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Farm Located Near Indian Island In The Pamlico Sound, Beaufort County, Nc

First Flight Mariculture is an oyster aquaculture company located in the Pamlico Sound of North Carolina. First Flight oysters, locally sourced native Crassostrea virginica, are hand raised from seed to serve fine dining restaurants. As the founder of the company, I am involved in every aspect of the business, from cultivation, harvest, sales and distribution. We are a small, family owned and operated aquaculture company with the goals of providing the highest quality native North Carolina oysters and helping to promote a healthy estuarine ecosystem.

Danbury, Ct

Direct the sales of Smiths Detection xray, trace and imaging products into the DOD, globally. Smiths is developing new products that will have specific application to the challenges of US Forces operating OCONUS and installation security at home. Our charter is to promote those products to the DOD community.

Office: 21 Commerce Drive, Danbury, CT 06810Represent Smiths Detection CBRNE equipment for US Army, Joint Commands, globally and the DC area DOD departments.

Smiths provides solutions for product authentication, product testing, contaminant detection for industrial, food and pharmaceutical manufacturers globally.

Monroe, Nc

DWI Courts are accountability courts designed to address, treat, hold accountable and change the behavior of repeat DWI offenders. Traditional courts are not equipped to address the needs of these individuals effectively. The Foundation provides guidance and seeks funding for this effort on a local level to benefit the community.

Brightstar Environmental built, owned and operated facilities that converted municipal waste into energy. In this capacity, IManage two lobbying firms, one located; for activities on behalf of Brightstar.Identify and contact municipalities that wish to consider alternatives to landfill for municipal waste management.Develop relationships with mayors, city and county council members, environmentalists, and citizens groups.Negotiate with utility executives for energy contracts.Negotiated with waste management companies for joint venture endeavors in target communities.Lobby state and federal elected officials for favorable treatment of Brightstar technology when establishing energy policies (registered lobbyist in the State of California as required by state law)..Establish a professional relationship with federal regulators and policy makers to manage the process of placing facilities in various jurisdictions. Agencies included EPA, DOD, DOE.Brightstar facilities represent millions of dollars of investment and significant community and national visibility. Very highly developed negotiation, motivation and communication skills are required for success.Facilities were under development; Technological hurdles prevented Brightstar from capitalizing on the promise.

Tivoli Partners is a small, family-owned full service advertising agency with expertise in all facets of marketing, advertising and strategic marketing. Clients range from national financial institutions to Internet start-up companies. Founder was the GM of Datacolor.Developed strategic marketing plans for major clients including Intel, Family Dollar Stores, Intel and Osprey Systems.Manage project implementation from concept to execution to measurement.

The Catawba Riverkeeper organization is part of the Riverkeeper organization and its mission is to promote the environmental health of the Catawba River through community education and political influence.

e-fin was an e-commerce, Internet-based company that has created a virtual private network between finance institutions and automobile dealerships to facilitate the electronic submission and approval of consumer credit applications for indirect loans. The company was venture capital funded.Developed and executed a detailed sales and marketing plan for brand development and account penetration.Hired, trained and deployed a national sales team consisting of sales professionals for the auto industry and the finance industry..As a member of the management team and an investor, actively participated in strategic planning, presentations to venture capitalists and other potential investors.The monetizing event for e-fin was to either IPO the company or sell it to a finance institution. E-fin was sold to The First American Corporation, as planned and the organization subsumed by that company.

Recruited to develop a new business for the quality assurance of color in manufactured products, particularly textiles, plastics, pain and coatings. Created a strategic business plan including detailed market analysis, projected sales and expenses from marketing and channel development based on new product developments.Recruited, trained and managed independent sales agents thereby creating a distribution network throughout North America targeted on plastics processors, textile manufacturers, paint manufacturers.Datacolor was unable to progress the planned products beyond the prototype phase and the project was abandoned.

Responsible for a staff of marketing, scientific and engineering professionals; Managed product and marketing development for two important product lines, ICP and ICP-MS. Latter product line required management of joint venture R&D and engineering. Sales for product lines were approximately $60 million. Directed new product development, creation and implementation of sales strategy through direct and dealer network worldwide. Increased sales 30% with concurrent improvements in both gross margin and EBIT.Achieved dominant market position through re-introduction of product and tactical improvements.Directed development and introduction of three new key products.Created strategic plans for products scheduled over subsequent four to five years.Participated in customer product introduction and sales training events in North America, Europe, the Far East and Australia.Co-inventor and patent holder for optical system for plasma spectrometer.

Industries served include: government (multiple sectors), pharmaceutical research, production, QA/QC, industrial manufacturing, chemicals, petrochemicals, biotechnology, mining, environmental, medical.#1 and #2 product lines in performance as Worldwide Marketing DirectorLaunched $20 million new spectroscopy product line worldwide. Inventor and co-patent holder for an optical devise for emission spectroscopy. The instrument built from this patent continues to contribute to PE revenue.Extensive global business experience.e-Fin, LLCIndustries served: financial markets, automotive, bankingPlanned and delivered on aggressive multi-million dollar startup by hiring, training and deploying sales team and marketing plan. Personally contacted and developed relationships with large banks (Wachovia, Bank of America).Successfully participated in planned exit strategy to sell the company.Brightstar Industries served: government, environmental, utilities, waste managementDevelop relationships with mayors, city and county council members, environmentalists, and citizens groups.Negotiate with utility executives for energy contracts.Negotiated with waste management companies for joint venture endeavors in target communities.Lobby state and federal elected officials for favorable treatment of Brightstar technology when establishing energy policies (registered lobbyist in the State of California as required by state law)..Establish a professional relationship with federal regulators and policy makers to manage the process of placing facilities in various jurisdictions. Agencies included EPA, DOD, DOE.Brightstar facilities represent millions of dollars of investment and significant community and national visibility. Very highly developed negotiation, motivation and communication skills are required for success.Personally developed $50 million in business for gasification projects in CA, FL and PR.

Nds, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Consortium for Executive Developmentaka "charm school".

Ms, Marine Biology

Bs, Zoology