Mr. Smith is a successful entrepreneur, whose business interests and ownerships have over his professional life, spanned a wide variety of products and services. With over 38 years of experience in business development, marketing, sales and finance, he provides a diverse level of knowledge and expertise to the Company. He was the founder of Catalyst Marketing Corporation, a public company that, under his leadership, grew to become one of the most successful telecommunications marketing agencies for products and services of industry giant, MCI. In 1991, he co-founded Tampa Bay Financial, Inc., a venture capital firm that specializes in micro-cap first stage corporate investments and, one year later, was selected as a member of the prestigious "Who's Who of American Business Executives". Mr. Smith has successfully engineered the turn around and revitalization of several troubled public companies and has also been involved in capitalizing and taking many young private companies public through a reverse merger strategy and presently sits on the Board of Directors of several public and private companies. |