Governance
Jimmy Chan is a seasoned entrepreneur and business executive with more than 25 years of experience founding, scaling, and advising companies across a wide range of industries. Throughout his career, he has played a key role in driving growth for micro-cap and small-cap businesses, including companies with market capitalizations of up to $2.5 billion. He is particularly known for guiding early-stage ventures through critical phases of development.
Mr. Chan specializes in working closely with management teams to strengthen operations, position companies for capital funding, and prepare them for IPOs and uplistings onto U.S. exchanges. Recognizing that early-stage companies often face unique challenges navigating the capital markets due to limited visibility and institutional support, he has built a reputation for providing the strategic insight and hands-on guidance needed to bridge that gap.
His entrepreneurial background spans multiple sectors, including healthcare, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, services, real estate, and lending. In recent years, he has continued to build on his track record of value creation across both public and private markets.
Mr. Chan’s ability to identify opportunities, accelerate growth, and create long-term shareholder value has positioned him as a trusted partner for companies seeking to scale and succeed in competitive markets.
Ried Floco serves as President & Director leading the board of directors’ oversight while providing guiding business principles and guidance of TechForce Robotics, Inc. With over 30 years in the hospitality industry, in all aspects of corporate and property management, which includes acquisitions, development, asset repositioning, dispositions, portfolio performance, project management and oversight of the various entities and Management Teams. His hands-on hospitality experience exceeds more than $3B in asset valuations with more than 200-hotel properties under brands such as Marriott, Hilton, Intercontinental, Wyndham, Choice, AmeriSuites and Starwood Hotels; in the limited-service, extended-stay, full-service and resort market segments. Mr. Floco is the founder of Pierpoint Management LLC, served as Chief Operating Officer of Narven Enterprises Inc., Director of Portfolio Management with CNL Hotels & Resorts, Regional Director of Sales & Marketing with Flagstone Hospitality/RFS Inc., District Manager with Prime Hospitality and held General Manager positions with Prime Hospitality, RFS Inc. and Expotel Hospitality. He holds a degree in Hospitality Management from Northern Arizona University.
Jamie Steigerwald is a seasoned public company executive with over three decades of entrepreneurial, operational, and capital markets experience. He has held leadership positions at multiple public and private companies. His core strengths lie in scaling early-stage ventures, executing growth-focused brand strategies, and structuring creative financing for public-company expansion. With a background that spans real estate, consumer products, telecommunications, and emerging technologies, Mr. Steigerwald brings a versatile, cross-sector perspective to each venture he leads. His work consistently focuses on aligning operations with shareholder value creation, optimizing brand positioning, and navigating complex public market dynamics.
From 2012 to 2022, Yury Pyatigorsky held senior leadership positions at Sun West Mortgage Company, Inc., a mortgage lender originating approximately $1 billion per month, serving first as Chief Financial Officer and Controller and subsequently as Chief Investment Officer. Before joining Sun West, he held leadership roles in capital markets, structured finance, corporate development, and corporate finance at prominent non-agency mortgage lenders, including New Century Financial Corporation and Option One Mortgage Corporation. Mr. Pyatigorsky has served as Chief Financial Officer of ResMac, Inc. since October 2023.
Throughout his career, Mr. Pyatigorsky has been responsible for financial reporting and controls, profit-and-loss and balance-sheet management, financial planning and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, risk management and hedging, capital and liquidity management, and the oversight of warehouse and credit facilities. He also has extensive experience structuring and negotiating securitization transactions totaling approximately $3 billion to $4 billion per quarter.
Mr. Pyatigorsky is a CFA charterholder. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University, Northridge, and a Master of Business Administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Sonny Wang is a strategist and a business driver for early-stage and growth-stage companies. He has demonstrable experience facilitating continuous business development by researching emerging market trends and recommending changes in offerings to satisfy customer needs. Mr. Wang is an expert in applying exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to cultivate and maintain long-term partnerships and relationships with industry leaders.
Damin Lopez is a seasoned basketball coach and accomplished entrepreneur with a proven track record of developing elite talent, building championship programs, and scaling successful businesses. A former standout player at Apollo High School (Arizona 5A Player of the Year) and Pepperdine University (where he helped lead the Waves to multiple West Coast Conference championships as a starting point guard while earning his BS in Business Administration), Damin brings a player-development-first philosophy rooted in discipline, academics, and high performance.
As a coach, Damin spent the past 9 years as the head coach at St. Mary's Catholic in Phoenix, building the Knights into a Top 25 program in the country. Under his leadership, the Knights won 2 state championships, 1 runner-up finish, and 7 consecutive region titles. In totality at St. Mary's as both a head coach and assistant, Damin has led development programs that has produced 2 NBA Lottery Picks and over 30 Division 1 student-athletes, including Jerryd Bayless, Channing Frye and most recently, Cameron Williams, the #4 ranked player in the country. In addition to St. Mary's Catholic, Damin has coached at Pepperdine University and Glendale Community College.
In entrepreneurship, Damin leveraged his Pepperdine business degree to rebuild St. Mary's Catholic into one of the premier high schools in Arizona, fundraising over $8 million to renovate their gymnasium and beautify campus. This renovation included a new air conditioning system, basketball/volleyball gym, athletic weight room, athletic training room, dance room, film room, fitness room, and new lockers and vanities. In addition to the wonderful renovation, Damin teamed up with the finance department to raise over $2.7 million annually for tuition assistance.
