Founder Ted Staley has been involved in the waste-management business for nearly 20 years. He has 12 international patents in the waste industry — for equipment design, treatment formulas, proprietary processes, and innovative systems — making SOOI uniquely qualified to successfully execute this mission.

This expertise, combined with the determination of the impressive Board of Directors to take on a pressing global problem with tested solutions, best ensures our success. There is well over a century of executive experience and achievement in the waste industry.

We are ideally positioned to impact systematic and meaningful change for our planet.

The time is now!

Mr. Theodore James Staley

Founder & CEO

Mr. Staley has been an independent business man for over 50 years and built and operated two independent Hazardous and Toxic waste treatment operations along with a factory that designed and fabricated machinery that processed Municipal Waste and has 12 international patents in the waste industry.

Mr. Staley began his business career in Los Angeles California in 1969, building a highly successful sales and marketing company. In 1973, Mr. Staley sold his company and started a real-estate development business in Southern California, Arizona and Hawaii.

During the following decade, Mr. Staley, in partnership with various development companies and individuals, built over 600 homes, commercial centers, hotels, and thousands of development building lots.

His projects ranged from The Manalani Towers in Pearl City Hawaii where he was the initial owner and developer of 2 42-story high-rise residential buildings, to the Hotel Sea Ho Playa and Hotel San Lorenzo, as well as a hotel and subdivision development project in Campeche Mexico consisting of 2 separate 200-room hotels and over 7,000 development lots.

During the 1980s, Mr. Staley worked with Sierra First Equities, a small but highly successful asset-based management firm based in Los Angeles. Following his departure from Sierra, Mr. Staley continued working in the financial sector, specializing in the emerging markets of both Europe and Asia.

Early in 2002, Mr. Staley conceived the idea of converting Municipal Solid Waste into high-quality building products, and the result was the development of Eco Safe Solutions LLC.

All of the companies within the Eco Safe Group were dedicated to the design, manufacture and operation of custom-manufactured heavy equipment intended for the treatment and processing of waste, including MSW and the treatment of industrial, commercial, hazardous and toxic, hospital, solid, liquid and sludge wastes. Eco Safe designed, built, owned and operated 2 independently licensed and permitted hazardous and toxic waste treatment facilities.

Mr. Staley has 12 international patents in his own name and is co-inventor on 2 more in the waste industry, as well as hundreds of fully proven, tested and verified formulas that effectively treat 98%+ of the majority of various types of waste materials, including hazardous and toxic waste.

Processed MSW was converted into viable construction products such as hollow blocks, paving slabs, and road barriers, among others. The organic part of the MSW was converted into energy via an anaerobic digestive system and a proprietary ESS energy enhancement system. Eco Safe spent millions of United States Dollars in developing the equipment and technology for this environmental project.

Mr. Staley developed a deep appreciation and love for the sea at an early age, first through deep-sea fishing with his father, then as a surfer on the Rincon, and later as a diver in the Pacific. Being drawn to the sea has resulted in his living, surrounded by water most of his life, on islands in the South Pacific and Asia, or on lakes and rivers throughout the world.

When Mr. Staley conceived the concept of SAVE OUR OCEANS INITIATIVE, he understood that any entity that would make a significant difference to the massive crisis of plastic oceanic and river waste would need to be highly profitable in order to simply stay in business, not to mention expand and grow the mission; hence, the manufacturing of commercially viable plastic shipping pallets, which will be made from the collected plastic river waste.

These plastic shipping pallets will be marketed as SeaPal. Utilizing his expertise in marketing and the waste industry, SOOI is ready to begin harvesting the plastic river waste from the largest polluting river of the world, which contributes over 95% of all of the plastic waste destroying our oceans.

Ted believes that if you have the ability to see a problem and the know-how to solve it, you have the responsibility to do so.

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Mr. Gerald Whitehead

President, Director

SUMMARY OF CAPABILITIES: A proven P&L responsible leader who can provide help to translate goals to the balance sheet and customer base. Directly supervised over 150 employees and all related work safety aspects. Accountable for over $30M in revenue in the Western U.S. area. Has introduced new plans and trained staff. Broad based exposure to budgeting, contracting, procurement of materials and services, finance, planning, project administration and implementation. PC literate, experienced with management presentations and all aspects of construction and contracting. Wide range of skills and prior exposures lend abilities to team building, customer service, organizational growth and solid successful outcomes. He offers experience, maturity, leadership, and a positive work ethic. He is an expert in emphasizing a firm’s value.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Oversaw all administrative, financial and production issues including individual handling of direct project efforts. Performed all Planning, Quality Controls, Estimating and Budgeting functions. Supervised the firms accounting for project tracking. Assigned and provided operational strategy for in-field consultants and projects. Company consisted of approximately 40 employees and contract consultants.

Construction activity based on designs generated, ran an average of about $150M annually. Managed key accounts, including some that encompassed literally hundreds of highly sensitive healthcare projects, one of which spread over 12 facilities and 10 locations with over 2,000 beds and 2 million square feet of space.

SPECIAL PROJECTS: Conducted the research and analysis, and drafted the creation of the Hawaii Third Party Review Codes for Planning and Permitting. This process is still being used and has recently undergone conversion to an electronic version. Work encompassed coordination and meetings with municipal and community entities internally and from afar in the collection of data. On completion of the draft, he worked with legal to format the final product which was approved and implemented.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Designed an operational process and integrated it into an overall five-year business plan. Produced budget plans for a major client, including addressing various revenue sources such as grants, foundation involvement, legislative funding and the full scope of work, including timelines and involvement in setting up supporting programs. Integrated security, quality controls and structural milestones for each project.

