VITI - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director of Marketing
- PAT GOOLSBY CMO
Ashra brings with her over 15 yrs. of sales, marketing and advertising experience. Working
with clients to help design their ad, listening and customizing their needs in order to reach their targeted
market. Assisting with live photo shoots, create tag lines for print ads. Working with a variety of people
from Corporate office executives to self-employed owners. Ashra's has experience in sales of print, web,
Bo Fanuzzi is a specialist in strategic integration, business development and an operator in the cannabis industry for over ten years. He is a founding member and active resource of The Astraea Group LLC, Tauros LLC and Cannabis Now Media. Bo is currently the Production Director of NuLeaf Reno Production LLC, a 16,000 sq ft facility, a vertically integrated part of one of the larger recreational cannabis networks in the country, operating in Reno, Nevada, a national hotspot of manufacturing, distribution and recreational sales. His understanding and application of construction, cultivation, chemical extraction, product manufacturing and broad operational experience has earned him a well-deserved reputation as a subject matter expert in the cannabis space.
Job Titles:
- BRENDA ANDERSON KOCH CDO
- CRO
Brenda Anderson-Koch-Chief Development Officer-Director of Research and Development=Liaison with Department of Agricultural Research Texas A & M University. Ms. Anderson is a business owner, an educator, and a driven professional. She is an advocate for food safety, food production and instrumental in providing educational opportunities for minority farmers. She is passionate about transferring the traditional knowledge of farming to the younger generations in a more technological format that they will find both interesting and challenging to secure a safe food supply for not only the State of Texas, but the country as a whole. She works with local extension services, universities, community-based programs and provides tours for all generations, i.e., elderly to elementary. Prairie View A&M University - MS Agriculture, Graduated, 12/2009 Prairie View A&M University - BS Agriculture, Graduated, 12/2007Texas A&M/HEB - Produce Safety and Training Course Facility Security Officer Training - Department of Defense Communication Skills for Women - Institute for Professional Businesswomen Negotiating Without Giving In - University of Houston Small Business Dev. Center 2015 HEB Woman of Distinction, 2014 HEB Television Commercial, 2011 Christa McAuliffe Teacher of the Year Award, 2011 Spring Branch Good Neighbor Award, Volunteer/Member - YMCA Youth Programs, Volunteer/Leader - Boy Scouts of America
SNAPSHOT: Ms. Anderson is a business owner, an educator, and a driven professional. She is an advocate for food safety, food production and instrumental in providing educational opportunities for minority farmers. She is passionate about transferring the traditional knowledge of farming to the younger generations in a more technological format that they will find both interesting and challenging to secure a safe food supply for not only the State of Texas, but the country as a whole. She works with local extension services, universities, community based programs and provides tours for all generations, i.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- CO - CHAIRMAN
- Managing Partner
- Founder of a Researched Based Investment Banking Firm
- Founder of an Researched Based Investment Banking Firm
- Interim CEO - Director of Acquisitions - Co - Founder
Mr. Miner has had a 40-year investment banking career. He attended the University of South Carolina as a business major. He has expertise in business develop includes international business as well as domestic.
Mr. Miner (CEO) founder of an researched based Investment banking firm with primary offices in New York, London, Paris and Tokyo. Mr. Miner lived in London for several years and maintain European operations based in London. The company represented intuitional clients in the banking, insurance and private investment companies throughout the globe. Transactions accumulative annually of $4 billion
Job Titles:
- CO - CHAIRMAN
- Government and Institutional Relations - Marx - Innovative Strategist
Frank J. Marx- Government and Institutional Relations-Marx- Innovative strategist recognized by clients and peers as influential in developing high yield returns for corporate and institutional portfolios. Define valuable trends with consideration to current market conditions that indicate sectors, maturity ranges, and ratings of fixed income securities for total return analysis. Dedicated to providing exceptional counsel to clients for superior total return on holdings. Supply pre-analysis documentation of all buy or sell transactions per required standards of Federal Regulatory Board, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve, and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
MVP-Maruf Raza, CPA, CA, is the National Director of MNP's Public Companies practice and an Assurance Partner in the Toronto office. Maruf serves as an advisor to public companies, and private companies planning on going public through direct initial public offerings or reverse mergers. Regarded as a thought leader on International Financial Accounting Standards (IFRS), Maruf has conducted technical research on IFRS and U.S. 9 November 10, 2020 V-2 accounting standards, including being part of the CPA Canada's IFRS Discussion Group and various committees at the Ontario Securities Commission. He has worked in many countries around the globe and specializes in helping finance these companies in Canada, either through public or private transactions. Maruf has extensive experience working with clients in the technology, mining, and gaming sectors. He is also involved with investment funds and Exempt Market Dealers.
