Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

Stay tuned for more updates on how this acquisition will benefit our clients and experts.

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Expert Details

Agriculture, Aquaculture, Organics, Operations, Logistics, Sales and Marketing

ID: 725663 West Virginia, USA

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Expert has been involved in fisheries worldwide for 20+ years as a marketer, sales director and owner of a company that processes markets and sells products from fisheries worldwide.

Has been involved in legal case testimony and deposition work as related to organic agriculture.

On a regular basis, Expert's company advises Trust Funders, Investment Bankers, CEO's and Portfolio Managers worldwide. He is directly involved in aquaculture and sells products worldwide. Expert conducts extensive daily research on the worldwide fisheries pricing, health and trends. He is aware of and observes the TAC for many pacific fisheries and is especially knowledgeable and very up to date on Pollock, Chilean and Scottish Salmon, Tilapia, King Crab, Shrimp, Haddock and Mackerel. He can discuss all aspects of costs, profits and the revenue drivers.

Expert has extensive knowledge into the day-to-day operations of deep sea fleets, and the cost related to operating and maintaining these fleets. He is very familiar with the costs and revenue drivers as well as supply side economics of deep sea fisheries.

He was recently nominated to the National Academy of Sciences National Research Councils committee to develop a concept of operations for the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas.

Expert is currently consulting on startup projects in the field of aquaculture in Brazil and Puerto Rico.

His experience includes 30 years as an international CEO/ COO in research, production, logistics, sales, and marketing.

Expert has been part of many international and national startup corporations and has developed and operated business in multiple locations in the US as well as Brazil, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Russia, Honduras, Ecuador as well as Ghana. Business operations were multiple areas that included tropical banana plantations, large organic farming operations, organic aquaculture, import/export businesses, international logistical support companies as well as food processing companies.

He has not only developed these businesses but has been part of the design, development and eventual operational aspects of each. He has served at the executive management and ownership levels and currently sits on their boards of directors.

Expert has developed project management consulting as well as direct role participation and has applied it to single family construction as well as international land development, with great success. His firm has also directly built homes in many USA locations as well as in Nigeria, Russia, and Dominican Republic as well as in Puerto Rico.

Expert has been at the C-executive level of business for the past 20 years. The decision making is critical as well as must be timely, with direct consequences. He has a proven, outstanding leadership and management skills with an ability to assemble and develop a strong team of motivated professionals.

Expert is highly motivated by situations in which he is held accountable. He can act with a sense of urgency, even under pressure. He can make the hard decisions, to determine outcomes and he acts with authority. His approach is business-like. He has promoted the benefits of teamwork and to involve the team in the discussion of how things should be done.

Expert has been involved in organic verification testimony and deposition work as recently as midsummer 2016.

Expert consults on a regular basis on international topics related to aquaculture, agriculture and logistics. He regularly consults with top Wall Street firms, as well as top financial investment firms world wide.He has consulted on food processing facilities in Las Vegas, New York, and Tampa, Florida. As well as international projects in Honduras, San Pedro Sula and The Dominican Republic as well as Puerto Rico.He has consulted in many international locations, as in West and East Africa, Europe, Russia and frequently in South and Central America and the Caribbean.He is currently a consultant in Puerto Rico, Honduras and the Dominican Republic on 3 multi-purpose international fisheries projects.Current projects include: Gulf spill effect on seafood short/ long term, aquaculture, fisheries, researching the eventual Pollock TAC totals for 2011 and the Chilean Salmon industry.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1990 Degree: MBA Subject: Operations Management Institution: George Mason University
Year: 1980 Degree: BS Subject: Business Administration Institution: Salem University
Year: 1984 Degree: BA Subject: Sociology Institution: Salem University
Year: 1994 Degree: Associates Subject: Estate Development Institution: University of Maryland

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2006 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: President/ COO Department:
Responsibilities:
He is in charge of all international consulting. He specializes (but is not limited to) international trade, domestic agriculture, tropical agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries, infrastructure development of same.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2005 to 2012 Employer: Agro Industries Title: Director, Sales/ Marketing Department:
Responsibilities:
He handled national and international sales, marketing and logistics for the Company that specializes in the importation of aquaculture and deep offshore fisheries products, as well as tropical fruits.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2000 to 2007 Employer: 8th Sea Title: Director, International Projects Department:
Responsibilities:
He managed all plant expansion in Brazil as well as projects in the USA. He was directly in charge of logistics, sales and marketing, both domestic and international. He also managed the installation and construction of all farm pond and packing facility projects.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1997 to 2002 Employer: Capital Fruits of Puerto Rico Title: COO Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert was in charge of the design, development, planning and implementation of a large organic banana plantation in Puerto Rico. He also served as operations director upon completion of the farm.

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 2008 to Present Agency: DOE Role: Consultant Description: Representing firms in the renewable energy field

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 1999 to 1999 Country / Region: Russia Summary: Set up operations for a brick producing company as well as a lumber milling company
Years: 2004 to 2004 Country / Region: Dominican Republic Summary: set up all operations for a6000 acre organic banana and plantain plantation, based on our operation that was ongoing in Puerto Rico
Years: 1998 to 1998 Country / Region: Italy Summary: Helped establish a banana importing company in Naples
Years: 1997 to 1997 Country / Region: Ghana, West Africa Summary: On the ground management for a timber operation
Years: 2006 to 2010 Country / Region: Brazil Summary: Established a fully verticaly integrated organic aquaculture company in Parana State
Years: 1999 to 2009 Country / Region: Puerto Rico Summary: Designed, built and operated organic banana and tropical fruit operation
Years: 1999 to 2009 Country / Region: Honduras Summary: Developed tropical, organic fruit production

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
National Association of Project Managers,
National Association of Realtors,
National Organics Standards Board,
Organic Trade Association
Professional Appointments
Board President, 8th Sea
Past Board Memeber, Agro Industrial of Haiti
Past Board President, Capital Fruit of Puerto Rico
Past Board member, Project Hope, USA
Publications and Patents Summary
He publishes industry observations and trends on a regular basis.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert has served as a researcher for preparation of cases in aquaculture and deep sea fisheries as well as tropical agriculture. Most recently preparing information for the Gulf disaster.
Training / Seminars
He has developed seminars and training programs for both the tilapia aquaculture operations in Brazil as well as for the banana/plantain plantation in Puerto Rico the Dominican Republic and Honduras.
Vendor Selection
He has extensive experience and expertise in these fields. He was the primary person responsible for all materials on projects in multiple international locations as well as in multiple states in the US. This is multiple disciplined areas in agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, industrial construction.
Marketing Experience
He can discuss all aspects of many fisheries regulations worldwide. Expert can cover most regions of the world; including great source data form the areas of Russia and the North Sea. He trades in the industry daily and stay current on all available data, not only through research but through my extended contact base worldwide, in industry, government and regulatory agencies.

He has been in a unique position to observe and operate multiple industries as well as acquire first hand knowledge in and at all levels of multiple international business projects.
Other Relevant Experience
He has an extensive background in international start up business operations, from conception through to completion and into operations. His consulting has been world wide.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
English Native
Spanish Conversational
Italian Conversational
Polish Conversational

Fields of Expertise

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