The board of directors and paid advisors to Netstock Direct Corporation include experienced marketing, general management, technology development, and operations professionals. The company began it's initial development in the first quarter of 1995 as a self-funded entity. Originally known as InvestNet, Netstock Direct was co-founded by Mark Davis and Martin Rood, the founder and developer of DealerNet, the largest volume automobile Internet site (http://www.dealernet.com) founded in 1994.
Management Team & Directors | Advisory Board | |
R. Mark Davis, Founder, Chairman & CEO | Leonard Cereghino | |
John Castle, Cheif Operating Officer | G. Ross Morris | |
John J. Schilling, Cheif Financial Officer | Jay L. Powers | |
Keith Ranney, Director: Media Production | Robert Rosner | |
Carl Albrecht, Director | Peter M. Wilson | |
Martin S. Rood, Director |
R. Mark Davis, Founder and CEO, has 17 years of experience in money management and
banking, as well as firsthand experience working with corporate investor relations
departments. He began by working with individual and institutional investors as a
CPA in tax planning with both Deloitte and Touche and Ernst and Young. He then
managed portfolios at Merrill Lynch until joining U.S. Bank in 1989. At U.S. Bank,
he worked with the consulting services of the Frank Russell Company for asset
allocation and money-manager selection for individuals, retirement plans, and
corporations. Davis holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration from the
University of Washington, with a concentration in accounting. He has been active in
multiple civic and professional organizations, including the Seattle Rotary and the
Washington Society of CPAs. Top
Carl Albrecht, Director, is Vice President in charge of the Seattle practice of
Claremont Technology Group, Inc., a Portland, Oregon based systems integration and
technology consulting firm. Mr. Albrecht was previously Vice President for System
Operations and Vice President Business Development at Claircom Communications Group,
a provider of air-to-ground telephone service in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Before
Claircom, Mr. Albrecht spent four years as a management consultant with Booz-Allen and
Hamilton, helping technology-based companies with strategy and operations issues.
In addition, he has four years of experience in Systems Engineering with EDS, a
prominent computer services company. Mr. Albrecht holds an M.S. in Management from
M.I.T.'s Sloan School and a B.A. in International Relations from Claremont Men's
College. Top
Martin S. Rood, Director, is an experienced and successful business executive and
entrepreneur. He is currently Director of DealerNet Operations, a service of Reynolds
& Reynolds, a Fortune 1000 company. He was previously President of Rood Nissan/Volvo,
an automobile dealership located in Seattle, Washington, and founder and President of
Dealer Internet Service Corporation, a highly successful internet-based information
services company, which he sold to Reynolds & Reynolds in 1995.
Mr. Rood holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Puget Sound Blood Center, has previously
been a member of the Board of Directors of the Arthritis Foundation, and was Charter
President of the Emerald City Rotary Club. Top
John R. Castle, Sc.D., Chief Operating Officer, is an experienced and accomplished
executive of entrepreneurial technology companies with success in selecting winning
strategies, building corporate relationships, raising capital, developing products and
bringing them to market. He is currently President of The John Castle Corporation, an
advisor on strategic business development to companies in the communications, software,
medical products and specialty chemical businesses. Prior to that, he was a Partner
in Washington Biotechnology Funding, a seed venture capital business, President and CEO
of Hamilton-Thorn, a medical electronics company, Executive Vice President and cofounder
of Seragen, Inc. a biotechnology company, and Vice President and General Manager of the
Bioproducts Division of FMC Corporation, a diversified Fortune 500 company.
