Vistra Capital. Executive Team

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Harry van Biljon (Senior Partner) Co-Founder

Harry van Biljon the Group Managing Director has a wealth of experience in Business, Harry has more than 26 years corporate working experience. He is a Dynamic, Energetic, Versatile senior executive with a track record of growing and managing businesses and projects across a range of industries sectors like agriculture, public sector, security, vision and commitment in the alignment of business with strong ICT applications and vice versa.

He offers a powerful combination of skills from a Process, People and Technology perspective to drive market expansion, client acquisition and Data & Information management. Harry has been very active in the ICT sector since 1998. Amongst other key projects, Harry has been fortunate to enjoy an international career with leading organizations that has included key positions with organizations and projects in Transport and Logistics and has ICT development experience gained with Metallux Infrastructure Group, South Africa. Graduated from Salisbury Polytechnic.

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Rosalind Marie van Biljon (Senior Partner) Co-Founder

Rosalind van Biljon is a frontier and emerging market business development specialist. Her career to date has developed a diverse background and expertise in international business, sales, capital introduction and fundraising, conferencing and project management, predominantly focused on the African Continent. A highly driven individual and highly entrepreneurial with a passion for success.

As an extremely resourceful and well-connected individual, Rosalind brings to the table a wealth of experience in working with Africa’s top political and business leaders. Her network spans across leading investors and high net worth individuals through to asset managers and Africa focused funds.

Rosalind heads the business development unit with a strong focus and capital introduction focused firm with the aim of linking business opportunities with introductions to a diverse portfolio of new capital from Europe, Australia, America and South Korea and Hong Kong Dubai and many other geographies. Until recently, Rosalind ran the day-to-day activities at Invest Africa desk of the Investor Team based in Jeddah through the chief operating officer Office; maintaining key governmental relationships on the continent, managing member benefits, international Conferences and events, curated Investor trips and the business development arm of business. The Unit covers all Corporate and Government Projects in a variety of economic sectors. Rosalind is a graduate in Social Sciences from University of the South Bank, London attended Birkbeck College and Greenwich University London

FOBS Inc. Executive Team

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Roger Imperial, Chairman

Roger is presently is a Senior Consultant with Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc. and Member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Green Energy Cooperative, New York, New York, Vice Chairman of Acordia, Inc., (purchased by Wells Fargo Insurance Services) and Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Insurance Services of New York, Inc. Mr. Imperial is also a member of the Board of directors of Aswins Capital Group LLC, a non-patron investment member of Green Energy Cooperative.

Mr. Imperial is a specialist in the development and implementation of large roperty/Casualty He formerly held executive positions with the major brokerage firms of Marsh & McLennan, Willis-Coroon, and AON. He formerly held executive positions with the major brokerage firms of Marsh & McLennan, Willis-Coroon, and AON. Mr. Imperial holds a degree in law from St. John’s University School of Law and an Honorary Doctorate of Commercial Sciences degree from Fairleigh Dickenson University (Dewey College).

Mr. Imperial was Chairman of the Manhattan/Bronx Regional Board of Catholic Health Care System, a former member of the Board of Directors – New Jersey Highway Authority, a Board Member of the North American Development Group, was an Adjunct Professor at the College of Insurance and New York University, a Special Counsel appointed by the Governor of New York to the Joint Legislature Committee on Rate and Regulations, and a U.S. Marine Corps. veteran. As Treasurer, Mr. Imperial shall oversee the books of accounts, funds of the Corporation, and banks or other depositories selected by the Board of Directors.

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Andre Hughes, Treasure

Andre Hughes is the founder of Powered by Action (PbyA). Powered by Action’s mission is to unite partners that will help developing and distressed communities become self-sufficient. PbyA believes lasting change comes through love for our neighbor, a collaborative call to serve, innovation and the will to act. Andre is also the Chairman of C3 Venture Group LLC, and Chairman and Co-Owner of Big Marker, a company focused on making help and knowledge more accessible. Andre is a founding Partner of Accenture, a Management consulting firm with over 290,000 employees worldwide and over $29 billion in annual revenues. Previously, Andre Hughes was the Global Managing Director of a business venture with Cisco, the Accenture Cisco Business Group.

