James R. J. Scheltema – President, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer as well as Director
Mr. Scheltema is an experienced attorney and certified public accountant. His specialty is corporate law and taxation. He has been a consultant in the medical marijuana industry. He has also served as an officer and/or director of or counsel to two publicly traded companies in the medical marijuana industry: Hemp, Inc. (f/k/a Marijuana, Inc.) and Medical Marijuana, Inc. He currently provides consulting services to publicly traded companies through his company Small Cap Development, Inc. He has worked for large firms, such as Merrill Lynch, AT&T, Verizon fka Bell Atlantic, MCITelecommunications, WorldCom and Mercantile Bank & Trust Company. Mr. Scheltema also has experience as an expert witness in trials, and has a consulting-based practice at his home in Pensacola.
From 2009 through the present, he has been serving as President, General Counsel and acting CFO for Small Cap Development, Inc., where he has been responsible for providing legal work to various publicly traded companies, including traditional corporate and contract work, opinion letters, SEC filings and personnel issues. He has also provided guidance with respect to federal, state and local laws. For his publicly traded clients, he has prepared financial statements and other filings required by OTC Markets and/or the SEC. From April 2009 through the present, he has also served as an expert witness and litigation consultant, in matters ranging from appearing before the Vermont Public Service Board and the Maryland Public Service Commission. He also has advised telecommunications carriers with respect to regulatory compliance for New Jersey and Virginia requirements. From March 2002 through April 2009, he served as Vice President Regulatory Affairs for Global NAPs, Inc., where he coordinated all aspects of regulatory law for a national competitive telecommunications firm. He negotiated and arbitrated interconnection agreements with incumbent local exchange carriers, and litigated complaints at state public service commissions, the FCC and federal courts.
Mr. Scheltema was recently appointed President of HDRE. While at HDRE, he has been able to use both his accounting skills and his legal skills and experience to the benefit of HDRE. His experience as an attorney has helped him negotiate, draft, review and refine contracts and agreements for HDRE, without the need for costly assistance of outside counsel. His accounting background and experience has been of particular importance in assisting the company in making timely filings of public financial statements and disclosures with the OTC Markets.
He received his Juris Doctor degree from the American University College of Law in Washington, DC, in 1989, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland, University College (“UMD”), in College Park, Maryland, in 1985. He also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Political Science from UMD in 1981, and an Associate Arts degree in Humanities from Montgomery College, in Rockville, Maryland, in 1980. He is a licensed member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Florida (inactive), and Maryland, and he is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in good standing in Florida and Maryland.
Mr. Scheltema was the founder of Greenscape Laboratories in October 2012.
In light of Mr. James Scheltema’s involvement with the Company from inception through the date of this Registration Statement, his background as a licensed attorney and a licensed certified public accountant, and his extensive involvement with development stage companies and smaller public companies, the Board determined that Mr. James Scheltema had the experience, qualifications and skills to serve as a director of the Company.
