Pasquale Giordano
Pasquale Giordano is profit-driven, results-oriented C-level executive with demonstrated experience within entrepreneurial and corporate global environments. He is skilled in building world-class organizations that elicit agile performance-based cultures, organizational efficiencies and technical enhancements to support new business dominate market penetration and impact top line revenues.
Pasquale has the rare ability to motivate individuals and organizations by focusing on analytical tactical execution while supporting long-term strategic goals. His areas of expertise span strategic financial planning and funding; change management and turn-around acumen, infrastructure development that marries operations and technology requirements, and highly focused sales and marketing plans targeted on Go-To-Market, Market Penetration, Revenue Expansion, or Exit Strategies.
Mr. Giordano started his career at Federated Department Stores where he gained years of retail training and management experience that created the foundation for a successful management career in Latin America, Europe and the United States.
Pasquale was the Co-Founder of Promark/Zemex, an international distribution company that was merged with CHS Electronics in May 1994. This new company was taken public in 1997. Pasquale was the 2nd lead member of the IPO team that raised $474 Million making this the largest IPO recorded, at that time, for a computer distribution company. He served as the EVP & COO of CHS EMEA and was instrumental in the growth to the third largest distribution company in the world.
In 1999, Pasquale co-founded S.F.T.G. Associates International consulting company. S.F.T.G. Associates was hired by three Fortune 1000 companies to assist in the incubation process of new ventures and to identify divisions that could be taken public. In 2000, one of these companies, I2 Technologies, hired Pasquale to lead its Ventures group.
In 2003 Pasquale was the CEO of Visionlab Telecommunications Inc. Visionlab was an International ASP solution company, providing an infrastructure to cost effectively deliver fax communications worldwide. In the 2 years under his stewardship the company increased its revenue by 250%.
Pasquale left Visionlab to join a sister company Venali Inc. as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Venali is an International company with offices in, Miami, UK, Germany and Singapore providing mission critical messaging solutions to the Government, Fortune 1000 and mid market companies. The company has realized a 100% growth under Mr. Giordano’s leadership. Venali was sold to a hedge fund in the UK in September 2006.
Pasquale joined SafeMedia a first stage Technology Company as the President and COO. SafeMedia had developed a paradigm changing patent pending copyright technology. He was Instrumental in transforming the company from a development company to an operating company focused on Business Development, Strategic relationships and Revenue. The company achieved product acceptance and revenue in 150 days under his leadership. He was personally involved in securing a pilot agreement with the nations largest ISP for product testing and deployed the test product in their lab in less than 150 days.
Pasquale and two partners have started Working Capital Exchange (WCE) a revenue producing Florida merchant services company that has created a marketplace where small and medium size companies are able to secure affordable working capital and business growth services to grow their business. He is currently raising capital for WCE .
Pasquale has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Baruch College, City University, New York. He currently resides in Miami with his wife.