Professional Affiliations: Joe has been Chairman of the M.I.T. Alumni Association - 25th / 30th / 35 Reunions (1994-95, 1999-00, 2004-05); Founder & President of The Symphony Area Merchants Association (1978-1989); Coin Machine Industry Association of New England - Treasurer (1977-1985) - President (1986-1988); Brighton Place Condominium Association ($250 Million development) - Trustee (1989-1993); Webster Street Condominium Association - Trustee (1990-1993); Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce - Chairman, Small Business Committee; Rotary International, Boston - President (1998-1999); Permanent President Class of 1970 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Harvard Business School Association of Boston - Member; M.I.T. Club of Boston - Member; Institute of Management Consultants - Board of Directors; Organizational Development Network - Member; Smaller Business Association of New England - Member; Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce - Board of Directors (2001-Present), Chairman, Ambassadors Committee (2002-03), Treasurer (2004), (Clerk of the Corporation 2005-Present); Rotary Club of Plymouth - Member; Business Network International - Member (1994-Present), Cape Cod Canal Region Chamber of Commerce - Member; Town of Plymouth Advisory & Finance Committee, Chairman (2004-Present). Business Experience: Joe has entrepreneurial experience spanning over 39 years. He formulated and designed computerized portfolio selection models for Ford Motor Credit Corporation, Dearborn, Michigan as an independent contractor. He has designed and implemented improvements in inventory control systems at Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Material Division, Fullerton, California (summer internship while at Sloan School of Management). He was the founder & past-president of one of New England's largest vending and amusement device company groups (1967-1993). He has owned, managed, and developed a large real estate portfolio of apartment buildings, condominium conversions, and commercial space. Joe was part owner and developer of two health care clinics in the greater Chicago area (walk-in health service facilities). He has extensive experience in the mobile home industry, convenience stores, and strip mall development (family businesses). He has been involved in the management & financing of numerous restaurant & entertainment businesses. He has owned & operated eleven family amusement centers in New England and has acquired numerous smaller competitors and merged them into his existing amusement, vending, and wholesale cigarette business. After selling the vending business, Joe founded Apex Boston Group, Inc. in 1994 - a small business consulting firm with offices at 60 State Street, Boston, MA. He used his extensive experience in business litigation & litigation strategy as well as ongoing experience in business consulting for small and closely held companies. He has been a lecturer in sales, negotiation, & motivational training seminars. Joe has extensive experience in the marketing of products through networks. He has designed, written, and implemented software systems currently in use in the vending industry and is expert in HTML programming for high search engine ranking of web sites. He founded Web Whizards of New England - a hosting, design, database management and e-marketing firm. Joe continues to provide expert testimony in fraud investigation and arbitration. He was the author & publisher of "ToTheTop" Newsletter (1994 - 2002). Since 1995, Joe has assisted numerous companies to grow sales and profitability, across diverse industries. Since 2000, Joe has concentrated his efforts growing Web Whizards of New England (originally part of Apex Boston Group, Inc.) and as of late 2003, Web Whizards is dominant on the South Shore and Upper Cape Cod. Continuing Education: Building on his academic credentials in business, and over 39 years of cross industry experience, Joe has attended seminars and taken courses in real estate syndication, mortgage analysis, limited partnership & trust formation and use, and asset protection. He attends management, negotiation, Internet technology and sales seminars on a regular basis. His current passion is the technical side of website development.
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