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Investments and financing in Clean Tech. Financial and organizational consulting for growth-stage companies in US and China, advising on M&A, partnerships, joint ventures, IPO strategy, and creating growth engines, liquidity events, and ultimately exit strategies

CEO of the Technology Division of Ault Global(NYSE), consisting of 5 companies focused on defense contracting, systems engineering, and specialty manufacturing of components Companies have an average of 30 years experience in servicing governments directly as well as major defense contractors globally.

The Company has crypto currency mining operations on numerous platforms. Additionally the company is developing proprietary software systems to facilitate major analytics for mining and trading.The company was one of the first VR content companies to be public, and are launched Timefire & Hypatia in early 2017.http://www.teraforge.com/

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• ECOtality was a pioneer in EV charging, battery technology and testing with 15,000+networked commercial and residential chargers deployed.• Started with a shell and uplifted to, and traded on NASDAQ.• Raised $160+ million in new capital via debt, private equity, and PIPE financing.• Radically pivoted company tech base from hydrogen to electric battery, storage, testing and charging technology, and held worldwide leadership in the field.• Completed 8 acquisitions and 3 joint ventures (Australia, China & North America)• Awarded federal, state and local grants and awards, including over $180M from the Department of Energy.• Established partnerships with major utilities, government agencies, and Fortune 500s including, ABB, ARCO/BP, Audi/VW, Best Buy, Capgemini, Cisco, Ford, GM, Ikea, McDonald’s, Nissan, SAP, Sears, Sony & Wal-Mart.• Led award winning new product design, manufacture, and market introduction.• Created the first networked commercial and home EV charging system, and thereby the largest global database on EV charging habits for the DOE.• Brought in strategic equity and distribution partners, ABB (Switzerland) and Cybernaut (China).• Oversaw 5 operating divisions and 160+ full time employees.

• Founded Park Plaza and expanded Park Inns (4 and 3 star hotels) from 4 hotels into a global hotel group with over 300 hotels in over 42 countries. Based in San Francisco and Scottsdale, with regional offices in London, Frankfurt, and Sydney.• Built the Company through owned, operated, managed, and franchised hotels with countless acquisitions, joint ventures, leases, and licensing agreements. Partnered with major global players and institutions.• Managed a branded global development, operations, sales and marketing, and licensing organization, with diverse stakeholders around the world.• Designed and directed the development and expansion of a new concept (Art’otels)• Led the creation of strong branding, operations, reservations, and marketing systems, unifying the hotels and employees around the world.• Took Asian Operations public on Australian Exchange• Merged Europe Operations and helped take public on the London AIM Exchange.• Carlson Hospitality purchased the Park Inn and Park Plaza brands in 2013 and they remain part of their global hospitality offering.

International Franchise Operations: Major international franchise operations in Asia, U.S., Europe, South and Central America, Carribbean, Mexico and Canada.

Metro Manila , Ncr, Ph

Developed food and beverage product opportunities and operations throughoutAsia/South Pacific.

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