Experience

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  Kavalytics

  • United States

  • Chief Executive Officer

    • Jan 2017 - Present
    • United States

    KavaLytics™ provides clients with a fast, affordable, accurate and validated quality assessment method for Kava using a state of the art handheld Near Infrared spectrometer, paired with a powerful, cloud-based artificial intelligence machine-learning platform that is intended to implement quality...

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  Kali Kava

  • United States

  • Chief Executive Officer

    • Mar 2016 - Present
    • United States

    We are innovators of the world’s first Kava varieties that have been adapted to grow in America’s unique microclimates. Though acclimation, adaptation and an accelerated natural selection process, we’ve created unique varieties that express specialized genetics that make them well-suited for grow...

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  American Kava Association

  • Founding Board Member

    • May 2014 - Present

    The AKA is comprised of Kava growers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers and consumers who advocate for the safe and responsible distribution of kava in the United States.The 3,000 year old traditional Polynesian medicinal root, Kava, has experienced a tremendous resurgence in the United Stat...

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  Alpha 206 Tactical

  • Sacramento, California Area

  • Co-Founder

    • Feb 2016 - Present
    • Sacramento, California Area

    We teach a realty based urban combat system developed around various styles of empty hand to hand combat, as well as knife forms Our focus is strength and conditioning first, and applying time tested principals rather than fancy techniques to teach the public a real quick and dirty combat style.

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  Botanical Science Labs LLC

  • CEO

    • Sep 2013 - Present

    Botanical Science Labs LLC is a consulting firm to a select number of clients in the Ethnobotanical / Ethnomedicinal industry.Minimum consulting fee $50,000 - Minimum project budget $500,000. Consulting services include corporate restructuring, supply chain logistics, research and development, r...

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  Root of Happiness

  • Northern California

  • Co-Founder

    • Mar 2013 - Present
    • Northern California

    Root of Happiness is the premier Kava Bar franchise in the US. Root of Happiness Kava root powders, extracts, tinctures, and isolates are unmatched in terms of quality and value. Root of Happiness was the first Kava company to issue the complete certificates of analysis to their customers on eve...

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  Botanical Legal Defense

  • Member Board of Directors

    • Oct 2013 - Mar 2017

    The Botanical Legal Defense is dedicated to fighting over-reaching government criminalization of nature’s most significant gifts. Chief among these is Mitragyna speciosa (aka Kratom), a natural analgesic, muscle relaxer, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant. This herbal supplement from southeast As...

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  KT Botanicals LLC

  • CEO

    • Jul 2005 - Sep 2013

    One of the largest ethnobotanical distribution and R&D firms in North America with over 7,500 cataloged raw botanical samples, extracts, and isolates. KT Botanicals LLC processed over 120,000 orders of rare and otherwise commercially unobtainable botanicals during its 8 years in business. I...