CEO - Maas Global Solutions Corporation
Greater Los Angeles Area
CEO - Maas Global Solutions Corporation
Greater Los Angeles Area
Provide executive leadership and company direction leveraging diverse experience in strategic planning, manufacturing, aerospace, marketing and sales, product management and various leadership positions meeting business goals
Long term vision, translating vision to operational plans, adaptation and innovative change, presentation of ideas and planning execution in a complex environment or business challenge
(Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
Define Strategy, manage leadership and acquire new ventures to augment the core consulting actitivies. Maas Global Solutions Corporation was created from Maas Consulting, a company that provided consulting services since it's inception in 1989. As a consulting company, we provide both business and technical solutions that leverage a company's existing assets, extends capabilites and builds a foundation for future growth that are an optimum blend of business and technology in one homogeneous framework.
Some Clients Include: Royal Bank of Scotland; General Mills; Leader Enterprises; TriHealix; 3D3 Globecharge; Payventures and Century Advisors
(Apparel & Fashion industry)
August 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Supply chain management software for the apparel industry.
(Management Consulting industry)
July 1988 — December 2006 (18 years 6 months)
Developed infrastructure and custom software to small business owners during the early 90s. Novell, Microsoft, Unix environments. Later we morphed into a hosting services company that provided privately networked computer access prior to wide Internet accessibility and eventaully into a fully Internet services company. Consulting services focused on small business owners efficiencies and improving company financial performance.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FDC; Internet industry)
January 2004 — July 2006 (2 years 7 months)
Created a new Sales Engineering organization that manages large clients during proposals, initial architecture design and defines where technology is heading within FDC as it relates to business needs. Ultimately blending the two visions into one cohesive strategy and framework for execution
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FDC; Internet industry)
March 2001 — January 2004 (2 years 11 months)
Business Development for new business initiatives, both domestic and international reporting to the president. Established agreements with major industry companies that included sales agreements, partnerships or potential acquisitions. Managed every aspect of the business development cycle up to release to the marketplace.
Provided market analysis of several key areas including fraud prevention and detection services, security methodologies and best practices, electronic payment adoption and services, and emerging trends of consumers. Managed the business and technical roadmaps to achieve expected returns and established a pattern of 40% annualized growth for 3 years running.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)
May 2002 — December 2002 (8 months)
Provided expert analysis and deposition testimony regarding functional software fulfillment to stated requirements that resulted in a favorable out of court settlement. Specifics were sealed between the two companies.
(Internet industry)
April 1999 — March 2001 (2 years)
Provided strategy, implemented systems and established organizations as a complete business unit for the LinkPoint Secure Payment Gateway. Responsible for the market growth from inception in 1999 to 40,000 merchants within 18 months and revenue of over $20M annually to the parent company.
Established and managed Engineering, Quality Assurance, Level 2 Support and Web development groups. Managed marketing and data center operations. Implemented a multi-tier, fully redundant architecture in a thrid party hosting facility.
(Aviation & Aerospace industry)
April 1989 — April 1999 (10 years 1 month)
Managed major subsystems on the B-2 program. Identifed the need and develolped strategy to acquire an $83M discretionary budget to support LRU shortages in the manufacturing cycle. Procured over $2B in parts and supplies necessary to sustain the B-2. Worked with the Air Force SPO regarding asset allocation across the program. Integrated procurement, inventory, manufacturing and planning systems using a proprietary data warehouse that allowed replanning the entire manufacturing line down to specific fasteners in 15 minutes.
(Entertainment industry)
November 1986 — June 1988 (1 year 8 months)
Startup company focused on the college entertainment industry focusing on fulfilling organizations entertainment needs for events, trips, parties and planning. This was used to fully fund my entire college financial needs.
(Management Consulting industry)
March 1985 — October 1986 (1 year 8 months)
Evaluated contractual commitments against work performed building the communications infrastructure for the Government of Iran. Developed Lead Counsels evidence of work performed that was not paid to Northrop Corp. The evidence was presented in International Court following the overthrow of Shah Reza Pahlavi and subsequent freezing of Iranian assets in the U.S. Evidence presented resulted in an out of court settlement after the second day of arguments for $88M in bearer bonds.
Certificate , Mergers and Integration , May 2004 — May 2004
Certified , Systems Engineering , September 1996 — March 1997
Project leader for the duration of a sponsored training class for fast track individuals in management. People were recommended by a senior executives within Northrop Grumman.
BS , Physics, Math , May 1988
MBA , Business
Currently working towards MBA at Pepperdine during off hours.