MICHAEL G. BRADY

v Educational Background

• Bachelor Science Business Administration (BSBA)
• Juris Doctor Law (JD)

v Current Positions

• Director, Compass Group Ltd., a New Zealand business and management consulting company.
• President, Vandermaal/Brady International Inc., an international consulting company.

v International Business Experience

• Vandermaal/Brady International Inc.
  As the founder and President of this Company, negotiated and arranged for the distribution of US manufactured products during the years 1990 to 1994 to be distributed in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. This involved several trips to these areas and participation in the training and on-going sales efforts of the local in-country distributors in those areas.
• European Trade Link Company
  As a founder and Chairman of this Company, located, negotiated contracts and trained distributors for foreign made products for the last ten years in Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Latvia, Estonia and Romania. Also performed consulting functions for companies interested in setting up manufacturing operations in Poland. These functions included location of potential plant sites, negotiations with local and national governmental bodies, set up of Polish legal entities, and contract negotiation.

v New Zealand and US Business Experience

• ETL Pacific Ltd.
  Founded this Company five years ago in New Zealand to distribute specialized construction chemicals in the New Zealand marketplace.
• BankUSA
  One of the original shareholders of this Federal Savings Bank originally based in California and moved to Arizona. Served on the Board of Directors and was on the Director Loan and Audit Committees, along with being Vice Chairman of its holding company.
• Additional Positions
  Founder and board member of a commercial bank, a mortgage banking company, partner in law firms in Nebraska and Arizona, and CEO of an Arizona company employing 400 people.