Andre was the visionary leader of Accenture’s Human Capital, Inclusion and Diversity, and Corporate Citizenship actions and results in the US. In this role, he led a team and strategy committed to developing globally responsible leaders and shaping proactive strategies that improved human capital effectiveness. An innovator, Andre accelerated as a Partner by identifying a new market that focused on Transformational opportunities in th e Telecommunications market place. As part of his five-year tenure as the Founder and Global Managing Partner of the Network Service Line of Business, Andre and his team grew this practice to more than $640 million in annual revenue within the first 4 years of business launch.

Andre was the Communications & High Tech North America Managing Partner for Consulting, where he directed business strategy, and market development initiatives focused on growth. Andre is an alumnus of both Purdue University and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelor Degree in Engineering and MBA in Finance respectively.

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Quintin E. Primo III, President Development

Quintin E. Primo III is the Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Capri Capital Partners, LLC, one of the largest minority-owned real estate investment management firms in the United States. Primo, whose firm has $6.04 billion in assets under management in domestic and international commercial real estate, is ranked on the Forbes’ Top Twenty Richest African American’s in the World list. Primo, a regular contributor on CNBC has been recognized in the real estate industry for his achievements.

In 2000, under Primo’s leadership, Capri Capital launched one of the first real estate mezzanine funds. As a minority-owned firm, Capri Capital was also an early investor in under-served urban markets such as South Los Angeles. In 2006, Capri capital purchased Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, a Los Angeles regional mall. In 2012, Black Enterprise Magazine Named Capri Capital as its Financial Services Company of the Year.

In September 2013, under Primo’s direction, Capri Capital launched Capri Global Capital, Limited, formed as part of a strategic alliance with Money Matters Financial Services Limited in India. The Indian company was renamed Capri Global Capital Limited. Primo is the non-executive chairman and director of Capri Global Capital Limited’s Board of Directors in India. Primo becomes one of, if not the first, African-American to serve on the board of an Indian-registered publicly listed company. Primo is known for his philanthropy as the founder and chairman of the Primo Center for Women and Children, a transition homeless shelter in West Side, Chicago. He is a 1973 alumnus from Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Ill.
He is the son of Episcopal Bishop Quintin E. Primo Jr

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William D. Squires – Lecturer, Consultant, New York Football Giants

William (Bill) Squires began his career in the sports and entertainment facilities and event management Industry in 1987. During his career, he has managed Yankee Stadium, Giants Stadium on two separate occasions, ESPN’s Wide World of Sports and Cleveland Browns Stadium, which is now called First Energy Stadium. Bill was hired as ESPN’s Wide World of Sports first General Manager and was hired by the Cleveland Browns to open Cleveland Browns Stadium in 1999. Squires was responsible for all aspects of operations at all of these venues. He currently owns his own consulting business, and one of his projects was working with the New York Football Giants and the New York Jets on their privately financed $1.6 billion MetLife Stadium.

He is currently a consultant to the New York Football Giants as well as many companies that provide services and products to the sports and entertainment facilities industry. Squires Is a Past President of the Stadium Managers Association whose members are facility managers from the NFL, MLB, MLS, CFL, motor speedways, colleges/universities, and several international facilities.

He also sits on several boards that support the sports and entertainment facilities and event management industry. He has been teaching the Sports Facilities and Event Management course In the School of Professional Studies at Columbia University since 2007. Squires is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and was an active duty naval aviator for 12 years before Joining the New York Yankees. He served an additional 12 years in the Naval Reserves and retired as a Commander.

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Anthony Lavely, Sr. VP of Franchise Development

Tony is a graduate of Yale University and has over a 40-year career in the chain restaurant business working with thousands of Franchisees and believes they’re the life blood of the business, since they’re closest to the customer. He’s held the position of Executive Vice President (EVP) & Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) in six of the largest international restaurant chains in the World:
• Long John Silver’s: 1,500 units; $500 million annual revenue • Burger King: 5,000 units; $6 billion annual revenue
• Domino’s Pizza: 10,000 units; $2.5 billion annual revenue • Church’s Chicken: 1,700 units; $1.3 billion annual revenue • Ruth’s Chris Steak House: 120 units; $600 million annual revenue.
• Friendly’s Ice Cream: 400 units; $500 million annual revenue.

Tony has chaired the Franchise Advisory Council (FAC) which had maintained oversight for all Menu and New Product Development including assessment with final approval on all Franchisees including their Real Estate Site Development in recent years, Tony has been a consultant to the chain restaurant industry, often working with private equity firms to enhance their investments in this space. Many of these clients also had investments in Franchise-Based systems such as: KFC, Kenny Roger’s Roasters, Bibigo Korean Kitchen, Nando’s Peri Peri Chicken, TGI Friday’s, Olive Garden, Urban Plates to name a few.
Tony was behind Domino’s Pizza climb to #1 by creating the 30 minutes or FREE Pizza Guarantee.

