Martin Nielson - CEO $EWSI
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Martin is a senior executive with extensive leadership and broad international experience with public and private growth companies and as an M&A advisor.
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Of his start-ups, three went public via IPO’s (2 NYSE, 1 NASDAQ), and he completed over 100 mergers/acquisitions – most of which were acquired by public companies. A business builder experienced with most aspects of company operations, including logistics, purchasing, product management, marketing, business development and finance, he is also an experienced negotiator.
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| Martin is also CEO and majority shareholder of E-Waste Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: EWSI) and previously founder and CEO of GEARRS, Global Electronics Recovery, and Encompass all of which were in the e-Waste and e-Reverse logistics industry. EWSI is in the electronics reverse logistics and e-waste recycling field and it targeted to professionalize the fragmented industry. He is also non-executive director of CoroWare, a publicly traded robotics and software company (OTCQB: COWI), and is on the board of the TransAtlantic Council of the Boy Scouts of America. |
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he negotiated the acquisition of nearly $100 M worth of complementary companies in the e -reverse logistics field,including CyberTest, Pacific Magtron and Vance Baldwin Electronics. With his M&A practice he drove the European growth ofclients, including $8B Corporate Express, by sourcing and executing over $1B in acquisition transactions, over 5 years. He founded Business Superstores, an office products company in London and merged it with what became the largest office products group in Europe, now Staples. He was a founding management team member of computer & networking firm Businessland, which grew to $1.5B and a NYSE listing in record time. Earlier, he helped build one of the world's premier retailers, the Gap Stores, from a few stores to a $3B NYSE company. He launched his career in the high-tech wastewater industry with Aqueonics, in Silicon Valley. Previously listed in reference works such as Barons 500, and Who’s Who of the World, Martin has also been a speaker at industry conferences, and a guest columnist for trade publications
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