Dave Guardanapo:  

David Guardanapo currently consults for a variety of ¿Green¿ technology companies. With a lifelong interest in methodologies of energy conversion, conservation and implementation, he enjoys exploring opportunities for new and innovative systems in food and beverage development. David Guardanapo is Chairman of CREMA, LLC , the parent company of a restaurant, coffee roasting and processing plant, and coffee sales company. Overseeing operations, Mr. Guardanapo has in-depth knowledge of the coffee industry through years of experience in the field, from buying green coffee beans internationally to owning and operating coffee houses, coffee roasteries and a wholesale/retail bakery. He has consulted extensively within the industry, gaining invaluable knowledge along the way. His expertise in the arena of negotiation has facilitated a number of gainful mergers, bringing together disparate but complimentary elements to create innovative technologies within the food and beverage industry. DavidGuardanapo fieldsoftelecommunications and the internet for decades, pioneering in the phone card industry as well as long distance services and international calling. He sold services to AT&T and WorldCom, finally exiting the field at the peak of Silicone Valley¿s power. . Of special note is the founding of WorldConnect Inc in 1988 by David Guardanapo. He focused on financial accountability and technical expertise within the telecommunications business. He developed certain intellectual properties and built ANI, a subsidiary of WorldConnect, into the second largest ¿950 Dialaround¿ service, (an operator service) in California. Seeing the innovative potential, Mr. Guardanapo focused WorldConnect as a debit telephone card company in 1992 servicing many Fortune 500 companies. Upon winning a contract with IndyCar racing (CART), the Company became one on the top five phone debit card companies in the U.S. Rather than confine itself to either of the two accepted venues for prepaid cards, utilitarian applications or the collectible market, WorldConnect targeted both. This let the Company gain business from such companies and institutions as Quaker State, March of Dimes, Kansas City Life Insurance, and the U.S. Armed Forces. To enhance and expand the impact of the prepaid market and to educate the public, the Company produced and created the International Phonecard Conference & Exposition. This event attracted participants from around the world to the preeminent assembly on the subject. Acting upon the proven intuitive abilities of the principals to forecast arenas of potential within the telecommunications industry, WorldConnect moved quic...Expand for more