Gary Valentine

Gary Valentine General Information

Biography

On March 23, 2014, the Board of Directors appointed Gary J. Valentine as a Director, CEO and President of the Company. Mr. Valentine, age 46, has over 20 years in the human capital, staffing solutions, consulting industry, within the oil and gas, renewable energy, pharmaceutical, medical device, aerospace, and automotive verticals. He has a lengthy history and operating knowledge in supplying resources worldwide. He is currently Chief Marketing Officer of ShadowBox Talent LLC where he is responsible for executive leadership, strategic planning, organization building, and overall management of the ShadowBox organization located in the heart of the Energy Capital of the World, provides Contract, Contract to Hire, Direct Hire Placement, and HR Outsourcing & Payroll Solutions within the oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, medical device, aerospace and defense, renewable energy, and automotive verticals. Prior to co-founding ShadowBox, Mr. Valentine was Co-Founder, President and CEO, for SSG, LLC. and Donovan and Watkins L.P. They delivered the critical domain-specific technical and management talent along the entire hiring continuum - consulting, contract, and contract-to-hire and direct hire. In 2008 Mr. Valentine co-founded System One Holdings. LLC. and was the Executive Vice President/Partner, where he was responsible for executive management, business development, and service delivery which resulted in $40 million growth for the $320 million dollar corporation. System One was created as a management purchase of Hudson Highland Group's engineering and technical resource business unit. Prior to joining Hudson, Mr. Valentine was Kelly Engineering Resources' Senior Director responsible for the Eastern Region of the United States. That included complete responsibility for the management of all sales, operations and recruiting for 17 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico. Additionally, he was appointed to lead the Kelly Engineering Resources' European Operations. A newly created position, based in Brussels, Belgium, Mr. Valentine was accountable for the creation, development and implementation of the strategic plan to spearhead Kelly Engineering Resources' growth throughout Europe.