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Bradley Bartz

President
ABC Solar Incorporated
Country or state 
United States
Available to 
Global
City 
Los Angeles
Fee 
Languages 
English,
Japanese
Volunteer
Yes

Personal Details

Bio

Experience Summary:

Since 1986 involved in cutting edge technology and internet projects, including Global Business Intelligence Systems, voice synthesis systems for the blind, Japan's first internet company and now 16 years leading the solar energy revolution.

Hands on technical and management experience

30 plus years of experience in Software Design including Oracle Application Development.

Education

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, BA Marketing 1989

Business Experience:

ABC Solar Incorporated 2000 to present

President - Built ABC Solar into one of Los Angeles leading five-star solar contractors with $1M a year in sales and growing.

Jmail Incorporated (Tokyo) 1991 - 2000

Incorporated - www.jmail.co.jp. Japan's first commercial internet company.

Owns Japan.co.jp and 100 other .co.jp domains. Operates as a free email and blog service. Max growth was to 900,000 registered users.

Websites design and business modeling services to the largest companies in the world, including: Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Polaroid, Citibank, Toyota, Honda, Chrysler, Turner Broadcasting, Bloomberg Business News and many other firms.

Managed 65 staff in four divisions: advertising agency, ISP, Internet Café and Tokyo Journal Magazine.

Raised 10 million dollars from 1995 to 1999. Achieved $2.9 MM in sales first during 12 months after funding. Sold company in 2000, bought it back in 2004. Operates as www.jmail.co.jp again with business day-to-day by Tokyo based partner.

Bought and sold business units. Involved in all aspects of negotiations

Negotiated ISP Network Sharing agreements with NTT and Japan Telecom. These agreements were for upgrading our modem based bbs to Japan-wide Internet PPP access service. We did the branding, sales and support they provided the network.

System Operator - built and managed dos based BBS starting in 1991.

Sold Jmail in 2000. Bought domain assets in 2004.

Telemarketing Visions Institute, Inc. 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation (Los Angeles) 1986 - 1989

Founder and President. Trained and Placed The Blind with Telemarketing jobs. Successful developed curriculum, wrote successful grant proposals and achieved vendorship by the Department of Rehabilitation. IBM sponsored talking computers and taught continuing education courses in Telemarketing with Loyola Marymount Universities Continuing Education Department.

Telemarketing et.al. (Los Angeles) `1979 -

Sold products over the phone to every state in America. Landed one job by closing 9 out of 10 test phone calls to an amazed and stunned audience of 20 plus applicants. (surprised myself too)

Press Clippings:

http://www.bartz.com/bradley/press.html

http://abcsolar.com/newsclips.html

Author: https://startup.japan.co.jp - Starting the first internet company in Japan

https://VentureBusinessManual.com - Avoid Being Road Kill

https://JohnCasor.com - First Legal American Slave

https://SolarBible.com

Current position (1)

President

ABC Solar Incorporated

Degrees (1)
Business
Loyola Marymount University
1986 to 1989
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The Meek Get Eaten
The Meek Get Eaten
My Experience In Japan: The Act of Godzilla Clause
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Books & Articles (18)

Japan.co.jp - Hardhat Required
Self,
2014
The Venture Business Manual: Avoid Being Road Kill
Self,
2018
Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun: A Japanese Solar (ad)Venture
Self,
2014
Scooterboy - 1st Internet Comic Book
Self,
1996
Solar Bible: Navigating the Man 2020
Self,
2020
The Hood: History of Hate in America and How to Argue Against It
Self,
2018
ROCK TOTALITY ECLIPSE PARTY GUIDE
Self,
2019
Wall Street Journal (Front Page) Foreign Entrepreneurs Find Niche in Japan for Start-Ups
Japan Times Newspaper: King of the Cold Call Gets Home for Xmas
FCCJ: How to Survive a Press Thrashing
BusinessWeek: Saga of a Cyber Debacle
ACCJ Magazine: Hands On Approach - Key to Interactive Marketing
PV News: Solar Powered Success
SCE goes back to manual paper billing after smart meter fiasco
ABC Solar catches a CAB to land a PTO from SCE
SCE monopoly abuse of power prompts the necessity of off-grid inventions
Daily Breeze: Solar Fight Hits Home
ABC Solar Wins Exemption From Planning For All Solar

Expertise (13)

Media & Marketing
Technology
Leadership
Science
Best Practices of Entrepreneurs Being an Entrepreneur Entrepreneur and Leadership Development entrepreneur burnout entrepreneurial mindset entrepreneurial operating system Entrepreneurship Setup entrepreneurship success Cracking the E-Code: Unlocking the Entrepreneurial Potential in Any Organization
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Author, entrepreneur and advocate, Bradley Bartz is a dynamic public speaker with a direct style.

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