PRIOR: (04/1984 – 04/1988) Vice President and General Manager; BINC Caterpillar, a Heavy Industrial Company for sales, warehousing, parts and service and concurrently; President and Chief Operating Officer of a related Commercial Heavy Equipment Finance Company of $10M. Managed and approved all contracting and legal aspects. Prior positions — same entities: VP and Chief Financial Officer and Finance Marketing Manager. Sat on the Caterpillar National Dealers Committee.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Volume approximated twenty plus million in volume with over one hundred employees. Also managed an associated financial business of approximately ten million employees concurrently. Firm had three sites in the Northern California area with minor export and adjacent state coverage. Profit and loss responsibility.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Successfully negotiated favorable union labor contracts with legal input. Increased volume by nearly 10%. Created a new corporate image. Established satellite business with complimentary cash flows. Structured company for the owner’s retirement and business sale.

PRIOR: (04/1977 – 04/1984) Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; (Terex General Motors) Portland, Oregon. a Distributor of Industrial Equipment (Terex GM) Service, Parts and sales. Included some manufacturing production and export capabilities.
Managed all warehousing including parts and service. Prior Positions — same entity — General Manager, Branch Manager, Assistant Branch Manager including CFO activities. Sat on the Terex/GM National Dealers Association Committee. Managed 150 employees.
Participated in the GM “Can Do” program successfully. Work encompassed product design, import/export parameters and international manufacturing issues.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Volume ran from a low of twenty million to a high of over thirty million during his tenure. Number of employees ranged from 70 to over 150. Covered 5 western states and some exports. Supervised over 30 personnel directly. Full Profit and Loss responsibilities. Designed specialty equipment for heavy industry use in construction, road building, site development, mining and logging.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Installed major new EDP parts system. Sold and moved to the main facility. Designed and manufactured a $400,000 piece of machinery. Restructured company, lowered inventories and contingent liabilities by half while increasing market share by one third. Handled all budgeting and financial negotiations in securing an $8,500,000 operating and inventory loan line.
Provided support and interim management to allow for eventual sale of business by absentee owners. Member National Dealer Committee for Fortune 100 Products.

PRIOR: (04/1972 -74 and 04/1976-78) Financial Representative for a Fortune 500 Commercial Financial Institution; Sperry Rand/New Holland, Portland, Oregon. This was a rehire situation. Managed 3-5 employees.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Supervised 3 people. Covered 4 western states for (Sperry Rand/New Holland) light industrial and farm implement business, including parts and service department associations. Worked with regional and district budgets and forecasts in the farming and construction industries.
Volume handled was approximately one million per month. Work encompassed setting up and monitoring dealerships, inventory validations, assistance with contracts, equipment recovery, AR and collection work.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Set up and held in field training for staffing. Provided financial assistance to wholesale industrial dealerships. Evaluated financial status and set actions and limits on those findings. Handled all legal actions in areas of responsibility.
Second re-hiring (was to train new staff and to provide experienced stability during major management reorganization.

PRIOR: (04/1974 – 04/1976) Business Manager and Corporate Treasurer of Wholesale and Retail Production Manufacturing and Processing Plant.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Volume approximated one million per year. Covered 4 western states. Originated one-year and three-year plans for operations and cash flow. In this effort, the business was solidified and reorganized for the eventual takeover by extended family which required transitional educational indoctrination. Managed 5 full-time and 50 seasonal employees. Took organization from a manual accounting system to a computer based one.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Took company from break-even to a profit within one year. Redesigned the accounting system.
Increased sales by 40%. Eliminated obsolete equipment and upgraded production quality and capacity and franchised 4 areas.

PRIOR: (5/1970 – 7/1976) U.S. Army-Captain Military Police. Honorable Discharge. Managed from 40 to 150. Brigade and Division. Command segments included Military Police, street patrols, Explosive Ordnance disposal and an undercover CID investigative unit. No major physical limitations despite being a Service-Disabled Veteran. Born in Salem, Oregon.

EDUCATION: Oregon State University, B.S. in Business Administration. Concentration on Marketing and Project Management. Some postgraduate work in the same areas. OSU Rifle Team/Captain, Pre-Olympic contender and President of Athletic Organization.

PART-TIME: For educational expenses; Janitor, truck driver, night watchman, sporting goods retail customer service, highway construction work and winery promoter. Worked in sales both in person and via mail. Completed two professional winery retail/tour certification courses and has designed a number of projects for wineries. Also worked part time in manufacturing, logging, publications and for: medical office cleaning; State of Oregon Highway paving crews (3 summers), night security for State of Oregon TB Hospital and grounds; Agricultural work at various farms.

COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS/INVOLVEMENTS:
Graduate Leadership Course [LNV] and; LNV selection committee after graduation – LNV Board of Directors for 3 years.
Past member Veteran Employment Council, Durham Planning Commission, Library Planning Committee 1999, Optimist/Chair, Rotary, National Dealers Committee/GMC, National Dealers Committee/Caterpillar, ABC, AOL, Beavers, AGC, CSHE advisory committee, Napa Rotary and member of the Local Business Labor Investment Board, CA.
Other members include AHA, ASHE, ASHRAE, HSHE and the Hong Kong Business Association, Hawaii.
Prior member and Board Secretary/Treasurer for Resort Quest AOA – Hawaii.
Past member AOA Board of Directors for Aston Kona and Hawaiian OWT.
Prior member Honolulu Yacht Club and Society of American Military Engineers.
Graduate of the Xerox Professional Selling Skills course.
President of the Napa, CA Economic Development Corp (President, 1997-99; VP 1995-97, Board Member 1993-1995): focus was on developing businesses and employment.
Served on a Veterans Planning and Training Committee and as a local library advocate, as well as graduating from and being on one of the regional Leadership Boards for his community.
Oregon OLCC License. Virginia and Oregon CCW’s. American Academy of First Aid – CPR certified.
NFPA Life Safety training.
Napa Library expansion, Napa Flood Control Bond, a Culinary Center and a Cultural Arts Center along with the renovation of several historical facilities.

