Marco Hegyi – Mr. Hegyi joined GrowLife as its President on December
4, 2013 and a Member of its Board of Directors on December 9, 2013 and was appointed
as Chairman of the Nominations and Governance Committee and a member of the
Compensation Committee on June 3, 2014. Mr. Hegyi was appointed as CEO and Chairman
of GrowLife effective on April 1, 2016. Mr. Hegyi has served as an independent
director of Visualant, Inc. since February 14, 2008 and as Chairman of the Board
from May 2011, and served at the Chairman of the Audit and Compensation committees
until his departure on February 2015. Previously, Mr. Hegyi was a principal
with the Chasm Group from 2006 to January 2014, where he has provided business
consulting services. As a management consultant, Mr. Hegyi applied his extensive
technology industry experience to help early-stage companies and has been issued
10 US patents.
Prior to working as a consultant in 2006, Mr. Hegyi served as Senior Director
of Global Product Management at Yahoo! Prior to Yahoo!, Mr. Hegyi was at Microsoft
leading program management for Microsoft Windows and Office beta releases aimed
at software developers from 2001 to 2006. While at Microsoft, he formed new
software-as-a-service concepts and created operating programs to extend the
depth and breadth of the company’s unparalleled developer eco-system,
including managing offshore, outsource teams in China and India, and being the
named inventor of a filed Microsoft patent for a business process in service
delivery.
During Mr. Hegyi’s career, he has served as President and CEO of private
and public companies, Chairman and director of boards, finance, compensation
and audit committee chair, chief operating officer, vice-president of sales
and marketing, senior director of product management, and he began his career
as a systems software engineer.
Mr. Hegyi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Information and Computer Sciences
from the University of California, Irvine, and has completed advanced studies
in innovation marketing, advanced management, and strategy at Harvard Business
School, Stanford University, UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management, and
MIT Sloan School of Management.
Michael E. Fasci – Mr. Fasci joined GrowLife as a Member of its Board
of Directors on October 27, 2015 and was appointed Audit Committee Chairman
on November 11, 2015. On April 1, 2016, Mr. Fasci was appointed as the Secretary
of the Company, but resigned on February 14, 2017. Mr. Fasci is a 30-year veteran
in the finance sector having served as an officer and director of many public
and private companies. Mr. Fasci is a seasoned operator across various industries
and has served in both CEO and CFO capacities for both growth and turnaround
situations. Mr. Fasci began his career as a field engineer and then manager
of various remediation filtration and environmental monitoring projects globally
before focusing his efforts on the daily operations, accounting and financial
reporting and SEC compliance of the numerous companies he has served. Mr. Fasci
resides in East Taunton, Massachusetts and studied Electrical Engineering at
Northeastern University and maintains his qualification as an Enrolled Agent
of the Internal Revenue Service.
Mr. Fasci was appointed to the Board of Directors based on his financial, SEC
and governance skills.
Mark E. Scott – Mr. Mark Scott was re-appointed to the Board of Directors
and Secretary of GrowLife, Inc. on February 14, 2017. Mr. Scott was previously
a member of the Board of Directors and Secretary of GrowLife, Inc. from May
2014 until his resignation on October 18, 2015. Mr. Scott was appointed our
Consulting Chief Financial Officer on July 31, 2014.
Mr. Scott served as (i) Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of
Visualant, Inc., from May 2010 to August 31, 2016. Mr. Scott was Chief Financial
Officer of U.S. Rare Earths, Inc., a consulting position he held December 19,
2011 to April 30, 2014 and Chief Financial Officer of Sonora Resources Corporation,
a consulting position he held from June 15, 2011 to August 31, 2014. Also, Mr.
Scott was Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of WestMountain Gold
from February 28, 2011 to December 31, 2013 and was a consultant from December
2010 to February 27, 2011. Mr. Scott previously served as Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary of IA Global, Inc. from October 2003 to June 2011. Mr. Scott also
provides consulting services to other non-public entities from time to time.
Mr. Scott has significant financial, capital market and relations experience
in public and private microcap companies. Mr. Scott is a certified public accountant
and received a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the University of Washington.
Mr. Scott was appointed to the Board of Directors based on his financial, SEC
and governance skills.
Joseph Barnes- Mr. Barnes was appointed Senior Vice President of Business Development
for GrowLife, Inc. on October 10, 2014. Mr. Barnes works from our Avon (Vail),
Colorado store. Mr. Barnes joined GrowLife in 2010 and is responsible for all
national sales operations including direct sales, retail and e-commerce. He
led the sales team that recorded sales in 2014 of more than $8 million, a 100%
increase from the previous year.
Mr. Barnes made the progressive and entrepreneurial decision to work with GrowLife
after seeing the agricultural benefits of indoor growing. He is deeply passionate
about clean and sustainable grows, and has deep relationships with many trusted
cultivators. He holds extensive knowledge of indoor growing methods with concentrating
on maximizing the yields for clean and healthy crops.
Barnes was a highly regarded snowboard instructor in Vail, Colorado prior to
joining GrowLife. He worked with many top snowboard professionals, and received
a Level 1 certification from American Association Snowboard Instructors (AASI).
Before his days on the slopes, Barnes was also a recruiting manager focusing
on placing senior executives with international pharmaceutical/biotech companies.
He also owned and operated Chrome Night Life Arena, a 20,000 square foot indoor/outdoor
venue based in Philadelphia with more than 65 employees.
Growlife Inc currently has 51 employees.
