PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

(Detailed resume with accomplishments upon request.)

Managing Director, James S. Twerdahl & Associates and JST&A Capital, Los Angeles, California.

JST&A Capital and James S. Twerdahl & Associates are two firms engaged in a variety of consulting and investment banking functions.  Both companies focus on work with smaller and middle market companies. The focus of VMG Capital is on capital raising and sell-side M&A activities.  James S. Twerdahl & Associates consults with businesses in strategic planning, marketing and distribution planning, and international business development. It also works with management in turnarounds and crisis management.

      Currently:   Chairman, Neosonik Audio, LLC, manufacturer of wireless digital home theater and  

                              high fidelity audio systems.

                        Advisor, Building Safety Solutions, Inc., developer of online life safety training

                              programs for trophy high rise and other buildings.

                        Partner, T-Link (Hong Kong), Limited, a company which provides sourcing and quality                                control services in China for U.S. and Latin American companies.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

President and CEO , Simtech International, Inc., Los Angeles , California .           

 Simtech was a development-stage company launched to produce low cost, simplified versions of technically sophisticated consumer electronics products.

Chairman and CEO , Coloramics, LLC (Mayco Colors, Inc.) , Hilliard , Ohio             

Second largest manufacturer of ceramic glazes, paints and accessories for the craft, hobby, school and art markets.

President, Marantz Company, Inc., Chatsworth , California, and

Vice President of Parent, Dynascan/ Cobra Corporation (NASDAQ) Chicago , Illinois                                    Producer of high fidelity audio and video components and systems.

President , Fertility and Genetics Research Inc., Chicago.                                                     

          FGR was a publicly traded (NASDAQ), development stage medical technology company formed to

          market a UCLA-developed treatment for female infertility.

President, JBL Incorporated (James B. Lansing Sound Co.), and

Senior V.P. & Director, Harman International Industries , (NYSE), Northridge , CA .                        

          Manufacturer of loudspeakers and electronics for the home high fidelity and professional audio

          markets.

Chief Executive Officer, Jensen Sound Laboratories, Schiller Park, Illinois, and Group Vice President Consumer Products , International Jensen, Inc., division of Esmark, Inc.     

        Leading manufacturer of car audio speakers and electronics, home loudspeakers and audio

        accessories.

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Chairman (1994-7, 2001-4), Board of Trustees, The House Research Institute, Los Angeles

The House Ear Institute is the world's leading medical research organization for hearing related diseases and disorders. HEI and the related House Ear Clinic have developed dozens of surgical procedures to advance the state of the art in hearing medicine. The Institute developed the cochlear implant, hearing aids and the brainstem implant to prostheticly treat hearing disease. In the past five years HEI has developed the field's best cell and molecular biology program.

Instructor in Marketing, Loyola Marymount University Graduate School of Business

           Administration. 

              MBAC 662 • Brand and Product Management • Fall Semester, 2004

Seminar Instructor, Marshall Graduate School of Business, University of Southern California.

           Excelling in Product Lifecycle Management • May, 2005

Published:

•  “Taking the Mystery from Product Naming”, July 25, 2005, Interbrand’s Brandchannel.com .

•  “Product Naming”, October 2005, Innova , European Journal of Food Innovation.

•  Chapter on Product Naming, Product Development Management Association, ToolBook III .

•  “Taking the Mystery from Product Naming”, Chapter in "Product Launch Management: Concepts and Cases", ICFAI University Press, 2006.

•  “Lack Marketing Depth? Form a Marketing Advisory Board”, August, 2006, Brandchannel.com.

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Education:

       B. A.       Trinity College , Hartford , Connecticut.   Major: economics.

     M.B.A.     Kellogg School of Management , Northwestern University Graduate School of

                             Business. Major: marketing; Minor: finance.

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Board Affiliations :

Corporate Boards

Inside management directorships .

Harman International, Inc. (NYSE), consumer and professional audio products.

Fertility and Genetics, Inc. (Pink Sheets), treatment for female infertility.

Mayco Colors, Inc., manufacturer of glazes and paints for craft, hobby and art industries.

Coloramics, LLC, holding company for ceramic glaze manufacturing companies.

Simtech International, Inc., low cost consumer electronics products.

Compact Industries, Inc., Coffee packaging and distribution.

Outside advisor/directorships .

Metal Box International, Inc., manufacturer of sheet metal tool boxes and point of purchase

 displays.

Delivrion, Inc., Dot-com start-up in food delivery business.

Communication Innovations Corporation, owner of nationwide paging license.

Comfort Center Stores, Inc., the largest retailer of mattresses in the Western U.S.

Leeper's Wood Products, manufacturer of stair products and components.

Building Safety Solutions, Inc., information technology for the commercial real estate industry.

Neosonik Audio, Inc., developer of wireless loudspeakers.

Ocutronics, LLC, developer of a retinal camera for the early diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy.

Industry organizations

Governor/Executive Committee Member, Electronics Industries Association

Director and Division Chairman, Consumer Electronics Group. (Consumer Electronics Show)

Chairman and Co-Founder, Committee of Car Audio Manufacturers.

President and Treasurer, Car Audio Specialists Association (CASA).

Founding Sponsor & Director, Contemporary Ceramic Studios Association.

 Awarded the Association's first "Lifetime Achievement Award", August, 2001.

Founding Director, Ceramics 2000.

Civic and charitable organizations

Chairman, Board of Trustees, House Ear Institute. (also served as Vice Chair

         Finance, Vice Chair Research, Audit and Nominating Committee Chairs)

Member, National Association of Corporate Directors.

Member, Corporate Directors- Forum.

Several Offices, Young Presidents' Organization (YPO).

YPO -G, Young Presidents' Organization Graduates.

Officer, World Presidents' Organization, Santa Monica Bay Chapter

Member, Professional Networking Group

Chair and Co-Chair, California Club Executive Forum.

Director and Chair of House and Grounds Committee, Los Angeles Tennis Club.

Director, Los Angles Music Center 's "In the Wings".

Board Member, St. James' Episcopal School.

Steering Committee Member, National Public Radio.

Expert Witness

Cases involving distribution, international distribution, mergers and acquisitions, wrongful discharge, product liability, government regulation. Completed ERI Distance Learning Center ’s “Preparing for Expert Witness Testimony”, 2007.