CafeExporto exports Ecuador's finest specialty coffee. Our coffee has won numerous international championships and is well known also under the brands: Hacienda la Papaya and Juan Peña. My role is the management of internal and external growth strategies indlucing the development of customers world-wide.

Innovate Capital Partners teams with entrepreneurial companies possessing value-added innovation that requires further development to achieve commercial success. We add experience and know-how to early stage businesses that translates into a higher total return for the founders and investors of our portfolio companies.We prepare businesses for funding, play a key role in acquiring capital, and bring needed skills for corporate development.

We are Southern Ecuador's largest rose farm. We sell and ship roses directly to florists in the United States. Therefor we go around the middleman bringing the freshest roses to the florist which gives thier customers a much longer vase life.

While at Emida, the Company was a leader in the global prepayment and value transfer market, operating in 37 countries. The Company supported a network of more than 54,000 retail points with an annualized dollar payment volume in excess of $2 billion, processing more than 240 million annualized payment transactions.As President of Emida Technologies (2009/2010), Mr. Smith re-focused the Company’s Latin American operation by improving customer service, improving platform delivery and… Show more While at Emida, the Company was a leader in the global prepayment and value transfer market, operating in 37 countries. The Company supported a network of more than 54,000 retail points with an annualized dollar payment volume in excess of $2 billion, processing more than 240 million annualized payment transactions.As President of Emida Technologies (2009/2010), Mr. Smith re-focused the Company’s Latin American operation by improving customer service, improving platform delivery and spinning off assets that allowed for scale of the operation that had been lagging for years. Additionally, Mr. Smith (i) brought his banking relationships to the Company, which allowed for Emida’s first commercial line of credit; (ii) developed consensus from a diverse board of directors on selling the Company; (iii) oversaw the Company’s first mobile wallet transaction in Nigeria, Africa; (iv) moved the Company into a more formal contractual relationship with its customers, implementing an agreement for standards of service (SLA). Show less

Entrepreneurial Program - Taught Steve Covey ("Seven Habits of Highly Effective People") and discussed the importance of personal principals in business success,

One of four partners that managed this $100 million venture capital fund. Stone Canyon focused on investment opportunities, primarily in the consumer sector. Responsibilities included identifying investment opportunities, negotiating the terms of investment and participating as a board member of the portfolio companies. In this capacity, Mr. Smith participated on the board of Gumps Department Store, CEYX Technologies (sold), Emida Corporation and Lighting Technologies International (sold to… Show more One of four partners that managed this $100 million venture capital fund. Stone Canyon focused on investment opportunities, primarily in the consumer sector. Responsibilities included identifying investment opportunities, negotiating the terms of investment and participating as a board member of the portfolio companies. In this capacity, Mr. Smith participated on the board of Gumps Department Store, CEYX Technologies (sold), Emida Corporation and Lighting Technologies International (sold to Phillips Electronics, N.V.). Show less

Founder of this real-estate project that purchased ten acres in the middle of Denver known as Mercy Hospital and developed the site into three parcels that were sold off to residential developers. As part of this project the site was rezoned and the 500,000 square foot hospital was demolished to make room for approximately 800 units of low and high-rise buildings.

Responsible for the quality of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; specifically, management of all modeling, due diligence and business development processes. Also oversaw business development of the Company’s power business that included the development of over 5,000 Megawatts of gas-fired electric generation along KN Energy’s pipeline infrastructure. During this period KN Energy completed approximately 15 transactions representing over $4.2 billion.