The Industry & Advisory Board

 

Dean Finnegan

   Dublin, California

International Manufacturing, Distribution & Sales

Dean Finnegan is the Founder, President and Managing Member for Sourcing Network Sales, LLC.  Finnegan has 23 years experience in the Computer and Consumer Electronics business.  His earlier experience includes three years as a Sales Manager for the largest magnetic media supplier in the Western United States; 12 years as the Sales Manager and revenue partner for the Manufacturer's Representative Olson/Sprock Sales, representing Casio and Maxell; and two years as the Western Regional Sales Manager for Casio Inc. with responsibilities for the Handheld PC, Digital Camera, Calculator, Digital Diary, Label Printer, Musical Instrument, and Video divisions for the Western thirteen states. Dean resigned from Casio in October of 1998 and founded Sourcing Network Sales Inc. 

Dean is the founder and owner of PANDIGITAL, the leading digital photo frame manufacturer and distributor world wide with annual sales of over $200 million.



Gary Darley

   Woodland, Washington

Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing & Sales

Gary Darley was born in Rupert, Idaho. He graduated High School from Moses Lake, Washington and joined the United States Navy in 1966. He was a hospital corpsman, one tour of duty in Vietnam in 1968 with the Third Marines with an honorable discharge in 1971. He attended Boise State College, University of Utah, and Graduated PA-C and practiced medicine as a Physician's Assistant. He certified for 11 years, and then switched to Hospital Administration. He then helped found a health care corporation, which went from a start up company to a public corporation in 7 years. In 1990, he started LifePort, Inc. in Vancouver, Washington as President/CEO. LifePort, Inc. manufactures air medical interiors for helicopters and fixed wing aircraft domestically, as well as internationally. Also, through a wholly owned subsidiary located in Austin, Texas, the company is an OEM manufacturer of interior components for aircraft manufacturers in the business jets and refurbishment market. In 2001, he started the third company for LifePort called LifePort Interiors. Interiors manufactures ballistic armor and cabinetry for aircraft. LifePort, Inc. merged with Sorenson Capital on October 31, 2006 and as of today he is still the President/CEO. He has and does sit on various boards of directors, public, private, non-profit, and community service throughout the course of his career.



Charlene L. Flick, RN, MS, CPHQ

   Tulsa, Oklahoma

Healthcare

Ms. Flick has over 20 years of healthcare management and leadership experience.  She has directed quality management, performance improvement, case management, and medical staff services in the acute care setting.  She has led Joint Commission accreditation preparation and is knowledgeable regarding CMS requirements.
Flick holds a BSN and MS degree from the University of Oklahoma.  She is certified in professional healthcare quality through NAHQ.



David W. Dube, CPA, MSA, MST, DBA (candidate)

   Tampa, Florida 

Corporate Finance

Dave Dube is the founder and president of a publishing and seminar company which specializes in the senior-executive financial education and professional continuing education markets in both the U.S. and internationally. Dave lectures extensively throughout the year, typically instructing ten to twelve weeks in Europe, Asia and Africa on the topics of accounting, budgeting, strategic planning, management reporting and financial tools and techniques and has written and published training manuals and other instructional materials on all of these topics. Dave spent several years in accounting, including working for an international accounting firm, followed by over fifteen years as a partner/shareholder for various investment banking firms, specializing in providing corporate finance services to microcap, publicly-traded issuers. Mr. Dube was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FAB Capital Corporation, a merchant banking and securities investment firm. Dave presently serves on the boards of directors of two publicly-traded companies and chairs the respective audit committees. In addition, Dave is a registered investment advisor and owns and serves as co-portfolio manager of an SEC-registered mutual fund which, due to the fund’s unique branding, was recently recognized by US News and World Report as "one of the ten most quirkiest funds on the market." Dave is presently pursuing his doctorate in business administration with a concentration in accounting and, as time permits, continues to research and collect material for a planned book entitled "Ponzi-Mania: All Men and Their Financial Scandals are NOT Created Equally." In addition, Mr. Dube is the author of "Analyzing Financial Statements: A Case Study” and “Accounting and Tax Issues for Long-Term Assets."


 

Gary Clayman

Michael Clayman

   Niles, Ohio

Ferrous and Non-ferrous Scrap Metal Recycling

The Clayman brothers, Gary and Michael, are the owners of Niles Iron & Metal Company, Inc. which has operated in Niles, Ohio since 1917. They started in the recycling business as teenagers, working in the scrap yards from 5:30 a.m. until close, just as three generations of the Clayman family before them. Niles Iron operates as a collector, processor and Broker of ferrous materials such as scrap iron and steel, and non-ferrous materials such as scrap aluminum, copper, stainless steel, brass, high-temp alloys, electronics scrap and waste paper. Through daily hands-on involvement from their earliest days, Gary and Michael have built a dynamic and fast growing company, with excellent relationships in the industry as both a buyer and seller of scrap metal for industrial purposes. In February 2008, Niles Iron merged with Liberty Holdings LLC and Mercer Company to form a new entity called LNM Holdings, LLC. This new entity operates eight scrap yards in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania with a free-standing yard in Arizona. Gary Clayman and Michael Clayman are experts in their field who have developed a close rapport with the principals of Infinity Financial Group. They will add their personal expertise as industry advisors to Infinity Financial Group in this dynamic and important segment of the metals industry.