Helixx provides a "SWAT team" approach to addressing the dreams, fears and "living large" objectives of our clients. Following are selected Case Summaries relating to Helixx engagements presently in process. Additional Case Study documentation can be provided on request.

James Stovall, Founder of Narrative Television Network

Jim Stovall is an internationally known speaker and author, and the founder of Narrative Television Network, which produces television and movie programming that is accessible for the country's 13 million blind and visually impaired.

Faced with the challenge of total blindness while in college, Jim went on to become one of the ten Outstanding Young Americans awarded by the U.S. Jaycees, a National Olympic weightlifting champion, an International Humanitarian of the Year, an Emmy Award winner, a National Entrepreneur of the Year as awarded by The President's Committee, and a recipient of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce National Blue Chip Enterprise Award.

He has shared the speaking platform with people including Zig Ziglar, Barbara Bush and General Colin Powell. He has appeared on Good Morning America and CNN, and has been featured in Reader's Digest, Time magazine and TV Guide. He writes a nationally syndicated column every week. His popular books include The Ultimate Gift, which has sold nearly one million copies, and You Don't Have To Be Blind To See. In addition to writing, Jim has also become an avid reader as a result of a speech compression model that he helped develop. He has read a book a day for the past fifteen years.

Jim has retained The Helixx Group to serve as his agent in helping to: (1) extend the reach of his publication interests, (2) develop large-scale, original TV and motion picture properties; and (3) enhance his philanthropic legacy through the creation of The Ultimate Gift Institute and other charitable initiatives.

Rick Eldridge, CEO/Founder of GlueWorks Entertainment, Inc.

Rick Eldridge is an award-winning film and TV producer: a 25-year veteran of the entertainment industry who has earned a reputation as a champion of responsible programming. Rick is highly regarded for the breadth of his experiences with Universal Studios, ESPN and FOX, as well as his role in running independent production studios that have been hired out by DreamWorks SKG and Disney, among others. He has won over twenty Tellys, produced five platinum animation products, and has served as Executive Producer of more than a dozen significant-scale film and television projects, including his recent role as Executive producer of BOBBY JONES -STROKE OF GENIUS.

Rick has founded a cluster of companies with point-to-point fulfillment capacity in the film and television industry. His production studio, Film Foundry, is considered the premier facility of its kind in the Southeast. His children's brand, GlueWorks Entertainment, and his feature film production company, LIFE(n) MEDIA Films, have both produced award-winning properties. His distribution company, Film Foundry Releasing, is widely credited as an innovator of independent film releasing strategies.

A North Carolina native, and father of six, Rick is actively involved as an advisor to the state and local film commissions in North Carolina, a Trustee for Brevard College, and is on the Compass Arts Film Academy Board of Directors.

Rick has retained The Helixx Group to serve as his agent with the following primary goals: (1) development of his personal brand, (2) participation in larger-scale film and television projects, (3) assistance in the re-organization of his corporate interests to optimize his lifework mission, and (4) the establishment of strategic alliances, including financial partners, to help in the implementation of Rick's lifework objectives. Helixx has helped identify and negotiate with partners that have facilitated the launch of his new studio, a film releasing company, a children's animation company, a film-making venture, and a media property seed capital fund.

Barbara Hemphill, Author & CEO/Hemphill Productivity Institute

Barbara Hemphill is well known as "America's Organization Expert." She is the author of Kiplinger's popular "Taming the Paper Tiger" book series, including Taming the Paper Tiger at Home, Taming the Paper Tiger at Work, and the soon-to-be-released new book entitled Taming the Paper Tiger in the Digital Age: There's an Easy Switch. The software series she helped launch, Taming the Paper Tiger, is one of the world's leading organizational software titles. It's no wonder she is also known as "The Paper Tiger Lady."

Barbara's business grew out of the lessons she learned growing up on a farm in Nebraska. Her formal training was in music and education. A pioneer in the field of professional organizing, Barbara started her business in 1978 with a $7 ad in a New York City newspaper. Today she has a national team of more than 100 Productivity Trainer Authorized Consultants^TM. These consultants are part of Hemphill Productivity Institute (HPI), whose mission is to help individuals and organizations create and sustain a productive environment so they can accomplish their work and enjoy their lives. Barbara's proprietary processes include The 8-Hour Miracle^TM and The Paper Tiger Productivity System^TM, which guarantee a ten percent increase in productivity by any measure the client chooses.

