Business Opportunities in the Regulated Cannabis Industry

Roger Brown, CEO/President:  Mr. Brown co-founded ACS, a premier analytical clinical laboratory, in 2008 along with Brian Artze.  Mr. Brown is a serial entrepreneur, having successfully founded and sold numerous companies during his career.  Prior to founding ACS, Mr. Brown was President of CMB Additives, an animal feed additive manufacturer.  In 1996, he founded MD To You, a premiere mobile physicians group targeting the elderly population throughout Florida, he sold the Company in 2002 after growing the organization to over $43 million in annual revenues.  Prior to that he owned or was involved in several medical businesses and taught surgical procedures domestically and internationally using specialty instrumentation such as laparoscopy and surgical staples.  Mr. Brown received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida.

American Clinical Solutions Cannabis Testing for Florida Growers

ACS is the leading provider of cannabis testing in Florida.  The Florida legislature mandated routine, accurate and dependable third party independent laboratory testing for cannabis.  Founded in 2008, the Company uses state-of-the-art ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC/MSMS, GC/MS and ICP/MS) technology. Utilizing our vast experience in high complexity laboratory tests we developed proprietary testing methodologies which creates enhanced detection ability and improved accuracy.

The Company has performed high complexity laboratory testing for almost 10 years and capitalized on the opportunity to be a first mover with its proprietary technology for testing cannabis in Florida.  ACS has set the gold standard in Florida for testing cannabis with accurate science and pharmaceutical grade analysis, which has been the hallmark of ACS testing, to ensure the medical cannabis is safe for patients.

Mr. Sozio is CEO of MTech Acquisition Corp., a Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition company focused on acquiring a cannabis-related business (Ticker: MTEC).  Mr. Sozio is Co-Founder & Managing Director of Hypur Ventures, L.P., a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in businesses ancillary to the cannabis industry, founded in 2016.  Since 2013, Mr. Sozio has been Partner at a family office investment firm where he is responsible for the private investment portfolio. 

Mr. Sozio is a Director of Hypur Inc., a banking compliance and financial technology firm; Director of Simplifya Holdings, LLC, a cannabis compliance technology business; and a Board Observer of GCH, Inc., the parent company of Willie’s Reserve (the cannabis brand of Willie Nelson).  Mr. Sozio is the former Chairman of Island One, Inc. (from 2011 to 2012), a timeshare company based in Florida and acquired by Diamond Resorts as part of Diamond’s IPO; and former Director of Great Destinations, Inc. (from 2013 to 2016), a timeshare sales business based in California and acquired by Interval International in 2016. 

Prior to joining the family office, Mr. Sozio was Vice President of Bay Harbour Management L.C., a distressed-debt focused hedge fund.  Prior to Bay Harbour, Mr. Sozio was an Analyst in the Financial Restructuring Advisory Group at CIBC World Markets.  Mr. Sozio holds a B.A. in Architecture from Columbia University. 

Curt Creely, a partner and corporate lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, focuses his practice on counseling companies, investors, investment banking firms, and entrepreneurs in connection with public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic transactions, securities law compliance and reporting, corporate governance matters, loan transactions, and company formation. He is a member of the firm’s Transactional & Securities and Private Equity & Venture Capital Practices. He is also a member of the firm's Life Sciences and Technology Industry Teams.

Garyn Angel is an award-winning financier, inventor, and philanthropist from Port
Richey, Florida, and the founder and CEO of MagicalButter.com™. His flagship
invention is the Botanical Extractor, the world's first countertop appliance designed to
infuse the essence of herbs into foods. While still serving clients as a financial planner
in 2011, Mr. Angel conceived the device to help a severely ill friend prepare a natural
herbal remedy.
When his friend enjoyed great relief using the prototype, Mr. Angel knew he had found
his passion. He sold his successful financial practice to concentrate fully on developing
his vision of a healthier planet. The importance of his growing enterprise was
recognized internationally in 2014, when he was included on the prestigious CNBC
NEXT List, an exclusive compendium of the top visionary leaders who will shape global
commerce over the next 25 years. Qualifying for this award places an executive among
the world's most influential business minds.
Mr. Angel is passionate also about sharing his success with others: His charity, Cheers
to Goodness Foundation, makes life a little easier for children and families suffering
needlessly for lack of extracts from common, abundant plants. Some who are burdened
with heavy medical and relocation expenses receive monthly assistance from Cheers to
Goodness. The charity is a natural outgrowth of one man's impulse to give critically ill
kids a fighting chance and educate the world about the benefits of healthy herbs.