In Business world management is very important. its all about how management's knowledge and action that can make or break a company. I have faith in PPBL's management. They are one of the most talented group of individuals managing an OTC QB.
Management:
Chris Giordano - Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Pat LaVecchia - Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors
Michael Rosembaum - Board of Directors
Omar Barrientos - President
Bill Jemas - Branding Associate/CEO of 360 EP Licensing
Chris Giordano received his undergraduate degrees in both Accounting and Finance from the University of South Florida and his MBA from the Leonard Stern School of Business at New York University .
Chris Giordano is the President and founder of Birchwood Captial Advisors Group, Inc. and was General Partner in The Distressed Assets Fund, LP, a hedge fund specializing in bankruptcy financings and restructurings. In its 7 year charter, Birchwood arranged as principle and advisor to over $250 Million in financings leading and consumating 37 separate transactions returning an average 22.3% per year to its limited partners.
Chris Giordano and Birchwood Capital Advisors Group continue to act in an advisory role to small and medium sized companies looking to procure capital in the debt, equity and structured finance markets, and has arranged over $1 Billion in both debt and equity financings for both private and public companies.
Pat LaVecchia was keynote speaker at the October China-A.S.E.A.N Economic Summit. (Association of South East Asian Nations)
Pat LaVecchia is the founder and Managing Partner in LaVecchia Group, LLC, a privately held merchant bank consisting of a Broker-Dealer (LaVecchia Capital, LLC) which is a member firm of FINRA and SIPC as well as an investment group.
Pat LaVecchia has been involved in transactions totaling over $100 billion in-volving hundreds of companies and he has directly led advisory on over $15 billion of transactions in public offerings, strategic and financial private equity transactions, mergers and acquisi-tions and PIPE transactions on a global basis involving over 150 transactions in a multitude of industries including the technolo-gy, consumer and internet, telecommunications, media, financial services, healthcare, business services, and general industrial sectors.
Pat LaVecchia received his MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a major in Finance and a concentration in Strategic Planning. He received his BA, magna cum laude, from Clark University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. Michael Rosenbaum has a BA from Yale and an LLB law degree from Columbia University. Mr Rosenbaum acted as Executive VP and a Director of Vector Group, Inc, an NYSE company which bought, restructured, and sold Western Union to First Financial for over $500 Million.
Mr. Rosembaum was also a founder and advisor to South Beach Beverage, which produced beverages under the moniker "SOBE." SOBE can be found in over 50,000 stores worldwide, and was ultimately sold to PepsiCo for over $400 Million.
Mr. Rosenbaum was a co-founder of Skybox International trading card company, which held licenses from both the National Basketball Association and the National Football League. They also produced cards witha master license for both DC Comics as well as Marvel Comics. Skybox was sold to Fleer in 1995 for over $300 Million.
Omar Barrientos is a US Citizen, born in Bolivia with Argentinian and Chilean ancestry. He is a nephew of past Bolivian President Rene Barrientos.
Mr Barrientos attended the Chilean Air Force College where he majored in Aviation Electronics.
Mr Barrientos served as President of USA Sunrise Beverages, and is a licensed Mortgage Banker.
Bill Jemas has a BA from Rutgers and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.
Mr Jemas worked for the NBA from 1985 - 1992 where he set up the first formal systems for licensing team trademarks and player likenesses. He drafted several hundred agreements for merchandising licenses, promotional sponsorships, televisin rights, arena rentals and franchise transfer agreements. In addition, he maintained each teams Salary Cap data, reviewed and approved all palyer contracts and administered the NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement with players and referees.
Mr Jemas was the lead attorney for the NBA's expansion into Charlotte, Miami, Minnesota and Orland.
Mr. Jemas took over the league's trading card business and went from 1 licensee and $500,000 in annual sales with $30,000 in annual royalties to over $250,000,000 in sales and $60,000,000 in Royalty Income.
After his stint with the NBA, Mr Jemas went to Fleero Corp as the lead of their Entertainment Card Division. Fleer was then part of Marvel Entertainment Group.
Mr Jemas grew the Entertainment Card Division quickly, and generated nearly $120 Million in sales and $60 Million in earnings.
In 1995 Fleer acquired Skybox International, and Mr Jemas was promoted to President of the entire Company.
Mr Jemas returned to Marvel in 2000 to rework the company as it emerged from Bankruptcy. During Mr. Jemas' tenure, domestic licensing revenues skyrocketed from $9.4m in 2000 to $88 M in 2004. He and his team established relationships with companies such as Activision, Universal, Burger King, Pepsi, Proctor and Gamble, Fruit of the Loom and Kraft.
Mr Jemas is now the CEO of 360ep, where he wills et up operations and establish media partner relationships. Long term focus is on directing creative development toward trade and consumer demand.
