About AxisPointe

Mark H. Willes – Chairman of the Board

Mr. Willes was Assistant Professor of Finance and Visiting Lecturer at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971. In 1971, Mr. Willes joined the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, where he held a number of positions, including director of research and first vice president. He was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis from 1977 to 1980. He joined General Mills, Inc. in 1980 as executive vice president and chief financial officer, was elected president, chief operating officer, and a director of General Mills in 1985, and was elected vice chairman of the board in 1992. In 1995, Mr. Willes was elected a director, president, and chief executive officer of The Times Mirror Company, a national news and information company, and, in 1996, was elected to the additional post of chairman of the board. He also was publisher of The Los Angeles Times from 1997 to 1999.

Greg L. Jackson – Board Member

Greg L. Jackson joined Blum Capital in 2003 as a Partner and is co-head of the investment committee. He currently serves as a director on the board of directors for AxisPointe, Inc. and Veracity Payment Solutions, both portfolio companies. In addition to his responsibilities for sourcing new investment opportunities and co-managing the investment portfolios, Mr. Jackson also oversees the investment research process with John Park. Prior to joining Blum Capital, Mr. Jackson spent 6 years at Harris Associates LP where he was the Co-Portfolio Manager of the Oakmark Global Fund (which received a Morningstar 5 star rating during his tenure) from its inception in August of 1999 through October of 2003. In addition, Mr. Jackson was a Partner at Harris Associates LP and an Investment Analyst of domestic equities. Prior to joining Harris Associates LP, Mr. Jackson was a Partner, Portfolio Manager and Investment Analyst with Yacktman Asset Management. In prior years, Mr. Jackson served as a regional manager for Roberts-Slade Inc. and a corporate consultant for Baxter International Inc. Mr. Jackson received his BS from the University of Utah and his MBA from the University of Chicago.

Juan Carlos Torres – Board Member

Juan Carlos Torres, Vice President, joined Blum Capital in 2005 as a member of the investment team. In addition to his responsibilities of sourcing and executing investment opportunities, Mr. Torres currently serves on the board of directors of AxisPointe, Inc., a portfolio company. Prior to joining Blum Capital, Mr. Torres was the President and Portfolio Manager of Triton Global Capital, LLC, a private investment firm focused on long/short equity investments. Prior to founding Triton Global in 1999, Mr. Torres worked at SAFECO Asset Management. Mr. Torres earned a BA in Business Administration and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Washington and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Richard J. Romanski – Board Member 

Richard Romanski, a California Attorney, is a founding investor in AxisPointe.  For more than 35 years, Mr. Romanski has represented numerous law enforcement associations and regularly lectures on law enforcement labor issues.  He has served as legal counsel to large employee benefit plans and as trustee of several such plans.  Mr. Romanski is Chairman of the Board of PICKPOINT Corporation, a telepharmacy company.  A former FBI Agent, Mr. Romanski teaches law enforcement labor relations to employee and management groups.  He has taught at the FBI Academy. He is a graduate of Fairfield University, earning a Bachelor of Social Science degree in History, and of the University of Virginia where he earned a Juris Doctor.  He is also a graduate of the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California where he studied Arabic

Doug Christensen – Board Member

Doug Christensen has extensive senior management experience in facilities management and is the visionary behind AxisFM Facility Asset Management Solution. He developed and implemented the Capital Needs Analysis (CNA) System over 25 years ago at Brigham Young University and is a former International President of the Association of Physical Plant Administrators. He has a B.S. in accounting and an M.S. in information and technology, both from BYU.  He has been published in numerous trade magazines and keynote speaker at hundreds of facility management events. He is currently over the Office of Administrative Solutions for Physical Facilities at BYU with 35 years experience.

Andrew K. Smith – Board Member

Andrew has over 10 years of experience in sales, marketing, finance, and management of high-tech and software companies. He currently serves as CEO of AxisPointe, Inc., the company he founded in 2002, and oversees the finance, sales, marketing, and business development initiatives for the company. After proving the concept and producing a beta version of AxisPointe’s core product/solution (The HomeProfile™ System) in 2003, Smith built a solid team and together they began to establish a national presence. Consistent growth followed with the enrollment of over 1,500 development companies nationwide. Today AxisPointe employs approximately 75 individuals in more than 10 states nationwide. Smith’s vision and passion for the business has carried it to another record-breaking year of growth, even in a down housing market, and projects another 110% increase in sales in 2008.  Prior to AxisPointe, Andrew founded CaptureQuest in 1998, an online marketing technology company that created a patented application called the “Popmercial.” CaptureQuest soon became the 8th fastest-growing company in Utah and received an award for this distinction in February 2002. CaptureQuest was acquired in October 2002 by C5 Technologies, which then became the publicly traded Avalon Digital Marketing Systems Inc. (NSQ: AVLN). Andrew left Avalon in November 2002 to start AxisPointe, Inc.  Andrew received his BA in Marketing Communications and Finance.