Peter J. Burns III "Profile of an Entrepreneur"

Contact 7514 Girard Ave Suite 1416 La Jolla, Ca 92037 602 492 2041 (Work) peter@hlcostseg.com

www.linkedin.com/in/peterburnsiii (LinkedIn) HI-Tek.com (Company) cryptechalchemy.com (Company) peterjburns3.com (Personal)

Top Skills Entrepreneur

Peter Burns III

Entrepreneur-In-Residence At Large at PeterJBurnsIII.com La Jolla, California

Summary I am a serial start-up entrepreneur specializing in the establishment and operation of niche market multi-location businesses. My professional experience encompasses that entrepreneurial arena.

In my 43 years -- I started at age 19 -- of business formation and ownership, I've started, run, sold and/or expanded between 100-150 individual businesses in dozens of fields. (www.peterjburns3.com)

Start-ups Entrepreneurship

Publications Peter J. Burns, III Serial Start-Up Entrepreneur

Patents Captively Funded Educationally Fueled Entrepreneur Engine Rental Land Vehicle and Fleet Advertisement Home Exchange System Depreciation Savings Exchanged for Cost Segregation Realty Reclassification Service

In August 2013, I left the US and moved to Africa. I volunteered with a large international NGO as their de facto "Entrepreneur-InResidence" and not only was I able to create innovative new ways to help the NGO's beneficiaries but I discovered vast new opportunities as a private businessman in "The Dark Continent." I had been busy establishing a half a dozen new enterprises with African joint venture partners and was working closely with both the local government as well as our US Embassy to create a viable and very lucrative bilateral pipeline between my business connections in the US and those in Africa. (www.expatrepreneur.us) Specialties: Since founding my first company as a teenager, I have found that my expertise lies primarily in the establishing and growing of niche market businesses in fragmented industries...of any kind. I have a particularly good skill set of recognizing opportunities early on in the process and being able to fund almost any enterprise with creative financing techniques I've learned over my career.

I am manifesting this innate skill set now on a magnified basis. (www.entcreditcard.com/imagine) Nearly three years ago, I entered the luxury lifestyle consulting business and I had relocated back to my roots in the North East.

My new venture includes luxury vacation homes and villas.

We now have 974 multi-million dollar vacation villas and that company morphed in multiple travel-related ventures in my portfolio. (www.aviatravelservices.com, www.prebook.com, www.travel.vn) Page 1 of 15

Please visit my history at https://peterjburnsiii.squarespace.com/ press

Experience PeterJBurnsIII.com Entrepreneur-In-Residence At Large January 2019 - Present Southern California

In the past 43 years and counting, I've launched 150 businesses and helped at least that number for others. I've come to the conclusion that what I really am best suited for is acting as a "hired gun" for well established and start-up ventures. I never actually had a "real job" per se but contract or project work appeals to me and as long as there is a nice "living wage" and a big upside for me, I will consider taking on new clients.

A recent "assignment" has manifested a "payday" that pretty much sets me up for life...as well as my children, grandchildren and beyond but like the Apex Predator, the Great White Shark that I am...I cannot stop moving forward, or I will drown. lol https://medium.com/@bestworldtravelservices/hi-tek-inc-launchesgroundbreaking-vietnam-travel-service-ecosystem-46a800ae30c0 I had the chance to reflect over the holidays and noted that I likely have over 40,000 personal business contacts including high-level Government ones (Senators, Ambassadors, Governors and even a current Cabinet member or two) as well as leaders in such countries as Vietnam, Ethiopia and even the Royal Family (new contact) in Morocco. My own two younger brothers are at the "top of the food chain" in the Entertainment and Financial industries and through my Harvard B School connections...I either have direct contact or am simply a phone call away to literally almost anyone of consequence in the world of business.

In short, I'm pretty sure that if I take on a client company, I likely have more access to decision makers that can help them than anyone else out there. On Page 2 of 15

top of that, my financing abilities and connections in the world of debt financing are unparalleled and I've been responsible for funding literally hundreds of millions of dollars of (mostly) debt and equity capital.