Barbara has appeared on several television shows, including the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN Nightly News, CNBC, and CNN-FN. She is a celebrated international speaker, corporate spokesperson, and consultant to small businesses and major corporations worldwide. She has been featured in numerous publications, including Fast Company, Investor's Business Daily, Business Week, Reader's Digest, USA Today, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Boardroom Reports, and was recently featured on the cover of Guidepost magazine.

Barbara has lived in the West Indies, India, New York City, and Washington, DC. While living in India, she adopted three children. In addition, she has two stepchildren and one grandchild. She now lives on a 70-acre retreat on a lake in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband.

Barbara has retained Helixx to accomplish the following objectives: (1) to enhance her profile in the organizational consulting industry and in the general business community; (2) to audit and reorganize her business interests to increase her financial and organizational impact; (3) to develop and help implement her multi-media programming strategy; and (4) to establish alliances that will help establish her work on a national and international scale.

Tom Crow, Founder & Chairman/COBRA Golf

Tom L. Crow is a founder of Cobra Golf Incorporated and its original president. Mr. Crow is an Australian who, prior to immigrating to America in 1973, was a director of Precision Golf Forging, a major golf manufacturer. He was also an active amateur player, representing his country in International amateur events such as The Eisenhower Cup and The St. Andrews Matches. He is a former Australian amateur champion.

Tom has been involved in golf club design for over 30 years. As Cobra Golf designer, he developed the "Baffler" in 1975. The Baffler, a utility wood, has set the standard in the golf industry since its introduction. Variations of the Baffler have been made and sold by virtually all major golf companies.

Tom's design experience and ingenuity is shown by his many innovations in the golf equipment market: the three-wedge system, the first extra-length driver dubbed the "Long Tom," and the re-introduction of graphite shafts for lighter weight clubs into the domestic market in 1985. The King Cobra line of oversized woods and irons are further examples of his design expertise.

He is considered one of the premier golf equipment designers in the world. He is engaged with Helixx to launch a worldwide film production on the life of the legendary golfer, Bobby Jones, to publish a book on his life in the sport entitled "The King of Clubs", and to pursue other ventures that are part of his personal lifework strategy.

Greg Leekley, CEO/PhoenixBay & Open Finance Network

Greg Leekley is CEO of PhoenixBay Group, architect and developer of Open Finance Network, a leading "open finance" solution for independent financial advisors. Open Finance Network has recently launched into operation mode, servicing an alpha group of clients with assets under management in excess of $700 million. It is the first company to facilitate the integration of best-in-class, front-to-back office technology platforms in an open-architected environment.

Prior to founding PhoenixBay, Greg was the founder and CEO of TeamVest, the fastest-growing turnkey 401(k) provider in the country, as ranked by Pension & Investments (2001). At TeamVest, he had extensive experience with back-office implementation and administration in the 401(k) space. Greg also led one of the first transactional 401(k) advice solutions and launched the first collaborative 401(k) call center in the industry.

Greg managed the development of the online investment advice solution for Quicken.com, which was separately ranked as a Top 100 web site by Yahoo! for the year 2001, and given rave reviews in the national press as a glimpse of the future of personal finance. He is a frequent speaker at national events involving technology strategies and solutions affecting the financial services industry.

Greg has retained Helixx to help him position and capitalize PhoenixBay and its Open Finance Network as a launch initiative for his life stewardship strategy. Helixx is assisting Greg and his executive team in mobilizing the company's Board of Directors, a blue chip advisory team, and a cluster of client-partners that accelerate the growth of the firm's base of assets under management and services capacity.

Jeff Reed, Founder and CEO of BILD International

Jeff Reed is internationally recognized as a pioneer in developing leadership and worldview training programs aimed at equipping community leaders to serve and influence their cultures in a transformational way. He is best known for his work in championing a revolutionary "paradigm shift" in the way that theological education is both organized and delivered through local churches worldwide.

