Kevin Seney

Current

Founder & CEO at Bug! Realty USA, Inc.

Past

President & CEO at The Home Loan Store, Inc.
Director of Sales & Marketing - Retail Mortgage Division at Fleet Bank
Sr. Loan Officer - Retail Marketing Director at Plaza Home Mortgage

Fortune 500 Retail Sales Consultant at Apple Computer - ACR Apple Consulting Relations

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Education

San Diego State University-California State University
San Diego State University-California State University
Sheridan College

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Industry

Real Estate

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Kevin Seney’s Summary

Professional experience:

Brand Development
Company Founder & Entrepreneur
Franchising, Franchise Sales & Franchise Development
Sales & Sales Management for Financial Services
Innovative Advertising & Marketing Systems
Certified Internet Consultant - AACIC
Top Producing Sales Professional

Key goals for 2008:

Continued market leadership and national expansion.

Double or triple year over year franchise sales.

We began our franchising operations in 2007 and placed 5 new franchises. We expect to place 12 more new single unit franchises in key Metro Areas by year end.

We are shifting our 2008 focus to Regionalization with the 2008 opening of REGION ONE - San Francisco, CA under the leadership of Mr. Christopher Siow.

We are hosting our first Franchise Owners' Retreat in Napa, March 7 to 9, 2008.

We are expanding our relationship with John Assaraf and One Coach, and will continue to customize and integrate their Coaching into our internal Franchisee Training Program.

Our New 50 state compatible Website, will launch in March 2008. Our site is being developed by the market leader, Z57, and will set a new standard for Real Estate web sites, integrating several Web 2.0 capabilities.

We will open our "Second Round" of outside financing to investors in 2nd quarter 2008, offering additional shares of our Preferred A Stock. Our goal is to raise an additional $1,237,500 in working capital by year end.

Kevin Seney’s Specialties:

Sales Training & Sales Management for Real Estate and Financial Services
Franchise Development, Franchise Management, Franchise Sales.
Employee Motivation & Team Development
Entrepreneurship

Kevin Seney’s Experience

Founder & CEO

Bug! Realty USA, Inc.

(Real Estate industry)

October 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)

Bug! is NOT your typical real estate franchise. We are the NO FRILLS, NO HYPE Real Estate Company. We started Bug! with a clean slate, and a vision of making Real Estate SIMPLE and FUN again. Our powerful marketing system, is NOT dependent on high-cost, ineffective, traditional-media advertising. With our simple, yet powerful Bill Board Marketing System, even a new agent will stand out like a pro in their market place. The amazing part is that our system is FREE! To maximize efficiency, and make us more competitive, our agents ALL work virtually! NO DESK FEES! NO RENT! That is a formula for Success!

We are looking for Fun and Exciting people who enjoy working with other people to help them experience the american dream of home ownership. We accept newly licensed agents, part-time agents, and also experienced brokers who are "sick of the rat race," and want to make their career fun and exciting again.
President & CEO

The Home Loan Store, Inc.

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

December 1995 — January 2000 (4 years 2 months)

The Home Loan Store, Inc. was a uniquely positioned regional mortgage company, with offices in Downtown Retail locations. We were one of the first in our market place to offer Internet Kiosks to allow home buyer to shop for home and loans on the internet. I was the company Founder & CEO. We sold the company in 2000.
Director of Sales & Marketing - Retail Mortgage Division

Fleet Bank

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FBF; Banking industry)

May 1995 — November 1995 (7 months)

Fleet Bank purchased Plaze Home Mortgage in 1995. The company was not a "fit" in our marketplace, so I left Fleet to start my own company, The Home Loan Store, Inc.
Sr. Loan Officer - Retail Marketing Director

Plaza Home Mortgage

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry)

October 1990 — May 1995 (4 years 8 months)
Fortune 500 Retail Sales Consultant

Apple Computer - ACR Apple Consulting Relations

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

October 1989 — October 1990 (1 year 1 month)

Kevin Seney’s Education

San Diego State University-California State University

MBA , Finance & Information Systems , 1986 — 1988
San Diego State University-California State University

BS , Molecular Biology MINOR: Business Admin & Compartive Literature , 1979 — 1985
Sheridan College

Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics 1977 — 1978