Gerald has been a close friend and partner of Mr. Staley for over 20 years, and is proud to support the SOOI mission.

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Mr. Robert A. Taft

Director

Mr. Robert Taft is President and CEO of USA Ties, Inc., an international business facilitator. As former Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Mr. Taft oversaw the development of new U.S. commercial programs in Europe, China, Latin America, Croatia/Bosnia, South Africa, Haiti and Vietnam.

Mr. Taft has worked and lived in over 75 countries and personally has helped nearly 3,000 small and medium sized companies broker business arrangements abroad.

He has consulted with government and business leaders from over 20 countries and is the author of Growing Your Business Globally.

Over the years Mr. Taft has served as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Defense, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Constituency for Africa, and several overseas governments.

As President and CEO of the World Trade Association in Florida, Mr. Taft formerly managed the international efforts of all the Florida World Trade Centers and worked with Enterprise Florida to create the nationally recognized Florida Team Trade Network.

Mr. Taft has worked with Mr. Staley for over 18 years and was on the board of the Eco Safe group of companies for over 15 years.

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Mr. L. Carl Peterson, CFP, MSFS, CRPC

Secretary Treasurer Director

L. Carl Peterson is a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP) by profession and the President and founder of Money Resources, Inc. While offering advice to all, especially employee benefits, he is particularly known for his work with high income, high net worth individuals and the complex tax, retirement, and estate planning problems they face.

Aside from being the first CFP on Guam, he has a Masters in Financial Services (MSFS). He was also the first CRPC (Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor) on Guam. Mr. Peterson is a charter member of the International Association of Financial Planners (1972); a charter member of The National Network of Estate Planning Advisors; a Principal Broker for real estate; He is also a member of the American Tax Planning Institute which addresses large tax planning issues.

Mr. Peterson served 5 years as a Russian linguist and crypto operator operating from multiple platforms in Asia.

He also has always been very active in the community: he served as the World President of the Junior Chamber International, having traveled to over 100 countries making speeches on self-development and the free market; he has been Chairman of the Guam Chamber of Commerce twice; Chairman of the Armed Forces Committee three times; as Chairman of the Guam Telephone Authority, he oversaw the drafting of the legislation, the bidding, and the privatization of that utility; he is a past Director of Project Concern International, a primary health care delivery organization in parts of the world where there is no health care at all; he served 22 years on the Guam Planning/Land Use Commission; he was the creator of the Jaycees International Foundation, which now has millions of dollars in it; served with distinction on many boards/commissions, in active and advisory capacities; member of Rotary International for 52 years and a strong supporter of the Boy Scouts.

Through written articles, speeches, and workshops, he is a very strong advocate for entrepreneurs and the free market both globally and domestically – his latest commitment was giving lectures on the free market at Universities in China. Carl is especially known for his skills as a premier educator of executives and employees on tax reduction and using money as a tool for financial independence.

Carl was inducted as the Laureate to the Guam Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame 5-2-15. He was selected as the Guam Business 1996 Executive of the Year, by a group of his peers. He was also chosen as Guam’s Outstanding Young Person of the Year in 1979. He is a co-author of three comprehensive books: Wealth Enhancement and Preservation, Ways and Means and an extensive book on business, called Strictly Business. He is also the author of innumerable articles for various business magazines, newspapers and broadcast media.

In July of 2011, Mr. Peterson was sworn in as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (CASA), a 3-star protocol, for Guam. Not only does he attend literally every function of the various Army components, his mandate is to comment on what the concerns and needs are of those components he oversees: the U.S. Army, Reserve, and Guard activities on Guam and Micronesia.

He is a principal with GUASA (Guam-U.S.-Asia Security Alliance). GUASA hosted The Asian Security Roundtable on Guam September 5-6th 2013, where some of the country’s top Asian security experts met to discuss and develop the U.S. security posture and commitments to Asia. A second Roundtable, involving security experts from 7 Asian countries and the U.S., was held on Guam October 15-17, 2014, and a 3rd was held in Congress in 2015 with Senator McCain as the primary keynote. A 4th was planned in Tokyo with key security experts from impacted countries in Asia but will now be held in the 2nd Island Chain (Saipan) in late 2018.

Carl has two daughters by previous marriage, Sonia and Ramona. He is married to Clara Okada Peterson, and they have three children. Rani, at age 39, is a graduate from Hillsdale College, one of only 4 absolutely private colleges in America; she works with Altres, a placement company in Hawaii. Genni, age 34, is a graduate of UH Manoa; after 12 years with Apple is now with a production team in Santa Monica. Jon-Carl, 32, graduated from Special Ops Boot Camp, then Spec War in 2010, and then graduated as a Navy Special Ops Diver in July 2011 and was assigned to SEAL Team Three (Naval Special Warfare Unit 3) in Hawaii. He subsequently left the Navy in September of 2011.

Carl has known Mr. Staley for over 18 years and visited the Eco Safe group of companies and Mr. Staley a number of times. He has intimate knowledge of the Eco Safe Group of companies and Mr. Staley.

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Mr. Paul J. Fisher

Director, Environmental and Electrical Specialist

Mr. Paul Fisher is an electrical engineer with a passion for environmental improvement. Seeing the global need for the advanced eco-friendly technologies being developed by Ted Staley and the company, he was an early shareholder in Eco Safe Solutions.

With a desire to see our urgently needed systems introduced worldwide and his hands-on experience with electrical systems and installation, he is a welcome addition as a director, and an asset to the board and the company as a valued engineering consultant.

In Sydney during the ’80s and ’90s, Mr. Fisher was the manager with responsibility for project oversight for Honeywell and Chubb, where he served in the development of high-level electrical installation security systems throughout the Australian government, as well as commercial situations from early construction to final commissioning.

In that time period, he was also involved in many aspects of live sound reinforcement before later becoming a private security contractor specializing in the installation of CCTV and other electronics for public spaces, shopping centers and the retail sector.

