Daniel S. Peña Sr., B.Sc
Chairman and President
Entrepreneur & Executive:
Founder, Chairman, President of Izone Technologies; Founder, Chairman of The Guthrie Group; Founder, CEO, Chairman of the Board of Great Western Resources Inc.; Co-Founder, CEO, Chairman of the Board of J.P.K. Industries; Bear Stearns & Co.
Successful:
Former Chairman of various US/European companies including venture capital, IT, internet, property, insurance, food distribution, health care, manufacturing, pub and restaurants, financial services, construction, telemarketing, publishing, amongst others; high level negotiator with many governments and multinational firms including equity providers, insurance companies, investment banks, international law firms and all “Big Four” accounting firms. Engaged as a consultant to senior executive management of Global 50 companies and organizations in the world, including Siemens AG, the Onassis Group, and The Vatican.
Founded Great Western Resources Inc., a natural resources company, with $820 and grew it to $445,000,000 market capitalization in eight years during the worst downturn (1982 – 90) in the energy business in the last half of the 20th century; Former Chairman of Success Development International, Inc., on Inc. magazine’s list of the 500 fastest growing privately held companies in the United States for 1996 (#152) and 1997 (#195).
Mentor:
Creator, author and lecturer on creating and managing explosive growth sponsored by various international universities, organizations and corporations. In 1999 he authored Your First 100 Million, the definitive step-by-step guide to building a conducive atmosphere for business. And in 2009 authored the 2nd edition of Your First 100 Million, in response to the devastating worldwide financial collapse.
Recognized:
Who’s Who in America; Who’s Who in Public Speaking; Latin Business Association Outstanding Business Owner in 1981; nominated for Inc’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 1989; U.S. Presidential Roundtable 1991; Most Distinguished Alumni California State University School of Business and Economics Commencement Speaker 1991; Award for Excellence by the Center for Entrepreneurial Management in 1994; Chosen TOP TEN Marketing by Entrepreneurs Magazine 1995; “The Communicator” award in 1995 and 1996; “Telly Award” in 1996 and 1997; Leaders and Success by Investor’s Business Daily (US) in 1997; Chairman of the company chosen as “Entrepreneurial Company of the Year (Netherlands) 1998; First Honorary Member of Onderneuend Nijenrode (University, Netherlands) 1998; Chairman of the Company nominated for European Entrepreneur of the Year (EU) in 1999; the American International Real Estate Expo and Conference AIREEC 2008,”Man of the Year Award” and the 2008 AIREEC “Inspirational Leadership Award”.
Sally Hall, B.Sc, ACA, ATII
Director
Professional:
Managing Principal & CEO of The Guthrie Group; Interim CEO of Online Tax Brokerage; Ernst & Young UK corporate and international tax; BDO UK tax and audit; Managing Director of private accountancy and tax practice for small and medium businesses; qualified Charter Accountant UK and member of the Institute of Taxation; Former Interim Chief Operating Officer of a U.S. Internet start-up; interim CEO/Managing Director of an international high-tech telemarketing company.
Successful:
Completed M&A transactions of 7 billion pounds sterling of UK and overseas companies; provided innovative solutions to complex tax problems for multinational PLCs/corporations. Grew revenues by 500% and 200% respectively for a US B2B Internet company and a UK telemarketing company.
Specialization:
Structured mergers and acquisitions; corporate and international tax planning strategies; multinational accountancy, audit, taxation and structured project management, financial workouts and turn-around situations.
Manolo S. Manuzon, PMP, MBA
Information Technology and Development Manager
Professional:
Dynamic. Goal-oriented. Team player. Effective and efficient. This is how Mr. Manolo Manuzon works, the current IT and Development Manager of Izone Technologies, Inc.
With 22 years of life spent in the IT Business, Mr. Manuzon was exposed in the management arena for more than 17 years now. He spearheaded major IT projects that include SAS Business Intelligence and Analytics implementation, Enterprise Resource Planning Software implementation and deployment (Microsoft Dynamics Navision 5.0, BPCS, GEAC’s SmartStream, MOVEX, SCALA, ERIC version 4.2), Retail (Microsoft Retail Management System ) and Hardware Infrastructure, Security deployment and support (Servers, Routers, Firewall, LAN, WAN, VPN).
Significant Milestones:
Adept and trained in various management schemes, his expertise has been globally recognized and demanded. He was acknowledged by the Project Management Institute as a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), the industry-recognized certification for project managers known worldwide.
He is well-equipped with management skills, specifically establishing client relationship, business requirements analysis and definition, through business process re-design, scoping, risk management, cost and schedule management, solutions design creation, functional specification creation, coding, quality, user education, disaster recovery and post implementation support.
Jennifer Villareal, BsA, CPA, MBA
Chief Accountant
Professional:
Jennifer is a Certified Public Accountant with well over 12+ years of progressive management experience in the field of IT, E-Commerce, Automotive Dealership, Supply Chain Management, Publishing and Banking. She specializes in Finance / Treasury / Budgeting and Controllership. She graduated as Cum Laude from Ateneo de Zamboanga University in 1998 and had her Masters in Business Administration at De La Salle University Professional Schools.
Successful:
Reduction overtime expense and controllable costs by 60-80%, Increase in Payroll accuracy to 95%, Process improvements, BIR Audits, Implementation of Finance Controls and reconciliation of accounts.
Specialization:
Implementation of computerized Accounting management system, preparation of accurate and timely Financial and management reports for monthly Management review, in accordance with US IFRIS and other local reporting requirements, Financial Analysis on Financial and Management reports-Balance sheet, Income Statement, Preparation of Overall Finance Budgets and review on a monthly basis.
Florita R. de Guzman
Human Resources (HR) Manager
Professional:
Ms. Flor De Guzman, the current HR Manager of iZone Technologies, Inc. is known to be a reliable, responsible, dynamic, effective, and result-oriented person. With more than 20 years of experience as an HR practitioner to both the government and private (Academe) sectors, Ms. De Guzman is one of the major game players in all aspects of HR Management. She is a graduate of AB Industrial Psychology and has finished all the academic requirements of Master of Arts in Educational Management at St. Jude College. She is well-rounded, equipped with management skills, and a well-loved professor of her students.
Successful:
Some of her involvements/successful projects include Personnel Information System and Time Monitoring System (Biometric Authentication). She has also initiated and established HR-related activities/functions such as pre-employment and in-depth selection procedures for current and future employees, and employee benefits and awards system. She stands as a Resource Person on HR matters and Employees Orientation, as well as with Student Orientation. In the past, she worked as a part-time faculty member handling the following subjects: Filipino Psychology, Social Psychology, Industrial Psychology, Physiological Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, and Clinical Psychology; Human Behavior in Organization and Human Resource Management.
Specialization:
Implementation of Human Resources Information System and Time Monitoring System; Recruitment and Selection, and Compensation and Benefits Administration; Adept in the preparation of various HR-related reports including investigative ones.
