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A polymathic and inimitable leader, startup mentor, advisor, co-founder, board member, investor and journalist. Founder & Chairman of Boardroom Advisory Services, Founder & Executive Director of the Startup Hive Incubator, CEO & Group Publisher at SGB Media Group, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of CrowdPad, President & CEO of American Residential Appraisers (acquired by Coldwell Banker Commercial, CBC in 1996). I have advised 62 Startups over the past 5 years as listed on Angel List where I am also an investment syndicate lead. Fox News Real Estate & Crowdfunding Commentator and featured columnist on many news media outlets such as Vator.tv, Efactor.com, Social Media Today, Meddle.it, Quora.com, Scoop.it and well as a portfolio of over 40 proprietary digital publications in syndication. Lifetime Fellow at The Center For Progressive Leadership, Former musical instrument designer, apprentice luthier and retailer (bass guitar) as well as Associate Editor at Bass Frontiers Magazine, Contributing Staff Writer at Basics Magazine, Contributor to The Vintage Guitar Price Guide, Executive Producer of The School of Bass, Operations Manager & Cellar Master at Sableridge Vineyards, Sonoma, CA. Twenty five years as a real estate broker, developer, appraiser and expert witness. Twenty years as a real estate fix & flip, urban infill, and residential subdivision developer. USAF honorably discharged and decorated veteran having served in an elite, top secret multinational military intelligence unit in the late 70's. Single by choice for 30 years, Father to one son, grandfather to two (one boy, one girl). Born & raised in Rochester, NY currently residing in Palm Desert, CA but travel often to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, NV and Metro Phoenix and Scottsdale, AZ as well as Silicon Valley, CA. I am actively involved with and support many philanthropic and community based organizations and initiatives. My avocations are my vocations so I love what I do!
SGB Media Group is a digital publishing, web development, content marketing, community management and social media marketing firm. Over forty proprietary,syndicated digital publications. Extensive experience in retailing, advertising, website & online forum development, niche social networking, affiliate marketing, search optimization, site analytics and compliance management, corporate branding and identity, site location, event production & promotion, non-profit fund raising. Specialized Experience: * eCommerce - Ten years internet sales experience, eBay Powerseller, Amazon, CafePress, MSN. CC Bill & PayPal business partner, affiliate marketing and proprietary shopping cart administration. * Social Network Development - Early developer of social networks, discussion forums, Usenet groups and BBS chat rooms. * Blogging - 7-10 Years experienced blogger with over 20 blogs on mixed major platforms in syndication. * Packet Aggregation - Early adopter of this journalistic style which is the process of joining multiple packets together into a single transmission unit, in order to reduce the overhead associated with each transmission. * Strategic Alliance Building - Experienced in propagating formal relationships between two or more parties to pursue a set of agreed upon goals or to meet a critical business need. * Event Planning & Production - Experienced event planner and producer of specialty events such as trade shows, seminars, concerts, educational events, awards shows, and political fund raisers. * Media Relations - Experienced media relations work with broadcast, print and digital media broadcasters and publishers. Press release writing, editing and distribution along multiple channels. Crisis and reputation management.
