There is no doubt in my mind they are on board with VuMe. It fits directly into their target market opportunities on their home page.
Looks like they have grown with a few more ee's too. These are serious players working there. Ironically BPI is tied to us and UNIO for the ABA letter of intent. Unio is tied to us as a partner while Albert is employed by us and the XFL. They have a former NFL'er on their payroll here and has Terris Harris as his partner at Chase Growth. Bio Below
Chase Growth Fund CEO and Co-Founder Terris Harris, Jr.’s successful real estate investing career is a perfect example of the American Dream. Personally recruited by legendary NFL and College Football Hall of Fame Coach Jimmy Johnson, Terris became an All-American Free Safety for the 1980s era Miami Hurricanes college football dynasty, including two NCAA National Championship teams. Duplicate commitment off the field earned him a B.B.A. in Business Administration from UOM’s Herbert School of Business, to which he later added M.B.A. study at his hometown University of Memphis.
Black Pearl Employees Below:
VICE PRESIDENT - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Bryan Hall
Mr. Hall is the Vice President of Business Development with Black Pearl Investments. A Super Bowl Champion with the Baltimore Ravens, Mr. Hall brings an extensive network of investments, investors, and capital resources.
After a 7 year professional football career, Mr. Hall received his MBA from Arkansas State University. Mr. Hall made a smooth transition off of the field into the business world where he now supports his network with financial resources.
SENIOR BUSINESS ADVISOR - STRATEGIC PARTNER Michael Onghai, CFA
Mr. Onghai is a family office investor, serial entrepreneur, author, inventor, and speaker. He is the seed investor and general partner of Alpha Sigma Capital. He has been a hedge fund manager for a family office, turn-around operator, angel investor, and a real estate investor. Over his entire career, his past angel investments include FundersClub, Coinbase, Upflex, and TZero.
He is an advisor to several internet incubators and FundersClub. Mr. Onghai was the third employee at GeoCities, which was sold to Yahoo! for USD 3.5B. He is also a member of the highly selective Value Investors Club. Prior to his entrepreneurial experience, he has worked at Capital Group, Price Waterhouse Coopers, and the Human Genome Project. He sits on the board of three public companies.
Mr. Onghai holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. He also graduated from the Executive Management Certificate Program in Value Investing at Columbia Business School.
MANAGING DIRECTOR - CAPITAL MARKETS George S. Arau
Mr. Arau is a Managing Director of Black Pearl Investments. He serves as capital markets and deal underwriter based out of Black Pearl’s New York office. Mr. Arau has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate finance and investment, with extensive experience in commercial real estate debt products.
Over his tenure, Mr. Arau has been involved in transactions totaling over USD 50B in par value while working at institutions such BlackRock, ING Clarion Capital, PB Capital, Lazard Freres, Prudential Real Estate Investors. Santander Bank, Sabal Capital Partners and Moody’s Investors Service holding revenue generating roles originating and underwriting commercial real estate debt investments. Mr. Arau has a wide array of real estate finance experience including investment management, structured finance, private equity, banking, and multifamily agency.
While at BlackRock, Mr. Arau underwrote CRE debt investments for the firm’s high yield debt funds and was directly responsible for portfolio management of Anthracite Capital’s non-investment grade CMBS consisting of 40 trusts with over 5,000 loans totaling over USD 58B in par value. In addition, he oversaw the credit surveillance and delinquent loan resolution for special serviced loans within the CMBS B-piece portfolio which consisted of over 300 loans with over USD 5B in par value.
While at ING Clarion, Mr. Arau served as a senior investment professional with primary responsibility for the acquisition and underwriting of over USD 1B in face value of whole loans, subordinate debt, preferred equity, mezzanine loans, distressed debt, CMBS B-pieces, as well as new issuance and secondary investment grade and non-investment grade CMBS. Furthermore, Mr. Arau was responsible for the asset management and credit surveillance of ING Clarion’s entire commercial real estate debt portfolio which consisted of over USD 4B in face/notional value of CMBS, CRE loans, CDOs, and other CRE securities, including cash and synthetic positions.
Mr. Arau’s other experience includes origination, structuring and credit analysis of debt products such as bridge loans, construction loans, multifamily agency loans, and mortgage-backed securities.
He holds an M.S. in Real Estate Finance from New York University and a B.A. in Finance and Statistics from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
Let's see BPI deliver on the first commitment before smoking a bunch more hopium. BPI is likely just as much of a grifting bunch of inept morons as the executives at TPTW.
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