John Folger
American Community Development Group, Inc.Management Team
Work 22nd Avenue North St. Petersburg FL, Fl 33704-3224 USA
Work Phone: (727) 498-7971
Work Fax: (727) 499-7474
Work Email: jfolger@acdginc.com
http://americancommunitydevelopmentgroup.com
With over 35 years of experience as an executive officer, consultant, joint venture partner or principal in private and public enterprises, John brings a wealth of direct hands on executive management skill and direction to the enterprise. His passion for customer service and client satisfaction directly drives the corporate marketing message because brand building is built on execution. His past positions include President/CEO of a publicly traded company on the Over-The-Counter Securities Market. He also has significant experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, having negotiated, structured and closed several private transactions and six public subsidiaries acquisitions. By effectively building management teams based on the requirements of the specific project, his teams have created, launched and held executive management positions and responsibilities for consolidations of multi-disciplined operations in the international franchise, credit card processing, construction and wholesale shopping industry. John has also performed business development projects for Fortune 500 companies.
A diverse executive and management background with substantial credits in the creation and implementation of market expansion strategies for corporate, subsidiary, public and privately held companies.
David Gray
American Community Development Group, Inc.Management Team
Work Phone: (727)-522-0829
http://americancommunitydevelopmentgroup.com
With over 15 years of experience as an executive officer, consultant, principal in private enterprises, David brings extensive professional business knowledge to the company. His past positions include CFO of a public RFD, software, and biometric manufacturing company traded on the OTCBB and middle management in a fortune 500 construction materials manufacturing public company traded on the NYSE. His executive experience includes SEC and FINRA reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, public stock transfer agent and investor relations, investment banking relations, arranged for new and renegotiated funding of various types, managing companies’ SEC-approved CPA audits, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international joint ventures, and business contracts. Working with companies that were out of reporting compliance, he brought in the necessary resources and, with a hands-on attitude, enabled companies to be in reporting compliance within shorter time frames than others had requested time to complete. He has an M.B.A. degree in Finance from the University of Tampa and a B.A. degree in Accounting from the University of South Florida.
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Lori Crump
Advisory Board
Lori is a professional real estate investor and entrepreneur involved in housing for the disadvantaged. She learned of the difficulties faced by ex-offenders that attempt to re-enter society while working as a probation officer for the Department of Corrections for 13 years. She was able to see, first hand, the difficulties faced by individuals that are challenged to become responsible citizens. She has been actively involved in many real estate acquisitions of single family and cluster housing in several states and has recently added several separate business acquisitions that help to employ some of the tenants.
Ron Brewer
Southbridge Advisory GroupAdvisory Board
Work Phone: (918) 599 - 9251
http://www.sbri.biz/
Mr. Brewer has served as Managing Director of Southbridge Business Resources since 1990. Southbridge is a boutique management group with a primary focus in management services and merger / acquisition representation.
Ron has experience in a broad spectrum of business disciplines in both public and private sectors; they include: manufacturing & distribution, health services, energy, environmental, technology driven products, real estate, marketing and non-profit entities.
Management services performed by Southbridge are typically company restructure or launch, and post acquisition implementation. These services have been performed in both the private and small cap public sector. In restructuring situations Southbridge brings needed changes and implementations into an organization assisting them in meeting defined improvement targets. In launch or post acquisition environments the Company will implement systems and staff, creating an operating unit that meets defined benchmarks of performance. A specialty focus is consolidation of companies, in a synergistic market niche, where SBRI services utilized are M & A, funding, and management implementation.
Prior to 1990 Mr. Brewer served as President of Mid-Continent Companies, which was a multiple division enterprise that grew ten-fold from 1980 until 1990 through acquisition, start-up and growth of existing revenue opportunities. Ron has created and facilitated all steps in formation of emerging public companies to include; merger & acquisition, capital procurement, public formation, and management implementation.
Southbridge Advisory Group, Inc.
Southbridge Advisory Group, formed in 1990 as Southbridge Business Resources, is a boutique management services firm focused in merger & acquisition representation, capital procurement, and strategic management and marketing program implementations. Our primary focus is small-cap to mid-cap companies in both the public and private sector along with formation and emerging growth companies.
SAG headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma serves clients throughout North America. The company name evolved in 2008 through merging the services and talents of two boutique firms with similar focus creating greater capabilities of performance within our firm.
Ron has experience in a broad spectrum of business disciplines in both public and private sectors; they include: manufacturing & distribution, health services, energy, environmental, technology driven products, real estate, marketing and non-profit entities.
Management services performed by Southbridge are typically company restructure or launch, and post acquisition implementation. These services have been performed in both the private and small cap public sector. In restructuring situations Southbridge brings needed changes and implementations into an organization assisting them in meeting defined improvement targets. In launch or post acquisition environments the Company will implement systems and staff, creating an operating unit that meets defined benchmarks of performance. A specialty focus is consolidation of companies, in a synergistic market niche, where SBRI services utilized are M & A, funding, and management implementation.