Jeff is the founder and CEO of BILD International, which supports a network of more than 100,000 trainees worldwide with a staff of 50 trained professionals affiliated with the BILD Resource Center in Ames, Iowa. He has taught church-based theological education seminars throughout the United States and in more than 30 countries, and has helped establish leadership training programs in 16 of those countries.

Jeff is the author of BILD's Leadership Series, a comprehensive 25-course theological education and leadership training curriculum; The Paradigm Papers: New Paradigms for the Postmodern Church; The First Principles Series; and several life development resources published under the Life(n) imprint. In addition, he helped found and has served in various pastoral roles during a 30-year period at Oakwood Road Church. He and his wife Nancy have two children, Anna and Jonathan, and four grandchildren.

Jeff has retained The Helixx Group to serve as his agent in helping to: (1) extend the reach of his publication interests, (2) develop Life(n) media properties that communicate strategies and expressions of "life stewardship in community"; and (3) enhance his lifework legacy through the development of the BILD ministry and other initiatives.

Chuck Colson, Chairman / Prison Fellowship & Wilberforce Forum

Chuck Colson is the author of 20 books that have sold more than 5 million copies, an internationally known speaker whose daily radio commentary ("Breakpoint") is heard by about millions of people, and a nationally syndicated columnist. Chuck has received numerous honorary doctorates and awards, including the $1 million "Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion" and the "Others Award" from the Salvation Army.

Colson earned his undergraduate degree from Brown University and his J.D. from George Washington University. After graduating, he served as a U.S. Marine Corps Captain and in varying roles in government and private law practice, including his well-documented role as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon (1969-1973), during which time he became involved in the Watergate affair.

Colson served seven months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a Watergate-related charge in 1974. His conversion to Christianity in August 1973 is documented in the best-selling book Born Again. Colson used the royalties from the book to begin Prison Fellowship, an outreach organization assisting prisoners, ex-prisoners, victims, and affected families. He continues to date as Chairman of the Board of Prison Fellowship, including its worldview ministry, Wilberforce Forum.

The Helixx Group has been working to launch a legacy initiative for Chuck referred to as "The Centurions Fellowship." This Fellowship represents an innovative model for the discipleship of a next generation of leaders. Helixx presented the idea and has assisted Chuck's staff in the program's organization and funding.

Art Miller, Founder, People Management International

Art Miller is one of the world's foremost authorities on the nature of the person. Studying the design and giftedness of individuals over a span of 45 years, he and his colleagues have interviewed more than 60,000 business and social achievers, archived the findings, and developed a "System for Identifying Motivated Abilities" (SIMA®) as the centerpiece of his lifework.

Art is founder of People Management International (PMI). PMI is a network of human resource consulting organizations that provide acquisition, management and career development services based on the identification of individual giftedness and motivation. Art has counseled executives, scientists, artists and engineers employed in prestigious organizations in this country and abroad, including some of our day's most prominent social and business entrepreneurs.

Art is the author of several books relating to the subject of giftedness: The Truth About You, Finding A Job You Can Love, and Why You Can't Be Anything You Want To Be. His articles have appeared in publications around the world. For several years, his signature essay on giftedness, "Discover Your Design," was the lead article in The College Placement Annual, distributed to over 1,300 colleges and millions of students.

He has been a speaker and presenter at national and regional conferences and workshops sponsored by the AMA, Management Center Europe (Brussels), International Business Communications (London), and a host of others. Art has also served in executive roles for the University of Chicago, Raytheon and Combustion Engineering. His corporate consulting experience includes assignments for NASA, IBM, DuPont, Merck, New York Life, Exxon, Dow and numerous religious, educational and governmental organizations.

Art has his Bachelor of Science and juris Doctor of Law degrees from Northwestern University. Now 82, he is working with Helixx to organize and market his intellectual property, and to help launch his magnum opus, entitled Designed for Life. He and his wife, a poet, live in Washington, Connecticut.

Ray Nelson, President and Co-Founder / Flying Rhinoceros

Ray Nelson is President and co-founder of Flying Rhinoceros, a Portland-based producer and distributor of educational books, classroom materials, television cartoons, software and websites. He is a "creative visionary" who has demonstrated the unique ability to integrate education with entertainment, and to deliver that combination in the context of multi-media materials, schools, museums and a host of corporate-sponsored venues.

