Michael Johns Email & Phone Number

**Globally-recognized management, marketing, public and investor relations consultant and strategist for ICOs, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, financial technology, medical, healthcare, data information, and other fast-growing, dynamic companies and startups globally. **Develop and implement innovative business organization, sales, marketing, and public and investor relations strategies for existing and pre-launch companies and organizations that successfully grow top line sales, brand identity, and market share and attract equity investors and diverse capital inflow.**Leading global expert in managing public and investor relations strategies for ICOs and the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries with substantial success in launching, growing, and drawing investors to this fast-growing and globally transformative industry sector. Board member and advisor to numerous ICOs, blockchain, financial technology, data management, healthcare, medical innovation, and other companies globally. **Author cutting-edge, well written, and compelling ICO investor white papers that distinguish ICOs and attract seven and eight figure investments.**Develop and manage sophisticated, wide-ranging, and successful media relations campaigns for ICOs, crowdfunded startups, and companies with mainstream, financial, and sector-based broadcast, podcast, print, and online media.**Globally-recognized expert and thought leader on international business, economic, trade, and public policy trends for leading broadcast news networks globally, including BBC, France 24, China Global Television Network (CGTN), CBS News, Fox News, Fox Business News, CNBC, and many others. Published regularly in major global media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Seeking Alpha, National Review, and others.

**Co-founder and national leader of the U.S. Tea Party movement, the largest and most influential grassroots political movement in American history (founded February 2009).**One of nation's leading Tea Party spokespersons and public policy experts. Regular public policy and political expert commentator for Fox News, Fox Business News, CNBC, BBC, France 24, China Global Television Network, and many other leading global broadcast media outlets. Contributing writer for multiple global print and online media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, National Review, and others.**Work closely with federal, state, and local government officials, including the Trump administration, Congress, and state and local governments to articulate and advance the Tea Party policy agenda, recruit, support, and elect Tea Party-aligned candidates at all levels of government nationally. Develop and pass or repeal federal, state, and local government statutes and regulations nationally consistent with Tea Party policy objectives.**Manage vast national organizational development, strategic public policy and communication strategies, national development and fundraising initiatives, strategic political and bipartidan alliances, and grassroots advocacy to advance the Tea Party movement's national political and public policy agenda. **Named by About.com as "One of Twenty Conservatives to Follow on Twitter" and by National Journal as "One of Ten Republicans to Follow on Twitter."

Arlington, Tx, Us

**Weekly on-air contributor on timely business, global trade, economics, political, and public policy topics on global television network available in 38 million homes.

West Jordan, Ut, Us

**Recruited to manage all sales and marketing functions at one of world’s leading refurbished diagnostic imaging companies. Served as member of company’s senior management team responsible for company-wide business strategies, sales, operations, and personnel management.**Developed and implemented global sales and marketing strategies for high-end medical capital equipment and parts, including product-specific launches and sales growth plans for CT and MRI diagnostic systems, service contracts, and replacement parts, leading to corporate sales exceeding $25 million annually.**Developed international supply and market partnerships and sales and purchase supply chains throughout African, Asian, European, Caribbean, and Latin American markets.**Launched from scratch and managed the company's first inside sales force, permitting company to thoroughly prospect diagnostic imaging needs of hospitals, rehabilitation, and diagnostic imaging facilities globally.**Managed company’s external sales, marketing and customer service departments, establishing, measuring, and managing departmental sales, operations, and efficiency goals and aligning personnel with these objectives.**Identified and launched new product offerings, including new CT, MRI, ultrasound, and other diagnostic system and parts offerings.**Successfully overhauled company's global sales and operational processes for imaging systems, service, and parts, restructuring in profitable but more customer-friendly ways its pricing, terms, and repair and customer service support.**Developed, implemented and oversaw company's global marketing functions, vastly improving its advertising, online media, corporate website, public and external relations, and trade show presence.**Represented and advocated company and industry association's vital regulatory and public policy positions before the World Health Organization and U.S., European Union, ASEAN, and other regulatory governing bodies globally.

