About

Jim Schaub

Jim Schaub has been a producer, editor, writer and technician for 18 years with a wide range of experience in the industry. His recent works include director/writer/editor of the award winning documentary Up From the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream and director/editor of the instructional DVD Guitar Secrets of Regi “the Teacha” Wooten. Other projects in recent years include executive producer/producer of Walter’s Wife, a short film about a troubled marriage as seen through the eyes of a young boy and as editor of Nightmare in New Guinea: The Men of the Red Arrow, a World War II documentary about one of the bloodiest fronts of the war. He has worked for numerous corporate and non-profit clients including UPS, Knoll Inc., CBS Sports, The American Lung Association, The United Way and many others. Jim has a film in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York called An Interview with Lou Raynor, a piece about a master potter and educator. He has an MS degree in communications and two bachelors degrees, one in business and one in film production. Jim works full time at Grand Valley State University as a technician and adjunct professor teaching film editing and special effects.

Rod Schaub

Rod Schaub has worked in the music and film industries since the mid 1970’s earning a gold record for his guitar work on the song “Happy Days.” His recent works include producer/music composer/researcher for the award winning documentary Up From the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream and producer of the instructional DVD Guitar Secrets of Regi “the Teacha” Wooten. He has composed and performed music for numerous films including The Gospel According to Roy, To Live and Die in Dixie, Nightmare in New Guinea: The Men of the Red Arrow as well as music for many corporate, industrial and non-profit films. He attended both Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory of Music. Rod has worked with such artists as Stevie Wonder, Darius Brubeck, Victor Wooten and Reba Mcintyre. He has composed and performed music on the last three albums from Sony Music’s Jamii Szmadzinski and collaborated with him on music for the Chinese and Malaysian TV show Romance in the White House. Rod just completed music for a promotional video for The Lexicon (the unauthorized Harry Potter dictionary).

Ellington Ellis

Ellington has an extensive background in aiding and assisting startup companies in venture capitalization. He brings a wealth of business experience to the venture.

Ellington is known for saying, “without global exposure there can be no global awareness”. Ellington has travelled extensively around the globe to learn firsthand the geopolitical and economic issues of a global society. This experience has helped him form a world-view that has greatly aided him in his business endeavors. Ellington studied at Wayne County Community College, Christian Brothers University, and Butler University, and received his degrees in economics and business.

Ellington was a founding member of Procreate Inc., a life science company specializing in the reproductive health care industry. Procreate was the recipient of “The Most innovative company award-West michigan-2006. He is also the founder and major shareholder of the highly successful Norseman Games, a game design and software development company located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Norseman was one of only ten companies nominated the prestigious top company award- Grand Rapids Business Journal-2007. Ellington is also the founding member of TSAC, a technology advisory group in West Michigan.

Ellington serves on many boards, including the Grand Valley State University Computer Engineering board. Ellington is the recipient of the “Outstanding Young Men of America Award”-1985. This is just one of the many local and national awards that he has received.

Ellington is a licensed securities broker and currently is founder and managing partner of Ellington Capital Management.