Charles Francis Bacon

Current

Keeper of the Vision at The Novum Institute
CEO at Due.Com, Inc.
CEO at Due Diligence, Inc.

Founder at The Novum Group
CEO at NewCastle, Inc.

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Past

CEO at Fraud Busters, Inc.
Managing Director at Merchant Banking International, Inc.
Founder at The Synectics Group

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Charles Francis Bacon’s Summary

My most important goal in this lifetime is building The Novum Institute, and having the Institute succeed in changing society's viewpoints about innovation and knowledge and the advancement of both. My goal also includes building a system to recognize, honor & support the leading innovators and knowledge creators of our time.

My other activities include inventing new ideas & products in advanced artificial intelligence, due diligence systemization, AI-guided systems, general systems theory, new product development, corporate engineering and financial engineering… researching and developing applications of my pioneering invention, Emergent Intelligence™, a set of principles that unifies complex systems… and also researching and developing applications of my other pioneering invention, Next Generation Due Diligence™.

Charles Francis Bacon’s Specialties:

Polymath (aka Generalist): advanced technology, Emergent Intelligence, science of ideas, intelligent decision systems, general systems theory, Next Generation Due Diligence, corporate engineering, artificial intelligence, complexity, engineering, entrepreneurialism, financial engineering, innovation, management, manufacturing, modeling, new product development, operations, patent development, pioneering inventions, quality assurance, R&D, security, technology transfer, theory of everything

Charles Francis Bacon’s Experience

Keeper of the Vision

The Novum Institute

(Non-Profit; Philanthropy industry)

September 2007 — Present (1 year)

The Novum Institute is a private research & education nonprofit foundation devoted to the advancement of knowledge & innovation. Novum provides an environment for people to learn how knowledge & innovation are the fundamental building blocks of society & to be understood, developed & applied. Providing tools & support to make new knowledge & innovation become reality, Novum serves creative people creatively, with vision & with reality. Novum is building a support infrastructure for people & organizations around the world to arrange help, including funding, for the most deserving of people advancing knowledge & innovation. Novum programs foster & showcase new innovations for growth-minded organizations thinking today about tomorrow. Novum benchmarks best practices of knowledge & innovation creation & implementation by organizations & countries, & develops a comprehensive, lasting understanding about the advancement of knowledge to build strong futures for humanity.
CEO

Due.Com, Inc.

(Research industry)

June 2000 — Present (8 years 3 months)

Due.Com, Inc. is an R&D incubator developing advanced artificial intelligence-guided systems for license based on a pioneering collection of inventions, Emergent Intelligence™ a set of principles that unifies complex systems.
CEO

Due Diligence, Inc.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1984 — Present (24 years 3 months)

Due Diligence, Inc., founded originally as Fraud Busters, Inc., is the thought leader in advanced due diligence and decision making products & services, based on the Next Generation Due Diligence™ system that can assess/analyze any business process or event for firms from the earliest stages through emerging growth, through middle-market and Fortune 500, and to multi-nationals.
Founder

The Novum Group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Think Tanks industry)

June 1984 — Present (24 years 3 months)

The Novum Group of Companies provide comprehensive foundations of creative ideas tempered with real-world implementation.

The Novum Group includes a series of for-profit and non-profit organizations with extensive support services for innovative and forward-thinking firms and individuals. Novum has significant additional capacity through relationships with strategic alliances and other cooperative efforts.

The Novum Group:
• Advances knowledge and innovation;
• Assists business, industry and private clients solve complex business and technology problems;
• Assists business clients acquire capital, both debt and equity;
• Helps organizations identify, develop and implement new ideas;
• Helps organizations reduce risks, losses and exposure; and increase profits and ongoing success; and
• Develops and implements efficient systems to find, analyze and support ideas.