He returned to New Zealand and has specialized in import/export of eco-products. Moving from Christchurch after the 2020 earthquakes, he now lives in Auckland, NZ and is actively working to introduce the SAVE OUR OCEANS INITIATIVE to New Zealand and Australia.

He came to the ESS board with a wealth of business experience and a high level of practical technical understanding of electronics, electrical engineering and systems installation.

He has been an advisor and ardent supporter on many levels to the company’s founder, Ted Staley for the past 20 years. Mr. Fisher has an intimate understanding of ESS systems and the technologies involved, as well as SOOI where he is a welcome addition to its board. Mr. Fisher has worked with Mr. Staley and was on the board of Eco Safe Solutions group of companies for over 15 years.

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KEY EMPLOYEES

Mr. Massimo Giovannelli

Pallet Production General Manager, China

Working History:

COMPANY; Suzhou M.S.L. Business Consulting Co., Ltd (Suzhou, Jiangsu Province China). Business and Industrial Development Consulting

Position: Chief Executive Officer

Date of Employment: 03/2020 – Present

Key Duties and Responsibilities: Provide to industrial company business development plan, industrial development plan and Market Analysis, Blue Ocean Strategy.

COMPANY; MONTANARI DRIVE TECHNOLOGY (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd, Pinghu, Zhejiang Province, China. Traction machine for elevator and gearless.

Position: Operation Manager

Date of Employment: 08/2018- 02/2020

Key Duties & Responsibilities: Responsible for set up and establishment of the Operation. Fully responsible for all Operations activities. Responsible for hiring Staff and training accordingly. Responsible for Logistic Operation, Industrial Engineering, Sourcing and Purchase, Quality and Technical Office.

COMPANY; LAFERT (SUZHOU) Co., Ltd. (Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China) Electric Motor and Servomotor.

Position: General Manager

Date of Employment: 06/2011 – 07/2018

Key Duties & Responsibilities: Responsible for setting up and establishment of the new company in China. Fully responsible for the Profit and Loss, sales budget marketing research and development. Responsible for hiring staff and training accordingly. Responsible for Logistic Operation, Industrial Engineering, Sourcing and Purchase, Finance and Administration.

COMPANY; MAGNA TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China) Led and Lighting Trading Company.

Position: LED Lighting Division Manager

Date of Employment: 03/2010 – 06/2011

Key Duties & Responsibilities: Responsible for setting up trade sales department and improving export sales revenues. Responsible for the Sales budget. Responsible for Marketing research and development.

COMPANY: TALY PLASTIC EXTRUSION Co. Ltd (Minzhong, Zhongshan City Guangdong Province China), which belongs to Laes Group: Leader in Cellulose Acetate, which produces extruded stripes for Optical Frames (revenue 10 million € in China).

Position: Production Manager

Date of Employment: 07/2008 – 12/2009 (contract)

Key Duties & Responsibilities: Responsible for Production in CA sheets, Granules, Maintenance, Industrial Engineering and Product Development. Contributed, together with the central optical manufacturing division, to the improvement of production and process standard through Testing, Optimization and Validation.

COMPANY: MAINGROUP ASIA (branch of MAINGROUP Spa Italy) (Xiamen Industrial Zone Hanai, Jinjiang Fujian Province P.R. China) leader in injection shoe-making machine (revenue 45 million €).

Position: Operation and Industrial Manager/Temporary Manager

Date of Employment: 07/2005 to 07/2007

Key Duties & Responsibilities: Lead and manage a joint Italian/Chinese venture specialized in shoemaking machines. Lead and manage all Industrial Departments Production, Engineering, Purchase Technical Office, Logistic, Pre Sales and Post Sales Service. Lead relocation in a new site.

COMPANY: GIOCHI PREZIOSI Spa (Colgate (MI) Italy and Hong Kong SAR), leader in production and distribution of many products such as toys, scholastics products, garden items and footwear (revenue 500 million €)

Position: Technologist (R & D and Quality) Manager –Technical Office Group Manager

Date of Employment: 09/1999 – 09/2002

Key Duties & Responsibilities: Collaboration with Marketing during the phase of new project’s elaboration. Lead and manage a staff of technicians in order to realize prototypes, analyzing and modifying according to the quality requirements. Engineering Industrialization and Production of new products in the Chinese factories. Evaluate if the factories and the suppliers respect the quality parameters. Manage Injection and Plastic Molding Technologies, Mechanical and Electronic questions, paying attention to the safety regulation such as EN 71, ASTM, ROHS and FDA.

Papers 2000 “TAME”: TOYS APPLICATION OF MICROELECTRONICS WITH MIXED CODE ASIC ASIC: Technology innovates toys, creating a better interactive approach with a classical doll.

Linguistic skills: Fluent in Italian, English, and advanced spoken Chinese, both Mandarin and Cantonese. Will start with SOOI pending funding.

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Mr. Gilbert N. Solomon

Project Manager, Philippines

Professional Project Manager, Expert in Personnel Staffing, Materials Acquisition and in Supervising Manufacturing and Construction Operations. Serving as Project Manager responsible for all aspects of buildup and operational staffing. Mr. Solomon is a licensed Civil Engineer and proficient in all CAD operating systems.

Mr. Solomon was an employee and director of the Eco Safe Group for over 17 years and is now proud to continue his association with Mr. Staley and this great humanitarian mission and will oversee the shredder manufacturing in the Philippines.

