Michael D. Queen
Chairman and CEO
Mr. Queen has been the Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since 2004 and was the President of the Company from 2004 through February 2009. Since founding UCM, Mr. Queen has worked with eighteen startup companies. He assisted these companies with their funding and was responsible for helping seven of those companies enter the public marketplace. Mr. Queen is considered an expert in the microcap arena with extensive knowledge of how these markets operate and has been extensively involved in the start-up businesses and initial capitalization plans.
Prior to UCM, Mr. Queen was the President, CEO and a director at Pennexx Foods, Inc., a publicly traded company. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Queen was the President of Ocean King Enterprises, a start-up specialty food manufacturer. From 1978 to 1999, Mr. Queen was an executive in the supermarket industry serving the greater New York, New Jersey and Delaware region.
Theresa Q. Hoffmann
VP of Finance
Mrs. Hoffmann has over 12 years of public accounting experience, including business start-up, audit and review of profit and non-profit entities, financial statement preparation, financial planning and projections and business and personal tax preparation. She acts as a financial liaison between UCM and the portfolio companies, providing both with valuable information to help guide the portfolio companies through their initial stages of development. She is also responsible for UCM's accounting operations and financial reporting. Mrs. Hoffmann holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Virginia Tech.
Charles "Ched" Hoover
Vice President
Mr. Hoover has over 20 years experience working with financial services and technology companies, focusing on marketing, business development and public relations. He spent more than 10 years in capital markets and real estate with firms including Nations Bank, Hall Financial Group, Days Inns of America and Interstate/Johnson Lane. He was also a key member of the core team that founded NetBank. Mr. Hoover holds a BBA from the University of Georgia and an MBA from Georgia State University.
Julieann Malewski
Communications Director, Investor Relations
Mrs. Malewski has over 20 years experience as a marketing executive working with diverse clients in the advertising and entertainment industries. Most recently, Malewski joined Universal Capital Management to develop and maintain the Company's Investor Relations program to attract new funding and nurture shareholder relationships. As Communications Director, she is responsible for developing collateral and coordinating marketing efforts for the firm and its portfolio companies. Mrs. Malewski holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Delaware.
Robert G. Oberosler
Director
Mr. Oberosler has been a Director since October 2009. Prior to that, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from February 2009 to April 2010. From April 2010 to the present, Mr. Oberosler holds the position of Group Vice President with Rite Aid Store Inc. From March 2008 to December 2008, Mr. Oberosler served as a turnaround professional for Theater Xtreme Entertainment Group, Inc., a distressed retailer of home theater packages and a franchise marketing company. During that period, Mr. Oberosler served as President and subsequently Chief Executive Officer of that company. On December 15, 2008, Theater Xtreme Entertainment Group, Inc. filed a voluntary petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware seeking relief under Chapter 7 of Title 11 of the United States Code. From 1998 to 2008, Mr. Oberosler held various officer positions with Pathmark Stores, Inc. Specifically, from 1998 to 2001, he served as Senior Vice President - Asset Management; from 2001 to 2005, he served as Senior Vice President - Store Operations; from 2005 to 2006, he served as Senior Vice President - Asset Management & Special Projects, from 2006 - February 2008, he served as Senior Vice President - Distribution, Logistics & Asset Management.
Steven Pruitt
Director
Steven Pruitt is DuPont's Internal Control Coordinator and is responsible for implementing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance procedures on a global basis. Mr. Pruitt also assists in the development and implementation of critical internal controls and business processes throughout the company. Prior to business school, Mr. Pruitt worked for five years with the DuPont Company in their Internal Audit Group. As a Senior Auditor, he helped to lead and train business teams on assessing and improving their business models. He also spent a year overseas focusing on educating DuPont's joint ventures and subsidiaries on better business practices.
Mr. Pruitt recently graduated with an MBA from The University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. In addition to his Master's Degree, he holds a BS in Accounting Degree from the University of Delaware and passed the CPA exam in 1999.
Jeffrey P. Muchow
Director
Mr. Muchow is a veteran of the food and agricultural processing industries. Since 2001 he has served as an independent consultant in business startups, mergers and turnaround situations for food processing enterprises. From 2000 to 2001, he served as President of Vertia, Inc., a supply chain company engaged in supply chain services for perisable food companies, and from 1999 to 2000 he served as Vice President – Business Development of Working Machines, Inc. Mr. Muchow received his Master’s Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Missouri and an MBA from the University of Northern Colorado.
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