Currently Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sustainable Holdings Inc. SLS Grow, SLS Wind and Solar, and SLS Power. Mr. Edwards is also the founder and managing member of Bradshaw’s 4 Ring Protection, a company specializing on chemical free insect repellents and sunscreens. Mr. Edwards was previously a founding member of BioFuels Development International and served as its Chairman of the Board as well as Chairman of its wholly owned subsidiaries Channel BioRefinery and Terminals and Louisiana BioDiesel. Mr. Edwards currently serves as Managing Partner of Trident Consulting Partners, a private consulting firm specializing in executive leadership and structured finance for micro-cap companies. Mr. Edwards has served in multiple executive leadership roles and on numerous Boards of Directors in developmental companies from 2004 through 2010. From May 2002 through December 2004, Edwards was a managing partner of 360 Partners as well as president and CEO of 360 Energy. Before that, he was in private consulting practice utilizing his experiences with leadership in healthcare growth companies. During this period, Edwards served in numerous corporate capacities including a directorship at American Enterprise Corporation. From January 1997 to May 2002, Edwards was an executive with SRI/Surgical Express. He served in roles that ranged from vice-president/general manager to spending his last year with the company as President. Mr. Edwards also served as an officer in the United States Navy with duty assignments ranging from shipboard divisional leadership to executive assistant for the Naval Surface Group Commander in Norfolk, Virginia. Alex Edwards is a 1987 graduate of the United States Naval Academy.
Celebrated outlier, iconoclast and workaholic, Robert is a highly driven social entrepreneur and CEO, with a proven ability to focus on results and how to achieve them through imagination and tenacity. Having obtained his BSc from Greenwich University London, his early career was in retail and transportation, focused on systems and customer satisfaction, before turning to his passion to construction. As a developer in both the UK and Continental Europe, he proved his versatility in different methodologies and cultures, before moving full time to France. After a brush with mortality and a period of reflection Robert discovered the internet. He then spent 2 years co-creating a world top-1000 web portal for expats while learning how to leverage online perception into tangible commercial assets, something his many clients and partners have come to rely on. Twenty years later, and still embracing opportunities to learn and contribute to in diverse professional fields, Robert loves and lives his passions – which include being Development Director for a 1m user per month web platform centered on low-carbon construction. He is excited to be working with this Team on SLS Grow and helping to changing the future of Sustainable Organic Vertical Farming Systems.
Mr. Helms is President and CEO of Lumbee Group which he founded in 2012, President and CEO of Johnny Helms Consulting which he founded in 2013, Founder and CEO of Chocolate Legacy Candy Company which he founded in 2015 and partners in a few other companies based in Jacksonville, FL. Lumbee Group is an 8(a) Native American Indian Owner Company and Certified Minority Owned Business headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida and offices in Atlanta, Ga., Athens, Ga, and Republic of Turkey. The Company provides its customers with assistance in IT-Managed Servers, IT equipment procurement, Cloud Solutions, Tele-health On-Demand Services, Medical Equipment & Supplies, Pharmaceuticals, Nursing Services, Healthcare Technology, Staffing Employee Placement, Consulting, Technology Solutions and Motivation Speaking. The Company has worked with various branches of the United States Federal Armed Forces, DOJ-Department of Justice, NOAA- U.S Department of Commerce, Homeland Security, HHS, IHS, ICE, BIA including the City of Jacksonville, FL., Jacksonville Jaguars and multiple cities, police departments, Hospitals, small and large business all over the U.S. Mr. Helms also sits on multiple boards in North Florida – USO, Jax. Chamber Military Issues Committee and AFCEA, City of Jacksonville Information Technology Council and Jax Chamber TTC- Tech Coast Conference. Outside of his role with the Companies, Mr. Helms volunteers his time with many charities, including Celebration Church and many others out reach programs.
Karen started very young in the tech industry, when a 10mb hard drive cost $730 & the commission bought a week’s holiday somewhere sunny. She was creating collaterals and marketing materials before DTP was even a thing and she grew to love writing technical documents and user guides for the POS & Tech industry. When she led the rollout of the first pc-based, non-proprietary intelligent POS systems for one of the largest grocery chains throughout Western Canada, she was responsible for creating their user guides, training & installation collaterals as well as standing on the front lines helping IT history to be made. Karen’s first straight HTML website shone brightly in green off the rounded CRT screen, since then she has become adept in website design, branding and organic SEO, ensuring her clients are always “found” on the first page. As Marketing Director of a North American ICF manufacturing company, she thrived in all aspects of the construction industry and helped to grow the business to be one of the top manufacturers in the world. As VP of Creative in her own marketing agency, she works with her team to oversee marketing, social media, website design and collateral creation for a diverse portfolio of clients from accountants to restaurateurs to construction & manufacturing companies to technology leaders and more…