DOUGLAS CASTLE

Current

• Managing Member and Chief Operating Officer at GLOBAL EDGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LLC
• Director/ Founder at THE CASTLE CONSULTANCY
• Member Of The Board Of Advisors at ART OF PEACE CHARITABLE TRUST

• Vice Chairman, Director of Strategic Planning, Director of Program and Product Development at THE NATIONAL NETWORKER COMPANIES
• Director Of Program and Product Development and Managing Member at INTERNAL ENERGY PLUS, LLC
• Director Of Strategic and Financial Planning at MOJAVE JET GROUP, LLC.
• Corporate Management Consultant & Advisor at Numerous Corporate Consulting Engagements (Self-employed)

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Past

• Interim Director Of Corporate Communications - Consultantcy at THORIUM ENERGY, INC.
• Chairman of the Board Of Advisors/ Director, Strategic Planning at CHILDREN'S INTERNATIONAL OBESITY FOUNDATION
• Adjunct Associate Professor (Department of Banking, Finance and Investments) at Hofstra University School Of Business

• Senior Financial Analyst -- Special Projects at National Westminster Bank, USA

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Education

• Hofstra University
• State University of New York at Stony Brook

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Industry

Management Consulting

DOUGLAS CASTLE’s Summary

I have a highly-diversified consulting and managerial background, including: numerous advisory positions and directorships in a large number of different types of organizations engaged in a great many industries.

My principal professional interests at present are: Speaking, writing and training leaders about the Science of Relationship-Building and Team-Building; providing Publicity and Public Relations services; Re-engineering, re-constructing, re-inventing and rebuilding organizations.

My corporate experience has encompassed: image-building, publicity, negotiating, organizational engineering, corporate and interpersonal communciations, international banking, asset-based financing, merchant banking, factoring, trade financing, credit enhancement and surety, transactional structuring (mergers, acquisitions, LBOs, ESOPs, management buy-outs, transnational and domestic co-ventures, strategic planning, outsourcing, offshoring, technical presentations (written and oral, committees and boards), business plan authoring, drafting and chartering of banks, IBCs, and other international or multinational structures, negotiating with banks and secured creditors in "work-out" and "turnaround" situations, DIPs, TIPs, and the like.

Further information regarding my personal and professional background can be found in the "About The Author" sections of either http://AboutDouglasCastle.blogspot.com, or http://TheGlobalFuturist.blogspot.com.

I am an avid writer, and I enjoy organizational and personal development work in all of its forms. I have an interest in doing more work with organizations having a humanitarian or Internationalist platform.

I am fascinated with the entrepreneurial initiative, and internet-based organizations and businesses -- inquiries from these types of organizations are most welcome. I am available at douglas.castle@yahoo.com.

DOUGLAS CASTLE’s Specialties:

My client industry experience is extraordinarily diverse, and includes (for purposes of example): manufacturing companies, service companies, financial institutions, international trading (import/export) companies, Not-For-Profit and membership-based organizations, and multinationals.

For further insight into my personal and professional background, click on the "About The Author" sections of either http://TheInternationalistPage.blogspot.com, or http://AboutDouglasCastle.blogspot.com.

DOUGLAS CASTLE’s Experience

• Managing Member and Chief Operating Officer

  GLOBAL EDGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LLC

  (Import and Export industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

  The Company is a U.S.- based distributor, importer and exporter of durable goods, principally innovative commercial and consumer technologies. My responsibilities involve arranging the terms of international joint ventures, trade financing and shipping terms, licensing and distribution agreements, dealer agreements and affiliate programs. I am secondarily involved in arranging all news releases, website and blog-related development, and in the planning and implementation of the Company's marketing and promotional campaign within the United States, and I serve as the Company's principal liaison with its overseas exporters/ suppliers. At present, the Company's primary focus is on digital photography accessories and enhancements, especially in the areas of strobe lighting effects. We are the exclusive distributor for Malaysian-based Lightshop Designs, the manufacturer of the Speedlight Pro Kit line of products.

• Director/ Founder

  THE CASTLE CONSULTANCY

  (Management Consulting industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  Offering consulting and advisory services to individuals and corporations in the areas of publicity, image-building, marketing, strategic planning, organizational engineering (and evaluations) and international corporate development. Offering special counseling and training services to individuals in the areas of cognitive enhancement, identification and actualization of inner potential, communication and leadership skills, and self-growth.

• Member Of The Board Of Advisors

  ART OF PEACE CHARITABLE TRUST

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Philanthropy industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  The Trust has been established for promoting peaceful conflict resolution. My role is as a general advisor on a variety of subjects to The Board Of Trustees.

• Vice Chairman, Director of Strategic Planning, Director of Program and Product Development

  THE NATIONAL NETWORKER COMPANIES

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

  THE NATIONAL NETWORKER publishes the country's critically-acclaimed and foremost comprehensive weekly e-newsletter and other bulletins, newsfeeds and news releases about the art and science of business networking, connecting, team-building, project management, co-venturing and the cultivation of Relationship Capital. TNNW is also the provider of an expanding suite of networking, publicity, public relations, advertising, media, promotion, branding, client management, communications, international commerce, risk mitigation, financing and relationship-building services to its growing readership and client base.. The Company's website is located at http://www.TheNationalNetworker.com, and its principal services blog is located at http://TheNationalNetworkerWeblog.blogspot.com.

