
Founder/owner at AMsystem
Greater Los Angeles Area

Founder/owner at AMsystem
Greater Los Angeles Area
Entrepreneurial business ownership with emphasis in new product and services developments.
Inventions, marketing research, product/services developments, business planning, branding, advertising, promotion, distribution, finance, intellectual property management, music, publishing, licensing, consulting.
(Music industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
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(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)
November 2005 — Present (3 years 9 months)
Creation and management of AMsystem Music for the purpose of research, promotion, publishing and licensing a variety of music to the media and commercial broadcast industries.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 1981 — Present (28 years 5 months)
Diversified products, brands and services by founder/owner Michael Borges dba AMsystem, a registered business in California, USA since 1981. For more information, please visit: www.amsystem.us
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Plastics industry)
June 1998 — June 2006 (8 years 1 month)
Development and manufacturing "Skylink" motorized skylight opener and flexible tubing compenents for 14" and 22" size skylights. Patents obtained included: U.S. Design Patent No. D457,493 for "Skylight Drive Motor", and U.S. Patent. No. 6,990,773 for "Flexible Reflective Skylight Tubes". Sales and marketing success was achieved through a distribution arrangement with Skylights Unlimited of Huntington Beach, California.
Master International Management , International business management and marketing. , 1979 — 1979
GMAT Prep , Mathematics, Accounting, Management , 1977 — 1978
Triton College link:
http://www.triton.edu
B.S. , Major: Journalism - emphasis - Advertising & Marketing, Minor: Literature, , 1974 — 1975
Associate of Arts , Business, Management, Social Studies , 1973 — 1973
Visit College of Dupage here:
http://www.cod.edu/
Liberal Arts , English, German, History, Literature, Translation , 1970 — 1972
Visit Schiller University here:
http://www.schiller.edu
Business development, marketing research, inventions, new product marketing, manufacturing, advertising, music composition, arrangement and recording, music publishing, music licensing.
Just Plain Folks, Muse's Muse, CSN, Thomas Register, Film Music Network, Songwriters Directory, Music PAL,
Various utitlity patents, design patents and trademarks with the US Patent & Trademark Office since first application date in 1985.