Automation Unplugged Episode #192 feat. Paul Starkey Partner at PrepTech and Aspire Liquidity Partners

Here are some of the topics Ron had the opportunity to discuss with Paul Starkey:

• Aspire Liquidity Partners, a guided partnership designed to position your company for maximum value extraction
• PrepTech, a job program dedicated to training and connecting qualified talent to businesses in the CI industry
• How Paul and his wife are fighting against sex trafficking through their organization, Building Better Lives
• DMF Lighting's partnership with Building Better Lives

To get transcripts, resources of what was mentioned in the show, and more visit: onefirefly.com/au192

SHOW NOTES

Paul began his CI career at ELAN under Square D in 1993. As the Sales Vice President at Elan, he engineered a buyout with fellow managers and sold the business to Nortek Control in 2003. Over the years, Paul has raised venture capital and been involved in a dozen buy-sell transactions. Recently, Paul sold VITAL MGMT and has co-founded PrepTech and Aspire Liquidity Partners with Steve Firszt. They have also authored Hitting for the Cycle, a guidebook for the CI space.

Ron Callis is the CEO of One Firefly, LLC, a digital marketing agency based out of South Florida and creator of Automation Unplugged. Founded in 2007, One Firefly has quickly became the leading marketing firm specializing within the integrated technology and security space. The One Firefly team work hard to create innovative solutions to help Integrators boost their online presence, such as the elite website solution, Mercury Pro.

About One Firefly

One Firefly, LLC is an award-winning marketing agency that caters to technology professionals in the custom integration, security and solar energy markets. One Firefly is headquartered in Davie, Florida with staff located throughout North America and has been operating since 2007.