Ray is the main author and illustrator of the highly acclaimed Flying Rhinoceros Learning Books and created the characters and the concept for the top-rated CBS television show, "Flying Rhinos Junior High" Together with his team of world-class animators, educators and designers, he has also led the company's "outreach" programs involving more than 1,000 presentations to about 250,000 schoolkids.

Organizations such as Outback, Kraft, US Bancorp, CBS, Mills Malls and the U.S. Olympic Committee have called on Ray to use his unique abilities as a creative story-teller to help them communicate their messages and brands to the family market. A recent Flying Rhinoceros marketing program with Orkin Pest Control ("Smithsonian O. Orkin Insect Safari") was credited by Orkin as "the most efficient marketing campaign they'd ever run."

Prior to co-founding Flying Rhinoceros, Ray spent four years at Will Vinton Studios, where he participated in the creation of California Raisins and was a member of the creative team that received two Emmy Awards for television specials.

Ray has retained The Helixx Group to help accelerate the development and marketing of several of his current animation properties (beginning with "On The Farm" and "The Horned Avenger"), and to help advance his life stewardship agenda of bringing hope and encouragement to the children of the world through an Arts Foundation.

Tim (TK) Krupa, Founder/President, Atlas Broadband

Tim “TK” Krupa has 20 years of experience in making a positive difference in the lives of people and creating and leading effective teams in the eclectic worlds of business, philanthropy and drag racing.

Tim is the founder and currently serves as President of Atlas Broadband, a California-based company providing redundant broadband solutions to companies nationally such as Vans Shoe stores, VF Corporation, GMAC, Four Wheel Parts, and the Guitar Center stores. Tim’s organization excels in providing high touch services to companies who absolutely positively must have 100% uptime to the internet, remote applications or other locations.

Among other recognitions, Tim is the recipient of the Guttenberg Award for Contribution and Innovation from the Printing Industry Association (PIA) – the first time in history it was given to an individual who does not work in the printing industry. Tim’s creative marketing abilities have been responsible for the sales of hundreds of millions of dollars in monthly recurring, “high value/high margin” services to businesses.

Some of Tim’s strengths are finding needs that cause companies pain and frustration and figuring out how to arrange resources to fill them, and giving people “easy buttons” for complex issues. He is an expert at organizing creative groupings of products and services, gaining and keeping trust over many years, and influencing the influencers in life. In a refreshing, no-nonsense way, and with a hard-hitting communication style, Tim’s motto is “add value, earn profit, enhance lives” – and he goes through life encouraging others to do the same, and to give generously of the resources they manage.

In drag racing, Tim is president and driver of an NHRA and IHRA PRO MOD team. In 12 years racing in regional series throughout the 14 western states, Tim finished consistently in the top ten while having finished #1 two years in a row, and #2 in national points in 2004. After a testing accident sidelined Tim in 2006, the team looks forward to returning to national competition in 2009.

Active in ministry and giving projects, Tim was also a founding board member and director of a local chapter of Optimist International, and started a youth football program for their North Carolina community.

Tim and Marla, his wife of 19 years, split their time between Lincolnton NC, Ventura CA, and on the road in the family motorcoach – along with their six children, who they educate at home.

Tim has engaged with The Helixx Group to advance his lifework objectives and to leverage his value creation skills.

Carole Robert / CEO, PharmAfrican

Carole Robert is helping to lead the effort to create entrepreneurial models of sustainable economic development in Africa, through her leadership of the bio-pharma company called PharmAfrican as well as the philanthropic entity that she helped launch, The BDA Foundation.

Carole has had extensive experience in government relations, strategic analysis and marketing communications. She has been active with numerous organizations dedicated to economic development, serving as Chairperson of the World Trade Centre of Montreal (1996-2001), as a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Montréal International (1997-2003), as a member on the Economic Development Committee for the Montreal Board of Trade (2001- ), and as a participant in many other intergovernmental commissions.

