Executive Team
Wayne Zallen – Chief Executive Officer & Director From 10/2013 - present Mr. Zallen bought an unfinished industrial warehouse Condominium project from the bank and developed it into a safe haven for medical marijuana growers. Mr. Zallen developed a workable lease option model that benefits the grower as well as the investor. From 4/2009 – present Mr. Zallen developed an aeroponic growing method that produces superior quality medical marijuana in a minimum amount of time. From 2006 to present Mr. Zallen was the President of Sigclo Enterprises, LLC a business incubator specializing in importing and distributing goods through a multitude of web based consumer channels. Prior to that Mr. Zallen specialized in buying, building or assisting startup companies in achieving their untapped potential then selling them to sound operators. To date these businesses continue to operate profitably. From 1986 to 2000 Mr. Zallen was a successful member of the financial services industry, owning one of Allstate’s first insurance franchises, and achieving a top 1% national ranking. Later he established a San Francisco Bay Area regional office of American National Financial, Inc., where he hired, trained and motivating sales agents to originate over $8 million per/month in wholesale and retail loans across Northern California. During the early 1980’s Mr. Zallen was a Business Manager/ Account Executive for John Rhein Advertising and was responsible for business management, budgeting, media evaluation and procurement. At John Rhein Advertising he developed exclusive advertising campaigns syndicated nationwide. In 1977 Mr. Zallen obtained an Industrial Design Bachelor of Science degree from The Ohio State University.
Joann Zallen Cleckner – Chief Financial Officer & Director Joann is a native of New York; raised in central Ohio and spent most of her adult life in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has recently relocated to Southern Oregon. After earning a BA in Comprehensive Social Studies at The Ohio State University, she went on to earn an MA in Public administration with an emphasis in Personnel and Labor Relations. After working at a number of unfulfilling jobs, she returned to school at Sonoma State University were she earned a BS (with distinction) in Management with an Accounting emphasis. She worked in the Tax Department of Bank of America; when the division she worked for was sold to General Electric, she became a Divisional Controller. After years in the large corporate environment, she hung out her single and worked for various clients doing contract accounting. Subsequently, she took a position in Public Accounting, working as a senior auditor, passing the Uniform CPA Examination and earning her California CPA license. She opened her own practice, specializing in small business consulting and taxes. She “retired” and returned to school again, earning a JD, Cum Laude. Joann is interested in alternate dispute resolution and has an Oregon Mediation Certification. Over the years she has served on numerous not for profit boards.
Jeff W. Holmes – Chairman of the Board Jeff Holmes is a founder of Calibrus and since its inception has been active in the roles of President, C.E.O. and Chairman of the Board of Directors. For the past 25 years Mr. Holmes has been active in developing technologies that improve the efficiencies of business processes in the Healthcare, Internet, Computer (hardware and software) and Telecom industries. Mr. Holmes and Calibrus are focusing on the BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) market place with specific emphasis in TPV (Third Party Verification) services and the securities/broker dealer industry. He graduated in 1976 with a B.S. in Marketing and Management from the University of Utah.
Daniel Rogers – Director Daniel Rogers has 12 years of institutional banking experience with a specialization in business development risk management. During the past four years Dan has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Member of Greenwerkz, a cannabis company managing 3 retail stores and 2 production facilities. Dan also served as Chairman of the Banking/Finance subcommittee for MMIG, a lobbyist organization, which he and Jennewine helped form in 2010. Dan obtained his Bachelor’s Finance Degree in 1997 from Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO and later completed NationsBank / Bank of America’s Management Associate Program, a 6-month training program for corporate institutional risk management and later served as a Vice-President for Bank of America’s Global Corporate & Investment Bank Commercial Real Estate Group.