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Company Bios Richard Trieber- Founder/ President
GLX finds itself in a market space less traveled by others. One key to their success is in the manner to which the Platform Modules, Applications and associated Program Models can be adapted, designed and interchanged to react to the exact requirements of any of GLX clients. In an open source environment the software allows its clients the opportunity to instantly adapt their programs as market conditions and business cycles fluctuate. Global Loyalty has developed a unique “value chain model” to accommodate transaction based revenue sharing whereby every program partner is rewarded for their individual participation. GLX has spent the last four years designing technologies that they believe will become the next generation of how electronic transactions are initiated and value is delivered. The GeN “X-2” Platform, having global reach, has been developed to support real-time loyalty, stored value, gift card and enhanced electronic benefits transfer (EEBT) applications combined with standard credit and debit transactions in ways that are not currently available. Reacting to changes in its industry and the requirements of its program partners, GLX is constantly refining and updating its Platform in order to instantaneously respond to conditions as business, social and economic cycles occur. Richard has conceptualized and overseen the implementation of two successful (1st of their type), pilot programs in Canada in the capacity of founder and president of his former company. On Campus Rewards a college loyalty program is in its 3rd year of operation. His experiences over the last twelve years have gained him a unique insight and perspective to the electronic transaction industry as he has developed strong relationships and technological expertise. Richard has traveled over 4 million miles in several countries acquiring his education and has attended senior level meetings with several Fortune 100 Companies. Richard, considered by his peers as an industry luminary, has successfully managed the implementation of a variety of CRM programs and has helped to develop the relationships with the required strategic partners including international ISO’s, VAR’s, Processors and contractors. These programs became the operation pilots, allowing GLX to combine its bricks and mortar applications and seamlessly integrate them with permission based internet applications, providing online transactions and content, greatly increasing the value of its offering. His other pilot program in Vancouver, Dine One Rewards with over 250 merchants resulted in proof of business concept that the instant redemption of points and immediate point of sale discounts and capture of transactional information could evolve into a solid business and financial model. Its predecessor program Vancouver Express and Lifestyles, (a flashcard model) grew from 900 to 2400 participating merchants within three years and enjoyed an 80% plus annual renewal rate. His first company Vancouver Express was profitable in its 1st year of operation. Vancouver Express Directory, a loyalty publishing company, pioneered and implemented some of the most innovative “private label” affinity loyalty and stored value programs available. Vancouver Express in its anniversary edition signed up over 600 participating merchants who benefited through increased traffic by having their advertisements and consumer offers put into over 100,000 private label directories. The company’s private-label clients included telecommunications providers, 2 professional sports teams (Vancouver Canucks and Grizzly’s), the Fitness World Chain, Ticket Master, Molson Indy and together successfully launched directories (French and English) in five Canadian Provinces. The merchant directories included editorial, articles, lifestyle content and recipes from its restaurants. Vancouver Express was started with a five thousand dollar investment, which he had received from Smokey Robinson (a partial refund from a concert he performed); the Company became self-funding and later became the foundation for Dine One Rewards and now GLX. Richard has great public speaking skills and has spoken at several industry conferences and trade shows. His depth of knowledge of his industry and supporting technologies is un-matched, gaining insight into the banking industry, including credit/debit card issuers, merchant acquirers/processors, electronic cash registers and countertop terminal systems and networks. Richard has also had the opportunity to work directly with many marketing, advertising and media companies that have assisted GLX in the marketing and sponsoring of its programs. Richard has set a high personal standard for his company and his business philosophies and ethics combined with a magnetic charisma and presence has inspired many loyal followers. Richard hopes that soon he will be able to devote a considerable amount of his time to the Services for Humanity Division of GLX and has a great vision of how his breadth of experience and the GeN “X-2” Platform will lend itself to helping many people suffering in local communities and countries around the world. Richard has also acted as the executive producer and manager of Rheem Theater in Moraga, California. His group took over an art deco 1950’s theater and transformed it into a 1200-seat Las Vegas style entertainment venue. He attracted major acts such as Smokey Robinson, Tony Bennett, James Brown, George Carlin, and Jonny Cash, his group produced and staged well over 100 musical and theatrical events. Before he entering into the theatre world, Mr. Trieber successfully developed, set-up and launched and eventually sold four of his own retail clothing stores, he assisted in growing his father’s company from 2 stores to 14 store outlets, and he opened seven stores throughout South Florida for the Limited Stores. He oversaw all aspects from searching out locations to developing the launch strategies in the local markets. Throughout his 22 year entrepreneurial career Richard has acted and overseen all aspects of his business, including holding positions of CEO, President, Founder, Chairman, VP of Marketing, COO and head of International Sales. However he feels that while his experience is unparalleled in his industry, the future success of Global Loyalty X-Change will depend on his ability to inspire and lead the team of professionals that without them, could not have made it this far. Richard is married to Patty has two sons Robert Conrad III, (Robby) 9 and Richard Robert Jr., (RJ) 12. Jan Polhemus-Chief Technology Officer Mr. Polhemus has over 30 years of experience in domestic and international