Prior to 1990 Mr. Brewer served as President of Mid-Continent Companies, which was a multiple division enterprise that grew ten-fold from 1980 until 1990 through acquisition, start-up and growth of existing revenue opportunities. Ron has created and facilitated all steps in formation of emerging public companies to include; merger & acquisition, capital procurement, public formation, and management implementation.
Southbridge Advisory Group, Inc.
Southbridge Advisory Group, formed in 1990 as Southbridge Business Resources, is a boutique management services firm focused in merger & acquisition representation, capital procurement, and strategic management and marketing program implementations. Our primary focus is small-cap to mid-cap companies in both the public and private sector along with formation and emerging growth companies.
SAG headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma serves clients throughout North America. The company name evolved in 2008 through merging the services and talents of two boutique firms with similar focus creating greater capabilities of performance within our firm.
Drew Connolly
IBA Capital Funding / American Community Development GroupAdvisory Board
Mr. Connolly has been instrumental in arranging financing and consulted on numerous mergers and acquisition transactions of both public and private companies. Mr. Connolly also hosted the nationally syndicated “Street Signals” radio program focusing on small business investing while acting as Corporate Development Director for Investrend Communications, a premier small cap investment research firm.
Mr. Connolly was a co-founder of the CEO Council, a national small public company advocacy association and was their Executive Director. The CEO Council’s impact on the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley reforms was acknowledged by multiple Congressional testimony appearances as well as an invitation to be a member on the SEC Committee on Smaller Public Companies. This Advisory Committee after, multiple public hearings held nationwide, and a year long consultative process, delivered to the SEC Commissioners a blueprint for small public company finance and governance that was widely acclaimed and instrumental in effecting regulatory reform impacting the capital markets that was consistent with both capital formation and investor protection..
Currently Mr. Connolly is President of IBA Capital Funding and serves as Executive Vice President for a novel technology company in the audio industry as well as working with several international concerns in energy, insurance and finance.
Mr. Connolly was a co-founder of the CEO Council, a national small public company advocacy association and was their Executive Director. The CEO Council’s impact on the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley reforms was acknowledged by multiple Congressional testimony appearances as well as an invitation to be a member on the SEC Committee on Smaller Public Companies. This Advisory Committee after, multiple public hearings held nationwide, and a year long consultative process, delivered to the SEC Commissioners a blueprint for small public company finance and governance that was widely acclaimed and instrumental in effecting regulatory reform impacting the capital markets that was consistent with both capital formation and investor protection..
Currently Mr. Connolly is President of IBA Capital Funding and serves as Executive Vice President for a novel technology company in the audio industry as well as working with several international concerns in energy, insurance and finance.
Bill Thompson
TV, inc.Advisory Board
Bill is the president of TV, Inc., a Florida corporation founded in 1987. He has developed an impressive roster of clients worldwide. With offices in the USA and Sweden, TV, Inc. works with organizations that need to improve their market position and launch new products & services. The company offers market analysis, competitive consulting review and implementation strategies to expand market share and profitability. Thompson is the author of Inside Infomercials, the bestselling book on the subject.
Mr. Thompson has been seen on ABC’s 20/20, Sally Jessey Raphael, McLaughlin Report as well as hundreds of local TV and radio talk shows. His input on domestic and international marketing challenges is in print in EVERY major newspaper and industry publication.
He also lectures on marketing strategies at corporate meeting colleges & universities yearly.
Bill's famous original quotation: “The only thing more powerful than a dream is a dream that’s financed.”
His background is extremely varied. He has been a popular featured guest on The Joe Madison program, Charles Butler, Steve Crowley's America, Fox News, and more. His wide & various areas of expertise includes marketing & management challenges, direct marketing, shop-at-home TV, mystery shopping, hygiene, health & nutrition, relationships, and politics. This diverse background comes from a lifetime of intense work in all of these fields.
Mr. Thompson has been seen on ABC’s 20/20, Sally Jessey Raphael, McLaughlin Report as well as hundreds of local TV and radio talk shows. His input on domestic and international marketing challenges is in print in EVERY major newspaper and industry publication.
He also lectures on marketing strategies at corporate meeting colleges & universities yearly.
Bill's famous original quotation: “The only thing more powerful than a dream is a dream that’s financed.”
His background is extremely varied. He has been a popular featured guest on The Joe Madison program, Charles Butler, Steve Crowley's America, Fox News, and more. His wide & various areas of expertise includes marketing & management challenges, direct marketing, shop-at-home TV, mystery shopping, hygiene, health & nutrition, relationships, and politics. This diverse background comes from a lifetime of intense work in all of these fields.