• Director Of Program and Product Development and Managing Member

  INTERNAL ENERGY PLUS, LLC

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  Involved in all aspects of organizational engineering and restructuring (in a turnaround environment), team-building, group project management, promotion, publicity, creating written technical and marketing materials, utilizing the Internet for e-commerce, building the client base, and coordinating the development of innovative programs and products for individual and organizational clients interested in mind and body entrainment for personal and professional goal achievement.

• Director Of Strategic and Financial Planning

  MOJAVE JET GROUP, LLC.

  (Airlines/Aviation industry)

  May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  Develop, prepare and present financial analyses, business plans, co-venture proposals and forecasts to various investors, strategic partners and financial institutions for commercial aircraft and executive charter jet purchaser, reseller and lessor. Negotiate and structure terms of institutional financing and collateralization arrangements with international banks, financing companies and asset-based lenders. Structuring, drafting and negotiating operating agreements with partners.

• Corporate Management Consultant & Advisor

  Numerous Corporate Consulting Engagements (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

  September 1983 — Present (26 years 3 months)

  Private consulting practice involving: structuring investments; raising equity and debt capital, both privately and publicly (in conjunction with investment and merchant bankers); obtaining institutional credit and insurance facilities; procuring trade financing, factoring facilities, letters of credit and asset-based loans; orchestrating Leveraged Buyouts, Management Buyouts, Mergers, Acquisitions, Joint ventures, both domestically and internationally; chartering offshore banking and insurance companies; arranging international trading relationships, and other functions for corporate and professional clients in many industries.

• Interim Director Of Corporate Communications - Consultantcy

  THORIUM ENERGY, INC.

  (Oil & Energy industry)

  February 2008 — October 2008 (9 months)

  The Company is a major holder of leases for the mining of Thorium and Rare Earth Metals for use in the production of clean, safe nuclear energy. My assignment was to prepare and update the Company's e-media materials for general public relations and informational purposes.

• Chairman of the Board Of Advisors/ Director, Strategic Planning

  CHILDREN'S INTERNATIONAL OBESITY FOUNDATION

  (Philanthropy industry)

  October 2006 — October 2008 (2 years 1 month)

  Involved in all aspects of building a Not-For-Profit Foundation from its inception, including initial planning, incorporation, organizational structuring, regulatory filings, program development, volunteer recruitment, website design and development, blog design and development, proposal writing, in-person presentations, fundraising, building and moderating online communities and discussion groups, vendor selection and contracting,as well as managing and coordinating the efforts of various project teams.

• Adjunct Associate Professor (Department of Banking, Finance and Investments)

  Hofstra University School Of Business

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; N/A; Higher Education industry)

  September 1983 — August 1986 (3 years )

  Teaching courses in: cashflow management; political economics; principles of corporate finance; principles of commercial banking; function and operations of financial intermediaries; and numerous others. Directing student internship placement programs with banks investment banking firms and other financial services companies.

• Senior Financial Analyst -- Special Projects

  National Westminster Bank, USA

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; N/A; Banking industry)

  May 1981 — September 1983 (2 years 5 months)

  Senior Financial Analyst, supervising a staff of between twelve and twenty employees, and responsible for: major account profitability analysis; loan pricing policies; internal bank transfer pricing policies; cost/benefit analyses of all branch divestitures, closings and acquisitions; product and service unit costing; lease versus purchase decisions for physical facilities and equipment; and numerous other responsibilities, including presentations of findings to executive committees.

DOUGLAS CASTLE’s Education

• Hofstra University

  MBA , Public Accounting (B.A. in Economics from S.U.N.Y Stony Brook, 1976) , 1976 — 1979

  Activities and Societies:

  Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Honors Society for academic achievement in the field of Economics), Master Honors Thesis Program (published as a chapter in a book edited by the late Dr. John Ullmann, titled,"Social Costs In Modern Society") as well as various other activities and societies.

• State University of New York at Stony Brook

  B.A. , Economics , 1972 — 1976

Additional Information

DOUGLAS CASTLE’s Interests:

International trade, public relations, publicity, e-commerce, corporate finance, capital markets, geopolitical economics and free enterprise, composing and performing music, publicity and public relations, hypnotherapy and related cognitive enhancement modalities,organizational and interpersonal communications, marketing, psychology, physical conditioning, martial arts, public speaking, technical writing and poetry. Interested in artificial intelligence, longevity, humanitarianism, philanthropy and the Arts, not-for-profit humanitarian organizations, both domestic and international.

DOUGLAS CASTLE’s Groups:

Numerous industry and social organizations and groups, and numerous affiliations with Not-For-Profit organizations centered on humanitarian causes.

Former affiliations with American Business Roundtable, Who's Who in American Industry, American Board of Hypnotherapy, The National Guild Of Hypnotists, The American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists, American Association for the Advancement Of Psychoanalysis, and certain other groups relating to the development of the human potential, cognitive enhancement and better interpersonal and international relationships.

Current memberships include the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT), The National Networker (TNNW), and many others.

•    The Association for Project Management
•    Public Relations Professionals
•    PR Professionals

DOUGLAS CASTLE’s Honors:

Numerous academic and business honors and awards, as well as heraldic citations for chivalry and charity, including: Omicron Delta Epsilon, O.S.J., Kt. M., Martial Arts Sensei (Chowa-Ryu Ju Jutsu in affiliation with New York Martial Arts), Soke-Dai (Chowa-Ryu Kempo Jutsu Association, International), others.

DOUGLAS CASTLE’s Contact Settings

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