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.
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