Infusion Brands International, Inc. (INBI)

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Chairman & CEO of $INBI: Robert "Bob" DeCecco:

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dececco
Forbes: http://people.forbes.com/profile/robert-john-dececco/135195

Summary:
Robert "Bob" DeCecco is known as a passionate, driven and competitive entrepreneur with skills as diverse as his experiences. He is known for his ability to enter any industry vertical and quickly achieve both top line revenue growth and operating margin success.

By leveraging diverse industry experiences and trusted relationships, along with Financial, Operational, Sales, Marketing and Business Development expertise, Bob is a proven trusted resource delivering consistent and measurable results. .

As a CPA, Robert DeCecco cut his teeth at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Assurance and Business Advisory practice, assisting high-tech and financial services clients through audit and due diligence processes; participating in IPOs, e.g., Switchboard.com; Micro-Financial; (MFI - NYSE) and Secondary Market Offerings (Affiliated Managers Group; (AMG – NYSE) and Tyco Int’l;(TYC - NYSE)

Prior to his current role as Chairman & CEO of Infusion Brands, Bob lead a turnaround initiative at OmniReliant Holdings, Inc. As CEO of OmniReliant, Bob was charged with the task of changing the business model from asset acquisition to a singular focus as a global consumer products company; n/k/a Infusion Brands.

Before that, as CEO of Aclarian Mortgage, he conducted a turnaround, eventually selling the company to Opteum Inc. a publicly traded REIT on the NYSE; OPX (n/k/a BMNM).

Prior to Aclarian, Bob was CFO of two venture backed 'enterprise software' companies; Skyway Software, a rapid application development suite, and Q-Link Technologies, a business process management software company sold to Adobe for more than $20mm, returning a profit to its investors and founders.

In addition, Bob spent time in the direct-to-consumer marketing space as corp controller and interim CFO for Peak Performance Coach Anthony Robbins; heading a finance department of more than 35 finance professionals and managing nearly $100 million in revenue at Robbins Research International.
Specialties

Financial Due Diligence
Marketing and Branding
Mergers and Acquisition
Capital Raising
Turnarounds


Experience:
Chairman & CEO
Infusion Brands International, Inc. (OTCBB - INBI)
Public Company; 11-50 employees; Consumer Goods industry
September 2009 – Present (2 years 7 months)

Infusion Brands is a global consumer products company which builds and markets profitable brands through international direct-to-consumer marketing channels of distribution. Infusion Brands International, Inc. is the Parent company, and is public company listed on the OTCBB under the ticker symbol INBI


Chairman & CEO
OmniReliant Holdings, Inc.
Public Company; 51-200 employees; ORHI.OB; Online Media industry
September 2009 – December 2010 (1 year 4 months)

Having successfully navigated the company through the latter half of 2009 as its CFO, the Board of Directors requested that Robert DeCecco accept the position of CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors. During his tenure as CEO, the Board charged Bob with the responsibility of conducting a turnaround and complete change in business model.

As of December 31, 2010, this turnaround was completed and OmniReliant Holdings changed its name to Infusion Brands International.

This name Infusion Brands was deployed to better reflect its new business model with a singular focus of becoming a global consumer products company which builds and markets profitable brands through international direct-to-consumer marketing channels.


CFO
Skyway Software
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry
August 2007 – August 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Robert "Bob" DeCecco's direct business development activities were focused primarily on Global Strategic Alliances; as a shared responsibility with our President/CEO. Coordinating efforts with Sales and Marketing to achieve our targeted client and revenue goals whether via Direct Sales, ISVs, OEM and/or standard Reseller channels.

As the company CFO, I report to the CEO and Board of Directors on all aspects of finance activities, including but not limited to contract negotiations, capital raise, patents, budgeting, forecasting, etc. In addition, I am responsible for all legal, insurance and accounting activities.


CEO
Aclarian Mortgage
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry
October 2003 – August 2007 (3 years 11 months)

Aclarian Mortgage was acquired in June 2006 by Opteum Financial Services (OPX: NYSE), eventually becoming Bimini Mortgage Management (BMNM: OTCBB)

Upon the sale of Aclarian Mortgage to Opteum Financial Services, Bob was hired to oversee all Retail Production and Operations for the entire state of Florida for Opteum Financial Services.

In this position, my responsibility was for all areas of sales and operations, including but not limited to Sales (Originations), Operations (Processing), Marketing, Facilities, Human Resources, Training, and Financial operations for the State of Florida retail lending division. Moreover, I was responsible for acting in an advisory capacity to the President as it relates to new business development opportunities.


CFO
Q-Link Technologies
November 2000 – October 2003 (3 years)
Venture Capital backed BPM (Business Process Management software company) sold to Adobe Systems.


Instructor
Becker
2001 – 2002 (1 year)


Corporate Controller / Interim CFO
Anthony Robbins Companies
Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry
September 1999 – November 2000 (1 year 3 months)


Senior Associate
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Partnership; 10,001+ employees; Accounting industry
1997 – 1999 (2 years)


Divisional Controller
Coldwell Banker / Hunneman Mortgage
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Real Estate industry
1996 – 1997 (1 year)