So... by dint of this update to my Linked In profile, I am noticing my contacts that I have put out my shingle and am open for (select) business! www.peterjburns3.com

HI-TEK INC. Entrepreneur-In-Residence July 2018 - Present Greater San Diego Area

Hi-TEK, Inc. is the State-of-The-Art travel platform with nearly 1 million hotels across the world, 150k airline flights (daily), the exclusive contract providing Online Vietnam VISAs and the Hi-TEK Utility Travel Coin. (www.Hi-TEK.io) There is a Membership Program attached to the Travel Program which grants travel discounts from 20%-70% off the best Internet Rates available. (www.HiTek.com, www.Hi-Tek.io)

Crypto Tech Alchemy Founder April 2018 - Present La Jolla, California

Crypto Tech Alchemy (https://cryptechalchemy.com/) is a brand new business that combines the extraordinary (cryptocurrency mining) industry experience and technology gleaned from trusted resources combined with the unique FinTech capital resource (www.entcredit.com/imagine) and credit repair/ enhancement (www.entcredit.com). https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-alchemist-peter-burns/ The offering of the cryptocurrency's most advanced mining program combined with multiple functions like rendering, AI (artificial intelligence) and machine tooling is unmatched in the industry.

Avia Travel Services Co-Owner April 2017 - Present

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Long Beach, California Avia Travel Services is a hospitality travel technology solutions provider founded in 1994 which provides private label, B2B and B2C web based travel booking engines, group and event lodging applications as well as travel services for both the FIT leisure and group travel space.

Entrepreneurs Credit Card Founder December 2016 - Present Greater San Diego Area

Taking from a business lifetime of entrepreneurial start-ups, with a Rolodex of service and financial contacts spanning over 4 decades, I have created what stands to become the single greatest access to start-up capital ever created.

The "Entrepreneurs Credit Card" and attendant Program of successfully establishing one's own business stands as an unmatched opportunity. Never before has an unsecured capital debt structure in this magnitude ($175k) been available to the newly minted entrepreneur, complete with an initial outsourced and seasoned support team of professional service providers. Coupled with my own actual hard-won experience, earned over 150 start-ups in literally dozens of fields, the "Entrepreneurs Credit Card" recipient will receive the greatest possible chance of business success ever available before to the start-up applicant. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/entrepreneurs-credit-card-launched-peterburns?trk=prof-post http://entcreditcard.com/imagine Update: Since the publication of the Linked In blog of December 10th (see link), outlining my "Start-Up Program" utilizing the $100k "Entrepreneurs Credit Card" as the initial funding resource...we are in definitive talks with 27 wouldbe entrepreneurs, representing nearly $3 million of funding commitments for 27 brand new business launches! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/baking-cakeentrepreneur-style-peter-burns? trk=mp-reader-card http://entcreditcard.com/imagine

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HLCost Seg.com Founder- Business Development Division February 2008 - Present Southern California UPDATEI recently re-entered the Cost Segregation Marketing business and have been directing clients to my new engineering partner (35,000 cost segregation studies to date). I am also utilizing my Patent Pending Charitable Fund Raising Tool, using Cost Segregation Studies to generate US Tax Refunds that are then donated to designated 501c3s. (www.hlcostseg.com). We have successfully adapted the powerful cost segregation engineering process to our client base of luxury vacation villas and boutique hotels. (www.hlcostseg.com) Cost Segregation Initiatives (www.costseganalysts.com) markets the engineering process known as the Cost Segregation Study. This process, fully recognized by the IRS as a legitimate and powerful way to return significant tax benefits to the for profit, commercial property owner (individual, corporate) has been "on the books" for 20 years but seldom used outside of the "The Big 4" and only on behalf of only their highest paying clients. In fact, out of the estimated 81MM commercial buildings in the U.S. in private hands, only an estimated 20,000 cost segregation studies were performed in 2006. This means that there are approximately $400B in untapped tax benefits, which could be in the hands of the property owners. Cost Segregation Initiatives, has created a seamless method to free up these tax benefits to interested commercial property owners at a fraction of the cost that the "Big 4" would charge for the exact same service. Our engineers are all "Big 4" trained experts. www.hlcostseg.com

FinancingDebtandEquity.com Founder and CEO

August 2012 - August 2017 (5 years 1 month) Scottsdale (2012-2013) Beverly Hills (2017- ) I am back in the financing world of debt only on a limited basis.

