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Due Diligence on the Ron Pitcock

Ron Pitcock is credited with taking a small Pax River Maryland dial-up Internet service provider and creating High Speed Access Corporation which had it IPO June 1999.

https://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing.ashx?filingid=19577

Ron splits his time between his multiple homes in Golden Colorado and South Padre Island Texas. He was a city councilman and bought two RC Airplane Franchises.

https://www.modelaircraft.org/files/PitcockRon.pdf

He was in the final class of 2015 earning his PhD from Jones University which is similar to the popular online University of Phoenix also a for profit private education company.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Phoenix

Jones International University was closed when the founder died. Students and faculty were transferred to Trident University International in California.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_University_International

In 1987 Glenn R. Jones launched the cable television network Mind Extension University (ME/U, later Knowledge TV), which enabled 30,000 students to take courses from more than 30 colleges.

In 1999, JIU became the first fully online university in the U.S. to be accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, and a member of the North Central Association.

He also bought interest in IPtimize in 2008 in attempts to turn that languishing company around.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080227005230/en/IPtimize-Appoints-35-Year-Industry-Veteran-New-Chairman

That company eventually closed it doors three years after Ron sold his interest in the company.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb307910.htm

Ron Pitcock was recognized in 1999 by the Cable Television Industry as a Broadband Pioneer.

https://www.cablecenter.org/current-pioneers.html

Major Ron Pitcock was a decorated Army Officer and OV-1 Mohawk Combat Pilot in Vietnam.

http://www.ov-1mohawkassociation.org/home/board_of_directors