Small Business Development Group, Inc. (OTC: SBDG)
Board of Director Additions
November 6, 2013
We are pleased to announce that we have added 3 new members to the Board of Directors.
David Emery
Mr. Emery shares has had over forty years of private enterprise and government sector experience. Mr. Emery has served as the Interim President of Thomas College in Waterville, Maine, and on its Board of Trustees. He founded the consulting firm ?Scientific Marketing & Analysis? to provide public opinion polling and analysis, public policy guidance for Maine businesses and interest groups, political consulting and strategy development for market-oriented candidates and for non-partisan referendum issues, and legislative and government relations.
Following four terms as a US Congressman from Maine where he rose to become the Chief Deputy Republican Whip, Mr. Emery?s government service includes serving as Deputy Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, where he had oversight responsibility for management of the Agency, its 200 employees, and their activities.
Mr. Emery is a Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduate having earned his B.S., Electronic Engineering, in 1970. His honors and distinctions include honorary degrees from several New England colleges including Doctor of Law, Thomas College, Waterville, Maine, Doctor of Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Doctor of Humane Letters, Saint Joseph?s College, Standish, Maine. He has also been the recipient of various awards and honors from the National Federation of Independent Businesses, and other national and state organizations.
Ed Schradermeier
Brings over 20 years of experience in management and finance. He has worked with both public and private companies from startup to mid-size companies. He has an extensive background in both residential and commercial real estate. With degrees in accounting, business administration and history, Mr. Schradermeier has been involved in all aspects of the business world, including turn-around and buyouts. Mr. Schradermeier has made key acquisitions for both his own firm and several companies for which he has worked.
Dr. Brent Uhler
Dr. Uhler, has dedicated over twenty (20) years of diversified experience in the areas of veterinary medicine and development of human pharmaceuticals. Dr. Uhler graduated from Cornell University where he received his Bachelor of Science in Biology/Animal Science in 1991, Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1996, and MBA with concentrations in Marketing and Operations in 2001. While with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, he served various roles in Sales, Marketing, and Strategy. He helped develop their pediatric vaccine and antibiotic line. He assisted in the development, marketing, and launching of FluMist, Wyeth?s intranasal human flu vaccine co-marketed with MedImmune. With Banfield, the largest provider of veterinary services in the world, he owned and managed a corporate-based veterinary facility. After selling that franchise back, he served as a Regional Director overseeing field office development and medical directors for that firm. Dr. Uhler also serves as an adjunct professor at St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg, Florida, teaching Finance courses.
About Small Business Development Group, Inc.
The company is a holding company acquiring companies for its own portfolio, and is a strategic business solutions firm providing services to companies requiring cutting-edge financial advice in the area of corporate growth and exit strategies.
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