ROBERT KOHN
BioPower Corporation and BioPower Operations Corporation 09-2010- Present CEO and CFO
Executive and financial responsibility for consolidated operations of entrepreneurial multi-faceted alternative energy public company. Responsible for overseeing all business development, hiring, and all financial and banking operations including raising funds, project finance and all SEC reporting and filings. www.biopowercorp.com.
Proteonomix Corporation – Interim CFO, Public Company 08-2009 -09 -2010
All financial responsibilities for Stem Cell research public company and products manufacturer including S-1 Filing to go Public, all subsequent SEC Filings 10-Ks and Qs, working with auditors, banks and raising funds for operations.
Global Realty Development – CFO, Public Company 03-2005 to 8-2009
Hired to oversee all financial operations including SEC filings of an Australian real estate development company and facilitate the sale of 7 Australian real estate holding companies.
AssetTrade now Go Industries AG - Co-founder, CEO/CFO of AssetTrade
Accomplishments: B2B equipment. Start-up to 350 employees in 15 countries in two years with over 20% of the Fortune 500 as clients. Developed the strategy and negotiated the formation of AssetTrade, a four-company joint venture with Henry Butcher International, (U.K.) and Michael Fox International (Baltimore, Md.). Strategized the acquisitions of 8 European companies. with over $1 Billion in large international equipment sale transactions. Merged with GoIndustry AG. Today, www.go-dove.com
NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
CEO, CFO of Entrade (Energy Trading), the first B2B Exelon company (NYSE: EXC). Started and built the business unit for 3 years and then merged into another NYSE Company raising $50 million plus in equity and going from $27 million to over $800 million market cap first year. www.exeloncorp.com.
CEO, CFO of a start-up B2B International equipment sales and management company raising over $60M through private placements with institutional investors. Grew through acquisitions of eight European and one U.S. company in first three years to more than 350 employees with offices in 15 countries representing many of the Fortune 500 companies. First employee of the joint venture company. Today www.go-dove.com with 1200 employees.
CFO of a Waste Technology company which went National Market NASDAQ in two years with over 100 professionals. Responsibilities included taking the Company public and all financial operations including project finance and strategic alliance negotiation. Lead the negotiation team for a $900M International joint venture with Thyssen Rheinstahl Technik, Fluor Corporation, Daniel Power and Southern Companies to build 30 plants for $30 Million each. Southern to provide O&M services, Fluor-Daniel to provide general contracting services and Thyssen to provide Turnkey services. Raised over $40M in equity, and secured credit valued at more than $200M. $360 Million market cap within two years from start-up. $25 million in Convertible preferred financing with the stock going from $25 per share to as high as $50.00 per share.
Previous Boards of Directors include 118-year-old Savings & Loan, NYSE, National Market NASDAQ and other companies
CPA Touché Ross (Now Deloitte Touché) Tax Department
Temple University, Fox School of Business, BBA Accounting