Percy Miller Chairman Percy Miller is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and business leader. He is the founder of P. Miller Enterprises and No Limit Records, which has sold over 100 million albums, and has been involved in numerous business ventures, including telecommunications, real estate, movies, food, and apparel. His most important endeavor is philanthropy; he founded the You Are Not Alone Foundation and the Team Hope Foundation, servicing at-risk youth and senior citizens in communities across the USA. Bernt Ullmann Board Member Often hailed as "The Man Behind The Brands," Bernt has driven brands like FUBU International to $400 million in annual sales and masterminded monumental deals, including the one between Kohl’s and Jennifer Lopez. Trusted by moguls like Daymond John and Tommy Hilfiger, his branding genius has contributed to over $6 billion in global sales. Greg Writer CEO & Founder Often dubbed "The Entrepreneur’s Best Friend," Greg started as the youngest owner of a full-service investment bank at 21. With a hand in over $100 million in financing and decades of corporate experience, he founded Launch Cart, revolutionizing e-commerce for celebrities and influencers. Today, as a digital marketing guru, Greg continues to empower entrepreneurs through eCommerce. Author of Saving America One Crowd At A Time, a book on crowdfunding, published in 2015. Jeff Barnes COO Jeff Barnes, a former US Navy Nuclear power plant operator and diver, transitioned his leadership skills to the corporate world, excelling in risk management and strategic partnerships. As CEO of Angel Investors Network, he's advised over 1,000 companies and facilitated $50 million in investments. Holding an MBA from the University of Washington, Jeff continues to mentor emerging entrepreneurs and professionals. Joshua Writer Director of Technology Joshua Writer has served as the President and Board Member of the company since its formation on August 6th, 2019. From 2014-2018, Mr. Writer operated ValueAddon.com, an educational software company he founded that allows content creators to create, publish, and sell educational online courses. Value Addon launched with innovative software functionality that has made it one of the simplest and most user-friendly ways to publish training material online. From 2011-2013, Mr. Writer was the marketing director for a website he founded that later got rebranded to become GodFruits.com, which immediately shot to the top 5 Christian-based blogs on the Internet. GodFruits became so popular that it peaked the attention of former presidential primary candidate Mike Huckabee, who would later sign on to be the spokesperson for the site, even providing unique video commentary for the website’s 200,000+ loyal subscribers and millions of yearly visitors and grew to over 1 million Facebook fans. Pre 2014: Before Joshua started managing software companies full time, he managed his own search engine optimization company and at the peak, developed over 800 unique domains highly optimized for their particular niches generating collective traffic in excess of 100,000+ visitors per day which turned into a lucrative partnership with Google and their Ad network. Bertrand Nocella Advisor Bertrand is a Sr. UX developer for Google, having worked for Google for the past 15+ years. Mr. Nocella brings a very deep understanding of user experience and software development and is a great asset to Launch Cart’s technical and software development team. Kris Skrinak AWS Machine Learning Kris is the Global Machine Learning Technical Lead for the Amazon Partner Network ("APN"). He co-founded the Machine Learning group for the APN in 2017. Kris started his career as a Quantitative Strategist at Goldman Sachs, developed predictive maintenance apps as an AI Engineer at ATT, and prior to Amazon was a Computer Vision Architect at GoPro. He founded and sold 2 Silicon Valley startups in Finance and Network Monitoring: ClearStation and SiteRock. As the technical lead for horizontal support of AI/ML he's the 1st line of support for AWS Partners looking to develop or expand their use of these technologies across all markets including: Finance, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Public Services, Telecommunications, E-Commerce. Keith Newman Angel Investor Keith is an entrepreneur and content creator with more than 20 years of experience building compelling business models and driving early-stage growth companies. He has held management roles with Nasdaq, ReCode, , IDG, CMP, OneChannel, PodTech, Aptimus. Newman started his career as a writer and editor and then launched an innovation hub for media and technology companies before turning his sites on consulting/advisory work and angel investing. He hosts a top 20 podcast called "The Look Back with Keith." He holds a BA from San Diego State University and completed graduate coursework at SJSU and Stanford University. For recreation, Newman enjoys golf, hiking, big wave riding and is still trying to eke out his first novel.
