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Most recent effort is working with a group of experts to bring a retail produce solution to retail grocery stores (primarily independent owned stores), in business planning, design criteria, project management and capital raise. Worked with raising money for several business enterprises, across numerous industries, assisting or leading the successful attainment of investments from $200,000 to $50,000,000. Have provided mentoring for C-level and upper management individuals. Worked around air cargo RFID RTLS solutions, working with Franwell Inc., initiating implementation of RFID solutions in Canada and Germany, as well as Zurich Switzerland. Assisting with Business Development, Solution Definition. Previous focus for over a decade was Cool Chain Logistics. Co-authored paper in Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society - A, a respected scientific publishing company, on First Expiring First Out vs First In First Out inventory and routing, as well as managing shelf life in logistics. Consulted for Symbol/Motorola, Intelleflex and others as a SME for cold chain. Was global IT and general director for Cool Chain Group AG, which also bought Rungis Express in Germany (since sold to Metro). Have open business operations in Africa, South America, North America, Asia Rim, Australia, etc. Previously was global IT Manager for Hellmann Perishable Logistics and sat at upper management level for Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, managing global teams. Have sat on the board of several companies. Have volunteered for years as Chairperson and Treasurer for Iron Mountain Downtown Development Authority (also working with my wife for over 10 years on downtown beautification/planting/maintaining - as we are both Master Gardners). Love living on 44 acres in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan and travelling globally for business and pleasure. My early career was in construction, where I worked as an assistant project superintendent decommissioning Enrico Fermi I (a liquid sodium cooled breeder nuclear plant), building Enrico Fermi II, then teaching for Michigan Laborers Training Program in East Lansing and Iron Mountain, Michigan. Early on, I owned and operated numerous businesses (some over 100 employees) in the Michigan Upper Peninsula, one of which was an Apple and IBM computer operation, which at the time was the only approved Apple Education Dealer not required to be exclusive to Apple, due to our expertise and market share of the education market in our area at the time. My wife and I have operated commercial real estate for years.