Joseph P. Urso Chairman and CEO of Global Operations |
Joseph P. Urso is the Chairman & CEO of Unovus™ and Aerus Holdings LLC. Aerus Holdings LLC has invested major capital and expertise in a variety of companies where it has complete or significant operating control. Learn More >>
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Col. Lee R. Roper Special Advisory Board Member |
Colonel Lee R. Roper is not just a great network marketing leader; he is also the largest land developer in the state of Texas, and is one of the greatest success stories in American history! Learn More >>
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Mr. Li Xiaohua Special Advisory Board Member |
Mr. Li started out in 1981 on the beaches of Beidaihe with an $800 fresh-juice machine. Four years later he won a license to be the sole distributor in Japan of a Chinese-invented hair restorer. Learn More >>
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Kevin Hickey, Executive Vice President and COO
Kevin Hickey is the Executive Vice President and COO of Unovus/ Aerus LLC and DBG Group Investments, LLC. He is also the Vice President and a director of Aerusco, Inc. (the managing member of Aerus Holdings, LLC). Mr. Hickey joined the Aerus business in December 1977. Since that time, Mr. Hickey has held various management and executive positions such as Vice President of Field Administration and Executive Vice President of Administration, most recently. Mr. Hickey holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia State University, and has completed course work toward an MBA at Kennesaw State College.
Carl C. Christoff, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Carl C. Christoff joined Aerus LLC in January 2002 and is the Unovus/Aerus' President and Chief Legal Officer. He is also the Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of DBG Group Investments, LLC. From April 2000 to 2004, he served as Vice President of Engles Urso Follmer Capital Corporation, a Dallas-based investment firm. From January 1984 to March 2000, Mr. Christoff was an attorney with Stutzman & Bromberg in Dallas, Texas, where he served on the firm's management committee. Mr. Christoff obtained his undergraduate degree from Mount Union College and a law degree from Tulane University. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
Mark Battista, Executive Vice President
Mark Battista has twenty years of experience with start-up ventures in the telecommunications, construction, environmental, manufacturing, and gaming industries. He received his BS in electrical engineering from Michigan State University. He currently holds a masters degree in business administration from SMU.
As founder and Vice President for L. Battista Electrical Construction he managed a 300 employee, 25 million dollar organization, for 10 years. After acquiring Voice Retrieval & Information Services in 1989, he has been instrumental in developing one of the largest local Real Estate Networks in the country. Voice Retrieval also provides electronic and web-based voting services for state and local governments. In 1987, he established National Waste Inc. a non-hazardous liquid waste treatment facility in Dallas, Texas, which was later sold to a large waste company in Houston, TX. Mark joined the Unovus/Aerus Holdings team as EVP, and will be responsible for manufacturing, engineering, IT, distribution, and other key areas of Unovus as well as DBG Group where he also serves as EVP.
Bill Coyle, Executive Vice President of Sales
Bill Coyle joined Aerus Canada, Inc. in 1972 as a sales rep in their college program, and has held various managerial and executive positions in Sales, Finance, Marketing and Administration until January 2003. At that time, his employment was transferred to our U.S. affiliate Aerus LLC, where he serves as the Vice President of Training and Education for Unovus. Mr. Coyle is also the Executive Vice President of Sales of DBG Group Investments, LLC. Bill graduated from Dawson College in Montreal, Quebec with a Business Administration degree, and has completed additional course work at Concordia (Montreal) and York (Toronto) Universities in marketing and accounting. Bill is fluent in English, French and speaks some Italian, Japanese, and Mandarin as well.
Bret Holland, Chief Financial Officer
Bret Holland is the Chief Financial Officer of Unovus/Aerus Holdings LLC.Mr. Holland joined the Aerus team in November of 1998. During that time he has held the positions of Director of Finance, VP-Finance, as well as his current position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his tenure with Aerus, Mr. Holland held the position of Controller for Interceramic, Inc., a Dallas, TX based manufacturer of ceramic floor tile. Prior to that, he worked in public accounting for the national firm Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Holland has maintained a CPA license since 1992. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a degree in Business Administration. Mr. Holland lives in Garland, Texas with his wife Melissa. They are expecting their first child in March 2009.
Mike Jackson Global Field Leader
Mike Jackson is the Global Field Leader and an Independent Business Owner with Unovus.
Mr. Jackson is the original founder of EcoQuest and is a 29-year veteran of direct sales. After a start in the field as an independent distributor, he had reached the highest levels of success with one of the oldest and most successful network marketing companies in the world. He was an eight-time qualifier for their President’s Club; a feat never before accomplished in that company’s 40-year history. During his 16 years as an independent field representative, he also built a traditional and highly successful water purification business, Best America Water Purification.
He is an accomplished speaker, having presented life changing messages to thousands of audiences throughout the world on the subject of entrepreneurship and success. Mike has been married to "Nata," his childhood sweetheart, for 35 years and has 4 grown children and 5 grandchildren.
Anil Agrawal Special Projects
Anil Agrawal is currently dedicated to Unovus special projects. His business objectives are to lead, manage, measure and apply his skills in management of the company to gain profits, by using efficient and effective resources. He is known as a “turn around” guy with his creative and analytical problem solving techniques.
Anil is a native Nepalese, and has lived in the United States for the last twelve years. While in Nepal, he managed his family’s successful international businesses, including a restaurant and a movie production company. He came to the United States to further his education with a vision to succeed. He received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN. Some of his previous professional experiences include VP of International Operations and Development and Operations Manager for EcoQuest International, as well as Systems Analyst and Senior Systems Analyst for Alpine Industries.
