ACMB
Agro Capital Management Corp

Scott Benson's career has been focused on leveraging technology to take advantage of new market opportunities since his start 25 years ago. His first technology venture was with Williams Communications where he founded the Communications Outsourcing Division leveraging customer service technology platforms that drove significant improvement in efficiencies and allowed him to create a division with 700 employees and $30M+ in annual profits. Scott's next technology play was serving in the C-Suite of Vyvx Solutions prior to its later sale to Level 3 Communications. Scott next worked at SLK Software as COO of North America. The SLK team had 7000 programmers located in the US and India delivering cutting edge software for financial, insurance, and manufacturing industries. Scott then founded Big Block Media Holdings. Scott then joined Ted Hicks to co-found Apex Solutions. Apex began manufacturing licensed cannabis products Oakland CA which has since been expanded to increase capacity and add distribution throughout the state. Scott joined Agro Capital as CEO.

Ted Hicks is the Founder of Apex Solutions and CEO of Apex Solutions and Apex Brands. Ted has 20 years management experience starting in the pharmaceutical industry. After graduating college with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology, Ted quickly found early success with Eli Lilly. This led him to become a tier one mentor for future leaders at the Eli Lilly organization. His experience at Eli Lilly along with his desire for greater control led him to join a smaller company where his impact could be felt more directly. Ted joined Delta Physical Therapy as the Director of Business Development responsible for strategy development and expansion. Ted oversaw the addition of locations, and the restructuring of business processes that led to significant enhancements to the companies overall profitability and top line revenue. Ted later moved on to become founder and CEO of Capital City Remodeling. A leader in sales, technology, and service within his industry in Northern California. Ted leveraged his start up experience to enter the cannabis space in 2016 with the help of long time industry insiders he had identified. Ted started in cultivation and later moved to a focus on manufacturing/distribution. Ted designed the early manufacturing operations and sales strategy for Apex which served as the launch point to the creation of one of the most awarded cannabis consumer brands in the California market.