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Advanced Growing Systems, Inc.
3050 Royal Blvd. South
Suite 135
Alpharetta, GA 30022

(PH) 800-747-0720
(F)  678-387-5065


The following list includes the Board of Directors for Advanced Growing Sytems and respective biographies:

Chris Nichols
Chris Nichols is the Chairman and interim President/CEO of Advanced Growing Systems, Inc. He brings massive experience in business growth and marketing. He previously headed Westcap Securities Private Client Group as the Senior Vice President in charge of sales and marketing. He brings 10 plus years of strategic investment/public market experience beginning at Dean Witter Reynolds in 1994. He has a broad range of knowledge from sophisticated derivative trading to offering Separate Account services to High Net Worth Individuals. He holds all applicable licenses including a Series 24 and Series 7. Mr. Nichols is a graduate of California State University in Fullerton with a B.A. degree in Marketing.

Steve Riegler
Steve Riegler has been a private equity investor over the past several years. He has also worked with several non-profit organizations as well as holding advisory roles with Epic Sports and Quicksilver Boardriders USA. He previously served as a professional equity trader at UBS and for 10 years was a specialist for Charles Schwab on the floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange (PCX) in Los Angeles. During his time at the PCX he served on the Board of Governors in 2000. He was also in charge of all major media communications including CNBC, CNN and local Los Angeles radio.

Lyle Mortensen
Mr. Mortensen is the owner and operator of Lyle J. Mortensen CPA, a consulting and accounting firm in practice since 1978, with licenses in California and Texas. After graduation from Arizona State University, he worked for Touche Ross & Company in their Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City offices, serving as Director of Tax Operations (Salt Lake City office) from 1975 until 1978, when he established his private practice. His experience in accounting and consulting includes serving as the chief financial officer of an international investment banking firm; representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service, NASD, and other regulatory bodies; and preparing Securities and Exchange Commission documents. He has also functioned as the chief financial officer for several small companies, giving them financial and accounting structure and direction as needed.

Jack Cowan
Jack Cowan, founder of Venture Chemicals, Inc. in Lafayette LA brings massive experience in chemical engineering, chemical management and sophisticated manufacturing. He is currently COB of the Venture Group, several small, specialty-based products companies serving a number of markets including oil and gas drilling fluid additives, agricultural products, animal feed additives, etc. Jack has been on various committees and actively involved in multiple professional organizations including the American Chemical Society, the American Petroleum Institute, the National Association of Corrosion Engineers and the Commercial Development Association. Jack is the author or co-author of more than 30 patents and is the author/co-author of numerous technical papers involving both drilling fluids and oilfield production chemicals. Jack has a BS Degree in Chemistry from Midwest University.