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BOARD OF ADVISORS

Mr. William (Bill) Danshin

Advisor

President, Pure Water Corporation, Canada

OBJECTIVE:

“Add-Value” to Revenues and Profits in the Water Purification, Wastewater Treatment, Renewable Energy, Agriculture, Resources, Sustainable Development and related Infrastructure Business Sectors.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Many years of experience and extensive “know-how” in water purification, wastewater treatment, renewable energy, agriculture, solid waste reuse/recycle technologies, resource and sustainable development.
High value expertise and experience in civil and building construction markets.
Established and work with a global network of Professionals, Equipment/Technology Providers, Financier Groups, Business Associates.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Currently working on global business developments and pending/potential projects in resource, water, wastewater, renewable energy, agriculture and related infrastructure.
Global network of professionals, equipment/technology providers, to manufacture, deliver and service water purification, solid waste & wastewater, renewable energy equipment, agriculture technologies.
Converted a company from position of bankruptcy to monthly revenue exceeding $1M and significant net profit, in 18 months.
Reduced operating cost and inventory in water valve manufacturing plant while significantly increasing production capacity and profits.

Organized the construction of the first multi-level load bearing steel-stud frame/composite joist/concrete floor building in Western Canada.
Secured license and manufacturing “know-how” to unique water filtration technology that is getting a lot of interest worldwide.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

President, PWC, Pure Water Corporation, Canada 1993 – present

Essence of business is delivery of “Low-Cost Pure Water with Clean Energy”, integrated with “Value-Added” Agriculture.
Effective in establishing business relationships with customers and participants to manufacture, deliver and service water purification, solid waste/wastewater treatment/reuse, renewable energy and agriculture equipment/technologies/services, worldwide.
Currently manufacturing and delivering innovative and unique water filters (brand name “Deferum”).

Owner and Operator, Steel-Tech Building Systems, Delta, BC 2006 – present

Developed sustainable development Agri-Village concept with pre-packaged homes and unique Greenhouse/Vertical Farming Technologies c/w… water/wastewater treatment-reuse/renewable energy and outdoor/indoor greenhouse & vertical farm agriculture.

Sales Manager, Steeler Inc., Surrey, BC

Market and sell steel stud framing materials and drywall products to the commercial and residential construction industry in BC and Alberta, Canada.
Coordinate construction of load-bearing multi-level steel stud composite joist buildings.
Currently working on business developments that involve manufacturing/construction of LSF (Load Bearing Steel Frame) multi-level buildings and package homes c/w pure water, wastewater recycle/reuse, greenhouse agriculture, and renewable energy systems, along with recycled and plant-based constructions materials.

Sales and Operations Manager, Continental Explosives Ltd., Richmond, BC

Operations Management and Purchasing responsibilities for 12 branch operations – budget, in British Columbia, Canada.
Technical Sales – Introduced a wide variety of new commercial explosives and detonation systems to Mining, Construction, Logging Industries in BC.
Provided drilling and blasting consulting services to urban development, industrial/commercial site service projects and mining operations (eg. Prince Rupert Port Terminal, Nanaimo Duke Point Industrial Site, Grand Duke Mine, Stewart, BC, Westmin Resources, Vancouver Island, Canada).

Civil Construction Contractor, Independent, BC

Superintendent – Construction, Logging, Road Building, Site Service Projects
Commercial Explosives Expert – Mining, Logging, Road Building, Construction
Heavy Equipment Operator – Excavators, Trucks, Dozers, Drills, etc.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Computer Applications, Academy of Learning, Nanaimo, BC, Canada. Wastewater Treatment and Collection, BC Water and Wastewater Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Operations Management Technology, BC Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC, Canada.

Languages: English/Russian.

“Pure Water + Clean Energy + Agriculture + Know-How = OPPORTUNITY + Toil & Peaceful Life.”

“Pure Water + Clean Energy + Agriculture + Know-How = OPPORTUNITY + Toil & Peaceful Life”

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Mr. Alex Martin Financial

Advisor

Professional Experience

Chief Financial Officer | Ole Ole, Santa Monica, CA 2022 – Present

Ole Ole Sport is the marketplace for Football Fan Ticket Experiences. Specializing in the world’s biggest sport, football, Ole Ole provides fans access to “Hard to Get Fan Ticket Experiences.” Ole Ole also allows stakeholders such as sports teams, organizing committees, sponsorship partners, hospitality companies, and sports and event tour operators to list and sell unused hotel and ticket inventory.

Involved in a capital raise process for Ole Ole, reaching out to 50+ personnel contacts in Investment Banking / Venture Capital.
Also reached out to essentially all 100 2022 Midas List Venture Capital Investors via LinkedIn reach out.
Discussing with Oracle NetSuite regarding the ERP software implementation.
Attending leading webinars by Financial Times and the Economist to increase knowledge base and stay informed on all major topics in the global economy. Reading CFO Dive to stay a well-informed CFO capable of managing a corporation’s financials, and staying ahead of risks in the global economy.

Mentor | Newchip Accelerator, Toronto, ON 2022 – Present

The #1 Online Accelerator: Provide founders with all of the tools and skills necessary to build, scale, and fund their startups.

2500+ Portfolio Companies & $2.2B+ Raised by Alumni.
Mentors and Advisors represent the top 3% of entrepreneurs – IPOs, millions raised, M&A – they’ve done it all.
An online community of like-minded founders, investors, and mentors to learn from and build your network.
Monthly group masterminds with like-minded entrepreneurs provide accountability to reach your goals.
Currently a mentor to 6 companies & on the Advisory Board of 1:
Geego Kids: International learning platform for children’s physical activity skills, and a concept in a world where the presence, essential physical skills and example of adults play an important role in building a physical lifestyle.
Nodis: A social network designed to help you connect with others. One goal in mind: creating value.
Recspert: Virtual recreation center, connecting people with recreation experts.
Rise Higher Education (Advisory Board): Personalized counseling for higher education – an International Education Management establishment dedicated to help students who seek to pursue their higher education from a foreign University.
SmartDry: A Brazilian mining technology company that has 2 patents and will have a monopoly in mining fine-grain tailings.
StatStak: Sports training facility ERP that helps save clients 3.5 hours a day by automating scheduling tasks such as lessons, rentals, and memberships while optimizing facility usage.
Vestr: Social media for investing, think Twitter x Robin hood x Sub stack. Users can interact with communities and follow news sources for free while they browse the stock market, and can also subscribe to top-tier investors that sell their trades and advice for $X/month.

