+ CLUB International, Inc.
Advisory Board
John Abendroth
After Spending 28 years as a registered architect in the State of Wisconsin, practicing in the greater metro Milwaukee area, utilizing his concept design expertise and entrepreneurial spirit, John shifted focus becoming the network and system concept architect and co-founder of two industry altering initiatives, the second being that of the proposed + CLUB International, Incorporated. His vision of a universal instant discount access, omni-channel platform both online and in-store for consumers morphed into a true global "shopping" social network enterprise.
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John's unique ability to grasp and identify solutions for very complex scenarios created an environment wherein and initiative has been developed in which Consumers, Retailers, and Banks all come out winners through + CLUB participation. His guidance and company vision evolve with the retail industry as it faced upheaval from online titans, and as a result the proposed + CLUB initiative is poised to be an industry-disruptive force, in a good way, shaking up the way the world shops.
+ CLUB International, Inc.
Advisory Board
Bond Isaacson is a a highly accomplished sales and operations executive with consistent history of increasing revenues, improving business operations, and maximizing profitability for medium and large corporations. Bond has successfully managed corporate governance and business development as CEO of the following companies: ADS Consulting, BlueTarp Financial, and Concord EFS. Additionally, Bond held positions as Payments Executive at Bank of America, President of E-VISA, VISA USA, and Finance Executive of IBM Corporation.
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Bond has special expertise in increasing customer satisfaction, building and leading top performing teams, and developing exceptionally successful business development strategies. An abundance of experience of coordinating turnaround situations and managing change. Skilled at raising capital (delivered more than $40 million in venture funding for BlueTarp Financial and negotiated lines of credit), implementing technology improvements, and building profitable relationships with investors and partners.
Bond Isaacson
Michael Howe
Michael Howe, Effie Award Winning advertising and marketing executive with client and agency experience. Michael is a C-level executive with a reputation for successfully managing advertising and marketing for a diverse group of companies including five of the top 100 global marketers: Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, United Airlines, WellPoint Inc. and Target Corporation. Michael was also the president and CEO of Catuity Inc. Catuity was the leading provider of loyalty program management and e-coupon software for merchants, card issuers and payment processors. Mike has been instrumental in leading teams that launched and repositioned brands, realized significant turnarounds, brought new concepts to market, and pioneered new customer loyalty programs.
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Most recently Michael has served as a strategic and tactical business consultant to advertisers and marketing agencies including: Itsmy, LLC, RPA, Advertising (Rubin-Postear & Associates), No Fences, Jackson & Partners and Detroit Public Schools.
Michael Donnelly
Michael Donnelly is a modern Global Marketing & Digital Transformational Marketing Executive. Michael is a collaborative leader with extensive Marketing, Communications, Sales and IT experience, and a strong track record of success in generating growth by focusing on consumers and designing, implementing and scaling transformative strategies for some of the world's most valuable brands within Johnson & Johnson, The Coca-Cola Company and Mastercard. Currently Michael is the Executive Vice President, Marketing Technology/Futures & PRAM Initiative Lead at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA). Previously for many years Michael was the Senior Vice President of Global Digital Marketing, Marketing Technology & Digital Experience Group at MasterCard.
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Michael is listed #5 on the top 50 CDO Influencers List, an AdAge Media Maven, a MediaPost Online All-Star and to be inducted into Marketer & Media Legends & Leaders, programs under his supervision have won several awards at Cannes, Best in Show at OMMA, (2) Emmy nominations & others from the Clios, Effies, IAB, Webby, Fesival of Media, Midas, AdWeek and more.
Ryan Persitza
Ryan Persitza is profit driven, entrepreneurially-spirited and results focused, executive-level management professional with 20+ years of experience in strategic business planning and project implementation, e-commerce and online business development. Ryan has extensive knowledge of organizational structures, corporate culture, business processes, marketing, demographics, online user behavior & purchasing patterns coupled with a unique blend of transactional, organizational, and marketing expertise.
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Ryan led a private equity buyout of Safe Harbor Computers (www.sharbor.com) in 2012. Safe Harbor Computers is a leading supplier of workstations, hardware and software to the M & E Industry. Under his leadership revenues grew from $1.6 MM / annually to over $14 MM in 2018. In early 2019 Ryan led a take of ADK Computers (www.adkproaudio.com and www.adkvideoediting.com) a leading competitor and supplier of custom workstations and laptops to the professional audio and video industries. Ryan's expertise is digital marketing and e-commerce including all major market places.
Marc Abendroth
Marc Abendroth is a co-founder of the + CLUB initiative and has utilized his entrepreneurial creativity and business administration, marketing and economics educational and professional background to help develop the many intricacies woven into the critical value propositions for Consumers, Banks and Retailers via participation in the + CLUB venture, separating the profoundly differentiated + CLUB from the plethora of reward and affinity programs currently on the market.
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Whether Marc is developing content for the pending + CLUB patent, working on the + CLUB informational website, putting together copy and graphics for sales material, devising strategic next steps or traveling the country meeting with prospects and members of the venture capital community, from day one Marc has always played an essential role furthering the advancement of the + CLUB venture. Marc's unwavering dedication and foresight has proven invaluable over the years of research and development as + CLUB evolved with the rapid maturation of the retail industry.
John Costello as a marketing-industry icon and a colleague of multiple members on the + CLUB Advisory Board, expressed
a strong affirmation of the validity of the + CLUB concept. His over 30-year exemplary career of experience included consumer products and services, retail and technology.The first half of his career was spent in classic management jobs, and the second half helping companies drive innovation and navigate high-change environments, from start-ups to $70 billion companies. John was one of the early leaders of Omni-Channel marketing and retailing to leverage the synergies between retail stores, catalogs, DR TV, the Internet and E-Commerce to drive total sales and profit, and is considered a leader in the digital transformation of marketing and retail.
John currently serves as CEO of Costello Ventures/Bottom Line Branding since retiring as President - Global Marketing and Innovation of Dunkin' Brands (parent company of Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins). He previously served as Executive Vice President of The Home Depot, Chief Global Marketing Officer of Yahoo, Senior VP of Pepsi-Cola USA, CEO of MVP.com and President of Nielsen Marketing Research US. He began his career at Procter & Gamble and rose to lead all advertising and marketing for P&G's Beauty Care Division. Additionally, he was instrumental in the marketing slogan "COME SEE THE SOFTER SIDE OF SEARS".
John Costello
A Marketing ICON Not on the + CLUB Advisory Board