Our boutique funding resource is also geared up for finding capital for startups and established companies. The range of funding through both debt and equity resources is $100k to $30mm and above. Through its vast base of Page 5 of 15

private investors, specialty banks and private equity Commercial Cost Savings has generated 144 transactions worth over $2.2B in potential funding, since the company's inception in August 2012. We seek investment/loan candidate companies, new debt/equity resources as well as referral agents for our debt products. See www.entcreditcard.com/imagine

"I have had the opportunity for three years to work with Peter on a variety of projects. Peter helped my new company get funded, and he has connected me with an incredible network of associates, mentors and friends that I would not have met otherwise. Peter and I share a commitment to advance entrepreneurship education. He is a person of great vision and passion to revitalize our economy. To this end, Peter has been pioneering an innovative model that includes eFactory, the Institute for Entrepreneurship, and Club E. I have seen the model effectively touch the lives of many individuals to help them grow and prosper along their success path -- particularly to help them take creative responsibility for their own destiny. I highly recommend connecting with Peter Burns, and his many enterprises."

— Richard Otto, Vice President, American Hydrogen Association, was with another company when working with Peter J. at The eFactory, LLC

HL Villas Co-Founder

March 2015 - June 2017 (2 years 4 months) Boston, San Diego Over the past two years, after recognizing the fact that multi-million dollar vacation villas are occupied an industry average of only 26%, we started acquiring blocks of unused time in nearly 1000 such spectacular villas around the world. Due to the unique methodology of acquiring this unused time, we are then able to offer these villas at unpublished rates...often 30%-40% off the retail pricing to members of our Closed User Groups. This is unprecedented...luxury vacation villas that are "full service" (concierge, private chef, et al) at significantly discounted rates to luxury travelers looking for deals offered nowhere else. This company is truly a "game changer" in the luxury vacation world. www.lv4less.com Page 6 of 15

Luxury Product Placement Founder

March 2015 - June 2017 (2 years 4 months) Greater New York City Area, Southern California Taking from a lifetime of experience in living among members of "The 1%" (New Canaan, Nantucket, Sanibel Island) having family members that run both a very successful NYSE company and multi-billion dollar wealth fund and being at the stage of my life (I'm 60, unmarried with two grown children with families), I have just turned my avocation into my latest venture in Luxury Lifestyle Management. In the late 90s, I was one of the first members of the pioneer Destination Club, loved it and always wanted to figure out a way to turn this part-time lifestyle, into a full time profession. In doing what comes naturally, I have realized that lifelong dream.

This unique application of monetizing underutilized assets (vacation villas, jets and yachts) will create a new "disruptive technology", first, in the field of Luxury Vacation Villa Rentals. Across the USA and the world, Luxury Vacation Homes and Villas are already popular. Prime destinations like California, Florida and Colorado have many homes and villas available and demand is also high in other cities across the USA and the world.

What is just as intriguing is that this niche market also opens up the most unique application of a truly, "21st Century Product Placement Service," yet another "disruptive technology."

I have surrounded myself with diverse industry leaders to form the new entity and am very busy aggregating elite products and services such as the finest luxury tour providers, private jet travel, yacht excursions, luxury watches, luxury furniture, and a plethora of luxury goods and the largest collection of exceptional multi-million dollar residences in the finest resort locations on the planet...exclusively for the patronage of luxury lifestyle clients. A luxury web site will organize and catalog these assets for villa members and clients.

Club E International, LLC Chairman Emeritus

June 2012 - March 2015 (2 years 10 months) Taking the work I started at Club Entrepreneur from 2006 on and working with a team of talented fellow entrepreneurs, we put together a comprehensive licensing program that will allow others to open up their own Club Entrepreneur chapters around the country. My joint venture with partner Bob Johnson at Page 7 of 15

Club E College Park (www.clubeatlanta.com) is the 1st licensee, with a restarted Phoenix chapter and a new one in SW Florida coming on line. Talks with operators for Club E Detroit, Club E Newport Beach and Club E LA are in the works now. (www.clubeintl.com)

"Peter has a mind that never rests! His ability to create opportunities and give people a way to make a difference is second to none. I enjoy brainstorming and sharing my business ideas with Peter because I know I will get direct feedback and action steps that I can measure for success! I recommend anyone that has a desire to learn about entrepreneurship and leadership to make Peter a close connection. I am very fortunate to say I did!"