Transaction Watchdog™ SaaS solutions enables corporations to mitigate risk and prevent operational losses, when performing business transactions. Transaction Watchdog is pioneer in context-aware computing for Transaction data. Our main service, Transaction Watchdog™ monitors each transaction, like order-to-cash or procure-to-pay, which crosses multiple business processes, various IT systems and data-basses, in order to detect and alert on data inconsistency in real- time, before any business loss occurs. The Transaction Watchdog™ uses ‘process awareness’ to protect payments to suppliers via ERP or payments by consumers via web /mobile from frauds and losses in business operations. Transaction Watchdog™ Benefits: • Lower cash leakages • Enforces compliance, regulations and policies for each complex transaction • Points out the root causes of actual losses • Mitigate exposure to fraud • Real time detection of potential operational losses • Increase visibility into controls environment • Shows real time capabilities on historical data off -line Specialties Operational Intelligence, Fraud prevention, Transaction Completence, Transaction Reconciliation, Operational Fraud, Automatic Transaction's Control in Real Time, System and Human Error, Revenue Assurance
Transaction Watchdog™ SaaS solutions enables corporations to mitigate risk and prevent operational losses, when performing business transactions. Transaction Watchdog is pioneer in context-aware computing for Transaction data. Our main service, Transaction Watchdog™ monitors each transaction, like order-to-cash or procure-to-pay, which crosses multiple business processes, various IT systems and data-basses, in order to detect and alert on data inconsistency in real- time, before any business loss occurs. The Transaction Watchdog™ uses ‘process awareness’ to protect payments to suppliers via ERP or payments by consumers via web /mobile from frauds and losses in business operations. Transaction Watchdog™ Benefits: • Lower cash leakages • Enforces compliance, regulations and policies for each complex transaction • Points out the root causes of actual losses • Mitigate exposure to fraud • Real time detection of potential operational losses • Increase visibility into controls environment • Shows real time capabilities on historical data off -line Specialties Operational Intelligence, Fraud prevention, Transaction Completence, Transaction Reconciliation, Operational Fraud, Automatic Transaction's Control in Real Time, System and Human Error, Revenue Assurance
Our Zen product line is currently being distributed to major retailers throughout California. High Tides is a delivery service that currently operates 5 vehicles, delivering Medical Marijuana throughout Southern Orange and Northern San Diego Counties. M-Essentials is our CBD infused wellness and Skin Care product line. Kannabiz is our CBD based multi-level marketing vertical. Kannakakes is a fully permitted and FDA compliant kitchen providing edibles for internal verticals as well as “White Label” baking services for properly organized and licensed 3rd party clients. ALAF Corp. acquires, sub-divides, renovates and manages strategically selected 10,000-50,000 sq. ft. commercial properties within the State of California. All ALAF buildings are sub-divided into 1,250-5,000 sq. ft. “pods” available for rent to properly organized and licensed California Medical Marijuana Corps. Our buildings are licensed and permitted, high power (complete with rooftop solar farms), properly irrigated, video secure and staffed 24 hours a day with armed off duty law enforcement security. Since we are all inclusive completely turn key facilities, we are able to charge 5 times normal commercial rent per square foot while simultaneously providing our customers a reduction of financial barrier of entry of as much as 80%. Lease packages start as low as $25,000.
TechPay LLC was formed legally in October 2012. The idea for TechPay came in June 2011. We are a new mobile payment systems company. TechPay Mobile Payments TM Our first system SwiftPay was created for grocery stores. Originally located in the Research Triangle area in Raleigh North Carolina. I have taken over as Interim President & Chief Operating Officer as of August 2016 to guide TechPay through a transition period. We have partnerships with WorldPay, MVP Media Productions, Authorize.net First Data, Vantiv, WorldPay, Heartland as registered Agents to sell merchant accounts. TechPay is a Mpos system and has many new Mobile Payment Systems in development worldwide. TechPay can create a mobile Payment system for any retail business. Our system is based on QR codes so no new hardware, and can be used with any mobile device. Our system runs on AWS. TechPay Mobile Payment Systems TM has invented SwiftPay TM The first system is made for grocery stores and supermarkets. This system took three and a half years and four and a half million dollars invested to build. It benefits both the consumer and merchant. This is not just a "Wallet" but a complete system. It allows consumers to make a shopping list, scan manufacture coupons from newspaper, enter or scan loyalty cards. Then once at the grocery store login in with their loyalty card to show real time discounts. They have three different ways to shop with their mobile device. 1. They scan items and create a QR code with their payment information that was entered on the website or APP. Then they checkout using a pin and basket is saved and email receipt sent. 2. the cashier scans item and they use "pay now" button on app that they chose payment option. 3. Scan, Pay and Go. They don't have to see a cashier at all. Merchant can see sales, scan data and run banner campaign from their portal. TechPay has the ability to be NFC capable.
