pertaining to recruiting top producers. Participated in senior management decisions pertaining to all aspects of the business as an integral part of both Regional and Corporate Management. Hired, trained, motivated and evaluated sales force on a daily basis resulting in the Southeast Region placing highest for average income per broker within the Corporation. Average gross commissions for the Region were $1.2 million dollars per month. Personally handled portfolios of key clients and handled customer complaints. Extensive travel.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Programming And Analysis, Current Gpa 3.909

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta KappaContinuing my studies in my chosen profession. My studies are now focused on server-side.

Diploma, Web Development & Design, Graduated With A 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Lambda, ToastmastersAreas of study included HTML5, CSS3, PHP, jQuery, Javascript, Wordpress, CMS.

Completed 3 Of 6 Sections, Financial Planning

Diploma, Computer Programming, Final Gpa 3.8

Overall knowledge of mainframe computers. Languages learned were COBOL, RPGII and Basic.

Certificate Of Completion, Survival Course, Pass

Four weeks of SERE training (Survival, Evasion, Resistance & Escape).