— Cheryl Farmer, CPA, CEO, Just Be You LLC, was with another company when working with Peter J. at The eFactory, LLC

"Peter Burns III is the E man. He is THE man for Entrepreneurs. He has a phenominal E Factory plan and he has a extrodinary passion to help the entrepreneur become successful. He is the consummate professional in the entrepreneurial world. I highly recommend him to any and every entrepreneur tying to get their business off the ground or take their business to the next level."

— Jonathan V Reece Vice President, RepublicBankAz, was a consultant or contractor to Peter J. at The eFactory, LLC

Club Entrepreneur College Park Co-Founder

June 2011 - March 2015 (3 years 10 months) College Park, Georgia Club Entrepreneur College Park (suburb of Atlanta) is housed in an 11,000 SF building, which will host 15 permanent small businesses and support scores of part-time entrepreneurs. Holding monthly events with select speakers and workshops like Start Up Now, Club Entrepreneur College Park aims to revitalize the community and put people back to work...in their own businesses. (www.clubeatlanta.com)

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"ExPatrepreneur"

August 2013 - March 2014 (8 months) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia/Los Angeles, California USA I have expanded my horizons...9000 miles from home in Scottsdale, AZ and Los Angeles, California. Originally offering my services as a de facto "Entrepreneur-In-Residence" for a large international NGO in Africa, I have expanded my vision to becoming a significant entrepreneur with multiple business interests in the "Dark Continent." I predict that Africa will become one of the dominant players in the World Economy and I feel that I am extremely well positioned to be a big part of that growth by acting as the liaison between the private sector from the US and the burgeoning capitalist entrepreneur class here in my new domicile of Africa. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7rvWfEJ-mLXUG9pR0RKY3p1SW8/edit www.expatrepreneur.us

Total Access Payments, Ltd dba One Virtual World Principal and Rainmaker August 2011 - August 2013 (2 years 1 month) Hong Kong, Australia, Phoenix

This unique and proprietary software enables companies in the MLM industry and international employers to pay commissions and payroll through a seamless and real time process. The payments can be made in over 100 countries (and growing) in the currency of the country in which the payee desires. Our service includes a virtual account and a prepaid debit MasterCard, issued to the commissioned distributor or employee. The most powerful component of our system is the ability for the MLM to eliminate all merchant account fees for payments of its auto ship and product purchases, saving millions of dollars in the process, for the larger MLMs.

Club Entrepreneur Founder

February 2007 - June 2012 (5 years 5 months) Club Entrepreneur, starting as a student-inspired business in my first entrepreneurship class at Barrett Honors College, has morphed into an "open source entrepreneurship" organization with multiple ground chapters and on online resource and social network for entrepreneurs.

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With monthly meetings at each chapter location and an online social network at www.clubeintl.com, Club E has over 10,000 members to date.

Video Testimonials https://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PL_RDKisPhPeu2ulBH55ufNkvwSKaduUwY

"Peter Burns joint venture connections (and inspiration) have helped me launch 3 successful new ventures in the past months (potentially worth millions to me). He is one of the most connected people I know in the "true entrepreneur" world. While he networks with some elite and powerful people, he remains accessible to anyone with passion and a great business idea. He's a true "elder statesman" of entrepreneurship."

— Victory Darwin, president, Vision 2 Victory Business Loan Program, was with another company when working with Peter J. at The eFactory, LLC

"Since the founding of his first company during college, Peter has been a serial entrepreneur. If you have the inkling of an idea, or wish you could launch a business, Peter is a terrific resource. He is gracious in sharing his time and open in sharing his ideas. Contact Peter for help with your new start-up."

— Heather Brebaugh, President, How Opportunity Works, Inc., was with another company when working with Peter J. at The eFactory, LLC

"Peter Burns is one of the most well-connected people I know. He has uncanny intuition around business matchmaking to create win win relationships unlike most I have ever seen. I guarantee if there is an idea, concept or need you have- Peter will know someone or connect you with resources to help you take that next step towards making it happen."