Foulksmills, Co. Wexford, Ie

**Recruited to return to $100 million global medical device corporation as senior in-house management, sales and marketing consultant charged with managing urgent company-wide turnaround initiatives, including sales and operational processes, capital generation, free cash flow, Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance receivables management exceeding $20 million, and expansion of multiple company-wide divisional sales in $100 million company.**Twice promoted: Director to Vice President (2004) and Vice President to Executive Management Consultant (2007).

Irving, Texas, Us

**Recruited to develop vast marketing, customer service, and clinician communications functions for Medical-Surgical division of $190 billion Fortune 100 corporation, the world's largest health care provider.**Developed and implemented company’s existing “patient for life” business model under which patient retention is enhanced and patients are offered full-service home-based medical supplies and support based on anticipated chronic disease needs and identified by expanded patient and physician communication processes.**Initiated and developed company’s first-ever financial, operational and performance metrics for company’s Customer Service, Insurance Verifications, and EZ-Refill units. Developed detailed and ongoing market research reporting used in the assessment of acquiisition opportunities.**Direct or indirect managerial responsibility for approximately 150 personnel in multiple operational and business development functions. Managed employee compensation and performance metrics.**Developed and managed first-ever program to enhance and measure overall patient satisfaction and retention. **Evaluated and revised company’s existing operational policies to ensure and enhance compliance with complex Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance provider regulations. Developed and led division-wide team to transition to competitive bidding business model for Medicare business.**Developed company work groups to address specific company challenges and enhance overall team-oriented approaches to cross-functional operational, efficiency, employee retention and engagement, and business development challenges.**Launched company’s first direct to physician and clinician sales and marketing initiative and managed private insurance contract development function.**Developed and managed new medical device, medical supply, and other product offerings. Launched division's first-ever referral program to reward manufacturer and other corporate partner referrals.

Foulksmills, Co. Wexford, Ie

**Recruited to manage insurance assignment division of $100 million global medical device corporation.**Grew total divisional sales from $3.8 million to $30 million while enhancing divisional profit to 30 percent contribution margin and diminishing days sales outstanding (DSO) from 100 to a record 78 days.**Recruited, trained, and managed from scratch a national sales force in all 50 states and Puerto Rico responsible for marketing to medical professional and facility referral sources. Developed performance metrics, training program, and national territory plan for sales force. Generated $1 million in medical referrals in plnew program's first year. Grew size of national sales force from zero to 90 in one year.**Launched multiple successful new business lines, including managed care contracting unit responsible for contracting with private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and worker's compensation payers. Managed negotiation of contracts, including pricing, terms, and renewal terms. Launched home health, assisted living, and disease advocacy sales and marketing program. Generated 150 managed care and 27 state Medicaid contracts, leading to $3 million in new annual revenue. **Created comprehensive sales and operations business plan to grow national market share, leverage competitive strengths and address identifiable weaknesses, and pursue strategically-selected organic and acquisition growth opportunities in company's $2 billion industry.**Launched 50-person outbound call center to identify and cultivate patient and clinician referrals and manage patient and clinician processes, complaints, questions, and inquiries, which quantitatively improved overall clinician and patient satisfaction according to quarterly satisfaction surveys.**Appointed as member of company's senior management team responsible for company-wide management, strategies, and annual budgeting.**Once promoted, from Director to Vice President (2004).