banking networks, procurement and distribution systems, the construction industries, and large-scale systems integration projects. During his career he has been involved in the startup of three successful technology businesses, each of them subsequently acquired by publicly traded corporations. His involvement in high-performance transaction processing for the financial industries began in 1980 when he joined Tandem Computers, an innovator and leader in the design, manufacture and deployment of fault tolerant computers. There he was actively involved in implementing large multi-institution financial networking systems throughout the western United States. In 1986 he moved to Singapore to support and manage the international financial software systems group for the Asia/Pacific rim operations of CAP (Sema) Group UK, one of the largest European consulting services firms. In 1991 Mr. Polhemus returned home to begin the design and development of specialized leading-edge transaction processing systems for core "mission critical" applications in the financial industry and government "citizen's services" sector. As founder and technology leader of Transaction Strategies, Inc. (TSI) Mr. Polhemus directed the design and implementation of several highly innovative medium and high-performance transaction switching and delivery systems for high availability financial networking applications. In 1994, TSI and its proprietary transaction switching technology was acquired by GTech Corporation, the leading worldwide supplier of lottery systems and one of the largest transaction processors in the world. These technologies formed the core platform for development and deployment of several "first of kind" systems for delivery of statewide government services, such as Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) and Electronic Fish & Game permits. >Since 1997 Mr. Polhemus has been very involved in the development of switched-transaction and middleware-based data integration software strategies to leverage high-availability mission-critical systems for large insurance companies, major specialty wholesale distributors, an Internet startup, and issuers of proprietary card-based transaction authorization systems. Nearly two years ago he embarked on a project to develop a “next generation” high-availability transaction switch with dramatically reduced long-term ownership costs. This new software is targeted at serving several key markets of “value added” transactions such as those for the non-banked, stored value and gift cards, international money transfer, loyalty and reward, and other emerging high-volume specialty business transactions. This new transaction switch will form the core of the Global XS technology platform as we move to take control of our technology solutions future, assuring that we have the flexibility to drive our markets in the shortest time frames, while at the same time preserving the ability to retain a proprietary offering of product features and benefits. Mark Osborne-VP of the University of Western Ontario (USC) Consultant The President of Mission Guard Consulting is Mark A. Osborne. Mark is currently the Assistant General Manager of The University Students’ Council at the University of Western Ontario. This position involves the development of business and marketing opportunities in support of the undergraduate student programming for the Students’ Council. The position also encompasses all Human Resource policy development and implementation for The University Students’ Council. Mark is the past Chair of the Canadian Campuses Business Consortium and is on the Board of Directors and of the AIDS Committee of London. Mark is a retired Canadian Infantry Major with more than twenty-one years of service for Canada and served on several operational tours of duty with the United Nations and NATO in Bosnia, Croatia and Cyprus. He is a graduate of the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College and has served in several command and staff positions internationally including G3 Operations for the United Nations Stand By High Readiness Brigade (SHIRBRIG) in Denmark. Mark Osborne has operational experience with the United States Marines, has served as the Deputy Commanding Officer of 3rd Airborne Commando, The Canadian Airborne Regiment and as a Mechanized Infantry Company Commander in the Former Yugoslavia. Mark graduated from the University of Waterloo with a B.A. in History and the Business Programs at Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and The University of Western Ontario. Mission Guard will pursue the opportunity with GLX as follows: Establish contacts and utilize its expertise with efforts focused, without limitation, on High Schools, Colleges, Universities and Military institutions in the United States and Mexico as well as Non-Profit Companies and Charitable organizations, with a view to expanding into other English speaking countries other than Canada. Mark Sellars-President of University of Western Ontario-Consultant Profile
Experience General Manager/President of the University Students Council , 2000 to present UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, LONDON, ON Commanding Officer of the key training facility for all Ontario based military personnel and the police emergency response teams for most of Ontario. Responsible for the successful training of land force personnel in Ontario, both regular and reserve. Liable for the efficient operation of a 160 million dollar facility with an annual operating budget of almost 14 million. Directly responsible for the management of the largest Alternate Service Delivery institution in Ontario and detailed contractual negotiations with the applicable civilian corporations and service providers. The personal senior supervisor of over 400 mixed military/civilian/public service personnel. Senior Human Resource Manager directly responsible for the creation and implementation of evolving personnel policy and on behalf of the commander the personal administration policies governing the workplace for over 10,000 soldiers and civil servants. Directly involved in all regional/provincial union negotiations and labor resolutions and the provincial representative for all ministerial discussions on evolving personnel policies. Secondary Skills Civilian – computer literate – member of HTML writers guild, proven project management skills, bondable, expert in dealing with confidential or classified information, martial arts instructor, familiar with international protocols and interaction with the very highest levels of government and state. - see also Investor Relations - Letters of Reference - Services For Humanity - Vip Aid - On Campus Rewards |