Novum also develops proprietary consumer & industrial products.
CEO

NewCastle, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)

June 1984 — Present (24 years 3 months)

European-Style Merchant Banking
High-Grade Capital for High-Grade Teams/Projects
Broad Experience Range in a Wide Variety of Industries
Highly Proficient in Financial Engineering
Particular Strengths in Leading-Edge Technology & Complex Business

Industries:
• Air & Ground Transportation
• Alternative & Traditional Energy
• Communications
• Construction
• Healthcare
• High Tech
• Information Technology
• Infrastructure & Utilities
• Power Generation & Transmission
• Soil & Water Remediation

Emphasis:
• Corporate Alliances & Joint Ventures
• Private Company Sales
• Corporate & Project Financing
• Acquisitions & Mergers
• Strategic & Tactical Portfolio Development

Criteria:
• $100M-$2.5B+, Equity & Debt
• Emerging Growth, Mid-Market, Multi-Nationals
• High Quality, Dynamic Teams, Expanding Markets
• Term Sheets in Weeks not Months
CEO

Fraud Busters, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)

June 1984 — November 1989 (5 years 6 months)

Fraud Busters, Inc. provided proactive fraud prevention reviews & front-end verifications of the abilities of individuals or companies to perform as stipulated in business, financial or employment agreements. Through proprietary systems, Fraud Busters provided cost effective, verified & analyzed data to assist in the decision making processes of business executives.

Fraud Busters' products & services were specifically aimed towards helping business operations which were either going through transitions, expanding, or which were vulnerable to loss through fraudulent activity. These categories encompass the financial community, private and public companies, firms seeking capital from outside sources, commercial insurance firms, & corporations & individuals involved in acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, or in risk-taking operations.

Fraud Busters, Inc. was the precursor of Due Diligence, Inc.
Managing Director

Merchant Banking International, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Investment Banking industry)

April 1985 — November 1989 (4 years 8 months)

Merchant Banking International, Inc. managed numerous financial projects ranging in size from $5M to $300M+, in industries including real estate, satellite telecommunications, shipbuilding, private and public finance, environmental technology, domestic and international hotels, manufacturing, consumer goods, business services and new product development. Firm's operating history track record totaled financings of $2.2B.
Founder

The Synectics Group

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Defense & Space industry)

June 1968 — August 1984 (16 years 3 months)

syn-ec'tics: Greek: synekiktein: to bring forth together: "a theory or system of problem-stating and problem-solution based on creative thinking that involves free use of metaphor and analogy in informal interchange within a carefully selected small group of individuals of diverse personality and areas of specialization." Webster's Dictionary

Synectics is a unique problem-solving procedure that combines multi-disciplinary professional skills in a specially-designed open forum, enabling efficient utilization of creative thinking.

Synectics offered an unusual ability to meet clients' special needs in dealing with the impacts of modern technology and social change. Synectics was especially useful in problems of practical import to which new knowledge and technology can be applied.

The Synectics Program usually led to exclusive and highly capable solutions to clients' special problems and strategic planning, ex: General Electric, Hughes, Boeing, Rockwell, TRW.

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Charles Francis Bacon’s Interests:

Emergent Intelligence, Next Generation Due Diligence, Sir Francis Bacon, science of ideas, general systems theory, invention, corporate engineering, advanced technology, artificial intelligence, astronomy, catastrophe theory, chaos theory, complexity, cosmology, engineering, entrepreneurialism, financial engineering, incubation, innovation, international affairs, investment, licensing, management, manufacturing, modeling, new product development, operations, patent development, pioneering inventions, polymathy, quality assurance, research and development, science, security, space, standards, strategy, tactics, technology transfer, theory of everything, vintage radios, vintage test instruments

Charles Francis Bacon’s Groups:

LinkedIn Lions

Business Intelligence
Global Association of Risk Professionals
Novum Institute Innovators
Front End of Innovation
TopLinked.com
Enopoly.net Global M&A Networking Group, Investment Banker, Business Intermediaries, Investors
Silobreaker
LION500.com (Open Networkers)
The Due Diligence Group