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Datrix World, LLC, Co-founder and CEO, Austin, TX – Responsible for corporate strategy, business planning and promoting the company's technology and applications which locate, retrieve and display online content in a revolutionary manner.
 
Chrysalis Ventures, Entrepreneur in Residence, Louisville, KY – Developed investment opportunities and conducted due diligence.
 
Genscape, Inc., Chief Executive Officer, Louisville, KY - Responsible for corporate strategy, business planning, capitalization, corporate governance, European expansion and patent strategy.

• Negotiated Genscape’s $4+ million capitalization from venture capital firms
• Member, Board of Directors
• Entrepreneur of the Year for Ohio and Kentucky
• Managed Genscape’s sale to GFI Energy Ventures for approximately $20 million

Agora Interactive, Chief Executive Officer, Louisville, KY - Responsible for corporate strategy, business planning, patent strategy and managing the company’s $3+ million capitalization from individuals, angels and strategic partners. Agora was placed in bankruptcy when its Founder and CTO blocked the company’s effort to raise $10 million.

• Negotiated technology development agreements with Computer Associates, Compaq Computers and Lucent Technologies
• Angel Investor
• Member, Board of Directors

University of Louisville, College of Business & Public Administration, Bank One Entrepreneur in Residence, Louisville, KY – Taught new venture finance and financial strategy in the MBA program.

• Designed a unique program to teach new venture finance
• Named Business School Instructor of the Year
• Athens, Greece MBA Instructor

Tenneco Energy Resources Corporation, President and CEO, Houston, TX – Reorganized, consolidated and led this $2 billion non-regulated energy holding company.

• Consolidated 27 corporations into 10 and created a new culture
• Negotiated and managed the $42 million sale of 20 percent of the company to Rurhgas AG of Germany
• Organized Tenneco Natural Gas Processing and Tenneco Gas Gathering
• Organized Tenneco Energy Trading to manage Tenneco Energy’s natural gas and electricity futures and derivatives trading

EnTrade Corporation, Chairman, President & CEO, Louisville, KY – Co-founded, capitalized, organized and led this company during the early years of natural gas deregulation.

• Pioneered landmark natural gas regulation transforming the industry
• Named Entrepreneur of the Year for Kentucky and Indiana
• EnTrade became Louisville’s Largest Privately-Held Company
• Negotiated and managed the sale of EnTrade to Tenneco Energy for $26 million

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, Director of Planning, Owensboro, KY – Organized and led this Fortune 500 company’s strategic planning, business development and new venture creation.

• Organized Strategic Planning Group
• Initiated Business Development Activities

University of Detroit, Detroit, MI - Summa cum Laude Baccalaureate of Arts Degree in Planning and Environmental Studies
 
Professional Organizations

• Young Presidents Organization, Louisville Chapter (Forum Chairman)
• Young Presidents Organization, Houston Chapter
• Young Presidents Organization, Louisville Chapter

 Training

• DISC – Praendex Corporation
• Reiki I and II
• Landmark Forum I, II & III, Wisdom Classes and Seminars
• Psych-K – psycho-kinesis
• Conscious Living – Enneagram
• Bringing Out the Best of Yourself at Work: Train the Trainer – Enneagram
• Spiral Dynamics I & II – Don Beck
• Spiral Dynamics I & II – Chris Cowan

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