Managing Partner | Amartechnology Global, Toronto, ON 2021 – Present

Display big-picture acumen in conceptualizing and establishing branding strategy through 99Designs Logo Contest, as well as developing website (https://amartechnologyglobal.com) to effectively roll out the brand in 2021.

Accomplishing investments in the public markets encompassing Affirm, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Asana, Lockheed Martin, Nvidia, Shopify, Snowflake, Tesla, TuSimple Holdings, and Zoom Video Communications.
From 2018-2020, passively tracked a portfolio of high growth technology equities in the markets and rebalanced for recent promising IPOs in the markets. Developed a track record of a 53% CAGR investment return from 2018 – 2020 and alpha of 39.5% as measured against the performance of the average of the NYSE and NASDAQ over the same period.
Targeted strategy is to consult on investment banking M&A and capital raise deals to grow our capital base and client base, to eventually become a fully FINRA-registered firm or to land a full-time job at an established firm.
Generated value creation ideas for several contacts including possible acquisitions and technology implementations:
Quire: Co-directed digital video landscape/valuation project with Quire, an innovative strategic advisory firm, and drove financial IRRs on five potential acquisitions comprising of financial projections, valuation of future funding rounds, and exit in five years.

Private Equity Consulting Vice President | Accordion, Toronto, ON 2021 – 2022

Engaged as a 3rd-party Consultant on a short-term sell-side readiness project supporting the CFO of a Private Equity-backed business in preparing analyses for future buyer diligence.

Analyses included a comprehensive file that converted the company’s current FIFO inventory system of over 100 SKUs across 5 plant locations, including transfer pricing from a centralized inventory warehouse to a LIFO calculation, to measure the impact of rising steel prices on the business’ EBITDA.
Other analyses included an analysis of growth versus maintenance capital expenditures, a customer churn analysis that measured retention rates on a revenue and number-of-customer basis across various customer concentration cohorts and a capture rate analysis that calculated the effectiveness of the business at capturing sales.

Accounting Associate | Willington Martin CPAs, Richmond Hill, ON 2018 – 2020

Provided exceptional support to clients in preparing personal Canadian income tax returns comprising all income and investment reporting during tax assessment period. Offered high-quality support in Partner’s Audit Commencement activities for several music industry clients by providing supporting document schedules aligned with auditor’s requirements.

Strategized and structured breakthrough financial model to review advanced tax optimization scenarios by improving various variables and their implications on future net worth of client resulting in enhancing client’s net worth over 5-year time horizon.
Accurately performed investment bookkeeping using TTI templates to record all investment income and capital gains within several equity portfolios.
Drove full-cycle bookkeeping assistance to multiple medical professional corporations using QuickBooks by accurately recording day-to-day transactions, processing general accounting entries, and performing monthly bank reconciliations.

Technology Investment Banking Associate | ComCap, Silicon Valley, CA 2015 – 2016

Acknowledged by company Founder and Managing Partner for consistent exemplary efforts. Recognized for structuring extremely complex proprietary internal models, including value creation models to direct client’s 5-year plans for financing and acquisition with attention to grow and improve positive future value for founder/stakeholders.

Enhanced client exposure and experience by proactively interacting with client CFOs/Controllers and attending Board Level meetings with CEOs/CFOs/Venture Capitalists on various high-profile potential technology investment banking deals.
Leveraged expertise in formulating complex financial modeling, including but not limited to: consolidated business unit operating model roll-ups, accretion-dilution analysis, 3-statement operating models, and other valuation models.
Consulted and advised senior leadership of Singapore Post to accomplish acquisition of Trade Global for $168.9M.
Guided and recommended Dynamic Action to raise strategic equity of $15M from Accenture.

Technology Investment Banking Associate | Avendus Capital, New York, NY 2014 – 2015

Value-added in client management skill set through establishment of effective rapport and workflow management, in close collaboration with CEO throughout M&A process. Deployed deep market-based research and business development acumen in discovering and populating a prospective list of 100 companies with key financial performance metrics across assigned sectors to target for business development efforts.

Contributed to informed decision-making process by presenting weekly trading comps and precedent transactions reports about target sectors to MD and VP.
Supported prospective deals, live M&A transactions, and capital raise opportunities by generating financial models, investment memorandums, and pitches.
Delivered expert-level consultancy to Zeon Solutions on their acquisition by Perficient for $35M.

Founder & CEO | SIZzlE, Toronto, ON 2012 – 2013

Established software concept which accelerated the overall percentage of online business completed for online clothing market, as well as reducing the return rate of online clothes shopping. Directly engaged with several Venture Capital firms to consult about their perspective on venture, including Michael Moritz at Sequoia Capital.

Credited with intellectualizing and introducing new consumer software Fashion Ecommerce Fit Technology start‐up similar to modern-day True Fit, before True Fit was in existence, through development of well-researched management presentation, and sought to raise Venture Capital funding.
Developed software concept which reduced the problem of sizing issues while buying clothes online, resulting in improving efficiency and driving growth in top-line to major online clothing $50B TAM.
Made contact with several Venture Capital firms including Michael Moritz at Sequoia Capital.
True Fit, the competitor that emerged after, has now raised $157M and was growing at 85% revenue recently, so there was proof in the business thesis.

Technology Investment Banking Associate | Pagemill Partners, Silicon Valley, CA 2011 – 2012

Applied highly collaborative and analytical approach to engage with lawyers and CFOs at client companies for conversing on legal due diligence matters and financial results, with focus to close deals. Partnered with management teams in conducting due diligence and advising on potential acquirer targets through delivery of comprehensive financial models, marketing materials, and other cross-functional analyses.

