Still trying to falsify the resume. Unlike James Tilton, the fraudster extraordinaire, who can't tell a truth to save his life, I still can't find anything embellished in Zac's CV.
There are, however, some interesting things that corroborate his background, or things just outright interesting.
In this source, Zachary is a victim in a gold heist. As long as he is not the thief in the story, I'm fine with that. What's important to me is that it's big money involved and a corroboration to his background. I another story from another source, that same security firm hunted a conman down to another country.
2) He knows 4 languages fluently. Forget the other 3 he is not proficient at. I can't even learn Spanish proficiently, the easiest language in the world. I don't know how the brain can do that after the age of 3. But he is not alone.
According to this source, IFF true, "America’s most successful businesspeople are becoming increasingly multilingual, and that’s no coincidence. The vast majority of studies on bilingualism show that knowing a second language improves the brain’s executive function. In other words, it gives you a heightened ability to monitor your environment which can help you stay focused and quickly switch between tasks, not to mention the advantages it gives you in communicating in our ever shrinking global commercial community."
Bringing in Cannabase shows strategy and execution. That was a confidence builder. I want to see more! Kick BLPG and CSAX while they are down and show no mercy.
According to this source, "Multi-linguals are more perceptive to their surroundings and better at focusing in on important information. It’s no surprise Sherlock Holmes was a skilled polyglot."
Just interesting is all, in my quest to falsify something...
In the meantime, who the heck is Paul Hodges? The mystery man. He has no Google footprint. There is a Colorado Hodges who is a miner. Could that be the mining connection with Helix? Related to Martin Bauer somehow. I'm reaching, grasping at straws. I don't know. Another mystery to unravel.
On 8-31-16 in the post I'm responding to, I wrote, "I found it looking at his close ties with Scott Ogur..."
I had a strong suspicion he was somehow involved here. Zac confirmed it in the investors presentation.
Zac and Scott go way back with Scimitar Investments. In the Investors Presentation, Zac reveals his partner Scott Ogur who, with Zac, put up their own capital. Their years of experience in the valuation of M&A activity is corroborated in many past articles on Scot Ogur:
The following link goes to a pdf. For those unfamiliar with Adobe, a quick ctrl-f (or a right click of mouse) will give you a "find" box. Just type in "ogur" and it will take you directly to an interesting few paragraphs on what Scimitar Investments has done for its investors in frontier markets. While Ogur is the one interviewed, Zac was his partner at Scimitar.
This is where Zac worked prior to Helix as a managing director and recruited its CFO before his next startup with Helix. And that CFO just happens to be Scot Ogur. So, essentially, Spruce Investments are our CFO as well. This is like the advantage MCD has with its deep pockets of talent.
In the following link, going back to 2006, Ogur is interviewed and mentions his partner Zac and its firms activities:
Complete corroboration to their frontier market background, which is what the Cannabis market is in the US. Here they are investing in unstable regions like Iraq focusing on the Kurds, or in places like North Africa. Minimum investments of $500,000 were accepted to work with. All of their experience continues to be corroborated. A startup venture fund was purchased which made investments in "startup technology companies," which is what Helix is. The edge they have over all of the inexperienced players in this field is a tremendous advantage. They don't have a learning curve.
Corroboration of their purchase is here in an old Berkshire press release:
Earlier this year, I wrote a post titled is Zachary Venegas too good to be true?" Apparently, it's true. That means we have someone here that can have a succession plan after he has Helix where it needs to be. I suspect he will recruit a new CEO and a CFO at some future date for them to finish what he started as he leaves to take on a new challenge. But that is just my hunch.
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