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- Ralph L. McNeal, Sr., has spent most of his professional life in the Venture Capital Industry. In 1974 he was positioned as President and Chief Operating Officer to turn around a group of companies consisting of a Private Venture Capital Company, a Small Business Investment Company, a Business Development Company and a Local Development Company which became the “Coalition Venture Group of New York. “ These companies financed and developed businesses throughout the five boroughs of Manhattan. In 1978 he became President and Chief Operating Officer of “North Street Capital Corporation”
(A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Kraft-General Foods Corporation and Phillip Morris Companies). From 1988 to 1996, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Ralph L. McNeal and Co. management, financial consultants and small business advocates, Newark, N. J., It was during this time that he researched, founded, promoted, developed and Chaired “The Small Business Stock Exchange of America, Inc.” ("The SBEX"). This led to the creation of associations with exchanges throughout the world with like type investment principles, (i.e., the London Stock Exchanges’ AIM Market and the British Columbia’s Vancouver Stock Exchange. In 1990, he was invited and attended the Price Waterhouse “International Second Market Conference” in London, England. In 1992, Mr. McNeal was a recipient of the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company’s “Kools National Achievers Award” for his work in creating the SBEX and the Foundation. He has twice been invited and attended the Congressional Mandated, U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s “Small Business Capital Forum,” testified before the U. S. Congressional Small Business Committee and consulted to companies in the Chapter XI process appearing in the U. S. Bankruptcy Courts in Oklahoma, Vermont and Missouri and testified as an “expert witness” in those courts and before the Law Judges of the U. S. Interstate Commerce Commission. Mr. McNeal was a Board Member, founded and established the Micro Loan Program in Newark, New Jersey and processed its first loans.
Mr. McNeal has been the County Administrator, Essex County New Jersey, a mayoral appointment as Commissioner and Treasurer of the Newark Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Newark New Jersey, Chief Finance Officer, City of Englewood, N. J., Planning Manager, International Division, Schering Plough Corp, New Jersey, Corporate Budget Manager, Wakefern Food Corp. (Shoprite Supermarkets), New Jersey, Auditor and Hearing Examiner, New Jersey Public Utilities Commission, New Jersey, Field Auditor, U. S. Internal Revenue Service, Cleveland, Ohio, Principle Management Analyst, Off-track Betting Corp, New York. He has been employed in a financial and management capacity in both the Public and Private sectors, and as an entrepreneur, was involved in fast food franchising in the early seventies. He has lectured widely and provided many seminar hours and panel discussions on “Venture Capital, “Planning for Profits,” “Entrepreneurship” and the “Pursuit of Capital.” He is a graduate of Central State University of Ohio and has done post-graduate work at Seton Hall and Rutgers Universities. He has been a lecturer and panel discussant at Seton Hall University’s, New Jersey, DeVry University’s MBA and Nevada State College’s business programs. He did his military duty as an officer in the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, 50th Armored Division and the 102nd Armored Cavalry Regiment. He was the recipient of the 2000 U. S. Small Business Administration’s “New Jersey Small Business Financial Services Advocate Of The Year” and recognized by the Plainfield New Jersey’s “City News” as one of the “100 Most Influential for 1999.” He is mentioned in the book “Rebuilding Wall Street,” by Mark Fadiman, Prentice Hall, 1992. He is a former Board Member of the “National Association of Investment Companies,” Washington, D. C., and has held directorship seats on various venture-backed companies throughout the U. S... He was also an Advisory Board Member to the Rutgers University’s “New Jersey Small Business Development Centers.” His biography has appeared in Marquis “Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, “Who’s Who in the East and Who’s Who in America.” Mr. McNeal is an Arbitrator for FINRA (Financial Industry Regulation Authority) and a member of SCORE, counselors to America’s small businesses and an avid genealogist. His first novel “Sleeper Cell” will be released in July 2009 followed by its sequel “The Venture Capitalist.” He makes his home in Henderson, Nevada with his wife Shirley in Sun City, MacDonald Ranch.
- Favorite Books:
- "Total Control," by David Baldacci, "Fatal Cure," by Robin Cook, "The Chamber," by John Grisham, "Before The Mayflower," by LeRone Bennett, "Blowback," by Brad Thor, ""Venture Capital," by A. David Silver, "The Thirteenth Juror," by John T. Lescroft, “Rebuilding Wall Street,” by Mark Fadiman, "Now That The Buffaloe's Gone, by " Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., "He Slew The Dreamer." by William Bradford Huie," "Sleeper Cell," by Ralph L. McNeal, Sr.
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Authorhouse, Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, Books a Million, Tower Books.
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I'm firming up some dates for speaking engagements in 2010. One's tentatively set for March 28, at 1:30 at the Niles Public Library, another probably in mid May at the Schaumburg Township District Library.Also, coming up is a radio interview at WJJQ again on May 7, at 9:35 a.m. before my booksigning May 8 at Cover to Cover Books in Tomahawk, WI.
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Over the Holiday weekend I took a good look at my house and that familiar helples feeling washed over me again. It seemed like an insurmountable task to get the place in order. It still does.I spend so much time writing and promoting after I do my day job, what little time I have left is precious. Still, sometimes I just have to buckle down and ignore my compulsion to write and make myself clean house instead. I tackled the spare bedroom, which had clothes and all kinds of other articles strewn over the bed, on the floor, and anywhere you can think of, compliments of myself and the DH, who were equally guilty. I did make some headway, which made me feel good, but if I had more time I know I could do better. Also, there are so many other projects left to do if I were to get the house really into shape. I'm wondering how much I'll get done before Christmas, when I have my family over.
Maybe over the weekend I can get more done, that is, after I do the Illinois sales tax form first, which is due by the end of the month. I've got almost all of my check statements, except one, which I think I can find online, so maybe I can get that done. You may have guessed I'm not the most organized person in the world.
Anyway, let's see how far I can get cleaning up. I've got this kindle on loan from the library, with about 9 days left on it, and lots of good books on it beckoning to me. I've got some great ideas for stories I want to start and others I want to continue. I've got some blog buddies I haven't visited for a while. I wonder what will win out. (g)
What about you? What do you do about housework? Does it get in the way sometimes?
PS The not so surprising results are up on the left for my EZ poll. I'll have to do a harder one some time.
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Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.