Secured 25% salary raise after 4 months on job for consistent outperformance above expectations.
Involved in a growth equity raise for an IP video technology business that provides service to the US Air Force for their drone planes for counter-terrorism measures.
Accredited for successfully programming highly complex VBA-enabled database that allowed advanced research options to firm in searching and identifying all historical deals by sector and sub-sector.
Guided Mu Dynamics on $40M acquisition by Spirent Communications.

Real Estate Investment Banking Associate / Buy-Side Trader | Brookfield Financial, Toronto 2010

Traded several block trade positions at a targeted selling price.

Ideated the special situations pair trade to go long Baidu and short Google when Google exited China in 2010 – trade would’ve returned 159% returns in 2010.
Recruited by Credit Suisse to New York, so that is why the short stay at Brookfield.

Technology Investment Banking Analyst | Credit Suisse, San Francisco, CA / New York, NY 2007-2009, 2010-2011

Top ranked Technology Investment Banking Analyst from 2007 – 2009, exceeded expectations on all reviews. Responsible for working on large capitalization clients including Google, Oracle and KKR.

Identified as a leader within his class and encouraged to take on leadership roles within the firm, including assisting with the technology group’s annual conference.
Consistently worked on lean deal teams, staffed with senior bankers including Directors and VPs.
Performed financial analysis, including valuation modeling and creating presentations for large capitalization technology clients and prospective clients including Amazon, eBay, Google and Oracle.
Significant modeling experience performing comparable valuation, DCFs, IRR, LBO analyses and 3-statement operating models.
Involvement in live financial market transactions including IPOs, M&A, convertible debt and investment grade debt.
Selected transaction experience includes:
Joint Bookrunner on Oracle’s $5B investment-grade debt offering to fund the BEA Systems acquisition.
Advised Trina Solar on their $120M convertible debt offering.
Advised Mint.com on their acquisition by Intuit for $170M
Advised Magma Design Automation on $50M convertible debt exchange offer.

Consultant to Co-Founder & CEO | Movieclips.com, Santa Monica, CA 2009

Hired by the Co-Founders of Movieclips to assist in the early-stage development of Movieclips.

Provided CEOs with investment memorandum, operating financial model and innovative research to help them understand key business issues, including fundamental Industry trends.
Online video had been historically unprofitable, so created a unique revenue by hour analysis comparing Movieclips.com to industry leaders Hulu and YouTube on a revenue per hour of video streamed basis utilizing comScore and Wall Street research.
Research analysis identifying that short-form professional content had profitability potential due to highest ad revenue per hour of video streamed. Contributed to the Company’s successful Series A Venture Capital round of $3M.
The Company went on to raise several rounds of venture capital funding and was acquired by Fandango.

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Dr. Christopher M. Silverio, PhD

Environmental Advisor

Dr. Silverio is an expert in environmental management, including issues of monitoring, treatment, and handling of wastewater, waste solids, toxic and hazardous wastes, biogas, and air pollution.

Dr. Silverio previously worked with the Industrial Technology Development Institute, a multidisciplinary research and development institute of the Philippines government’s Department of Science and Technology, where he served in the Environmental Division as Chief Science Research Specialist. His work has resulted in a number of patents in environmental mitigation and energy source technologies. He actively advises the Philippines government in matters concerning environmental policy.

Dr. Silverio received a double B.S in Pre-Medicine and Biological Science from the University of the East, two M.S. degrees in Biology and Biotechnology from the University of Santo Tomas and the University of New South Wales, and his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from the University of the Philippines. He did a post-doctoral fellowship at the Hokkaido National Industrial Research Institute.

Dr. Silverio has known Mr. Staley for close to 20 years and was on the board of the Eco Safe Solutions group of companies founded by Mr. Staley for over 15 years. Now, he is an important advisor to Save Our Oceans Initiative. His full 39-page resume is available upon request.

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Sisy M. Orobitg

Government and Social Advisor

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

MBA graduate with 15 years of generalist expertise in organizing business operations, project management and executive leadership to achieve smooth flow and project operations. Able to manage deliverables by identifying problems and providing targeted solutions. Knowledgeable in an agile and lean perspectives, with an emphasis in compliance and quality assurance project management. Extensive experience in workplace dynamics consisting of diverse employee pools and ensuring efficient productivity while adhering to quality control standards and measurables. Possess a systems’ thinking and analytical approach for continuous operational process improvements and change management initiatives. Speak fluent English and Spanish, and conversational Portuguese. Possess Level 2 Mild Public Trust Clearance.

SOFT SKILLS

Planning and forecasting
Management
Budgeting
Tracking and monitoring
Project management methodologies
Meeting facilitation
Executive Leadership Coaching

Subject matter expertise
Quality assurance
management
Project management software
Writing and reporting
Research
Scope management

WORK EXPERIENCE

QUALITY ASSURANCE & COMPLIANCE SUPERVISOR/ EOC MANAGER INTERIM | 08/2023 – Present

Deployed Services LLC- North Carolina

Produce daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual statistical reports for submission to Program Director,

ORR and other stakeholders.

Collect, analyze, and track data to ensure compliance with ORR and DS policies and procedures, including

Implementation of best practices

Provide guidance on ORR required training refreshers, and DS policies and procedures, including identifying

additional training needs.

Oversee the work of other Compliance Assurance Associates and other staff.
Provide supervision to a team of Compliance Assurance Specialists to ensure quality direct care services to unaccompanied children.
Highlight trends, risk factors, and provide guidance for proposed corrective action plans.
Participate in the development of Internal Corrective Action Plans.
Conduct scheduled and random audits, desktop monitoring, inspections, or investigations as necessary.
Verify and log compliance information daily, weekly, or monthly as needed.
Extract data from WebEOC and interpret compliance and quality assurance results with all stakeholders.
Review and ensure the Risk Register is being followed and up to date.
Keep up with policy updates from HHS and ORR.
Provide support and solutions to identified non-compliance items.
Develop a workflow for audits and inspections or investigations as necessary.
Write and assess Performance Work Statement (PWS) of contracts, and Standard Operating Procedures.
Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
Report any discrepancies with contract requirements and policy adherence.
Developed survey tools and other monitoring tools (qualitative and quantitative) for data analytics.