Atlanta, Ga, Us

**Recruited to manage corporate marketing, external and internal communications, and investor relations functions for $1.5 billion, NASDAQ-traded Fortune 1000 global home health care and specialty pharmaceutical company, the largest in its industry. Served as member of company's executive management team reporting directly to company's CEO.**Developed and implemented global marketing strategies for home health service and product offerings, including infusion and injectable speciality pharmaceutical therapies and nursing, assisted living, and therapeutic-specific clinical services to treat tens of thousands of patients in U.S. and Canada.**Managed investor relations function for NASDAQ-traded public corporation, including quarterly and annual earnings releases, material news releases, and interaction with existing and prospective financial institutions covering or holding equity pisitions in company.**Actively participated in company's executive team tesponsible for assessing and pursuing acquisition opportunities in multi-billion dollar home health industry. Helped orchestrate 2002 spin-off of company's specialty pharmaceutical division in $415 million cash and stock sale, one of largest home health transactions in industry's history.**Developed award-winning advertising and marketing campaigns to enhance brand recognition among clinical and insurance referral sources, acute and sub-acute discharge planners, and other referral sources.**Managed branch-level marketing communications and community engagement initiatives for 400 corporate branch locations nationally to enhance market share and brand in regional marketplaces. **Led national marketing and communications for company's first home-based neurorehabilitation program for traumatic brain injury (TBI), Alzheimers, advanced dementia, spinal cord injury, and post-stroke neurological impairment patients.**Once promoted, from Assistant Vice President to Vice President (2001).

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

**Recruited to co-manage health care consulting practice for Pennsylvania's largest and most influential health care and government relations consulting firm.**Represented numerous national and regional health care providers, including hospitals (Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Eagleville Hospital, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Mercy Health System, North Philadelphia Health System, Temple University Hospital, Tenet Health System, University of Pennsylvania Health System, others), rehabilitation and long-term care facilities (Good Shepherd Hospital, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, others), health care associations (Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition, others), and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies (Eli Lilly and Company, Serono Laboratories, others).**Developed and implement strategic partnership, referral, and government and community funding strategies for health care clients.**Secured tens of millions of dollars in federal, Pennsylvania state, foundation, and strategic partnership funding.**Managed new client business development initiatives, including prospecting, developing, and presenting engagement proposals, leading to development of over $1 million in new firm business.**Once promoted, from Director to Senior Associate (1999).

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

**Recruited to serve as senior public policy and communications strategist and aide for senior United States Senator from Maine highly involved in national public health, budgeting, small business, and national security legislation and policies and known for her bipartisan consensus building skills.**Interacted with leadership offices ofU.S. Senate to coordinate office's legislative, policy, and communications initiatives and U.S. Senate floor debate and voting strategies on all legislation and public policy issues confronting nation.**Staffed and supported Senator's work on multiple U.S. Senate Committees, including Senate Armed Services Committee, Senate Budget Committee, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Senate Small Business Committee.**Helped lead and draft several U.S. Senate floor bills and amendments, including ones to defend the cancer screening policies recommended by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), expanding governmental funding in key areas of national disease research, and enhancing access to quality health care providers and facilities in nation's underserved rural areas.**Participated as staff member to Senate Republican Caucus and various Senate Caucuses designed to forge consensus on legislative priorities, strategies, and national and Senate floor communications on public policy themes, issues, and Congressional budgeting. Interacted extensively with U.S. Senators and staff in pursuit of these objectives.**Coordinated legislative and communications initiatives with multiple Clinton administration departments and agencies, including White House' Legislative Affairs office, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), National Security Council (NSC), Pentagon, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Commerce, Small Business Administration (SBA), and others.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

**Recruited as senior marketing and corporate communications manager in corporate headquarters of $29 billion Fortune 200, NYSE-traded global pharmaceutical corporation.**Led communications strategy and implementation to build brand recognition and market share for company's multiple pharmaceutical product offerings in treatment of cancer and cardiovascular, central nervous system, endocrine, and infectious diseases.**Supported marketing and communications strategies for two specific pharmaceutical breakthrough therapies: Prozac (the first selective serotonin reputake inhibitor for treatment of clinical depression) and ReoPro (used to reduce complications inhigh-risk angioplasty surgeries).**Worked directly with company's Chief Executive Officer, company's institutional banking representatives, and external public relations agencies in developing and implementing strategy to communicate value and business plan behind company's $4.3 billion acquisition of PCS Health Systems, a leading national pharmaceutical benefits manager (PBM), one of first pharmaceutical acquisitions of a PBM.**Provided marketing, communications, and public relations concepts and strategies to company's various therapeutic divisional presidents.**Member of corporation's crisis management team charged with responding rapidly to issues impacting company's trading valuation on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and other global exchanges, litigation, U.S. and other global regulatory developments, and therapy-specific patient incidents. Helped lead company's public relations strategy associated with its defense in major class action and individual liability cases brought against company in relation to negative clinical outcomes and related causes of action, including the Fentress v. Eli Lilly and Company case widely considered one of most significant challenges Prozac's safety and efficacy.**Contributed to company's corporate giving strategies to disease advocacy organizations globally.