TechPay LLC was formed legally in October 2012. The idea for TechPay came in June 2011. We are a new mobile payment systems company. TechPay Mobile Payments TM Our first system SwiftPay was created for grocery stores. Originally located in the Research Triangle area in Raleigh North Carolina. Our team members are Ross Markbreiter, Nancy Kelly, Miles Robinson, Ronnie Feuer, Kathy Ieland and kiww We have partnerships with WorldPay, MVP Media Productions, Authorize.net First Data, Vantiv, WorldPay, Heartland as registered Agents to sell merchant accounts. TechPay is a Mpos system and has many new Mobile Payment Systems in development worldwide. TechPay can create a mobile Payment system for any retail business. Our system is based on QR codes so no new hardware, and can be used with any mobile device. Our system runs on AWS. TechPay Mobile Payment Systems TM has invented SwiftPay TM The first system is made for grocery stores and supermarkets. This system took three and a half years and four and a half million dollars invested to build. It benefits both the consumer and merchant. This is not just a "Wallet" but a complete system. It allows consumers to make a shopping list, scan manufacture coupons from newspaper, enter or scan loyalty cards. Then once at the grocery store login in with their loyalty card to show real time discounts. They have three different ways to shop with their mobile device. 1. They scan items and create a QR code with their payment information that was entered on the website or APP. Then they checkout using a pin and basket is saved and email receipt sent. 2. the cashier scans item and they use "pay now" button on app that they chose payment option. 3. Scan, Pay and Go. They don't have to see a cashier at all. Merchant can see sales, scan data and run banner campaign from their portal. TechPay has the ability to be NFC capable.
GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.) is the world’s leading platform for professional learning. Business leaders, investors, consultants, social entrepreneurs, and other top professionals rely on GLG to learn in short- and long-term engagements from a membership of more than 425,000 experts. Clients partner with GLG to address their most complex strategic challenges, make better business decisions, and advance their careers through conversations, mentorships, small group convenings, surveys, and other interactions—all within a rigorous compliance framework. Global, technology-driven, and nimble, GLG’s approximately 1,100 employees work in 22 offices in 12 countries.
I am the Executive Advisor to CEO Rich Wheeless of PingTank, Inc. and have been his mentor through his past 4 C-Level positions and consult with him multiple times per day. Pigtank enhances conventional content creation by providing the opportunity to add interactive animations over photos. The inclusion of animation allows users to express emotion through their posts. The company monetizes the platform via branded content experiences and revenue share with brands and artists. PingTank, Inc. is dedicated to redefining the way people communicate. The app has integrated its groundbreaking animated messaging app with Facebook's new Messenger Platform.
The Start Engine Champion's program is much like a Venture Associate at a traditional venture capital firm but done for the StartEngine Equity Crowdfunding platform. I act as an independent contractor doing the following functions: - Source new deals (two ways to accomplish that: a) reach out to companies individually, and b) build pipelines of inbound deal flow). - Perform diligence on prospective investments (and assist those prospects in building their equity crowdfunding campaign utilizing the StartEngine platform.) - Help portfolio companies with various projects / hiring / fill in where they need help. - General firm PR (speak at conferences, write blog posts, social media, et cetera). - Track portfolio company performance metrics (bookings, revenues, ARR, cash burn, etc.) for reporting & analysis.
PingTank enhances conventional content creation by providing the opportunity to add interactive animations over photos. The inclusion of animation allows users to express emotion through their posts. The company monetizes the platform via branded content experiences and revenue share with brands and artists. PingTank, Inc. is dedicated to redefining the way people communicate. The app has integrated its groundbreaking animated messaging app with Facebook's new Messenger Platform.
