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Unicity's Executive Strength |
Unicity International has been privately held since July 2003. As an entrepreneurial company, currently led by the most successful distributor in the history of the company and its predecessor organizations, Unicity is keenly attuned to the needs of its associates is able to rapidly respond to them.
Unicity has assembled an extraordinary team of talented, experienced managers to lead the company through unparalleled international and domestic growth. The strength of this executive leadership team is a fusion of leadership and international diplomacy unprecedented in the history of the MLM and nutritional industries. |
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Stewart Hughes - CEO |
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Stewart Hughes has achieved remarkable success at every point in his career. Prior to joining Unicity International in May 2005, Mr. Hughes spent 15 years in the financial services industry where he served as Vice President and Senior Financial Management Advisor with two Wall Street investment-banking firms. In 1991 he launched Marathon Group International, an independent distributor organization committed to bringing cutting-edge preventive healthcare products to market worldwide. With tens of thousands of distributors throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia and revenue exceeding $100 million annually, Marathon Group International is now one of the largest companies of its kind in the world. In leaving this highly successful distributorship to lead the company, Mr. Hughes has made the strongest possible statement about his commitment to the future of Unicity.
Mr. Hughes believes that lasting success can only be achieved through continual personal development. In addition to educating the public on preventive healthcare solutions, he has taught principle-centered leadership skills to thousands of people in North and South America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Hughes is the author of several training programs including: the CORE Journal, Constructive Imagination, Solution Based Selling, and Relationship Focus. These training programs as well as a commitment to lead by example have earned him recognition as an extraordinary international business leader, trainer, and speaker.
Mr. Hughes graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Philosophy and has done extensive graduate studies at the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business. He and his wife Bonita are the parents of eight children and the grandparents of two. |
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Curt A. Hedges - President |
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As CFO prior to his current role of President of the company, Curt Hedges has made numerous improvements in the accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, and cash management areas of Unicity's business. He has implemented robust cost controls and cash management processes throughout the company's global markets, resulting in significantly improved cost structures.
Mr. Hedges came to Unicity International after a long, distinguished career in all facets of financial management for private and public companies. He served as Vice President and Corporate Controller for Compass Learning Corporation, a privately held corporation based in Phoenix, Arizona, and as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Wicat Systems, a publicly traded, multinational firm in Orem, Utah. In all of his positions, Mr. Hedges has proven success in creating effective cash management and accounting systems and improving cost structures.
Mr. Hedges has considerable experience in managing information systems departments and in implementing new software systems. He received a B.S. Degree in Accounting from Brigham Young University and is a qualified CPA in the State of Utah. |
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Brent D. Morrill - Chief Operating Officer |
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Brent Morrill is responsible for all aspects of Operations, Finance, Marketing and Information Technology. His move to to this position represents the second promotion for Mr. Morrill in his tenure with Unicity. As the officer responsible for Operations, Mr. Morrill achieved significant improvements in overall efficiency by implementing rigorous inventory management and purchasing processes and has developed a leading-edge production planning model. He implemented several initiatives to reduce cost of goods as well as freight and warehousing expenditures.
Prior to joining Unicity in 2003, Mr. Morrill held several executive positions at Ford Motor Company over a twelve-year period.
His experience included key assignments in manufacturing, purchasing, production engineering, business development, investor relations, and corporate finance, and he was responsible for numerous business groups in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. While at Ford Motor Company, Mr. Morrill led several break-through initiatives to reduce costs, improve processes, grow revenue, develop strategic partners, and improve overall health of the business entity.
Mr. Morrill has a B.S. Degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration Degree from Brigham Young University. |
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G. Paulo Bangerter - Chairman |
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As chairman and shareholder, Paulo Bangerter is welcomed in Unicity markets around the world as a leader and innovator in the direct selling industry. He has held several leadership positions in the U.S. Direct Selling Association and served on an ethics task force for the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations.
In 1993 Mr. Bangerter joined Enrich International, a predecessor to Unicity, as Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary. During his tenure with Unicity and its predecessor companies, he developed an evangelical zeal for the company, its mission, and its products that naturally led him to purchase the company in July of 2003.
Prior to joining Unicity, Mr. Bangerter served as General Counsel for two high-tech software firms, both of which grew through mergers he supervised. He has experience in private law practice in the field of commercial litigation and received a Juris Doctorate Degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. Born in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Mr. Bangerter has extensive international experience. He lived several years in Brazil and Portugal and speaks Portuguese and Spanish. |
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Nathan K. Tolman - Chief Financial Officer |
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Prior to joining Unicity, Nathan was a Mergers & Acquisition Director for PowerQuest, a software company that was acquired by Symantec. While with PowerQuest, Nate prepared market analysis and deal evaluation packages, was the primary due diligence interface with targets and, after the announcement of Symantec's purchase, was designated as the transition manager with PowerQuest to coordinate all transition issues with Symantec. Prior to PowerQuest, he was the Vice President of Finance & Controller for an emerging markets, high-tech simulation division of General Electric and completed GE's six sigma quality training program.
At GE he was responsible for divisional financial reporting, budgeting internal controls management. Prior to the acquisition of this high-tech simulation company by GE, Nate was the Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary for I-Sim Corporation negotiating deal terms, coordinating audits and tax compliance, financial statement preparation, preparing business plans, forecasting budgets and internal controls. Nate started his career in public accounting with Deloitte & Touche, LLP and was promoted after 5 years to Audit Manager. While with Deloitte & Touche, Nate managed multiple audit teams on multi-billion dollar audits for public & private companies in public utilities, healthcare, retail and manufacturing.
He received a Masters Degree in Accounting from the Eccles School of Business at Utah State University, graduating cum laude. Nate is a currently licensed CPA in the state of Utah. |
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