Experience

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  Yellow Pearl, Inc.

  • United States

  • Chairman

    • Dec 2023 - Present
    • United States
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  Yellow Pearl, Inc

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • President

    • Jan 1983 - Present
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Yellow Pearl is a 40 year old consulting company. My team and I do executive consulting for an impressive variety of companies. I have served on the boards of directors of many public and private companies. In recent years I expanded my horizons to become a "hands-on" turnaround special...

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  Moxy.io

  • Seattle, Washington, United States

  • Chairman of the Board

    • Feb 2021 - Dec 2023
    • Seattle, Washington, United States

    Moxy is the perfect melding of blockchain technology and the game industry. Moxy Club is the central hub of the Moxyverse and is where the magic happens. Come and see at moxy.io.

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  Targeted Microwave Solutions Inc.

  • Vancouver, Canada

  • CEO/Director

    • Jan 2014 - Sep 2018
    • Vancouver, Canada

    Targeted Microwave Sholutions is a publicly traded Canadian technology company (TMS-TSX). The backbone of the company is a proprietary patented process which is designed to remove water from industrial minerals, coal, and fuel feedstocks using microwaves. The company had historically suffered fro...

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  Flickback Media, Inc.

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Publisher

    • Sep 2004 - Oct 2014
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    I am a partner/investor in a publishing company. Products include books, puzzles, playing cards, greeting cards, boxed notes, calendars, coloring books, stickers, DVD's and assorted other paper products. With distribution in such places as Hallmark, Barnes and Noble, Party City, Spenser Gifts...

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  Punch Press Products

  • Vernon, CA

  • CEO/Director

    • Apr 2002 - Nov 2004
    • Vernon, CA

    Punch Press was a failed ESOP with over 450 full time employees on a 4 acre steel processing and manufacturing facility South of Los Angeles. My task was to stabilize operations, secure fresh financing, and find a buyer who would insure preservation of as many jobs as possible. This was a classi...

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  US Digital Communications

  • Calabasas, CA

  • CEO/Director

    • Feb 1997 - May 1999
    • Calabasas, CA

    USDI (NASDAQ) was the North American marketing arm for Iridium phones. USDI set up offices, staffed them, and commenced both B to B and B to C marketing and sales efforts coinciding with the launch of satellite phones. The Iridium phone model was seriously flawed, and inhibited by poor service qu...

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  THQ

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • COO

    • Sep 1993 - Dec 1996
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    I was the executive producer for all THQ software products. THQ was a NASDAQ company and my skills in shareholder relations along with communications to the software development community were my primary focus. I was the executive producer of over 100 video games with THQ.

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  Black Pearl, Inc.

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • President/Owner

    • Jul 1992 - Sep 1995
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Black Pearl was primarily focused on game company interim management. Black Pearl focused on liquidation, outright sale, or turnaround. One of the client companies, THQ, a NASDAQ software developer, later purchased Black Pearl and I was hired on a 3 year consulting agreement. Black Pearl was als...

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  Atari

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • President/Director

    • Aug 1987 - Jul 1992
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    President of the company. With software development, sales, and manufacturing offices in Chicago, Sunnyvale, Tokyo, Berlin, Taipei, and Singapore, Atari was an American Stock Exchange public company. I was called upon to be the public face of the company for many years. Much of my time was consum...

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  Memetron, Inc.

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • President/Owner

    • Jun 1983 - Jul 1987
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Memetron was an engineering, and licensing company. Memetron imported Japanese electronic components and wholesaled electronic circuit boards. Memetron operated an engineering office in Tokyo which did product development and software design. Memetron was acquired by Atari in 1987. Core aspects o...

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  Seeburg

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • President/Director

    • Sep 1979 - May 1983
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Seeburg manufactured slot machines and jukeboxes in 4 Chicago area plants with over 1200 employees. I was involved in all phases of manufacturing, including union negotiations. Seeburg was a NASDAQ public company (XCOR) and I was actively involved in shareholder relations. ASCAP and BMI were advo...

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  Stern Pinball, Inc.

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Executive VP/Director

    • Oct 1978 - Sep 1979
    • Greater Chicago Area

    I was responsible for pinball and amusement machine sales and marketing operations. Stern's sales were $125 million with profits of nearly $30 million. I owned just over 6% of the company and spent much of my tenure travelling to establish international sales and distribution facilities.

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  WMS Gaming

  • Manchester, United Kingdom

  • Director of European Operations

    • Sep 1976 - Oct 1978
    • Manchester, United Kingdom

    Amusement and gaming product sales and leasing, worldwide. WMS industries is a NYSE public company and I became involved in all facets of shareholder relations. I was also responsible for P+L responsibility for Europe and became comfortable communicating with the public financial investment commu...

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  SEGA Europe Limited

  • Madrid Area, Spain

  • Managing Director Sega Europe

    • Jan 1972 - Jul 1976
    • Madrid Area, Spain

    Sega operated European manufacturing plants in Manchester and Madrid. I became familiar with all aspects of manufacturing. Sega is traded on the NIKKI (Japanese) Exchange. I became comfortable with rules, customs and regulations governing Japanese public companies. I started as sales manager, and...

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  Sasol

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Project Geologist

    • Mar 1970 - Jan 1972
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    I performed geologic "remote sensing" analysis in Southern Africa. I worked “in field” throughout Rhodesia,Botswana, Angola, Mozambique, and SW Africa. I subsequently made a dramatic career change to the game industry.