Carole currently serves as the CEO of PharmAfrican, an early stage bio-pharma company with operations in Congo, Africa. PharmAfrican has launched a joint venture with a community of Jesuits who have worked in Congo for more than a century. The goal is ambitious but promising: helping people with medicines through the harvest of botanicals found there (in Africa's "Garden of Eden") in a manner that results in sustainable African economic development. Carole is also a Board member of The BDA Foundation, which is helping to create "Fair Trade" practices in the bio-pharma industry.

Carole was honored during the Gala des Femmes du Siècle et de la Relève as the recipient of the Personnalité Relève Exportation award, and the Grand Prix de l'Exportation, by Economic Development Canada.

Carole has her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Université de Montréal. She has two boys and lives outside of Montreal.

She has retained Helixx to help her launch her for-profit and non-profit ventures, and to help in the effort to communicate new models of sustainable economic development in Africa.

Scott Fithian, Founder & CEO / The Legacy Companies

Scott Fithian is recognized throughout the U.S. and Canada as a pioneer in the tools and methodology of Values-Based Planning^TM. Through his innovative work as a Wealth Coach, Scott helps financial advisors and the individuals and families served by them to achieve happiness by making wise choices concerning their wealth.

Scott has delivered over 1,000 presentations to diverse audiences including major corporations, industry associations, national conventions and non-profit organizations. He recently authored the book Values-Based Planning: A Step-by-Step Approach. He has written for many publications including Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Los Angeles Business Journal, Financial Service News, the Boston Globe, Smart Money Magazine, and a host of other publications.

After graduating from the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore School of Business & Economics, Scott earned the CLU and ChFC from The American College. He was appointed director of estate planning for Baystate Financial Services (the Boston-based field office of The New England), a position he held until he started his own business.

Scott founded Legacy Advisory Associates as a specialty firm providing individual planning services for high net worth clients. He developed a unique business model and methodology called The Legacy Wealth Optimization System®. He subsequently founded The Legacy Companies^TM and the Legacy Wealth Coach Network^TM to help professional advisors learn and implement this proprietary business model into their own practices.

Today, Legacy has hundreds of advisor clients throughout the US and Canada who are successfully using this model with their clients. Scott and his companies are leading a transformation of the financial services industry from its traditional focus on "tangible asset" management and transfer to a holistic focus that incorporates the "intangible assets" of human, intellectual, spiritual and experiential capital as well.

Scott has retained Helixx to accomplish several key objectives: (a) the launch of The Ultimate Gift Experience, extending the reach of his values-based planning approach; (b) the development of a film based on The Ultimate Gift; (c) the recommendation and development of new alliances; and (d) the extension of Scott's brand through PR and multimedia programming.

Ricardo Valencia / Senior Vice President of ING (USFS)

Ricardo Lopez Valencia is a nationally recognized leader because of his passion for helping others. He is a widely recognized champion of the potential of people and uses his platform to inspire others to make the most of what they are given.

Today, Valencia runs ZAMAS HOLDINGS LLC, his family company which includes a successful consulting business and serves as an incubator for new entrepreneurial ventures. When identifying the name of his family business, Valencia simply chose the first letter of each of his three children's names: "Z","M" and "S". Unbeknownst to him at the time, ZAMAS is actually a word of Mayan origin which means "new beginnings"; appropriate for the direction Valencia's moral compass was pointing.

Ricardo is among a handful of Hispanics who are seated on boards of publicly traded companies. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ambassadors Group (NASDAQ: EPAX) where he is seated on the compensation and nominating committees.

His most recent corporate role was serving as the Senior Vice President of ING U.S. Financial Services. The highest ranking Hispanic at ING USFS, he was responsible for the development of financial wealth development programs targeting the nation's diversity segments. He left his post in June 2007 to spend more time with his family and focus on being a husband and father first.

Born in Marana, Arizona, a small farming community outside Tucson, he is the son of a migrant farm working family. His grandparents were also migrant farm workers in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. In addition to working the fields, Ricardo's father, Ray, was a laborer for three decades in the copper mines of San Manuel and cement factories. His mother, Amada, was one of the first female deputy sheriffs of Pima County. She required Ricardo to work in the fields so he would be rooted in his family's history.

A product of, and therefore an advocate of public education and career and technical education, he became the first Hispanic president of Arizona's Future Farmers of America (FFA) in 1983. The post also helped him secure a scholarship to California Polytechnic State University where he earned degrees in agricultural business. He then started a nonprofit organization right after college to fund educational opportunities for children of migrant farm workers.