Anil resides in Jonesborough, TN with his wife, Leena and a daughter, Amisha.
 Greg Montoya Founder, Advisory Board Member and Global Marketing Consultant
Greg has led and managed work forces of up to 200 employees in a successful effort to increase manufacturing production by up to 42% in less than two years at Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical, one of the largest government aircraft manufacturing facilities in the United States. After leaving corporate manufacturing, Greg started a very successful direct marketing company offering leading edge hi-tech products and neutraceuticals. He is now considered by many as one of the United States leading authorities in marketing and direct response advertising. Greg has helped assemble a team of entrepreneurs who have collectively been responsible for product sales totaling close to $1 billion dollars US. He has a tremendous amount of network marketing, management and leadership experience. He and his business partner Jon Bender separately created and own one of the largest direct response marketing infrastructure programs in the United States including business building tools, video production, Internet services, telephony, lead generation and other resources to the network. Greg is happily married to his wife Marie and they have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. Greg does not take full credit for his success, instead he gives the glory to God, which he believes is where his true success comes from.
 Jon Bender Founder, Advisory Board Member and Global Systems Consultant
Jon is the former Vice president of Business Development for Nightingale-Conant’s Lifescapes division. Jon is recognized world wide for his ability to develop profitable turnkey systems to generate, qualify, close and develop prospects into customers. Jon is co-creator of one of the largest direct marketing lead generating programs of its kind in the United States. This program is responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in sales, and provides customized marketing support infrastructure including state-of-the-art voice mail and web-site systems, follow-up customer information packages, and interactive coaching and training systems for thousands of independent sales representatives. Jon is also the author of the best selling book, "In God We Trust". You can learn more about Jon at: www.gratefulwealth.com
 Wen Shi Jie Founder, Advisory Board Member and Asia Pacific Consultant
Mr. Wen is a very well-known Chinese entrepreneur. He established the “California Noodle King” name brand in mid 1980’s, which later became one of the most-famous restaurant chains in China. 15 years ago, he started his investment in dairy production and founded a brand new company “Xin Nan Yang Dairy”. Mr. Wen has outstanding experience in business and marketing in China and Asia, and he has earned tremendous respect in the region.
 Patrick Gan Founder, Advisory Board Member and Global Marketing Consultant
At end of 1996, Patrick got an offer to join a major International MLM company from the U.S.A. (Nu Skin), which would soon establish itself in Thailand, and he decided to Join. On March 13, 1997 the company launched its operations in Thailand and in less than 4 months Patrick developed 17 strong downline legs with over 50,000 distributors under him to achieve the prestigious rank of BLUE DIAMOND (which at the time was the highest rank in the company!). He was the first BLUE DIAMOND & first company star in South East Asia. This incredible accomplishment is recorded in Nu Skin’s history book.
Beginning in early 1999 Patrick was invited by a Malaysia Public Holding company called Hai-o to be a share holders and top advisor to distributors in the Thailand market.
At the end of 2001, Patrick founded the Internationally acclaimed training system entitled “The 999 System”, which today has helped many leaders duplicate his success throughout the ASIA MLM industry. Patrick’s believes that in order to be successful in MLM you must have a system that is simple, easy to understand and easy to duplicate. The 999 system fits the bill perfectly!
In 2008 Patrick was introduced to Unovus™ and has now decided to make the company his final career home. With more than 20 years of field experience in MLM & 17 years as a International marketing consultant, Patrick is considered a blessing to the Unovus™ team and a perfect choice for our board of advisors. We welcome him with great honor!
 Robert I. Brickman Founder, Legal Consultant
Bob is a highly efficient attorney at law, experienced in business and corporate matters, including regulatory compliance and direct marketing. He is a former trial attorney for the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division and a Special Assistant US Attorney for the District of Columbia, General Counsel for the US House of Representatives Small Business Committee on Oversight, and an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Arizona in the US vs. AT&T monopoly and divestiture case. He is a frequent speaker on direct marketing/business building.
 Talent Chu Founding Member, and Global Customer Service Manager
Talent Chu has a B.S. (Applied Mathematics and Statistics major, Information System minor) at State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.
Mathematics Study: Graph Theory, Probability, Analysis of Algorithms, Game Theory, Statistics, Analysis, and Principle Information System
He is an excellent leader with a passion for customer service, identifying needs and implementing sound action plans and processes. Talent has excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Reading, writing, and speaking English and Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, & Fujianese) fluently. Providing outstanding simultaneous translation. When it comes to support and serving others, Talent is the perfect Management choice for Unovus’s customer service department. It’s a great honor to have him on the team.
Leslie Blackwell Import/Export Project Manager
Leslie has been a project manager for over 20 years. She manages all import/export for neutraceutical and technology product protocols and Government compliance for the United States and Asia Pacific Rim. Additional, Leslie has extensive experience in accounting, tax law and human resources.
Phoebe Duan Sun International Trade Director
Phoebe has been a Foreign Affairs Officer - China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Guangdong Sub-Council. She has been the Marketing Manager for the whole China market - Kassbell International, an agent company of Singapore Airline's Engineering Co. and an Assistant to President for Good Fortune, Import & Export Co. selling 15 Spancret (based in Wisconsin USA) infrastructural construction factories to China. She is also a graduate of seminary school and is an ordained minister.
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