EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM DIRECTORS AND CONSULTANTS
ZipHub’s leadership team will bring a vast array of knowledge and experience to build ZipHub into a great company.
Michelle Martini
President & Co-Founder.
Ms. Martini earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Southern Illinois University and brings 22 years of financial and managerial accounting experience to the ZipHub team. She has worked directly with the Chief Financial Officer, Controller, Capital Investor Groups, and Board of Directors within businesses that are publicly traded, listing either on the NYSE or the NASDAQ. This experience has provided exposure to a variety of sophisticated financial transactions and related accounting treatment methodologies, regulatory compliance efforts, large and small capital raise efforts, multi-purpose financial, accounting and operational reporting, mergers and acquisitions, and oversight management of both large and small accounting departments. She served as Accounting Manager for Athlon Energy Inc, where she worked closely with auditors during the Company’s IPO and SOX implementation and on its $7.1 billion merger with EnCana Corporation.
Jack Howard
Director & Co-Founder.
Mr. Howard is a graduate of Faith Bible Institute and will be instrumental to our faith-based efforts to engage the evangelical community in the Las Vegas Market. Mr. Howard has performed as General Manager with full profit and loss accountability for numerous global organizations such as, Tyco – SimplexGrinnell, Siemens and Cerberus Pyrotronics. He is currently Area Solutions Sales Manager for Tyco – SimplexGrinnell. In his role as Director, Mr. Howard will ensure that our Senior Management Team acquires strategic direction and leadership in our pursuit of success.
Craig Anthony Soto
Business Development Mgr.
Craig Soto the CEO of One World Solutions, an international software development and consulting firm. Craig been has set on being a pioneer for diversity in business and technology, crafting tools, resources and unique investment ventures that enable entrepreneurs to not only build, but scale businesses. A vast majority of his efforts have been in globalizing and cultivating Africa to be a top resource for IT development. After graduating from SFSU with a degree in media studies, Craig started his professional career in holding management roles at some of the top companies in the world such as Google and Intuit. With over 7 years in management and business development, Craig and OWS was named “Best Entrepreneurial Companies In America 2015” By Entrepreneur Magazine for the extensive growth year over year – “One World Solutions, whose continued success is largely based on superior value creation for their customers, building an adaptive learning culture, and aggressive geographic expansion—making them the most dynamic firms in America today”.
When Craig isn’t tied to his computer, you can find him serving as the youngest board member in history of the Equal Opportunity Council, a non profit program that aides to address the problem of poverty in San Francisco by focusing resources and community action programs to create self-sufficient and sustainable well-being for low-income community.
Diane Frank
Business Development, Director & Founder.
Ms. Frank is the current owner and operator of the Diane Frank Team – Keller Williams office in the Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino, Ca.). Before owning the Keller Williams office, she was a top selling agent for Coldwell Banker in the Inland Empire. Ms. Frank has owned and managed various other businesses in her career.
Craig Robinson
Chief Technical Officer.
Mr. Robinson brings over 20 years of technical expertise to the ZipHub team. After attending the University of Utah and majoring in Computer Science and Software Engineering, Mr. Robinson’s started his career as a software engineer. His experience includes: Co-founder and developer of DASH (Digital Advertising Software and Hardware), using digital kiosks that deliver digital content and coupons for advertisers at malls; Head of Software Development for One World Solutions LLC (see below); VP of Operations for YYT Software Development; Inventor of the algorithm that was instrumental in developing voice recognition software; Creator of one of the first web based ERP systems with fully integrated community features that globalized the workplace; and participating in the first demo team for online banking at Wells Fargo.
Leonard Williams
Director and Non-Profit Management & Financial Consultant.
Mr. Williams is a results-oriented finance executive with strong operational skills who is a trusted advisor and leader with a proven record of generating revenue, controlling costs, building high performance teams and guiding non-profit and value driven companies through substantial change.
Mr. Williams is a big-picture thinker adept at managing risk, identifying opportunities, understanding predictability and driving innovation and has proven so in his various positions throughout his career. Mr. Williams has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and later Chief Operating Officer for Verizon Federal Systems as well as Chief Financial Officer for several major non-profit associations and international development organizations in his career.
His additional professional experiences include his serving as a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania and as a financial advisor to the Philadelphia Tribune’s Board of Directors. He is a member of National Black MBA Association, Society of Black Engineers, Association of Finance Professionals and is a regular presenter at industry conferences.
Mr. Williams holds an MBA in Finance and Decision Sciences from the Wharton Graduate Business School, a MSEE in Computer and Information Technology and a BSE in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and he has completed post-graduate studies at MIT and the Darden School’s Graduate Executive Education Program. In 2014 he was named first runner-up as NFP CFO of the Year by the Washington Business Journal and Practitioner of the Year by the industry group InsideNGO.
Clay Jacobsen
Marketing and Media Consultant.
Mr. Jacobsen studied telecommunications at Oral Roberts University and has been involved in television production for over thirty years. His extensive technical directing credits include numerous specials and television shows and he is currently working on “Jeopardy!” and directing the NFL Channel’s Sunday night highlights show, among numerous other projects through CC Jacobsen Productions with his wife, Cindy. In addition to Mr. Jacobsen’s directing success, he has published several books and has served as a worship leader, a musician, a home fellowship leader, a teacher and as a part time associate pastor. He and his wife look at his career in the entertainment industry as a mission field and strive to make a difference behind the scenes in television production as well as being a living ambassador for Jesus to the lives of the people in the industry.
Marketing Partners.
R&R Partners is a full-service, independent international agency dedicated to helping clients thrive in complex, fast moving business climates. From product launches and spin-offs, to mergers, line-extensions and complex cause-related marketing efforts, R&R builds value and leadership with every step, turning key moments into critical successes. For four decades, it has launched some of the world’s most innovative companies, created legislation, shaped public opinion and pop culture and created literally billions of dollars in equity and value for its clients. R&R has been recognized in the advertising industry for many accomplishments including Brandweek’s “Grand Marketer of the Year” award, the Vegas Angel Award for Philanthropic Business of the Year, and it was named the top advertising agency in Nevada by AdWeek Magazine.
Technology Team.
One World Solutions is an international software development team with offices in Nevada, California, Georgia, and Africa. The team has worked at some of the world’s top companies such as Google and Intuit delivering technology platforms for clients ranging from first time startups to Fortune 500 companies such as Adidas and the NFL. One World Solutions received an award as one of the leading businesses in America by Entrepreneur Magazine 360.
IBC is a team of business experts in the specialty areas of Internet, Social Media, Video Technology, Publicity, Advertising, Financing, Business Startups, Sales and Marketing. They are instrumental in helping ZipHub with their launch and future growth.