He returned to Arizona and served as the Director of Professional Development for career and technical education. Ricardo was recruited to be the Executive Director of the National FFA Alumni Association, an opportunity that enabled him to give back to an organization that enriched his youth. He continued his work in education when he became the Director of Education for USA Today, where he helped make K-12 outreach a major initiative for the nation's newspaper. All along Valencia held his mission of improving lives close at heart, as he made contacts and built a reputation.

Valencia is currently on the board of the West Ed, a national nonprofit education research, development, and service agency and the Children's Action Alliance, an Arizona based advocacy movement. He has held numerous national board positions on the National PTA Board, National 4-H Board, the National FFA Foundation Board, the White House Millennium Youth Initiative and the U.S. Department of Education's Partnership for Family Involvement, the New York Hispanic Ballet and the Women's President's Organization.

Valencia has completed Harvard Executive Leadership Programs including certification for non-profit board development. Ricardo currently resides in Phoenix with his wife Lisa, their 7 year-old son, Zacarias Alejandro, and 4 year-old twins, Maximo Antonio and Sofia Victoria.

He has retained The Helixx Group to help him launch a number of properties including a media property called Chispas, to form his family foundation, and to assist him in implementing other aspects of his lifework strategy.

Eduardo Najera

Eduardo Najera (born July 11, 1976 in Chihuahua, Mexico) is a basketball player in the NBA, currently playing forward for the Denver Nuggets. He is known for his rebounding and his tenacity on defense on the court, and for his inspirational approach to life off the court.

Eduardo is only the second Mexican-born player to join the NBA, and is hugely popular among both Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. He played college basketball at the University of Oklahoma from 1997-2000, becoming a major star there. He helped the team to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances during his college career, and finished in the school's "All-time Top 10" in nine statistical categories. He also helped Mexico achieve fourth place finishes in the 1999 World Games and World University Games.

Najera received the Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award from the Basketball Hall of Fame, an award given to a player who has demonstrated personal character both on and off the court, and has served as a United Nations Drug Control Program Goodwill Ambassador for Sports Against Drugs. He was recently featured in a commercial sponsored by the Federal Electoral Institute in Mexico to help promote voting for the presidential elections in Mexico.

Eduardo's primary philanthropic focus, however, is the Eduardo Najera Foundation for Latino Achievement, which he founded in 2004 to provide college scholarships for outstanding Latino students facing barriers to their educations. The Foundation has helped to launched the Eduardo Najera League that now involves tens of thousands of Latino youth and their families from all across Mexico, training them in court skills as well as skills for life. He also runs an All-Star Camp and produces an NBA All-Star Game in Mexico each year, as well as clinics in communities around the U.S. He is sponsored by Gatorade, Wonder, Qwest, Stanford Financial Group, and a host of others.

Eduardo and his wife Jennifer have two children and live in Denver and Mexico. He has retained Helixx to work alongside his sports agent, Roberto Gonzales, in partnership with Stanford Financial Group to advance the work of his Foundation as a part of his overall lifework strategy.

Steve Jennings, Founder ZYOZY Foundation

Steve Jennings founded Maxim, one of Europe’s leading active lifestyle functional food and beverage companies in 1991 and was its CEO through 2000. In 1997, Maxim was acquired by Dutch food group, Prinsen BV. During that time, he successfully managed the integration of the Maxim business into the Prinsen system and oversaw the entry of Maxim into the mainstream grocery channel.

In late 2000, Steve began the development of a healthy snack and beverage platform specifically aimed at teenagers. In 2003, the platform concept was acquired by PepsiCo and Steve became one of the founding members of PepsiCo’s ‘good-for-you’ foods and beverage innovation team.

In 2007 Steve became one of the founders and Executive Vice President of Marketing and Innovation at Attitude Drink Company, a publicly quoted beverage innovation company – OTC Bulletin Board (ADDC). His insights into evolving consumer preferences and industry knowledge provide the expertise in creating differentiated consumer branding, new business opportunities and high impact grassroots and viral marketing programs for Attitude Drink Company.

