Experience

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  Perspective Wellness, Inc., a Wisconsin non-profit organization

  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

  • Founder & Executive Director

    • Aug 2021 - Present
    • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

    Organization founder responsible for strategic planning and development of non-profit mental health clinic with a mission to make the world a better place by enabling access to psychedelic therapies• Led development and implementation of innovative peer-to-peer, non-hierarchical ketamine assisted therapy (KAT) model that makes psychedelic assisted therapies safe, affordable, and accessible to middle to lower income people. Perspective Wellness is now one of the lowest cost providers of full service (prep/journey/integration) psychedelic therapy in the United States.• Experienced psychedelic ketamine facilitator with emphasis on spiritual/neurobiological contextualization of experience, affect connection and reflection, and internal working model revision and updating. Successfully facilitated hundreds of sessions with a diverse clientele.• Developed organization's proprietary facilitation training guide and integration protocols, including the "Integration Wheel" which enables client integration of journey experiences in order to maximize treatment benefit and durability. • Successfully trained therapists, nurses, and behavior coaches in KAT.• Creation of organizational business and operational models and systems, including MSO protocols and customized electronic health record system implementations that support best practice and scalable provision of psychedelic therapy treatments.• Marketing activities helped achiever first page regional and business profile search rankings in Google search for key words including "ketamine therapy" and "psychedelic therapy"• Received training at both Ketamine Training Center (KTC) and Polaris and an active participant in ketamine assisted therapy information exchange groups.• Personal mission statement, "Helping people heal their broken hearts."• Personal service philosophy, "Kindness is the best medicine."

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  ABG Wellness Group, Inc., a Wisconsin non-profit orgnization

  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

  • Chief Operations Officer

    • Apr 2016 - Present
    • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

    Responsible for managing operations of non-profit behavioral health organization whose mission is to provide high quality, accessible mental health services to disadvantaged adults and seniors.• Directed and managed start up of organization, including creating organizational mission statement and drafting and filing corporate formation and tax exempt applications which successfully obtained federal 501c3 status for organizationSuccessfully led growth of organization to over forty five employees and 600 active clients, boosting mission related revenue by over 1200% in four years.• Responsible for organizational compliance with a wide range of state and federal laws and regulations related to tax exempt status, human resources, and medical billing. Also responsible for contract administration of across a wide range of vendors and payors. • Developed and implemented efficient, scalable electronic health records management system that greatly reduced provider documentation loads.• Developed and implemented data management tools, medical billing and accounting systems that enable a claims collection rate of over 98% across multiple payers, including medicare and medicaid.• Managed development and implementation of Covid-19 protocols and secured resources for organization that enabled providers to continue providing high quality services throughout the pandemic.

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  Divine Original Spirits, LLC

  • Milwaukee, WI

  • Founder and Managing Director

    • Jan 2015 - Present
    • Milwaukee, WI

    Founder of M&H Spirits and creator of the craft spirit, "Milk & Honey". Light, smooth, and dangerously delicious, Milk & Honey is the world's first date honey cream liqueur. If you ever wonder what the REAL milk and honey tastes like, this is it!Responsible for all aspects of brand development and go-to-market.

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  AquaGreen, Ltd.

  • Hadera, Israel

  • Business Development

    • Jan 2013 - Jul 2014
    • Hadera, Israel

    • Directed all company business development and investor relations activities, including research and analysis, business planning, financial modeling, creating investor and customer presentations, and website development. Activities directly led to over $3 million worth of company financing and product licensing opportunities and offers.• Led company networking activities, including establishing and maintaining wide international network of financial, government, and seafood industry contacts.• Worked with intensive marine RAS R&D team to tighten focus on market driven, "here today" aquaculture solutions.• Prepared all materials and documentation for company's successful entry in year long, three-stage Fish 2.0 business competition. Successfully delivered company presentation before group of hundreds of investors and industry professionals at competition finals. Company placed in the top-10 out of hundreds of international competitors.• Handled wide range of company legal matters, including preparing investment documents, customer and licensing agreements, and maintaining and improving company IP portfolio.Project Work:- 300 ton Zero Discharge (marine), Israel- 450 ton Zero Discharge (marine), Canada- 250 ton Zero Discharge Water Treatment (marine), China- 1200 ton Partial Discharge (fresh), Romania- 400 ton Fish Processing Plant, Republic of GeorgiaCompany Website: www.aquagreenfishfarms.com

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  Step Ahead Tutors

  • Milwaukee, WI

  • President and Founder

    • Aug 2004 - Dec 2012
    • Milwaukee, WI

    • Lead and managed the operations of State approved Supplemental Education Services (SES) and private education company that successfully provides tutoring to over 500 urban public school students per year, with student improvement rates of over 93%.• Primarily responsible for managing all aspects of the tutoring company, including budgeting, financial management, sales/marketing/student recruitment, operations, human resources/recruitment/training, payroll, legal, and contract drafting and administration.• Spearheaded successful grassroots community marketing, public relations, and enrollment efforts in highly competitive environment, averaging over 500 new students per year.• Created innovative retention strategies and methods, with retention activity rates exceeding 90% of clients serviced.• Firm generated close to $1 million in annual gross revenue, at continuously improving gross and net margins.• Managed highly diverse staff of over 90 employees over multiple public facility and private home sites. Responsible for human resources activities, including opening promotion, hiring, background checks, and payroll.• Led creation and development of proprietary district and state standard aligned curriculum. This curriculum greatly simplified tutor preparation and ease of implementation.• Developed and implemented web based IT data solution improving the operations and student management by providing better visibility, use, and manipulation of company and student data for the purposes of reporting and communications.

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  FreightClick

  • Milwaukee, WI

  • President and Founder

    • Aug 2007 - Dec 2009
    • Milwaukee, WI

    • Lead start-up of e-commerce freight transportation brokerage. Responsible for all aspects of launching and managing enterprise, including operations, finance, sales and marketing, human resources, IT, and legal. • Management activities led to sales of over $1.2 million in very competitive market. Ultimately, website was sold to a larger competitor.• Managed creation, development, and operation of complex lead generation and E-commerce website. E-commerce activities resulted in 1500 hundred unique leads and over $100k transactions per month. • Managed range of offline and online marketing activities. Offline promotions resulted in good customer relations and repeat business. SEO activities resulted in 1st Page rankings in Google for high value keywords. PPC activities resulted in a highly optimized campaign with high conversion rates. Engaged in extensive analysis of metrics, and implemented successful strategies that boosted ROI.

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  Costell & Cornelius, Eisenberg & Assoc., Holden & Assoc.

  • Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, & San Diego, CA

  • Transaction & Litigation Associate

    • Apr 1999 - Jun 2004
    • Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, & San Diego, CA

    • Substantial transactional responsibilities included reviewing, negotiating and drafting diverse documents and agreements involving intellectual property licensing, real estate, employment compensation, loan workouts and restructuring in the Chapter 11 context, franchisor/franchisee, secured transactions, LLC and corporate formation, and general commercial transactions.• Responsible for heavy civil litigation caseload including employment, insurance, business, intellectual property, land use, construction defect and bankruptcy litigation in both state and federal courts. • Successfully managed cases through all phases of litigation and arbitration, from drafting complaints and claims, through discovery and law and motion, to settlement, trial and arbitration.• Lead litigation attorney on a wide range of cases, including FEHA and Title VII discrimination and harassment, intentional torts and wrongful termination in violation of public policy claims.• Researched, analyzed and issued memoranda and client opinion letters on a wide variety of complex substantive and procedural issues.