Job Titles:
- Chief Research Officer - Director of Research
Job Titles:
- BRENDA ANDERSON KOCH CDO
- CRO
Jeff Koch- Chief Research Officer-Director of Research-Ability to teach a wide range of biology, zoology, botany, physiology as well as both horticultural and agricultural undergraduate and graduate courses. Experience in teaching at community/junior college students as well as four-year college students. Graduate in Physiology of Domestic Animals Endocrinology, Cellular Physiology Physiology of Body Fluids Physiology of Excitable Membranes Neurophysiology Physiology of Muscle Physiology of Growth & Stress, Physiology of Reproduction Gamete & Embryo Physiology, Biochemistry. Have taught both academic and workforce courses. Efficient and computer proficient with excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. Articulate, detailoriented, well-recognized and a team player. Experience in writing and reviewing USDA grant proposals. Education- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, MAY 2004 Doctor of Philosophy, Physiology of Reproduction UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN, MAY 1999 Master of Science, Physiology of Reproduction TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, AUGUST 1996 Bachelor of Science, Animal Science, Science Option
Job Titles:
- CLO
- Co - Director of Legal Affairs
- Partner of August Law Group
Kenneth August-CLO-Chief Legal Officer-Director of Legal Services-30 years' experience as investment banks and SEC attorney.- Partner of August Law Group, P.C. is a boutique business law firm focusing on providing legal services in connection with corporate and financial transactions for our small to mid-cap clients. We represent both domestic and foreign clients in a wide variety of business matters. Mr. August began his legal career with the firm of Lane & Edson, P.C., where he was part of the team that represented former U.S. Treasury Secretary William Simon's investment banking firm, WESRAY Corporation, in a variety of public and private financial transactions, management buy¬outs and related corporate activity
KENNETH AUGUST Sr. Partner of August Law Group, P.C. is a boutique business law firm focusing on providing legal services in connection with corporate and financial transactions for our small to mid-cap clients. We represent both domestic and foreign clients in a wide variety of business matters. Mr. August began his legal career with the firm of Lane & Edson, P.C., where he was part of the team that represented former U.S. Treasury Secretary William Simon's investment banking firm, WESRAY Corporation, in a variety of public and private financial transactions, management buy¬outs and related corporate activity. Mr. August has also worked with the firm Dow, Lohnes & Albertson (where he represented a number of telecommunications companies, investment banking firms and commercial banks in a variety of corporate, commercial and financial transactions), and Graham & James (specializing in mergers & acquisitions, securities and joint venture transactions for the firm's international clientele). He left large law firm practice in October 1992 to focus on the representation of emerging and mid-sized corporate clients.
During his career, Mr. August has participated as legal counsel in transactions having an aggregate value of more than $2.5 Billion dollars. He has served as an Adjunct Professor both at Whittier Law School, teaching in the area of corporations and securities law, and for the University of California at Irvine Graduate School of Management on general legal issues impacting business professionals. He has lectured extensively in the areas of international business and financial transactional law, including for the Harvard Business School Association of Orange County in 2006, and was a contributing author on international mergers and acquisitions in the book The Art of M&A, published by Dow Jones-Irwin in 1987. Mr. August was a Founding Member of the College of Fellows of the Centre for International Legal Studies, headquartered in Kitzbuhl, Austria, and has served as a Director for the Singapore American Business Association (Southern California), the International Foundation for the Advancement and Support of Technology, as a- Director and Past President of the Orange County International Business and Protocol Foundation, and as Chairman of the California International Business Advisory Board, Rancho Santiago Community College District. He is fluent in English, French and Spanish, and has a working knowledge of German, Italian, Portuguese and Russian.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- CEO - Executive Director
Paul Holman- CEO-Executive Director- Paul Holman-Electrical Geodesics, Inc. Manufacturer of EEG medical devices for research and clinical applications. $15M in revenue. Position reporting to the CEO; Responsible for management of all day to day operations including sales, customer support, manufacturing, finance, HR, Providing strategic leadership and management oversight in finance, M&A, operations, human resources and commercial development. Clients have included businesses involved in agriculture, automation, medical devices, and consumer products. Philips-Responsible for sales, customer support and business development in all international markets; responsible for sales operations globally. P&L ownership for the international market. Senior member of the business unit management team for Philips Neuro (formerly Electrical Geodesics Inc.
Job Titles:
- Director, Listings Development
Tony Hobley - Managing Director, Spark44 North America Tony has over 20 years of experience leveraging the power of creative, media, data and technology to drive business value and build strong customer relationships. He's worked in a number of categories, including automotive, travel, technology and consumer package goods (CPG).