Steve’s youthful days in the 1960's and 70's were spent running around Hull located in the county of Yorkshire, England. Football, athletics, cycling, pretending to be George Best (greatest soccer player of all time) and all the other fun things that energetic kids do appealed far more than sitting in a room studying whatever......

With all the time he spent riding his bike, it was no surprise to anyone when he gave up his BP sponsored Chemical Engineering degree studies, packed his bags and together with his bicycle left the rugged landscape of Yorkshire and the famous fish & chips of Hull to try his hand at racing bicycles as a full time professional cyclist in Holland, Belgium and France.

Ask Steve what he does for a living and the likely response today will be; "start things, connect people, push out the ‘higher-purpose’ innovation envelope, encourage kids to be creative, ride my bike, have an innovative and sustainable impact on people confronted with extreme poverty."

When Steve isn’t dreaming up ever more creative ways to tell the world about his lifework mission he can be found riding his bike on the network of trails found in the western suburbs of Chicago -- if you can catch him!

Steve is the co founder of Bicycles for Humanity, a Canadian humanitarian initiative that collects unwanted bicycles and distributes them to those most in need of mobility in Africa. He resides with his wife and 2 children in Naperville, Illinois.

Steve has retained The Helixx Group to help accelerate the development of 'ZYOZY Foundation' – a multi-faceted, blended value organization that encompasses his lifework mission related to media that is transformational, participatory and higher-purpose, special events, and philanthropic commercial ventures aimed at delivering innovative solutions to people confronted with extreme poverty.

Keith L. March, MD, PhD, FACC

Dr. Keith March is a world-renown innovator in the medical field. Entering college at the age of 12, he graduated from the Indiana University School of Medicine with both a PhD and MD degree by the time that he was 21. He is a pioneer in many areas of medical research, especially as relating to the heart and adult stem cell research.

Dr. March is currently Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Biomedical Engineering at the Indiana University School of Medicine and Krannert Institute of Cardiology. He is the Director of the Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine, and holds an endowed chair in Vascular Biology and Medicine. In addition, Dr. March maintains an active practice in clinical cardiology.

Dr. March has published more than 70 manuscripts and edited the first book dedicated to cardiovascular gene transfer. He has served as a scientific advisor to numerous pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. His research has led from fundamental concepts to clinically useful approaches, resulting in the development of several novel technologies. These innovations have led to the issuance of 40 worldwide (19 US) patents, with others pending. Many of these have been out-licensed from Indiana University and have reached patients or have been under development for patient care applications.

As an example, Dr. March invented and patented a device called a Closer, a suture-mediated closure device that is used to close the arterial hole following a heart catheterization. This device allows a patient to literally "walk off the table" after a catheterization without requiring prolonged bed rest. The company that developed this technology was acquired in 1999 by Abbott Vascular, an affiliate of Abbott Laboratories, for $680 million, and the Closer approach is now used in 500,000 patients worldwide annually.

Dr. March and his wife have six children and live in Carmel, Indiana. He is working with Helixx as part of a partnering initiative with The MasterWorks Foundation, with a goal of optimizing the impact of his lifework.

Bruce O’Neil, Founder & President, United States Basketball Academy

Bruce O’Neil brings decades of association with the sport of basketball to the United States Basketball Academy and a constellation of entities he has helped to establish. He is widely recognized as one of basketball’s top technical and operational strategists, and is considered one of the top experts in the world on Chinese sports.

O’Neil attended the University of Hawaii on a basketball scholarship and soon after graduation became head assistant coach and chief recruiter for the Rainbows. In 1973, he became one of the youngest Division I head coaches in history at age twenty-seven. That year he was voted the top newcomer coach in Division I basketball. During his tenure at the University of Hawaii, his teams played in the NIT or NCAA tournaments three times. He later served as Head Coach and General Manager for the Hawaii Volcanoes of the CBA, and as a scout for the Detroit Pistons and the Seattle Supersonics.

In addition to his background as a participant, O’Neil has established a national and international reputation as a top basketball executive and marketer. In 1983 O’Neil founded Westcom Productions, Inc., a sports video production and marketing company. Under O’Neil’s direction, Westcom became the largest producer of sports instructional video in the USA. Westcom’s partnership with ESPN started ESPN Home Video in 1986 through one of O’Neil’s unique concepts. Westcom produced over 50 titles for the ESPN Home Video Library and over 300 proprietary sports instructional titles for Westcom.