Fee based consulting services for emerging technology for profit and nonprofit start up advisory and directorial boards. Veteran entrepreneur Stephen G. Barr with the mission to assist emerging technology start ups from conception through IPO, merger or sale by serving, guiding, advising and governing their advisory & director's boards on a fee based consulting basis with a focus on current best practices, ethics and prudent leadership principles. Services Include but not Limited to; * Board Formation and Staffing * Mission Development * Seed Funding Acquisition * Board Administration & Governance * Investor Reporting * Procedural Implementation * External Reporting and Compliance * Media and Public Relations * IPO, Merger or Sale Negotiations Expert Market Study and Business plan preparation, review and evaluations. Founded, built and ran multiple corporations in the <$1M annual revenue and 1-5 employees on bootstrap seed capital. Founder & CEO of a regional consulting firm and served on the board of directors of several other, larger corporations in California, New York, Arizona, Delaware & Nevada acquired by a national, Fortune 500 corporation in 1996. Actively seeking compensated board appointments on the Advisory Boards of emerging technology start ups, NPO's, progressive political PACs, fine arts and ecological lobby groups and open to other market segments as well. Pro Bono appointments considered for those initiatives closest to Mr. Barr's personal moral imperatives.
SGB Media Group is a social media marketing and digital publishing firm specializing in social media marketing campaigns, eCommerce solutions, brand development initiatives, public relations and digital content production, publication and syndication.CRM solutions. - Social Media Columnist at The Examiner.com - Director of Social Media at Golden Seeds Game Company, Inc. - Editor In-Chief of The Erotic Free Press - Book launch social media architect and director for "The Healing Codes" - Publicist, Editor and Social Media Director for author Al Jacobs' "On the Money Trail" newsletter and blog. - Director of Social Media & Public Relations at Karmlco, Inc. - Featured Columnist at Vator.tv - Author & Publisher of: *The Social Media Marketing Report *The Southwestern Real Estate Report *Boardroom Advisory Services Blog *The Affiliate Marketing Publisher's Report *The Transpartisan Times *The Social Circuit on Amplify.com *Social Views on Google's Blogger *The Social Media Observer on WordPress *The Software Solution Network *The Hard Drive Journal *Erotomania *The Startup Review Journal *Strategic Alliance Management & Social Media *Here's Your Seat *A Divine Catharsis *A Caregiver's Silence *Jewelry *Black Friday Big Deals *The Adult Affiliate Network *The Reverse Mortgage News *Premium Value Club *Net Values Club *The Solitudinal Extrovert *So You Want to be a Manwhore? Products: * Social Network Profiles & Fan Pages * Business Plan Development * Blogs * Niche Social Networks * Static Websites * Portal Sites * eCommerce solutions * eMail/Newsletter Campaigns * Event Planning & Production * Website Analytics & SEO * Affiliate Marketing * Strategic Alliance Management * Business Development
GiveClicks is an online shopping program designed to help you support your favorite charity while doing your every day shopping on the Internet. The nonprofit of your choice will receive a small donation with each purchase you make online within the GiveClick's merchant network. While there I developed the corporate social media strategy and built out, populated and maintained campaigns on Twitter and Facebook as well as initiated and maintained the corporate blog on Wordpress. I reported to the CEO directly as well as interfaced with channel partners, IT department and various political and community leaders. As Social Media Director I was responsible for overseeing the Companys Social Media Strategy and Social Media team across all internal brands and platforms . The role coordinated with the internal PR, Editorial, Marketing, Legal and Production Directors and Board Members to support the Companys mission. The position involved ensuring our social boradcasting was fully integrated with all other efforts across the Companys portfolio, as well as managing the Central Social Media budget.
Owner of VBTC, an online retail outlet for bass guitars and related accessories and host of The Dude Pit online bass guitar discussion forum and social network. Retailer for fifteen musical instrument manufacturers. Co-designer of three limited edition bass guitars manufactured by Lakland Basses. Importer and exclusive US Distributor of the J-Retro onboard preamplifiers. As Founder and Community Manager of "The Dudepit" online forum for bass players worldwide I managed an early example of a "Proprietary" as well as a "Niche" social network that at it's peak was averaging an average of 3 million visits per month in a threaded forum style format. The forum became quite popular and I successfully "branded" myself as "The Dude" and became a noted "thought leader" within the demographic with an international following.