— Ingrid VANDERVELDT, Managing Partner, Ingrid Vanderveldt LLC, worked directly with Peter J. at The eFactory, LLC

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Institute for Entrepreneurship, LLC Founder

May 2006 - June 2012 (6 years 2 months) Scottsdale, Arizona Starting as a pro bono Adjunct teaching my own brand of entrepreneurship at ASU's Barrett Honors College in 2005, I scaled the first class of 19 students to four classes with 94 students by the second semester. When ASU didn't share my enthusiasm for expanding the entrepreneurship curriculum there, I paired up with another academic partner, Phoenix-based Grand Canyon University, and opened up the Nation's first, fully accredited four year College of Entrepreneurship in January, 2007. In September, 2007, Fortune Small Business Magazine named our College of Entrepreneurship's online entrepreneurship education program as #2 out of the top 5 in the U.S. Since then, I've developed a proprietary and scalable Bachelors of Science in Entrepreneurship curriculum, as well as a Certificate of Entrepreneurship curriculum and am in talks with a number of other universities to establish Colleges of Entrepreneurship in conjunction with them as additional academic partners. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fsb/0708/ gallery.bestcolleges_elearning.fsb/2.html It is now my intention to continue my entrepreneurship teaching here in Ethiopia at two universities and introduce my experience in entrepreneurship education to develop an appropriate curriculum for this country to be able embrace entrepreneurship as we do so freely in the US.

"Well .....................!! Peter Burns is simply a very rare and gifted Leader! Peter personifies the respectful tribute that says..."He is a Gentleman ..... and ... a Scholar!" Peter is anointed to ply his 'World-Class Rolodex' in such amazingly helpful ways! Peter is truly a walking encyclopeadia of Entreprenurial Wisdom!

For any organization considering hiring Peter's expertise, Peter will certainly "WoW" with his candor, his focus, and his vision ! Certainly, it is an honor to give my highest RECOMMENDATION!!!"

— David Cooper, Chairman, ASK David Cooper, was with another company when working with Peter J. at The eFactory, LLC

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Club E Ventures, LLC Founder

June 2010 - March 2011 (10 months) Club E Ventures, LLC is a private equity fund that takes positions in select Club Entrepreneur member businesses seeking equity partners. Those selected businesses include both start-ups and established businesses from within the ranks of the 10,000 Club Entrepreneur members in the Phoenix Metropolitan market.

"Peter Burns is the definition of a serial entrepreneur and leader. As the Founder of Club E Exchange and the visionary behind Club E Office, where I recently located my client, Xentras Communications, he brings a concept to market, entrepreneurial incubator, that is sorely needed in this and probably every market. His style is straight forward and he is passionate about both getting his projects to market as well as helping others achieve their dreams along the way. Most importantly, Peter has a kind heart, which in my book is the most undervalued and rare commodities in business today. I am looking forward to Peter Burns being a part of my business life for many years to come and seeing where I can help him in any way possible."

— , Business Development, Xentras Communications, was with another company when working with Peter J. at Club E Exchange

Club E Exchange Founder

December 2008 - March 2011 (2 years 4 months) Club E Exchange (CEE) takes the barter model and brings it into a community of the large and existing entrepreneurial network of Club Entrepreneur. By trading goods and services among the membership, using the internal cash equivalent currency of the "barter dollar," members can take underutilized assets (goods and services) and "sell" to those members of the barter system, generating "barter dollars" that they now use for their own needs. Club E Exchange then generates a profit from the cash component of each trade, which is generally 10% of the barter dollars used when a member utilizes their accumulated cash equivalent currency. Using barter in these difficult economic times allows for commerce to continue at a significant cash savings and leverages underutilized assets in a positive manner.

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"I LOVE Peter! He is probably one of the best, well connected entrepreneurs I know; and I know allot. His passion to make opportunities happen for others is unbelievable. I am extremely inspired and motivated by him and look forward to working with him for many years to come…."

