Management

Richard Shaw

The team behind Phoenician Industries, LLC has diverse backgrounds. The partners are professionals who know what it takes to create a successful venture and also utilize the system in the course of their work.

Senior Partner, Richard Shaw, has extensive experience in Finance and Fundraising. He served for 12 years as a board member and President of a Public Finance agency which issued over 3 billion dollars in tax exempt financing to private entities, and operated his own commercial mortgage brokerage firm for several years. As a property developer, his company engaged in equity and debt financing exceeding 500 million, and as a consultant he provided financial advice to both private businesses and local government. He has experience with many business startups, in many different fields. While primary focus has been the United States, his international experience includes Mexico, Egypt, United Kingdom, and Former Soviet Union.

In addition to business, Richard has participated in many public service activities, including military service (Naval Aviation, Viet Nam era), public finance, elected school board member, and several citizen advisory boards to State and Local Government. He currently serves on advisory boards for two large Universities, and for several years has provided privatization consulting in the former Soviet Union. He currently serves as President of the Arizona Historical Society, a State Agency.

Although business has been his primary career focus, Richard has academic training in Law and Government. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University (with Honors), and is an active member of the California Bar Association.

Kenneth Zrike

Senior Partners

He has launched several successful entrepreneurial companies in Real Estate Management (sold); Travel/Tour & Event Management; Web Technology Education (sold); Sports Training Academy; and Web Software Development/Hosting. These firms include Security Building Maintenance (SBM), Gamma International, The East/West International Institute (educational, cross-cultural, Web applications boarding academy), the BCTA (youth tennis academy) and USA-HighTech.

He founded and expanded the Japanese branch of the The American Institute of Stress (the world's leading Stress education/research/management organization) as its Executive Director.

He co-founded with his brother, Chris, The East/West International Institute in Japan and New York. In 1994, the Institute built a 14-acre boarding campus in upstate New York, which was recognized and governed by the New York Dept. of Education. This was the first such private academy in the world that provided education in Web design/development, eCommerce and Internet marketing. The Institute's first press release in 1995 touted the vast business potential of the Web's "social pool".

Most recently, he is a founder and architect of the HubHuman Social Media "Decentralized" Platform as a Service (PaaS) & Software as a Service (SaaS) technological solution.

He majored in Business Administration at Arizona State University.

Christopher Zrike

Senior Partners

He has been the founder and developer of several successful entrepreneurial firms, some co-founded and developed with his brother, Ken Zrike. His senior management impacts have been in the Media Broadcast (award-winning film, television and video productions) and the Travel/Tour & Event Management industry sectors, including Triad Productions, Gamma International, and as an investor & board member of Go-Video, before and after it went public.

Earlier, he gained experience in the family-owned General Service Studios (Hollywood Center Studios now), full service television and feature film studios in Los Angeles, CA.

Most recently, he is a founder and architect of the HubHuman Social Media "Decentralized" Platform as a Service (PaaS) & Software as a Service (SaaS) technological solution.

He attended Arizona State University.

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