About GPOX
Innovating Products, Manufacturing + Distribution
GPO Plus (GPOX) is a technology driven product development, manufacturing, + distribution company which offers a diverse portfolio of high-quality innovative products sold to Specialty Retailers + directly to consumers.
OTCQB:GPOX
GPO Plus, Inc. is a fully reporting publicly traded company presently trading on OTCQB under the stock ticker GPOX.
OTCQB:GPOX
info@GPOPlus.com
+1 702-840-1020
3571 E Sunset RD Ste 300
Las Vegas, NV 89120
Meet Our Team
GPOX has organized and recruited an amazing team. Each leader has a unique story but we have the common goals of creating best-in-class services with members’ best interest in mind while never losing focus on the bottom line to create significant long term shareholder value.
WE ARE PROBLEM SOLVERS, INNOVATORS, AND VISIONARIES.
Board Members
Key Strengths: Brett has a strong background in capital markets, finance, and public company matters, with expertise in Investor Relations and extensive entrepreneurial experience as well as board and committee level experience. He also served in the U.S. ARMY.
Industries: Capital Markets, Technology, Politics, Non-Profits, CBD, Cannabis, and Investor Relations.
Full Bio: Since 2014, Brett served on the Board of Directors of a publicly traded agriculture company whose holdings included a Las Vegas, NV based licensed Cultivation and Production facility and a 33,600-acre cultivation farm in Jujuy, Argentina.
Prior to founding GPOX, Brett was one of the leaders of the Libertarian Party, serving three terms on the Libertarian National Committee (LNC), two terms as the Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada, and was part of the senior staff for the 2016 Johnson/Weld Presidential campaign. He was very involved with state-level legislation and advocacy, which included Question 2 (in 2016), as well as an advisor to other statewide initiatives. Brett hosted and produced over 150 political events, including the 2016 Libertarian Presidential Debate hosted by Penn Jillette (Penn & Teller), which included video questions from well-known celebrities that aired on TheBlaze Network. He was the creator of multiple politically focused events and conferences, including LPEX – the Libertarian Political Expo, a political conference for Libertarian political training, and The Political Party, a non-partisan organization with the goal of getting more Nevadans involved in the political process with the well-known “Meet the Candidates” events series.
Brett has been involved in finance and the public markets since 1999. He has been a consultant to many start-up companies as well as publicly traded companies, including high tech Internet to traditional brick and mortar companies. From 2002 through October 2009, He has been involved in nightlife and entertainment ventures bridging technology and social media with events. He has hosted over 700 events in Las Vegas and other markets throughout the United States.
Brett served on the Board of Directors of multiple private and public companies and organizations. Brett has military training ranging from Civil Affairs Specialist (38A) to Combat Engineer (12B). While in the US ARMY he was awarded the Outstanding American award twice. He is a fellow at The Leadership Institute, which provides political activism training. Brett studied Environmental Liberal Arts at Green Mountain College and Entrepreneurship classes at the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester. Brett attended elective International Business and Finance classes at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Chris Harter has enjoyed a distinguished career focusing on real estate private equity, finance and emerging industries including the hemp and cannabis sectors. While Chris as a young man is just getting started, his efforts lead the growth of a single family home investment portfolio from $1 Million to $70 Million in a 6 year span.
Chris began his career by forming his own executive search firm, Career Estimate. Within 18 months, Career Estimate was acquired by industry leader Arkadis Inc. and Chris began investing in startups including his own chain of CBD Stores, a golf course, and early stage crypto ventures.
Chris brings a wealth of 20+ year relationships to GPOX in retail as well as in raw materials, and external sales operations with Independent Sales Organizations (ISO) commonly referred to in the industry as “jobbers” nationwide.
Ron McCormick is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of business experience in operations, sales, product development, manufacturing, distribution, and management. McCormick started his career as a nutritionist focusing on health, wellness, and fitness. McCormick developed and pioneered some of the most popular vitamins and supplements with global distribution generating millions of dollars in annual revenue.
He developed a profitable business model for large regional membership-based nutrition stores which serve healthy deli-style food along with an organic juice/smoothie bar. To date, McCormick launched 15 nutritional stores and successfully exited from 14 stores generating millions in profit. He continues to operate one of his flagship stores in Henderson, Nevada.
Leadership
Laurence Ruhe is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in the capital markets driving strong financial and operational results for publicly traded and private companies. Mr. Ruhe has international business experience working with multi-national enterprises operating in multiple countries with multiple currencies.