REUNIFICATION CASE MANAGER AND QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN PROJECT MANAGEMENT LEAD | 06/2022 – 08/2023

Deployed Services LLC – North Carolina

Responsible for the project scope, managing the project team, as well as the resources assigned to the project.
Lead the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan weekly workgroup consisting of 27-34 team members.
Redrafted Standard Operating Procedures and PWS, Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans with stakeholder output.
Outlined a project charter.
Created a risk assessment report, risk matrix, and updated the Risk Register.
Checked with the project team for a daily standup and progress report, and after event meetings.
Updated the project calendar to reflect timeline shifts.
Tracked project timelines and deliverables.
Provided feedback and communicated to stakeholders expected responsibilities and deadlines.
Provided guidance in writing metrics templates and analyzing data analytics.
Worked with Program Director and Assistant Program Director to discuss quality assurance and compliance measurables/metrics, including trend assessments, checklists, and surveys.
Created quality assurance measurement tools for cross functional teams.
Set and manage stakeholder expectations, both internally and externally.
Provided feedback on job descriptions, organizational charts, and other duties.
Created sample size and survey statistical spreadsheets.
Developed training for coaching programs to be used across all program levels.
Under ORR guidelines, worked with Unaccompanied Children (UC’s) under care-provider and reunify them safely and timely with vetted US Sponsors.
Performed intakes, assessments, assist sponsors with Family Reunification Packet, and prepared case for

unaccompanied minor release petition to the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

Staffed cases, uploaded documents to the UC portal, and Share-point.
Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.

DISC TRAINER/EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST-VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION | 05/2020 – 05/2022

Independent Contractor/State of Florida

Developed and implemented effective coaching strategies to help clients overcome employment-related challenges.
Trained clients to identify strengths and coached them on how to use those strengths to secure other job

opportunities or excel in their chosen career path.

Provided career paths options based on clients’ soft and hard skills, qualifications, interests, and experience.
Demonstrated passion for learning and committed to continual improvement.
Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.

EMD HHS PRN-BILINGUAL DISASTER RESPONSE CASE MANAGER | 06/2018 – 08/2021

BCFS – Texas

Under FEMA activation, trained to provide case management services to individuals and families; by completing intakes, needs assessments, develop case plans, and make appropriate referrals for ongoing services; Complete case documentation and attend periodic team meetings.
Conducted screening and assessments to determine qualification status, coping mechanisms, and needs for

services.

Worked under the FEMA, HHS, and Office of Refugee and Resettlement Programs.
Developed and implemented safety plans for clients at risk of harm to provide protection.

BILINGUAL REUNIFICATION SPECIALIST | 12/2018 – 11/2019

Caliburn International/CHSI – Homestead Influx Shelter, Florida

Worked with Unaccompanied Children ages 13-17 under ORR guidelines and field guidance.
Worked diligently for a safe and timely release by correctly following HHS/ORR guidelines for Category 1, Category 2A, 2B, Category 3 and Category 4 cases.
Highest case workload of up to 18 children and successfully presented over 55 children for reunification.
Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
Demonstrated a high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.

PRN LEAD CASE MANAGER -SSA Project | 03/2017 – 01/2018

ISN Corp, Inc. – Miami, FL

As a lead QA/QC Case Manager, led a team of eight case managers, guided their case planning, preparation, QA/QC write ups and case staffing.
Conducted site visits to interview representative payees and beneficiaries, reviewed confidential and private

records, documented observations, and collected evidence and information as necessary.

Developed corrective action plans to resolve fiduciary responsibility concerns and other quality assurance metrics.
Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.

EXECUTIVE TEAM REGIONAL INSIDE SALES COORDINATOR-LATAM | 05/2013 – 12/2014

INMARSAT, Inc. – Miami, FL

Managed a portfolio of 15-30 accounts in Latin America for global telecommunications firm based in London offering telecom services including land equipment, fleet broadband and satellite services to governments in LATAM and MENA, with over $250M in business opportunities.
Handled new vendors and channel partner contracts, and elevated discount pricing requests, to be included in monthly contracts.
Mentored new inside salespeople and led Global Government-Brazil/LATAM Team of ten peers in project scope meetings, pipeline forecasting, and provided direction and assistance in business development and sales KPI’s.
Developed new account business of USD$250k within FY2014 2nd quarter and assessed market research for pursuit of market penetration in key countries. Developed $250M sales pipeline opportunities and channel partner strategies for Brazil, LATAM and MENA.
Analyzed past sales data and team performance to develop realistic sales goals and adjusted timelines.
Increased revenue by implementing effective sales strategies in sales cycle process from prospecting leads through close.

EDUCATION

Florida International University – Miami, Florida

M.B.A – Corporate Business Administration

Florida International University – Miami, Florida

B.A. – International Relations

CERTIFICATIONS

Google Project Management Professional Certificate

Coursera – Completed date October 2023

Link: https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/specialization/certificate/G6JFVZ3RSCF7

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

SAP, Salesforce, Siebel, SharePoint, Smartsheet, PeopleSoft, ACT, Concur, Outlook, PowerPoint, Advanced Excel, Word, Visio, SharePoint, MAC, HRIS, Google Documents, Advanced Excel: Pivot Tables, Charts, Graphs, Macros. WEBOC, Lean Six Sigma, Agile and Project Management Methodologies, SWOT Analysis, strong data analysis, SQL.

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