Sales Management

Christopher D. Olander 410-***-**** (primary)

**** ***** *** *** 410-***-**** (secondary))

Odenton, Maryland 21113 abig1t@r.postjobfree.com

Principal, Law Office of Christopher Olander & Associates, a law firm

specializing in the representation of corporate clients, financial

institutions, and investment banks, October, 2006 to present

CEO, NovelMaker.com, LLC, a start-up literary social networking website,

June 2007 to present

. Working with web developers, created this sophisticated website, and

underlying database, and spearheaded the development of unprecedented

functionality and features for a site of its kind

. Monetized the website through the creation and introduction of a

number of products and services

. Formed and negotiated relationships with complementary sites,

vendors, and distribution partners, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon,

Publishers Weekly, and Nielson

. Assisted in the raising of "angel" capital and initiated contacts

with venture capital firms

Partner, Bank Capital Advisors, a consulting organization to community

banks that need assistance with capital formation and bank regulatory

issues, May 2009 to present

Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Avatech Solutions, Inc., the

largest Autodesk reseller in the U.S., with high services component and new

business lines in facilities management and product lifecycle management

solutions, June 2004 to June 2006

? Assumed responsibility for all legal affairs of this company,

including management of

outside legal counsel, complete overhaul of procedures for contracts

with vendors and

customers, HR procedures, and internal disclosure controls and other

SOX issues

? Headed-up merger and acquisition strategy and program, including

identification of targets,

negotiations, integration plans, due diligence, and closing

? Headed-up investor relations program, including initiation and

maintenance of relationships

with analysts and institutional investors, speaking

engagements at investor conferences,

and press releases

? Responsible for all communications to Board and its committees

Of Counsel, Neuberger Quinn Gielen Rubin & Gibber, Baltimore-based law

firm, 2002-2004

? Redeveloped a sophisticated corporate/securities practice

within this regional law firm

? Primary responsibility for numerous IPO, private placement,

M&A, and other financing

transactions

President and Chief Executive Officer, Phone Genie Technology, Inc., owner

and licensor of patented voice-over-Internet (VoIP) technology, 2001-2002

? Co-founded and operated this company, which purchased patented

technology from a

private venture investor, who agreed to fund operations for one

year

? Negotiated licensing transactions in Mexico, U.S., Aruba,

Puerto Rico, Dominican

Republic, and Guatemala

Executive Vice President, Chief Internet Strategist, QUADSWEB.com, an

online provider of qualified retirement plans, and President of QUADS Trust

Company, 2000 to 2001

. Enabled this 30 year-old traditional supplier of retirement plan

services to enter the E-commerce marketplace. Built our Internet

product, Express Plan, based on our Retirement Plan Optimizer, the

new product's software "engine". Developed/redesigned product

offerings such as Franchise Connection.

. President of affiliated trust company, with all financial and

regulatory responsibilities.

. Developed comprehensive E-commerce strategy, implemented channel

partnerships, identified and presented to sources of private equity

and prepared company for IPO. Wrote strategic marketing plan and

sales forecast.

. Designed company web site and developed both online and off-line

marketing strategies. Negotiated critical agreements with unique

Partners/Wholesalers.

. Personally responsible for initiating contacts and interacting with

prime prospects for the next levels of financing; an investment bank

and a venture capital firm. Developed easy to use, sales oriented

website with sophisticated look and feel.

President and CEO, ExpertDriven, Inc. (xdfn.com), 1999-2000

. Co-founded financial and business news web site to provide content

from America's top money managers.

. Personally recruited Senator George Mitchell, General Brent

Scowcroft, Dr. Arthur Laffer (Pres. Reagan's Chief Economist), Andrew

Tobias, Jane Bryant Quinn (syndicated financial columnist), Arnaud de

Borchgrave (President, UPI), William Isaac (former FDIC Chairman),

Richard Measelle (past worldwide CEO, Arthur Andersen), Carter Beese

(former SEC Commissioner and head of Alex. Brown International) to

serve on company's board.

. Recruited 27 member management team of extraordinary capability.

Managing Partner, Shapiro and Olander, 1977-1999

. Grew this law firm more than 10-fold from its original four lawyers

to 45 attorneys (total staff over 120). Enabled revenues to grow

more than 30-fold to over $11 million.

. Guided securities transactions with value exceeding $30 billion,

representing issuers and underwriters.

. Served technology sector clients, delivered extensive merger and

acquisition achievements, demonstrated expertise in complex banking

transactions.

. Co-authored book on securities transactions and published numerous

law review and magazine articles; featured speaker at dozens of

industry events.

. Founded management consulting practice, Beyond Strategies, that

engaged in strategic planning, process reengineering and performance-

based measurement systems assignments.

Associate, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, 1973-1977

For this Chicago-based law firm, I specialized in securities market

regulation, corporate finance, and merger and acquisition transactions.

. A major achievement was participating with three other attorneys in

creation of The Chicago Board Options Exchange and The Options

Clearing Corporation.

Other Business Interests started from 1985 include three companies I co-

founded:

. Avatech Solution, a systems design integration company which has

reached $60 million in sales. Originally, this company was known as

Premier Design Systems, Inc.

. Arbitrage and Compliance, Inc., an arbitrage monitoring service

provider to issuers and trustees of municipal bonds.

. NovelMaker.com LLC, a literary site for writers, readers, and agents.

. Bank Capital Advisors, a bank consulting firm

Civic Contributions:

Past Member, Board of Trustees of: Sheppard Pratt Health System and

Foundation; University of Maryland Foundation; the Chimes, Inc.

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