Mr. Ruhe brings over 34 years of financial and business experience to the Company, previously holding senior positions with Progressive Gaming, Konami Gaming, Wells Fargo, BMM International, Deutsche Bank, and other publicly traded companies.
With over 25 years of experience in Consumer Packaged Goods, Joseph Jaconi has extensive business development and management experience with an emphasis on international development and expansion.
Mr. Jaconi Co-Founded Tech Armor in 2012, disrupting the brick and mortar accessory business creating the #1 Selling D2C (direct to consumer) screen protector brand with over 25 million units sold globally in over 40 countries. Tech Armor’s key partnerships include Amazon, eBay, and WalMart.com.
Michael Fugler is a Creative Critical Thinker, Rainmaker, Negotiator, Consultant, Attorney, Investment Banker, Motivational Speaker, TV & Radio Personality, Wine Aficionado, Avid Swimmer and Private Pilot.
Michael helps entrepreneurs build companies and is frequently brought into difficult situations to help with outside the box problem solving, successfully negotiating, structuring and executing the delivery of high-quality advice, creative financing solutions, strategic planning and corporate finance. Michael’s hands-on, real-life experience sets him apart from other Investment Bankers, Attorneys and business consultants advising today’s entrepreneurs. His goal is to concisely and constructively solve problems, grow companies and guide entrepreneurs to their next level of success.
Key Strengths: For over 34 years, Kevin specialized in market making by providing liquidity and execution services for institutions and brokerdealers. He is widely recognized as building and managing OTC Trading Desks and held senior positions at Frankel Securities, Aegis Capital, and R.F. Lafferty. He also participated or led M&A activities. Kevin held FINRA Series 7, 24, 63 & 55 licensed.
Industries: Capital Markets, Market Making, Technology and Finance.
Our Culture
Who is GPOX?
Traditional organizations don’t like our values. They think our attention to detail, adoption of technology, and our approach to extraordinary service is overkill. We disagree. We think overkill is underrated which is why we will continue disrupting industries and growing our company!
We are committed to our Core Values and they guide our business. They connect us, define us and inspire us. They were adopted not only to set the stage of GPOX but to hold all team members accountable to them. Many of our values are incorporated to help fulfill our idea of Self-Management.
At the core of our business is process. We believe a talented team with great processes leads to achievement. Our goal is to be the best we can be in all we do!
Our Values
DELIVER EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE
Always provide unsurpassed and sometimes unexpected service which exceeds all expectations from our Members. Never forget that our Members and suppliers are the lifeblood of our company. Sometimes it’s easy to lose sight that they want to be treated the way we would want to be treated. Keep that in mind when working with them, they are only human after all.
Consumers have significantly changed their buying habits and are accustomed to Amazon (fast shipping), BestBuy (return anything policy), and Walmart (dirt cheap groceries, now delivered to you) business models. Consumers (our Members) now expect the same level of service and competitive transparent pricing from all companies they interact with.
We are a different kind of company; therefore, we have a different kind of service. We build GPOX standards and in doing so raise the industry standard.
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CULTIVATE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT AND BE BRAVE
Relentless execution from vision (ideas) to reality.
Entrepreneurial Spirit is an attitude and mindset that encompasses a unique approach to critical problem solving while identifying opportunities and taking advantage of them.
In business, change is the only constant and entrepreneurs should be able to adapt to the change as change brings new solutions, innovation, and better business processes. Entrepreneurs have the freedom to accomplish things the best way they feel they can and adapt and adjust to different situations. But above all, GPOX entrepreneurs sincerely care. We care about our work, our co-workers, our Members and our suppliers.
Entrepreneurship is written in our DNA. The commitment we make to our work is the source of our pride and the basis of our reputation. Passion, dedication and hard work towards advancing our purpose does not go unnoticed.
Be Brave. Bravery is a necessity for entrepreneurial spirit because bravery helps entrepreneurs work through opposition and failure and provides the courage to keep trying. Being brave enables you to question the status quo without fear. Have the courage and bravery to speak up, because we can’t hear what you are thinking!
02
DELIVER ON COMMITMENTS, BE ACCOUNTABLE AND TAKE PRIDE
Own it! It is crucial to our culture that we are personally accountable and deliver on our commitments to our team and our Members. Co-workers depend on our follow through on commitments and Members trust us to adhere to our word. Accountability is more than just doing your job. Being accountable means taking responsibility for your actions and the actions of your team. We create and sustain a culture of accountability. When accountability is absent, our purpose is not being advanced and wasteful disorganization is prevalent.
