Heroes of Time Productions is a business entity holding all of my personal writing, publishing, media production, and related creative endeavors, including my flagship epic-fantasy novel series, "Heroes of Time." The first installment of this series, "Heroes of Time Legends: Murdoch's Choice," has already been published in paperback, hardcover, ebook, and audiobook.

W7 Global specializes in x-ray tubes and parts for medical imaging equipment, especially CT and cath lab. Our experience in global supply chain and relationships allow us to offer the most cost-effective solutions for OEM-direct and preowned imaging parts and tubes available at the best value possible. Current brands supported include GE, Toshiba, Philips, Siemens, Hitachi, and Neusoft.Much of W7's focus is on the worldwide market, through which solutions are developed to best meet needs at the regional level. This may include supply chain needs and anything to support the development of third-party services for these types of equipment. W7's support extends to many types, models, and OEMs of equipment, including those for CT, MRI, PET/CT, Nuclear, Cath/Angio, Mammography, X-Ray, Ultrasound, C-Arm, Radiographic, and Biomedical.

Timeless Trésor specialized in leveraging worldwide factory and brand licensing relationships to create jewelry and collectible products for wholesale and consumer retail channels. We did everything, from product design and creation to sales and distribution.One of our strongest focuses was on jewelry products, from simple alloy pieces through high-end precious metals and gemstones, and we had also developed resources and relationships for products in a variety of other categories: glassware, ceramics, polyresin, toys, home accessories, small appliances, office and school supplies, games, and general souvenirs and collectibles.In our core Timeless jewelry, we maintained multiple lines of high-quality designs made direct from the Peter Stone factory in Thailand of sterling silver, gemstones, and other precious materials. We developed a large rebranding strategy for lines pre-existing with the Peter Stone factory, which included new websites, email campaigns, catalogs, and other marketing efforts. We maintained a robust ecommerce website to support sales of these lines.Licensed brands ultimately became the crux of our business. We set our initial focus on the brands Legends of Oz (via our Jewelry of Oz and later Keepsakes of Oz line), Garfield, and Felix the Cat. Much of this was costume jewelry - pieces made of base metal alloys and non-precious materials, geared mostly for mass market audiences. While Garfield and Felix were confined mostly to jewelry, our Oz line became very expansive into a complete line of high-end and mass market collectibles.After over 2 years of hard work, various economic and commercial factors, especially the box office failure of the Legends of Oz movie, forced the closure of the business. Today, it represents a vast amount of life lessons and experiences, as well as an intro to many interesting new contacts, all of which I hold dear.

Netovative was a partnership that served as a business services management arm for a collection of companies under common ownership: The GIN Store, Saudavel Life, HB Designs, and Timeless Trésor. It was originally created as a branded products company in support of clubs, groups, and organizations, namely the Global Information Network (GIN). As the company's activities expanded and broadened, these activities were placed into The GIN Store, and the other companies were formed for their individual purposes. Only The GIN Store and Timeless Trésor continued with any commercial significance. Netovative's actual business activities ceased as of August 2013, with the remaining companies continuing separately under different management.The GIN Store's activities had become the most prominent of anything we did. At its height, Netovative had almost 30 employees (which included those focusing on both The GIN Store and Timeless) and was essentially a $6M business (in about the 2012 timeframe). At the heart of our sales were GIN events, which included 4 major events every year (GIN Leadership Cruise, Dream Weekend, 5-Star Weekend, and Family Reunion), other minor events, and GIN business-building Tools. When times were at their best, we earned $100K in gross sales on each major event alone, over the span of 3 days. These sales included GIN logo products and products from various speakers and experts featured to GIN membership. Our presence at these events essentially grew into a traveling retail store, sometimes including multiple booths across ballroom and lobby areas more than 2,500 square feet in size, and required a staff of 10-15 people. We also embraced the extreme challenge of taking our retail presence on the cruise events over the span of 7 days. It was an impressive operation with lots of terrific and other times stressful experiences. The GIN Store still exists today as GIN itself rebuilds, although I do not maintain any active involvement.

This was our family business until sold to BC Technical in August 2013. During my years there, I led the growth and development of our parts operations and the company's overall growth internationally. I had developed the company's operating database for all areas of inventory and parts sales management, and I spearheaded the company's presence at various trade events domestically and around the world. During the time of my leadership, our parts sales grew from the range of $200K to over $7M. At the time the company was sold, we had nearly 60 employees. The below description of C & G Technologies was written while still under our ownership and gives a glimpse of the pride and satisfaction I had as a part of our family's growing enterprise.C & G Technologies, Inc. is the premier after-market, worldwide provider of refurbished equipment, parts, service, training, and technical support for diagnostic imaging (medical) equipment. Our specific niche is in GE and Toshiba CT scanner equipment, in which we have over 22 years of experience and the highest quality in the third-party market.Our facility is truly the only one of its kind and caliber in this industry, housing 20 staging bays dedicated solely to CT scanners. Our resources in inventory, considering both equipment and parts, are unmatched. We pride ourselves in excellence and fully understand the value of reputation.Our headquarters operation is based in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA (near Louisville, Kentucky), with an additional hub located in Chandler, Arizona. International projects are also coming online, with plans for regions such as Japan, Europe, South Korea, and many others in the pipeline.