General manager of this family owned, boutique vineyard and winery in Sonoma County, CA. Managed all day to day operations including vineyard and cellar labor, facilities and equipment. Participated in final tasting, blending and bottling of all wines which have received multiple gold, silver & bronze medals in international competition. One of the founding vineyards of The Bennett Valley AVA, an American Viticultural Area located in Sonoma County, California. The boundaries of this appellation lie completely within the North Coast AVA, almost completely within the Sonoma Valley AVA and overlaps into some areas of the Sonoma Coast AVA and Sonoma Mountain AVA. The region was granted AVA status on December 23, 2003 following the petition of Matanzas Creek Winery. The AVA is surrounded to the south, east and west by the Sonoma Mountains and to the north by the city of Santa Rosa, California. The region receives a moderating effect on its climate from Pacific Ocean through the cool coastal fogs and breeze that creep into the area from the southwest through Crane Canyon between Sonoma Mountain and Taylor Mountain. Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Grenache, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah are the leading grape varieties planted. PRODUCTION Estate Syrah Sonoma Valley Meritage Russian River Valley Viognier Russian River Valley Petite Sirah Russian River Valley Zinfandel Sonoma County Zinfandel Sonoma Valley Syrah and Red Blends Lodi Zinfandel, Syrah and Red Blends
Founder, President and CEO of this SW regional appraisal & consulting firm with as many as 7 branch locations in CA & NV. Oversees all real estate appraisal administration business operations including day-to-day operational management including ordering and reviewing appraisal reports, vetting and maintaining a panel of approved appraisers and environmental consultants, establishment of bank appraisal and environmental policies and development of department procedures, quality control including USPAP, Federal and state banking regulatory compliance, providing counsel to lenders and underwriters regarding real estate related issues, supervision and guidance of staff, and providing customer service to internal and external clientele. * Over 400 hours of courtroom testimony experience with over an 80% win ratio. * Golf course design, development and residential subdivision specialist. * High end, celebrity owned residential specialist within a 7 county area of Southern CA * Certified review appraiser * Early tester and adopter of digital photography and data transmission technologies. * Acquired by national division of a Fortune 500 Corporation in 1997
Senior management position at this federally chartered savings bank. Managed desk and fields appraisers with workload adjustments and job performance including, estimating, customer service skills, and time management. Responsibilities: Managed Appraiser dispatch processes. Oversaw quality of appraisal handling Managed internal quality control program including accuracy to detail, tracking results, and ensuring general quality control and USPAP compliance. Ensured proper employee training, use and maintenance of all department computer hardware and software systems, Monitored and reported unit performance against established metrics standards. Worked closely with staff to ensure fair, accurate, and timely appraisals. Keeps current on state/territory regulations and issues as well as industry activity and trends. Provided technical support to appraisal staff as well as completing reviewed an ongoing random sampling of field work.. Participated in the establishment of department goals and for implementing procedures and performance standards to achieve these goals; Responsible for the employment, promotion, associate performance evaluation, training, motivation, counseling, and discipline of assigned associates.
Founded and served as Pres & CEO of this real estate appraisal and consulting firm with emphasis on developing emerging technology within the field utilizing advanced statistical modeling, digitized forms, time and motion studies and digital photography years before any peer groups. Regional appraisal review and fee panel management services for Norstar Bank & Fleet Financial. **Life & Business Lesson #1 The Hard Way....Do not put all your eggs in one basket (one primary client) as I did here and when I had a falling out with client I wound up putting the company into Chapter 7 Bankruptcy!**
Managed a sales force of 6-10 real estate sales people and brokers under Mr.Cohen. Recipient of the 1984 "Sales Master Award" from the Real Estate Board of Rochester for being the top selling Realtor Associate with 164 closed sale transactions. Trained one on one under the mentorship of Mr. Cohen who went on to participating in 4 notable IPOs including LivePerson and 24/7 Real Media.The duo recently reunited again after 25 years to collaborate on Cohen's Lifecube Project in the Fremont East district of Downtown Las Vegas.