Always take pride in everything you do and be the absolute best at it you can be. For example, if you are going to be an Account Executive, be the best damn Account Executive possible and do it better than everyone else. This value is deep-rooted in our culture. No matter how big or small a task is, approach it with the attitude that you will be the best at it and take pride while doing it!
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TAKE ACTION, TAKE CHANCES AND FAIL SMART
Leaders take action and act selfless.
When opportunities present themselves, we take action. We’d rather make calculated mistakes than miss opportunities. Work smarter, not harder. Leaders lead by example, demonstrate a strong work ethic, and have the courage to do the right thing.
We celebrate leaders at all levels who take risks and provide solutions, not excuses. Leaders thrive and find meaning in their work. Our team has the highest level of dedication to their mission and they move with a purpose.
Not all failure is created equal! In order to succeed, you need to be open to failure. It’s ok to fail , but only if you learn from your mistakes. To fail smart, learn why you failed, take action on what you learned and share that knowledge with your co-workers. Failure is the byproduct of taking risks and experimentation.
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BE RESOURCEFUL, DO MORE WITH LESS AND KEEP IT SIMPLE
It’s amazing how far you can get when properly motivated and with a little cleverness. Be resourceful and lean by identifying and eliminating all wasteful activities and work habits, streamline services, and capitalize on technology. The true value of being lean is twofold; maximize value and minimize waste. We achieve this by being resourceful.
Keep it Simple, Simplify Everything.
We never stop finding ways to get things done, better and more efficiently. Everything we do should be simplified, as businesses run best if they are kept simple instead of complicated. Simplicity isn’t easy to achieve. Many people and companies struggle with simplicity. It takes a lot of hard work and revisioning to get ideas, services, and thoughts into a simple form. Simplicity is a key ingredient in everything we do. Take the confusion out and be efficient, this is the basis of our purpose.
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PRACTICE TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION
No one is as smart as all of us!
We believe that no one will be as successful alone as the team will be together. We work together collaboratively & selflessly. This is a team sport and all teams work closely together to make decisions and take actions based on what is best for our Members.
Collaborate openly, don’t take credit, give credit when credits are earned. Shape relationships built on trust with your teammates. We are all in this together and when we drop office politics and put the wellbeing of the company above our own, we will all succeed together! We take care of each other and treat co-workers like friends and family.
Strong regular collaboration helps unleash the potential in every team, plus, winning and success is contagious.
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DO BETTER AND INNOVATE, ALWAYS!
We are relentless in the pursuit of perfection and the path to perfection never ends! Good enough is never enough because we can always do better.
We constantly challenge ourselves to provide the best quality service while introducing disruptive products as we seek to solve industry wide problems.
We promote a culture of curiosity that embraces change and helps us drive innovation. Question everything and don’t allow yourself to get comfortable with process and products, always pursue a better way.
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INTEGRITY, HYPER TRANSPARENCY AND OVER COMPLIANCE
We are honest, open, ethical, and fair.
We always default to honesty and are candid and transparent in all that we do. This authenticity allows us to inspire one another and makes our work more meaningful, interesting and fun.
Encouraging team members to openly share ideas is fundamental in establishing a culture based on Self-Management. We’re open minded and we like to discuss and debate thoughts, ideas and plans to broaden and further our purpose. When we disagree, we respectfully and constructively speak our minds, but trust in, and commit to, informed decisions. We know that ego prevents us from learning. We seek, accept and give feedback fearlessly to continue to grow personally and professionally. We depend on our team members to use their best judgement and do the right things the right way, always.
We believe in over compliance and set our own standards with the highest level of requirements not because we have to, but because we want to. Therefore, we hold ourselves to much higher standards and internal compliance which exceed general compliance for the industries we are in.
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BE A GOOD STEWARD OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND A GOOD NEIGHBOR
GPOX has a goal of building sustainable GPOs with minimal environmental waste and impact. We encourage our suppliers to participate in recycling programs and our Members to be mindful of waste.
We believe in charity and we contribute any way we can to help our neighbors and our community. This included sponsoring programs aligned with our beliefs, political action to help others and volunteering for causes we believe in.
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HAVE FUN!
You should work with a company you believe in that has a purpose you’re proud of. We believe the more passionate you are about your job, the less of a job it is. Work isn’t always work and nothing is “business as usual” when it comes to working at GPOX. In fact, the culture and atmosphere at GPOX is so fun and exciting that it’s hard to call it “work.”