He’s extensively assisted the immigrant Franchisee create their American Dream from the following Countries of Origin: Bahrain, China, Colombia, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, UAE. Tony is now leading the charge at Food Fobs to create a system to where migrants can become the new engine for the future & growth in the Chain & Franchising Industry. Tony believes this merit based immigration system with propelling both the Immigrant and their new adopted Country into a unique new partnership in creating the
“New American Dream”.

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Harry Park – Chief Engineer

Currently Mr. Park is the chief engineering consultant at K-MIT in Seoul where he provides technical insights and recommendations for a wide range of manufacturers seeking worldly recognized accreditation in hopes for Boosting foreign trade. He also has worked creating container housing business model from design, code compliance, manufacturing to logistics with opening industry’s eyes to this sector of business along with modular houses for several years.

Mr. Park has more than 33 years of production management experience as a chief executing leader in a world Leading shipbuilding company facing the harshly challenging international shipbuilding market in where mobilizing personnel resources from more than dozens of production departments and a tons of material resources across The enterprise for timely delivery of products with customer satisfaction and quality assurance strategy and zero tolerance HSE assurance strategy committed.

Presiding over weekly production steering committee with hundreds of persons in charge of whole departments And executive directors participating where any key decision were made. Developing as a head of welding R&D institute, innovative tools and devices for automation, creative and the state-of-art welding technologies for productivity improvement.

MS- Ocean Engineering Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston BS- Naval Architecture Department at SNU in Seoul
Member of KWEC, IIW, AWS, KWJS, SNAK, Metal Committee of KR Certificate holder of JSNDA, AWS, ASME, Korea Electric Association Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department

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Dr. Anita Goel – Physicist and Physician, Head of 360º - Utopic Wellness Communi0es

Dr. Anita Goel is a physicist and physician in the United States. She is globally recognized for her pioneering research in nanobiophysics, particularly for the study of molecular mechanics behind the reading and writing of information in DNA.
Dr. Anita Goel will head-up the FOBS Utopic Wellness, and hospitalization entities. Dr. Goel has a deep passion for fundamental science, especially elucidating the physics of living systems at the nanoscale.

Her work in applied science harnesses these fundamental insights to develop nanotechnology platforms such as those for portable disease detection and nanosystems for novel energy harvesting and biocomputing applications.

Dr. Anita Goel, MD, PhD, founded Nanobiosym as an R&D innovation engine and hi-tech incubator at the convergence of physics, nanotechnology and biomedicine. She is also piloting a lobal initiative to build innovative public-private partnerships with academic, commercial, global thought leaders and NGO’s, to collectively harness innovations at this convergence to sustainably address some of the world’s most pressing needs in healthcare, energy, and the environment.

M.D., Harvard-MIT, Division of Health Sciences and Technology Ph.D., M.A., Harvard University, Physics
B.S., Stanford University, Physics with Honors & Distinction Chairman, Scientific Director, & CEO NANOBIOSYM

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Gary Reeves - Sr. VP, Media Relations

Executive Producer / Creator of GIVE
Social impact entrepreneur and an original founder of GIVE. He is deeply committed to creating value-based, positive Content centered on service and community involvement. Gary has spent his career in the service of others within the sports and entertainment industries.

Gary Reeves has served 25 years as a social impact business strategist and spiritual advisor, to some of today’s most celebrated cultural personalities, Fortune 500 Company’s and Philanthropist. His work has received local and national accolades for community impact. Currently, he and business partner Blair Underwood, have created/executive produced an Emmy Award winning television series GIVE on NBC, to launch a new social impact content platform to support small non profits and social impact thought leaders merge common interest

Give (TV Series documentary) (executive producer – 8 episodes)

  • Give to Innovative Education for Underserved Kids in NYC (2016) … (executive producer)
  • Give an Opportunity for Kids to Help Kids (2016) … (executive producer)
  • Give to Arts Education for All Kids in Los Angeles (2016) … (executive producer)
  • Give to Lending a Hand to the Homeless in Los Angeles (2016) … (executive producer)
  • Give to Making Connections for Kids (2016) … (executive producer) Show all 8 episodes
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Ryan Burleson - Sr. Director, Functional Global Services Partner- Distribution, Logistics and Procurement

