Entrepreneur with proven success in both business start ups and turn arounds. Core strengths include recognizing and exploiting hidden opportunities and obstacles, engineering, negotiating and closing complex transactions and finding creative solutions to enhance any company’s top and bottom lines. Specialties: Building start up business and turning around underperformers. Finding and exploiting hidden opportunities. Team building and motivation. Salesmanship.

CEO @ Blue Vigil is a start-up that designs and manufactures UAS (Drones). Our UAS systems are small (under 6kg) and tethered. They are designed to be deployed quickly and safely in the most high risk environments. Our systems do not require continuous supervision and can remain aloft indefinitely. They priced to fit into small budgets. As the CEO of start-up in an exploding industry I am charged with overseeing all aspects of new company including strategic planning, design, sales, marketing, HR, legal issues, risk management, and production. From May 2015 to Present (8 months) President @ HomeLIfe Control Systems installs electronic integration systems for commercial, educational, and residential users. We have installed whole building sound systems, teleconference systems, lighting system, and climate control systems. We add value by intergrading electronic components and providing seamless or automated control systems. We can design, source, install, and program system for just about any use. From January 2011 to Present (5 years) Washington D.C. Metro AreaCEO @ Fabricators of plastic and synthetic products for building and construction. Specializing in oversized pieces and custom designs. Most work involves the fabrication and installation of custom facades for building trades. CBP focuses on niche business of fabricating very long or complex building materials. Customers include general contractors and subcontractors. CBP has very rare manufacturing equipment. While CBP competes with other building material suppliers quite well for “normal” orders, it has a near monopoly in the oversized market. After negotiating with secured creditors CBP took control of an insolvent building supply manufacturing facility in January of 2013. CBP was profitable starting in the first month and was sold to a strategic buyer in January 2015. From December 2012 to January 2015 (2 years 2 months) VP Business Development @ From 2015 to 2015 (less than a year) Founder @ Created a 10000 member 501 (c) 3 organization to fight anti-abortion harassment. Creation of the organization was based on a response to a personal attack. Community and worldwide support of the response was organized and publicized. Day to day operations were handed to a successor director in October 2013, however I am still the public face of the organization. Voice of Choice has received awards and recognition from NARAL, NOW, numerous human rights and civil rights groups. From September 2011 to March 2014 (2 years 7 months) CEO @ EnergyCruncher.com was launched by Todd Stave in 2010. Designed e-commerce web site to broker residential energy contracts. Obtained energy broker’s license from Maryland and DC public service commissions. Negotiated contracts, offerings, and commission structures with major energy suppliers. Designed and executed marketing plan to drive web traffic. Built average monthly traffic to over 50,000 with nearly 100% organic click troughs. From January 2010 to January 2012 (2 years 1 month) Washington D.C. Metro AreaCEO @ Partnered with a private equity fund to start a company that serviced the hospitality industry. Designed and executed the business plan for the startup. Generated 800 unique recurring customers and garnered respect in the DC restaurant community despite no prior industry relationships. Bought out by the private equity fund after just 22 months of operation. Personnel: Hired, managed and motivated a sales team that worked on everyday deals. Created and managed a multi-layer corporate structure that grew to over 40 people. Set goals and strategies for each department and created customized tools, reports and procedures to measure progress. Implemented a performance based compensation structure for most employees. Financial: Responsible for all financial aspects of the company, including profit and loss, cash flow and capital expenditures. Created asset management procedures to maximize efficiency of capital, time and equipment. Negotiated large supply contracts and sold to large companies, institutions, governments, and chain restaurants with long buying cycles. Executive: Presented State of the Company at quarterly board meetings and managed investors' expectations, as well as providing monthly SWOT analysis to investors and board members. Engineered operation processes to become the highest quality and best value provider, achieving impressive operational success. Designed and implemented a marketing plan and integrated IT systems company-wide. From February 2008 to February 2010 (2 years 1 month) Entrepreneur @ Acquired, improved, operated and sold 12 different businesses across five different industries. Rejected 10 marginal opportunities for every good opportunity accepted and produced an annual return of at least 40% every year on invested capital. Used strong capital management skills during seasonal and volatile times to maintain profits even in difficult economies. Sold each business with an APR gain of 10% to 200% plus compensation, capitalizing on market conditions to obtain above market values. Proved an aptitude for finding hidden opportunities in underperforming assets and restructuring them. Began business turn arounds by renegotiating supply agreements with key vendors and labor, restructuring debt with banks and vendors and introducing best practices to increase margins and create consistent customer experiences. Improved performance by increasing sales via marketing campaigns and increasing customer satisfaction. Signed large contracts and improved overall customer buying experience by setting and exceeding new expectations. Employed 40 people in multiple locations and departments and creatively solved unexpected and sometimes serious problems as they arose. Improved profitability of each business to well above industry averages by exploring new product markets, adapting products to new uses and devising and implanting improved processes. Actually revolutionized the market for a pick-up truck liner business, becoming the manufacturers largest buyer and flagship installer in under 6 months. Garnered an outstanding reputation among communities in every industry. Employed and managed the same key people over the course of 13 years to assist in improving each business. From January 1995 to January 2008 (13 years 1 month) Corporate Aircraft Broker @ Orchestrated extended, complex transactions involving multiple entities in the unregulated industry of aircraft brokerage. Sold $200 million of aircraft to some of the world's most powerful people, yielding $19 million in commissions for employer. Solved import/export problems with embargoed and regulated countries and handled complex issues involving the FAA and other regulators. Recruited as an expert witness as a result of extensive knowledge of market potential and valuation of aircraft. Responsibilities included negotiating buy and sell contracts for multimillion-dollar assets, obtaining broker listings, consulting with and procuring buyers for corporate aircraft (including C-level executives, celebrities and international politicians), arranging funding for potential buyers and appraising aircraft values. Core competencies Brokering Deals Master Salesman Team Leadership Mastering New Technologies Contracts Operations Management Extensive Financial Knowledge Business Plans Asset Management From January 1989 to January 1995 (6 years 1 month)

BS, Marketing @ University of Maryland College Park From 1985 to 1989 Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services @ University of Maryland College Park From 1985 to 1989 Todd Stave is skilled in: Start-ups, Entrepreneurship, Product Development, Business Planning, Leadership, Team Building, E-commerce, Small Business, Sales, Operations Management, Marketing, Market Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Real Estate