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THE
TEAM
Officers
Alan Rothman,
President:
Serial entrepreneur Alan Rothman was educated at Long Island University – BS
cum laude Brooklyn, New York and Southwestern
School of Law – JD Los Angeles. In his
early years he trained as an Attorney at Zonni,
Ginochio and Taylbr where he successfully handled
large subrogation cases and complex business
litigation.
Mr. Rothman's well developed
skill in taking complex information and disseminating
it in simple and easy to understand terms, allowed
him to build the well respected entrepreneurial
focused, nationally syndicated radio show, Business
of Success (www.businessofsuccess.com).
The unique and independent format of the show
has attracted top tier Fortune 500 CEOs, along
with some of the most respected Thought Leaders'
who cover topics such as; global trends, finance,
investments, technology, leadership, branding,
sales and marketing, networking, personal wellbeing,
motivation and the everyday success principles.
He has written over 5,000 articles for various
business publications and interviewed thousands
of people, including CEO's of Fortune 500 companies,
major politicians including Presidents, members
of Congress, Entrepreneurs, and the top leaders
in motivation, leadership, productivity, technology,
video gaming, writing & publishing, nanotechnology
and travel industries. Alan has also written
several books including 'Power Networking: Why
Enrich Is for Everyone.'.
Mairéad
Howe,
Vice President:
A strong and strategic communicator, Ms Howe
has well established career in her capacity as
Marketing and Communications Manager for one
of Ireland's leading and most politically powerful
lobby groups, The Vintners' Federation of Ireland
(VFI). Working alongside the CEO and the VFI
National Executive Council; a Board of Directors
of over fifty individuals, and representing over
6,000 independent business owners, she was responsible
for the execution and management of all internal
and external communications on legislative, political
and commercial aspects of the licensed trade.
She has at the invitation of the Minister for
State Enterprise, Trade and Employment sat on
Governmental Committee and has also managed the
organization's media relations and developed
and executed of a significant number of high-profile
above and below-the-line national marketing campaigns.
During
her tenure with the VFI, Ms. Howe developed a
number of commercially viable businesses that
exploited the organizations unique position in
the drinks industry and her strong entrepreneurial
and commercial focus earned her a seat on the
Board of Directors of the organizations wholly
owned, commercial subsidiary, The Vintners' Research & Development
Company (VR&D). The Board of Directors of
the VR&D Company is comprised of key leaders
within the Drinks Industry in Ireland.
On leaving
the VFI Mairéad started a
communications and marketing agency where she
consulted with clients in the environmental,
IT recruitment, financial services, estate agency
and licensed trade industries. Her marketing
campaigns earned her the IDMA Gold Award for
Best Business to Consumer Campaign along with
the much coveted discretionary Award for Excellence
for Best Use of Data which she received on behalf
of her client, Green Cone Ireland, Ltd.
David
Howe,
Treasurer/Chief Technical Officer:
A technical and financial engineer, Mr. Howe
has a long and successful background in Technology
and Project Management. He was responsible
for introducing Lucent Technologies fixed wireless
broadband portfolio throughout Europe, Middle
East and Asia where revenues grew from $5 million
in 1999 to over $133 million in 2001. Mr. Howe
is a Chartered Engineer and has an MBA from the
Open University in the UK, where he specialized
in Technology Management and Corporate Financial
Strategy.
Mr. Howe has had a long and varied career
in the telecoms and multimedia industry also
holds advanced certification (level 2) in Linux
from the LPI.
Career Highlights - David has worked for the
following companies and his achievements and
responsibilities were as follows:
- Cable & Wireless where he was
a Senior Network Engineer,
- AT&T where he managed the International
Satellite Systems Engineering department
in Ireland
- Lucent Technologies where he was the New
Product Introduction Manager for their fixed
wireless broadband portfolio where revenues
grew from $5m in 1999 to $133m in 2001.
- Digicel in the Caribbean where he was the
Technical Product Development Manager where
he had a special interest in m-commerce. In
addition David also project managed the implementation
of Digicel's pre-paid platform.
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ADVISORY
BOARD
The RBID.Com Advisory Board consists
of a carefully selected team of industry
veterans whose expertise lie in the
Internet, technology, financial,
operational, educational, legal,
and marketing arenas. All members
of the Board of Advisors have achieved
a high level of expertise within
their respective industries, and
add significant intellectual and
commercial value to the company based
on their experiences and achievements.
The role of the Advisory Board is
to help set the strategic direction
of the company, and make recommendations
they believe maximizes both company
and shareholder value. RBID.Com will
continue to build a well-rounded
Advisory Board and is committed to
a globally representative mix, with
members from major world regions
who have excelled in their respective
fields.
Advisory
Board Members
Simon
Johnson
Mr. Johnson's expertise is in financial
risk management within financial
services, government and industry
in Asia Pacific and Europe. He is
a Senior Financial Services Consultant
and a director of the Swiss niche
finance company 'Business Performance
Tools SARLS.' He has a Ph.D. in Management
(Management interdisciplinary qualitative
/ quantitative organizational research,
policy and analysis), focusing on
youth entrepreneurship in Asia Pacific
from the University of Melbourne
in Australia. Mr. Johnson's current
career focus is on project financing,
fund raising, investment risk management,
project management and compliance.
He is also active in educational
non-profit organizations as a Toastmaster
International European Board Member.
Elliott
Kusel
Mr. Kusel has over fifty years experience
in building successful multi million
dollar private and publicly listed
companies, i.e. the wholesale electronics
distribution industry, and the wholesale
and retail optical industries. He
is currently founder and CEO of Maverick
Gaming, Inc., an entertainment enterprise
incorporating a unique television
show utilizing a poker theme format
Mr. Kusel founded the successful
electronic components distribution
firm, Atlas Electronics, Inc. in
1958 with his then partner, mentor
and friend, Mr. Leon Machiz. Within
ten years (1968) Kusel built Atlas
into a firm with $20-million in annual
revenues. Atlas was subsequently
acquired by Sterling Electronics,
an American Stock Exchange listed
company. Mr. Machiz moved on to become
the CEO and chairman of Avnet, Inc.
(AVT), while Mr. Kusel founded and
became the CEO of Majesco, Inc.,
a bio-medical products manufacturing
company.
Matt Richards
Mr. Richards is an established national
trainer, educator, and public speaker
with The Trump Institute. His expertise
is in seminar development and training
in financial literacy programs.
Mr. Richards has been a Business
Development Advisor, mentor and
coach for KMC Development and has
served on the Board of Directors
of several traditional and publicly
traded companies. Mr. Richards
graduated from the University of
Phoenix with a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Business Administration
and Marketing.
Mr. Richards' educational
topics include:
- Investing in real estate
- Starting
a new business
- Identifying and applying for government
grant programs
- Managing debt and boosting credit
profiles
- Leadership improvement skills through personal
development and coaching.
Keith Bradshaw
Mr. Bradshaw is a lead speaker with
the Trump Institute and over the
years he has successfully built
a number of million-dollar companies.
Mr. Bradshaw is also an experienced
real estate developer and investor.Mr. Bradshaw, who founded Red Ant Manufacturing,
a manufacturer of scientific test equipment,
has a background in US and International
manufacturing plant start-ups. He has
a BS in Industrial Distribution (1992)
and an MS in Industrial Technology
(1994) from the University of Texas
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