CEO/President, Smart Earth Robotics

Robotics and logistics consultant, designer, and inventor for multiple industries. Our solutions are able to manage equipment , supplies, freight, and vehicles of any size in a fast efficient and budget friendly manner. We provide oversight of engineers and logistics to our clients for true insights into the companies with whom they contract. I have managed the interests of MANY parties including partners, employees, sub-contractors, varied shareholders, complex logistics, multinational manufacturing, local and international budgeting, Local and international patent filings, R&D and much more.
Chief Strategy Officer, AITHEON, INC. – Global Automation Company AITHEON is a SAAS and hardware company which enables symbiosis between Humans and A.I. /Robotics, helping organizations to thrive, while also creating workforce opportunities in an era where automation is reducing jobs.

The team I led secured a $3.4 billion dollar contract for logistics, warehousing, and RPA. Managed other disciplines to onboard and integrate more than 2,700 new workers, an increase of more than 27,000%. Assisted in the formation and contract negotiations with India, Ukraine, the Middle East, and spoke at a UN conference in Switzerland. Ryan’s most notable past work achievements are: Oversaw $4,250,000,000.00 USD in new product growth of multiple companies. One of his most well-known achievements would include some of his products he has invented/helped to invent being featured in Fortune, BBC, and many other publications.

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Matt Williams – VP Director of Baseball Development

Matt Williams – Mr. Williams has over 35 years experience in professional athletics.
Mr. Williams started his career in Major League Baseball where he was drafted by the San Francisco Giants as the third overall selection in the 1986 First-Year Player Draft. He quickly became one of baseball’s premiere third basemen during a 17-year Major League career with the Giants, Cleveland Indians and D-backs from 1987-2003…in 1,866 career games, hit .268 with 997 runs, 1,878 hits, 338 doubles, 35 triples, 378 home runs and 1,218 RBI. Mr. Williams appeared in five All-Star Games and won four Rawlings Gold Glove Awards and four Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Awards as a third baseman.

Mr. Williams also played in three World Series with three different teams (Giants, 1989; Indians,1997; D-backs, 2001), becoming the only player to hit at least one World Series home run for three different teams while finishing in the Top 10 in league MVP voting on three occasions, including finishing second to Houston’s Jeff Bagwell in 1994 after slugging 43 homers and 96 RBI during the strike-shortened season.

Mr. Williams spent the last two years as a coach of the Arizona Diamond Backs. His other coaching experience came as the interim manager of the Double-A Mobile Bay Bears for the final two months of the 2007 season after manager Brett Butler suffered a stroke. He also was a member of the D-backs broadcast team from 2005-09, serving as a color analyst on select broadcasts on FOX Sports Arizona and Sports 620 KTAR. Mr. Williams is also is a minority owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks Major League Baseball and held the title as Special Assistant to the President and CEO since 2005.

From D.C. to Oakland to South Korea: Former MLB manager Matt Williams’ is now team’s Manager of the Championship Korean Tigers professional team

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Nancy Liberman – VP Director of Basketball Development

Lieberman was the Shock’s head coach and general manager from 1998 to 2000. She then served as a television analyst for women’s basketball before becoming the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks’ NBA Developmental League team in 2009. Lieberman was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996. 2018 BIG3 Champion Coach and Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman was named to be the head coach of Power on March 21, 2018, replacing fellow Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler, who became BIG3 Commissioner. She is the first woman ever to become head coach of a men’s professional team in any sport.

Lieberman brings an unparalleled resume to the league, including eight years of professional play in the Women’s Professional Basketball League and WNBA, eight years of professional coaching experience in the WNBA, NBA D-League (head coach of the Texas Legends, affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks) and NBA (Sacramento Kings assistant coach), and time as a broadcaster for ESPN and ABC. Lieberman also earned a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a gold medal as a member of USA Basketball’s 1979 World Championship team.

Lieberman was named to three All-American teams while winning back-to-back AIAW National Championships at Old Dominion University. Nicknamed “Lady Magic,” she was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996.The Nancy Lieberman Charities is a 501 (c)3 organization funded by charitable donations and committed to promoting and developing healthy lifestyles and educational opportunities for young girls and boys. Nancy Lieberman Charities is dedicated to expanding and ensuring that educational and sports opportunities exist for economically disadvantaged youth. Approximately 85% of the students that we serve with our basketball camps, clinics, Dream Courts™, college scholarships, and school supply programs, throughout the United States, are from low-to-moderate income families.