Washington, Dc, Us

**Member of senior management team of $60 million, U.S. government-supported global development agency.**Strategic and operational responsibility for development of institute's political, economic, and educational development programs globally, including in Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Central Europe, Central and South America, former Soviet Union, Middle East, and Persian Gulf regions.**Managed development and implementation of dozens of U.S. goverment-sponsored in-country political development programs, including coordination of these programs with U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), and U.S. embassies and consulates in these nations.**Responsible for developing, implementing, and managing programs to advanvr democratic political systems and civil societies globally. Worked with in-country academia, dissidents, media, political party leaders, foreign governments, and others on these programs.**Developed some of first U.S. development programs to support democratic political institutions and structures in former Soviet Union immediately following end of Cold War and in challenging non-democratic and emerging democratic nations in Arab world, China, Africa, Caribbean, and Latin America. Launched, managed, and organized and spoke at some of first-ever women's rights seminars in Arab world.**Managed vast research and proposal development program to secure in excess of $15 million in funding from Department of State, Agency for International Development, and National Endowment of Democracy (NED) funding for institute's programs.**Identified and cultivated relationships with elected officials, opposition forces, academics, ethnic and religious leaders, womens rights leaders, and U.S. embassy and intelligence officers in over 50 nations globally in support of institute's programming.**Launched institute's first-ever private funding program, securing roughly $1.5 million in corporate, foundation, and individual financing.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

**Recruited to serve as White House speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.**Full day to day White House responsibility for writing President's speeches, national television addresses, and remarks. **Routinely interacted with cabinet members, West Wing officials, and senior administration officials throughout U.S. government to solicit input on Presidential speech messaging, including building government-wide consensus among sometimes hugely divergent views on positioning on highly sensitive and important global and national topics.**Authored dozens of Presidential speeches and remarks, including President's departure statement with Japanese Prime Minister, multiple Rose Garden and White House remarks to public gatherings and White House visitors, July 4th national television address to nation, multiple political campaign speeches around nation in 1992 primary and general election campaigns, and many others. Contributed to authoring of 1992 acceptance speech at Republican National Convention in Houston and other high-profile Presidential speeches to global and national audiences.**Selected to work on multiple White House-led intergovernmental communications projects on sensitive and important policy matters confronting nation, including working groups on communicating U S. positiins on end of Cold War, post-liberation Kuwait, national AIDS policy, Points of Light initiative, budger and tax issues, and others.**Participated in senior West Wing strategic planning and operational groups on national security, foreign policy, economic, trade, and social policy agenda projects requiring Presidential-level communication.**Top secret U.S. government security clearance.

Madison, Nj, Us

**Recruited to serve as senior aide to former New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean.**Full strategic and operational responsibility for Governor's extensive public policy initiatives, including in education, environment, foreign policy, low-income housing, and other policy areas.**Staffed and prepared Governor for participation in multiple board of directors affiliations, including with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Low Income Housing Commission chaired by Jack Kemp on advising Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Section 8 and other low-income federal housing initiatives, Presidential advisory commission on a post-Castro Cuba chaired by Steve Forbes, National Environment Education Foundation chaired by the Governor, and multiple boards of publicly-traded corporations.**Primary communications aide, speechwriter, and ghost writer for Governor responsible for handling all media inquiries and authoring op-eds, speeches, reports, and policy and business-related communications for Governor.**Primary aide to Governor in his capacity as Bush/Quayle reelection campaign chairperson for the state of New Jersey.

