The management team includes professionals from the travel industry, the broadcast and cable television industries (aka “video”), Internet advertising development and sales, interactive television (e.g., video-on-demand), radio broadcasting, computer programming and platform development. This unique combination of skill sets assembled by Next One represents a major competitive advantage in the pursuit of Company objectives. Next One has effectively created a dynamic team providing comprehensive marketing services which combine the best of old media with cutting edge new media to the benefit of the company’s clients and advertisers.
Bill Kerby
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
- Founder of Next One Interactive
- Chairman, CEO and Founder of Extraordinary Vacations
- Entrepreneur and CEO with 18 years in Media & Travel Industry/10 years
in financial industry
- Founder of TravelByUs - 21 Travel acquisitions and NASDAQ small cap
- Founder of Leisure Canada - 210 Agencies, international tour
operations and magazines
- Owner Thrifty Car Rental British Columbia
Don Monaco
Director
- Over 18 Years as a Partner and Senior Executive and 28 years as an International Information Technology and Business Management Consultant with Accenture, in Chicago
- Principal owner of Monaco Air Duluth, LLC which is a full-service, fixed-base operator aviation services business at Duluth International Airport serving airline, military and general aviation customers
- Master's and Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois
- Commissioner on the Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Commissioner and Vice-President of the Duluth Economic Development Authority (Duluth Mayor appointee), President of the Monaco Air Foundation, Secretary-Treasurer of the Miller-Dwan Foundation, Treasurer of Honor Flight Northland, Treasurer of the Duluth Aviation Institute, Co-Chair of the Northern Aero Alliance, and a member of Lake Superior College's Center for Advance Aviation Steering Committee
Pat LaVecchia
Director
- Over 20 Years of Senior Experience on Wall Street and currently serves on the Board of Directors as Vice Chairman of InfuSystem Holdings Inc
- Board member of Technology Innovator Acquisition Ltd. and managing partner of Sulla Global Partners, LLC an advisory firm focused on China and Southeast Asia
- Council Member of the NYSE Amex Listed Company Council, an advisory group to the NYSE Euronext Companies
- Previously served as Group Head of Global Private Corporate Equity Placements at Credit Suisse First Boston, Managing Director and Head of the Private Equity Placement Group at Bear, Stearns & Company, Managing Director and Group Head of the Private Finance and Sponsors Group at Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc., and Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets at FTN Midwest, In addition, Mr. LaVecchia was a private equity investor and Senior Managing Director at Hawk Holdings, LLC, an investment and holding company that was a joint venture involving Qwest Communications
- MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, BA, magna cum laude, from Clark University
- Wharton Ambassador and has also been a judge of the Wharton Business Plan Competition
Warren Kettlewell
Director
- President and CEO Cardar Investments, a privately owned investment company involved in real estate development and with several significant U.S. venture capital firms
- Major shareholder and advisor to Cango Petroleum, a mid-to large chain of retail gas stations in Canada
- Commenced business career in manufacturing building one of Canada’s major plastic food grade packaging companies (Innopac) with 20 plants throughout Canada and the United States
- Involved with Next One Interactive, Inc. since early 2006
Adam Friedman
Chief Financial Officer
- Over 25 Years of Experience in Accounting & Finance, Human Resources, SEC reporting, Planning, Budgeting, M&A, Equity Raising and Operations
- Television industry experience working for NBC and Telemundo
- Experience in Print Media , Public Accounting, Healthcare, and Marketing
- Academic degrees include BSM Accounting and MBA in Management
Steve Marques
President of Real Estate
- President and Chief Operations Officer of RealBiz Media Inc.
- Vice President of Global Sales Iseemedia
- Vice President of Marketing Omnigon a San Diego based Bio-tech Company
- Management & Sales Experience in both Computer and Internet media