BENEDOR - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Finance
- Member of the Executive Team
Jay Olson spent over thirty years as an investment banker and financial advisor for various national and regional investment banking firms, beginning with UBS (formerly PaineWebber Incorporated) in 1985, and ending with RBC (formerly Ferris Baker Watts). During his tenure on Wall Street, Mr. Olson successfully structured, raised and marketed billions of dollars of capital for a wide array of clients, including municipalities, real estate, healthcare, infrastructure and start-up companies throughout the US and abroad. Following his departure from RBC, Jay formed his own consulting firm and continued to provide financial services and advice to several of his past clients as well as new clients.
In 2008, Mr. Olson was introduced to Rick Carrot and the Benedor team. After much due diligence and review of the company, its patents and strategy, Mr. Olson agreed to become its Consultant. In this role, Olson instrumental in revamping the Company's approach to the use of its patents and the securing of one of the top cyber security entities to perform a third party verification of the validity of the claims contained in the patents and their ability to function. CERIAS worked alongside Benedor in building out the system and along the way they provided suggestions and improvements which were then incorporated into the latter issued patents.
Mr. Olson holds a Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University Law School, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. He is also a graduate of the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company's Corporate MBA program.
Jeff Ratushny has vast experience in software development, web development, business leadership, motivation, business growth consulting, sales, profit creation, and marketing strategy execution for businesses of all sizes. This extensive background allowed Jeff to realize there was a gap in the marketplace for a company to provide these solutions in a comprehensive manner to others. This is how InternetSalesResults.com was born - a dynamic software and web development company that offers complete business growth solutions.
Jeff's vision of offering a complete team of business building professionals and aggressive strategies to companies of all sizes quickly led ISR to become one of the largest software and web management companies in the country. As an enthusiastic leader, he spent years focused on developing all the services that ISR has to offer today. He is the creator of the Search Dominance Program (an aggressive approach to increasing business's profits utilizing strategic web properties) and constantly focuses on improvements in all areas of the complete ISR portfolio of programs and client tools.
Jeff ensures all clients and projects are given the attention they deserve by effectively leading the entire ISR Executive Team. It is important to him that all ISR clients get a positive return on any investment made. He is a gifted professional speaker, motivator, and trainer for sales organizations of all sizes and is available to all clients for personal consultations.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- Chairman / CEO & Inventor
Richard Carrott founded Benedor in the early 2000's. He developed the company to address his concerns relating to the requirement that a person making a purchase over the phone or on the internet provide too much "personal information". He then set out to create an upfront application that would not require the transmission of any personal information, would positively verify the identity of the parties to the transaction, and would finalize the transaction. Hence, the creation, modification, and patenting of the Benedor system.
Prior to Benedor, Mr. Carrott served as the founder of Careau & Co., a green-waste diversion company specializing in soil amendment products for export to Middle Eastern countries. From 1985 until 2001, Mr. Carrott was the owner & CEO of Egg City, a southern California egg production and processing operation he bought from The Kroger Co. Under his leadership he expanded the company (which Kroger had been winding-down) from sales of about $13 million to $52 million per year. In the process, Egg City became the largest producer and processor on the West Coast and the largest exporter of egg products in the nation. It was a major supplier of shell eggs to retailers: Vons, Albertsons, Lucky, Safeway, and Ralphs. It also became a major supplier of egg products to such companies as General Mills, M&M Mars, Haagen-Dazs, and Best Foods.
Mr. Gallagher has assumed the role of President in January of 2022. Scott first joined the BenedorTSE team in the spring of 2019 to provide additional strategic alliances and assist in the preparation of the marketing of the company for rollout of its patented verification/finalization system in the 1st quarter of 2022. As the Company approaches its launch date, it needed to fill the role of President to ensure the Company's day to day responsibilities are taken care of well. Scott was the perfect choice.
Scott brings to the Company a wealth of knowledge in the management of limited liability companies. He is the CEO and owner of Cordova Flooring, Inc. a successful and highly regarded specialty wood flooring company which he began in 1988. During his tenure, Scott has increased the firms revenue three fold and currently, Cordova is regarded as the top specialty flooring company in the Memphis area. The Company has plans to launch a sister company in the Nashville area early in 2022.
Mr. Gallagher acquired his knowledge and love of the flooring industry from his father, Emmett, who had been in the lumber business for his entire 60+ year career. It was during this time, Scott gained his acumen and passion for the construction industry and the desire to build and sell homes and small companies for a living. He then honed in on just the flooring segment and hence Cordova Flooring, Inc.
Alongside his other business pursuits, Mr. Gallagher is involved in bringing to market a new specialty energy drink company focused on military personnel and Alzheimer patients. This company is in its final stages of approval for release to the general public. Scott currently holds his Series 3 and 30 Commodity Licenses as well as his general contractor license.
Mr. Gallagher is a graduate of Christian Brother High School in Memphis and the University of Mississippi where he received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He currently resides in Nashville with his wife Pam and his three grown children.
Theodore B. Luse II, CEO is a founding member and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Randolph Square IP. Mr. Luse has over 30 years of capital markets experience managing sales, trading and investment banking. Prior to founding Randolph Square IP, Mr. Luse was Vice Chairman/President of Cortview Capital Markets and Head of Debt Capital Markets for BB&T Capital Markets.
Mr. Luse holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Richmond. He holds FINRA series 24, 7, 78 and 63 licenses.