— Kim B., Founder, KimCo LLC, was with another company when working with Peter J. at Club Entrepreneur Network "Peter is the entrepreneur's entrepreneur. His constant focus on helping individual business people succeed and his relentless devotion to improving the economy locally and nationally make him a visionary who is years ahead of the norm. I would love to take Peter's concepts world wide. Jack Eberenz President, Franchise Integration" — Jack Eberenz, Principal, Franchise Integration, was with another company when working with Peter J. at Club Entrepreneur Network

Club E Office, LLC dba eFactory Founder

July 2008 - March 2011 (2 years 9 months) Capitalizing on both the desire for start-up entrepreneurs to work together in an all inclusive setting as well the declining commercial real estate market, I just created the Club E Office. With over 10,000 entrepreneurs as part of our Club E Network (www.clubentrepreneur.net) in Arizona, Colorado, California and Texas, we have something that beleaguered commercial property owners dearly need...tenants. By being able to deliver 40-50 small business tenants in a state-of-the-art facility, with every imaginable amenity for the entrepreneur, the Club E Office can literally fill up any suitable 10,000-20,000 SF facility located near active Club E chapters.

"I only recently began working with Peter, conducting workshops at the new eFactory location in Tempe. The more I learn about Peter, the more respect I gain and the more I like him. Peter is a man of action - it is so refreshing to meet someone who says "let's do this" and he means now! I've come to realize that Peter truly wants to help out everyone around him, he's probably one of the most giving and caring people I've ever met. I am so thankful that I've had this opportunity to work with Peter and I hope our relationship continues Page 13 of 15

for a very long time. NEW ADDITIONS TO THIS RECOMMENDATION as of 9/1/10 I have spent the last 13 months working closely with Peter at Club E, specifically managing the Club E Offices. I would like to add to my recommendation that now I know Peter quite well, everything I said above is true, but now I know Peter's true gift - he is a master connector and miracle worker. Peter has truly found his calling as he meets personally with each Club E member who asks for an appointment. Watching him in action is amazing.

Peter mission is to help as many entrepreneurs as he can, through his work with Club E, he is well on his way to helping many."

— Sonia Graham, Chief Experience Officer, Maximum Business Advantage, was with another company when working with Peter J. at The eFactory, LLC

University Entrepreneurs Venture Fund Founder

September 2007 - March 2011 (3 years 7 months) This privately capitalized venture fund was created to provide the seed and expansion capital for student-inspired businesses, emanating from both the College of Entrepreneurship degree programs and the Certificate of Entrepreneurship programs established by the Institute for Entrepreneurship.

Andrew Jackson University Dean College of Entrepreneurship

December 2008 - December 2010 (2 years 1 month) The Institute for Entrepreneurship has recently introduced its entrepreneurship curriculum to Andrew Jackson University (www.aju.edu), a fully accredited online university, creating the Institute's third College of Entrepreneurship.

Featuring a Bachelors, Masters and Certificate of Entrepreneurship, Andrew Jackson University has appointed Peter J. Burns, III as the Dean of its newly created College of Entrepreneurship.

"Peter Burns is an amazing guy. Since I met him about a year ago, he has introduced me into many opportunities. So many, in fact, that I still have not had time to close them all. My University is on a new growth path as a result of Peter's contacts. In addition, I thought so much of Peter, that I asked him to become Dean of our College of Entrepreneurship. Peter has an amazing passion for starting and building business and he loves helping people. In his role as Dean, he brings shares that passion and the University and its students are benefiting. Peter is a must on the "get to know" list."

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— Don Kasten., PRESIDENT & COO, Andrew Jackson University, was with another company when working with Peter J. at The eFactory, LLC

Multiple Companies Founder and CEO

May 1977 - August 2005 (28 years 4 months) Nantucket, Massachusetts/Sanibel Island, Florida From 1977 until I started teaching pro bono as an Adjunct at the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), I have started and operated over 100 different businesses in such fields as recreational rental products (mopeds, bicycles, Harleys, Exotic Cars), dolphin tours, retail beachwear stores, commercial property development, email marketing, niche magazine publishing, cost segregation study marketing, high end retail men's clothing store,offshore architectural rendering business, private capital fund raising and a myriad of other varied businesses in numerous fields.

Education Harvard Business School OPM, Business · (1986 - 1987)

University of Virginia Business · (1976 - 1977)

United States Military Academy Preparatory School Pre-Law Studies · (1975 - 1976)

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