Prior to St. Mary's, Damin was one of 3 partners who built Grupo Ñ Advertising from startup to $3.5 million in net billings as President and Managing Partner, managing major clients like Coca-Cola, Bank of America, and the Arizona Lottery. He then served as Vice President of Operations for Julio Cesar Chavez Enterprises, growing the company from zero revenue to over $4.5 million in assets through real estate, branding, and product development. His leadership seamlessly blends motivational coaching, strategic planning, academic accountability, and sharp business acumen—driving excellence on and off the court with passion, resilience, and a commitment to turning potential into sustained high performance.
Kerry Dunne is a marketing and business development professional for business, entertainment and signature event enterprises. He has served as president and CEO of sports franchises, national league consultant and has led a variety of sports marketing and entertainment companies, participating in nearly every facet of the sports and entertainment industry, including sports franchise ownership, corporate sponsorship development, advertising, magazine publishing, national television and radio broadcast sales, and program production.
Mr. Dunne's expertise includes multi-city event development, content creation, media partnerships, sponsor & sales strategies, special event production and tour campaigns. Kerry is a frequent speaker and consultant in the sports and entertainment industries with topics on leadership, new marketing strategies, venue strategies, sponsor partnerships, festival development and sports marketing concepts.
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Mark Hillers was born in a small town in Eastern Texas, to a family with deep roots in the area. (Southern values and hospitality are still a very important part of how he lives his life and raises his family). They moved to Las Vegas when he was just 10 years old, and have mostly lived there his whole life. Mr. Hillers joined the Army 2 weeks after high school where he proudly served as an Airborne Ranger until he was wounded in combat for the 2nd time and retired in 1993. He’s been in sales in one form or another for the bulk of his professional life since then. Including time on a team that travelled the country consulting car dealerships, wherehe trained owners and sales managers to effectively use their sales force to dramatically increase revenue and closing percentages. Mr. Hillers looks forward to using his ties to the Las Vegas community and unique skill set to help TechForce Robotics become a leader in its industry.
Reed Glick worked as a lighting tech for Michael Jackson's concert tour, moving quickly up the ranks to tour management. Reed garnered industry acclaim for his touring and management work with Michael Jackson, Peter Gabriel, The Who, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Van's Warp Tour, to name a few.
He received Platinum and Gold Records for his work with the bands No Doubt, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant and Brian Setzer. Reed has produced exclusive events for American Express. During his tenure at Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona, it was recognized as one of the "top ten" venues in the country for four consecutive years.
Steve DeMots is currently the Chief Commercial Officer at FEVO, an ecommerce platform in the sports and entertainment industry. An integral part of the FEVO team, he manages all aspects of the client-facing business, including business development, account management, distribution, and partnerships. Mr. DeMots has held key executive roles during his 25-year tenure in the ticketing industry, including CRO at Paciolan and SVP at Tickets.com/ MLB. Over time, Mr. DeMots has developed strong relationships at all the major sports leagues/ conferences, as well as venue management companies and entertainment properties.
Kerry Dunne is a marketing and business development professional for business, entertainment and signature event enterprises. He has served as president and CEO of sports franchises, national league consultant and has led a variety of sports marketing and entertainment companies, participating in nearly every facet of the sports and entertainment industry, including sports franchise ownership, corporate sponsorship development, advertising, magazine publishing, national television and radio broadcast sales, and program production.
Kerry’s expertise includes multi-city event development, content creation, media partnerships, sponsor & sales strategies, special event production and tour campaigns. Kerry is a frequent speaker and consultant in the sports and entertainment industries with topics on leadership, new marketing strategies, venue strategies, sponsor partnerships, festival development and sports marketing concepts.
I was born in a small town in Eastern Texas, to a family with deep roots in the area. (Southern values and hospitality are still a very important part of how I live my life and raise my family) we moved to Las Vegas when I was just 10 years old, and have mostly lived here my whole life. I joined the Army 2 weeks after high school where I proudly served as an Airborne Ranger until I was Wounded in combat for the 2nd time and retired in 1993. I’ve been in sales in one form or another for the bulk of my professional live since then. Including time on a team that travelled the country consulting car dealerships, where I trained owners and sales managers how to effectively use their sales force to dramatically increase their revenue and closing percentages. I look forward to using my ties to the Las Vegas community, and unique skill set to help Techforce Robotics become a leader in its industry!!
R Entertainment founder and 30-year entertainment industry veteran, Reed Glick has experience spanning the spectrum of live performance entertainment across a variety of venues, genres and capacities; from stage manager, production manager, tour manager and accountant to artist management, producer, venue manager, promoter, talent buyer and consultant. He provides entertainment programming and consulting services for casinos, hotels, arenas, and destination venues across North America. His experience includes work with properties such as Casino Del Sol, Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Muckleshoot Casino Resort, The Wynn Hotel & Casino, and WeKoPa Casino.
Reed Glick worked as a lighting tech for Michael Jackson's concert tour, moving quickly up the ranks to tour management. Reed garnered industry acclaim for his touring and management work with Michael Jackson, Peter Gabriel, The Who, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Van's Warp Tour, to name a few.
He received Platinum and Gold Records for his work with the bands No Doubt, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant and Brian Setzer. Reed has produced exclusive events for American Express. During his tenure at Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona, it was recognized as one of the "top ten" venues in the country for four consecutive years.
Steve is currently the Chief Commercial Officer at FEVO, an ecommerce platform in the sports and entertainment industry. An integral part of the FEVO team, he manages all aspects of the client-facing business, including business development, account management, distribution, and partnerships. Steve has held key executive roles during his 25-year tenure in the ticketing industry, including CRO at Paciolan and SVP at Tickets.com/ MLB. Over time, Steve has developed strong relationships at all the major sports leagues/ conferences, as well as venue management companies and entertainment properties.
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