Dr. Castle holds advanced degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and in business from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
He is a Director of the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest and has been President of
the Puget Sound Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) and a
director of the Society for Industrial Microbiology (SIM). Top
John J. Schilling. Director of Finance and Operations, was previously Vice President
of Kauri Investments, Ltd. a Seattle-based real estate development and management firm
where he was responsible for finance and administration. Prior to that, he was the
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sight & Sound Entertainment, Inc., a
leading provider of foreground music and video services for business. Mr. Schilling
has more than 10 years of business experience in finance, operations, information
systems, investment banking and entrepreneurial ventures. He holds a B.S. in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Washington and an MBA with Honors from the University
of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Top
Keith Ranney. Director of Media Production. Prior to providing website and other
media production services for Netstock Direct, Mr. Ranney was an independent consultant
specializing in interactive media and information design. Mr. Ranney has a broad
range of production experience including video production management, technical direction,
non-linear video editing, 3D animation, electronic pre-press, programming and creative
direction.
In 1991, Ranney was the production manager and technical director on the video portion
of Trilobyte/Virgin Game's, smash hit CD-ROM drama, 7th Guest. Previously he ran his own
production agency, Image Grafx. The firm won numerous awards in 1992 and 1993 for video
production, live event production, print design and animation.
Mr. Ranney holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University with a
concentration in film production, photography and multimedia. In 1991 and 1992 he
served as president of the Southern Oregon Film & Video Association and won the 1992
SOFVA Service Award. Top
G. Ross Morris, Vice President of Sales, F5 Labs, Inc. Mr. Morris has broad experience
at the executive and management levels in marketing, sales and distribution in a number
of leading technology companies including C5\Conversational Computing Corporation,
OneComm/ Nextel Corporation, Digital Systems International, System Industries, Inc.,
and Baron Data Systems. He holds a BA Degree in Economics from the University of
California at Berkeley and an MBA from the University of Washington. Top
Jay L. Powers, President, Golf Travel Online, Vice President - Operations and Business
Development, Virtual AdVentures (parent company). Mr. Powers has over thirteen years of
experience in operations, finance and executive management positions, including five
years as President and Chief Financial Officer of Sunset Foundry Company, Inc. an
international aerospace products manufacturing company. He has been a key consultant,
advisor and director of several internet companies including DISC/DealerNet Inc.,
Pantheon, LLC, Compumedia, Inc., OISC/SafeTnet, LLC, AccountingNet, Inc., CompUsave,
Inc. Mr. Powers holds a BA degree in Business Administration from Washington State
University, and an MBA from the University of Washington. Top
Robert Rosner, Consultant. Mr. Rosner has over fifteen years of experience as an
industry consultant specializing in organizational and strategic change. His clients
include Price Costco, Inc., Seattle Public Schools, United Way of King County, and King
County Medical/Blue Shield of Washington. He was the founder of the Smoking Policy
Institute, serving as its Executive Director for ten years, and is active in a number
of charitable and community service organizations. Mr. Rosner holds a BS Degree in
Occupational Therapy from the University of Puget Sound and an MBA from the University
of Washington. Top
Peter M. Wilson, Operations Manager, DealerNet, a service of Reynolds & Reynolds.
Mr. Wilson is responsible for all technical and operational aspects of this highly
successful internet-based automotive information services company. Prior to its
acquisition by Reynolds & Reynolds, he was its Business Development Director and was
responsible for all DealerNet Sales and Marketing activities. He has over ten years
of sales and marketing management experience in the marine manufacturing industry
including positions at Innovac Technology and Wesmar Corporation. Mr. Wilson holds
a BA degree in Business Administration from Washington State University.
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Board of Advisors
Leonard Cereghino, President and C.E.O., Len Cereghino & Co. Mr. Cereghino has over
twenty two years of experience in the securities industry, including more than ten years
as an investor relations executive. Prior to establishing his own firm, he was the
Senior Vice President of Allen Nelson & Co., the Northwest's largest investor relations
and proxy solicitation firm, providing services to some of the region's largest
publicly-held technology and financial services firms. Mr. Cereghino has an extensive
network of contacts on Wall Street and major financial centers throughout the United
States and Europe, and has held senior executive and management positions at Drexel
Burnham Lambert and Merrill Lynch & Co. He holds a BA degree in Business Administration
from Arizona State University. Top
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