Washington, Dc, Us

**Promoted in October 1988 to policy analyst in Foreign Policy and Defense Studies department of one of world's leading public policy research institutes.**Served as foundation's policy expert responsible for authoring foundation's research and position papers on U.S. national security, trade, and foreign policies in developing world, including Africa, South Asia, and Latin America.**Primary spokesperson for foundation on national security, foreign policy, trade, economic development, and other policy issues related to developing world. **Appeared extensively on global and national television and radio and authored articles and op-eds for leading media outlets on foreign policy, national security, and other public policy issues.**Chaired foundation's policy committee on U.S. post-Cold War challenges, which established foundation's priorities for U.S. foreign and defense policy in post-Cold War world.**Authored first and second editions of The U.S. and Africa Statistical Handbook, one of the world's most definitive books on vital political, economic, and other statistics for 54 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, widely cited by governments and academics globally as definitive source of information on these nations.**Contributed articles and content to foundation's Mandate for Leadership and Index for Economic Freedom books and to the foundation's newsletter on post-Cold War Soviet Union.**Contributed to human rights initiatives, including as contributing author and writer for Freedom House, one of world's leading human rights groups. Authored multiple Africa chapters for organization's Freedom Around the World book, one of most definitive nbnual summaries of global human rights conditions.**Travelled extensively throughout developing world. Visited Namibia as observer of nation's first election following its independence from South Africa. Visited repeatedly with anti-apartheid organizations and activists throughout South Africa.

Washington, Dc, Us

**Served as assistant editor of flagship publication of The Heritage Foundation, one of world's leading public policy research institutes.**Conceived of article ideas and retained experts to author articles for publication. Worked individually with some of world's leading thought leaders in development of these articles, including William F. Buckley, Jr., Tom Clancy, Bob Dole, Robert Kagan, and many others. Edited articles for readability, persuasiveness, and factual accuracy.**Authored at least one major article and sometimes two for each issue of magazine. Authored detailed and widely-covered articles on factual inaccuracies of political commentary and reporting on Nicaragua, the case for supporting opposition forces in then Soviet-occupied Afghanistan, the case for abandoning several policies of appeasement toward Soviet Union, a definitive summary of Soviet atrocities and crimes for 70th anniversary of Bolshevik Revolution, a review of a book on the possible workability of Swiss-style federalism in a post-apartheid South Africa, a summary of Soviet complicity in Ethiopia's famine crisis, and others.**Served as one of several primary publication editors responsible for all editorial content, including conceiving article ideas, retaining writers, managing article deadlines, working with specialists in the development of their articles, and editing first and subsequent drafts of their articles.**Co-managed editorial structure of each magazine issue, including headlines, art and photos, article order, magazine cover, advertising placement, and other editorial functions.

Washington, Dc, Us

**Served as Lyndon Baines Johnson intern during college to Congressman Donald Ritter (R-PA).**Assisted in authoring of floor and committee remarks for Congressman Ritter for Congressional hearing opening statements, floor debates on legislation, extension of remarks for Congressional Record, and for various conferences and conventions.**Assisted in managing Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania constituent inquiries and requests, including for assistance with Social Security benefits, Medicare claim denials, federal industry regulations, Congressional and White House toursl requests, appearance requests for the Congressman, and commentary and opinions on all areas of national and Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley-specific public policy concerns.**Authored responses for Congressman to constituent letters and assisted the Congressman's Press Secretary with regular press releases and responses to various natiinal and local media inquiries.

Reston, Va, Us

**Accepted into and participated in competitive internship program for emerging collegiate journalists.**Completed media-based internship at Human Events, an influential conservative Washington, D.C-based weekly newspaper. Assisted managing editor in research, authoring, and editing of articles on national political and public policy news and analysis. Assisted in development of definitive annual ranking of all 535 Members of Congress' voting records.**Mentored by the late author and nationally syndicated Los Angeles Times columnist M. Stanton Evans, the center's founder and president.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Economics

Foreign Study Program, Gonville And Caius College, University Of Cambridge

Graduate, College Preparatory