Westcom was the first production arm of the NBA when David Stern took over as Commissioner and produced half time features and Fantastic Spots for the League for several years. Other productions inspired by O’Neil include programs carried by ESPN and Prime Sports Network. It was through O’Neil’s contacts in professional and collegiate sports that many successful video alliances were realized, involving companies such as Bank of America, Adidas, Pepsi, MacGregor, Converse, Coca Cola, Chiquita, and Coors.

In 1992, O’Neil founded the United States Basketball Academy in Eugene, Oregon. The mission of the USBA was to build a worldwide resource center for the sport. By offering a one-stop shopping center for basketball information and services, coupled with an incredible advisory board (John Wooden, Pete Newell, Wilt Chamberlain, Dale Brown, Jim Harrick, Bob Hill, Arvydas Sabonis, Rick Barry, Shaquille O’Neal and others) and proven sales and marketing techniques, The USBA is now the premier provider of basketball consulting services in the world. As the exclusive partner of FIBA Asia (The Asian Basketball Confederation, comprised of 44 countries), and the top consultant to the Chinese Basketball Association, the Academy annually hosts teams from over 20 countries from around the world.

In addition to his duties as President of the USBA, O’Neil has been a member of the Corporate Advisory Board of National Head Start, a member of the Board of Directors of the Warsaw Sports Marketing School (the top-ranked sports marketing program in the world), and has helped to launch Asia Sports Entertainment Group, LLC (“ASEG”). In his role with ASEG, he is facilitating the development of CBA franchise properties and assisting the NBA/China with its development objectives.

Bruce has retained Helixx to represent him in advancing his work as an ambassador for the game of basketball, especially in China and other emerging basketball nations, and to better formalize his representation roles for athletes, companies and organizations involved in promoting sports.

Joshua A. Shaw, Founder & CEO, MISSION Products

Joshua Shaw is a seasoned entrepreneur, author and lecturer with over 15 years experience launching, building, growing and selling companies. He’s recognized by his peers as a maverick who understands how to develop people, brands and companies, and is currently applying those instincts to the launch of a line of athlete-engineered skincare under the brand MISSION Products, to be released in early 2008.

Josh was most recently Co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer of GoSMILE, Inc. In that role, he helped pioneer an entirely new concept within the $4 billion dollar oral care category that has taken the prestige specialty beauty industry by storm: the “smile-beauty” category. Under his direction, GoSMILE became the category leader, making him one of the cosmetic industry's rising stars.

Developing, launching and managing successful organizations is Josh's forte and passion. Prior to joining GoSMILE, Josh successfully helped build and run the multi-media marketing services company, Student Advantage Inc. Over nine years, Josh oversaw various aspects of the business ranging from marketing and sales to operations and business development. A driving force in the organization as it grew from 12 people generating $400k in annual revenue to nearly 500 people generating over $85MM, he played an integral role in the successful evolution of the business from the start-up phase into a public entity. At its height, Student Advantage was valued at more than $1 billion on the NASDAQ.

Josh was also hand-selected out of one million applicants to participate in the hit NBC reality TV show "The Apprentice" with Donald Trump. He was one of the 18 chosen for Season 4, and was widely recognized as one of the dominant leaders amongst his group. His charisma, strategic know-how and passion shined through on the show, just as it does in his life and at work.

Among his advisory roles, Josh serves on the Board of Directors for gloMinerals (gloProfessional) and the Board of Advisors for Max’s Men’s Grooming Salons and Spas. He is actively engaged in philanthropic pursuits including Operation Smile, Autism Speaks, and The Ronald McDonald House.

Josh received his BS in Marketing/Finance from the University at Albany. He co-authored the book “Who Invented Lemonade?” with Dr. Alexander Barzvi, and frequently lectures on business, strategy, positive thinking and team-building. He lives in New York City with his wife Melissa and daughter Ava Violet.

Josh has retained Helixx to help accelerate the development of MISSION Products, related media and philanthropic ventures, and his portfolio of personal lifework engagements.