Graduated US Millitary Intelligence School, Lowry AFB, Served with the 548th RTG Hickam AFB, HI, Honorable Discharge. Top Secret Security Clearance (inactive). USAF Tested at the 98th percentile level and scheduled for classified international military intelligence service. Permanent assignment to the Pacific Air Command. Duties and Responsibilities: Exploits and analyzes multisensor imagery in conjunction with all-source intelligence information. Determines type, function, location, and significance of military facilities and activities, industrial installations; and surface transportation networks. Determines type, function, and location of military equipment including ground, air, naval, missile, and electronic orders of battle. Uses multisensor imagery to conduct comparative analysis. Analyzes terrain to determine trafficability, and identify landing zones and defensive fortifications. Analyzes structures of military and industrial installations to determine construction type and functionality. Determines present and future imagery collection requirements. Prepares damage assessment reports detailing structural damage and weapons effects. Operates imagery exploiting equipment including computer-assisted exploiting and automated data base systems. Constructs queries and retrieves historical files to conduct comparative analysis. Uses automated exploiting equipment to prepare, review, and transmit intelligence reports. Uses softcopy imagery systems to exploit, perform mensuration, annotate, and disseminate imagery products. Performs precise mensuration of multisensor imagery to determine geographic location, and vertical and horizontal measurements of objects. Uses maps, charts, geodetic products, and multisensor imagery to determine distance, azimuth, and location of targets. +SERVICE RECORD CLASSIFIED+ HONORABLE DISCHARGE
Startup Hive™ is a virtural startup incubator project in development by noted publisher, startup adviser and publicist Stephen G. Barr to be and supported by Barr's other established companies SGB Media Group (Social Media & Public Relations), Boardroom Advisory Services (Corporate Advisory Board Management) and Barr Publications (Digital Publishing and Syndication). The primary mission of Startup Hive™ is to assist emerging technology start ups from conception through IPO, merger or sale by forming, serving, guiding, advising and governing their advisory & director's boards on a fee or equity consulting basis with a focus on emerging and disruptive technologies, transparent reporting, legal and regulatory compliance, best practices, ethics and prudent leadership principles garnered from Barr's 35 year, multifaceted career.Seed funding procurement assistance through the use of a series of niche market, equity based crowdfunding sites currently in development and to begin alpha testing in 2013 as a result of the changing investor regulations as part of the Jobs Act as well as through traditional venture capital sources. Startup hive is currently partnered with Indigogo and Crowdfunder and Barr manages his own investment syndicate on Angel List. Our Spring 2014 Open Enrollment brought in 132 startup applications through Angel List. Currently seeking mentors, joint venture partners, vendors, subcontractors, web developers and investors for this next generation startup incubator. Contributing Member @ Startup America Partnership, Startup Weekend, Angel List, Gust, Crowdfunder, Tedx, Ignite, Meetup, Microsoft BizSpark Incubator Program, CrunchBase, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Google Partners, Founder's Space and CoFounder's Labs.
Passive real estate investment portal for accredited investors. Experienced Fund Managers: Our investment properties are hand picked by co-founders Brian Kissinger and Stephen G. Barr and their team of advisers who between them have over 100 years of real estate brokerage, finance, development and appraisal under their belts. They are all industry leaders in their respective market segments; brokers, developers, landlords, bankers, attorneys & investors. Unique Property Acquisition: Aria Group's CrowdPad division has developed a unique process of property acquisition that gives our funds complete control over the assets without taking title to the properties. We work with the creditors under a management contract in a manor that removes all potential loss risk so your investments are secure. Complete Transparency: Our investor portal is not only secure but offers investors round the clock access to view all statistics, up to date earnings and control where their investment is at any given point in time. From the dashboard the administrators and sponsors can see how many contributions have been made, if minimum and maximum contribution limits were attained, and the expiration date of the project.
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