Experience

Ceson Group

• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Entrepreneur In Residence

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  The Ceson Group is a private investment/venture capital firm based in Southern California. The Ceson Group uses a flexible approach and hands-on management with its portfolio of companies to maximize investment potential. The Ceson Group is a private investment/venture capital firm based in Southern California. The Ceson Group uses a flexible approach and hands-on management with its portfolio of companies to maximize investment potential.



EcoCompounds Incorporated

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jun 2020 - Dec 2022

  EcoCompounds is a EPA Safer Choice Certified cleaning products manufacture. I grew the company and assisted in its acquisition. EcoCompounds is a EPA Safer Choice Certified cleaning products manufacture. I grew the company and assisted in its acquisition.



Target Media Partners

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Vice President

  • Aug 2016 - May 2020

  TMP is a 40 year old media company representing numerous business verticals. I have full P & L responsibility for transportation digital and print media divisions . Digital responsibilities include Producer role of The Trucker News Channel ( Apple TV , Amazon TV and Roku ) and full operational oversight of TheTrucker.com including writing staff, engineering, sales and marketing. Additionally, I oversee a 30 person digital advertising unit in Atlanta GA, which is a Google Premier Partner. My print responsibilities include the Publisher role for the industries #1 newspaper The Trucker, Truckload Authority Magazine, Big Money Trucking, along with three other transportation magazines all based out of Little Rock Arkansas. In my first 2 years at TMP, I had increased division revenues 316%.



NetPlenish.com

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Sep 2009 - Apr 2016

  Founding CEO e-commerce shopping technology/ ad tech company backed by investors such as Naspers and BestBuy. Voted the #1 start up in Los Angeles 2015. http://www.symmetry50.com/blog/2014/12/17/the-top-100-startups-in-la Personally created a unique cookie pre-targeting technology that gave advertisers who used Google Adwords a second chance to reach users who expressed intent, even when the user did not click their ad. Founding CEO e-commerce shopping technology/ ad tech company backed by investors such as Naspers and BestBuy. Voted the #1 start up in Los Angeles 2015. http://www.symmetry50.com/blog/2014/12/17/the-top-100-startups-in-la Personally created a unique cookie pre-targeting technology that gave advertisers who used Google Adwords a second chance to reach users who expressed intent, even when the user did not click their ad.



Aquea Scientific Corp

• Research Services

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jan 2004 - Aug 2009

  Founding CEO of venture backed biotech startup which developed patented molecule encapsulation technology for improved efficacy in both drug and cosmetics industries. Clients included L’Oréal, Colgate Palmolive, Unilever. Received Grand Health Award from Popular Science Magazine in 2007, beating out the artificial lung and the bionic hand. The company was acquired by COLABS International. Founding CEO of venture backed biotech startup which developed patented molecule encapsulation technology for improved efficacy in both drug and cosmetics industries. Clients included L’Oréal, Colgate Palmolive, Unilever. Received Grand Health Award from Popular Science Magazine in 2007, beating out the artificial lung and the bionic hand. The company was acquired by COLABS International.



TheStreet

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  Worked with executive management in all aspects of developing sales and marketing materials to promote online sales of financial news products. Worked with executive management in all aspects of developing sales and marketing materials to promote online sales of financial news products.



Trading Markets

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Vice President

  • Jan 1999 - Oct 2001

  Complete sales and marketing responsibility for leading financial news agency. Inside sales, online marketing team and expo/seminar group reported directly to myself. Developed guaranteed lead program for our advertisers, along with monetizing unused digital assets and turning them into substantial revenue streams. Also had direct responsibility for planning and overseeing a seven figure expo event budget, in which the company hosted a major annual conference for its users. Complete sales and marketing responsibility for leading financial news agency. Inside sales, online marketing team and expo/seminar group reported directly to myself. Developed guaranteed lead program for our advertisers, along with monetizing unused digital assets and turning them into substantial revenue streams. Also had direct responsibility for planning and overseeing a seven figure expo event budget, in which the company hosted a major annual conference for its users.



Man Group / Opportunities in Options IB

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jan 1991 - Jan 1998

  Literally worked my way up from clerk to CEO. Joined OIO, as a trading clerk at the time when online trading was just beginning. From there I became a successful broker with 15 clerks of my own on my team. Because of my sales success, I was eventually promoted to EVP and then CEO. Under my guidance, OIO became one of the largest IB Futures and Options broker/trading firms in the world. I led the acquisition of the company to Man Financial. Literally worked my way up from clerk to CEO. Joined OIO, as a trading clerk at the time when online trading was just beginning. From there I became a successful broker with 15 clerks of my own on my team. Because of my sales success, I was eventually promoted to EVP and then CEO. Under my guidance, OIO became one of the largest IB Futures and Options broker/trading firms in the world. I led the acquisition of the company to Man Financial.