Nature Coast Ventures, Inc.

Executive Advisory Services Based On Experience

About Us

Stephen E. Pazian most recently served on a turnaround assignment as Chairman, President and CEO of PRISMEDICAL Corporation, a Napa California based manufacturer of mobile water purification products, medical devices and distributor of membrane drinking and wastewater filtration systems.  He founded Nature Coast Ventures (as SoCal Ventures) in 1999 to serve the turnaround needs of organizations requiring clear and concise executive direction based upon the practical experience of senior operating executives.  Mr. Pazian brings his clients an extraordinary depth of senior executive leadership experience including:

Ø Holding multiple CEO/COO positions, in the past 20 years building and leading high performing teams, for both national and start up companies, in high growth and highly competitive categories, including water filtration, wireless telecom, security monitoring, energy services, home warranty services, Internet E-commerce, high tech manufacturing and media software information services. 

 

Ø His team engineered a major turn-around at BellSouth’s MobileComm yielding his investors a $600 million profit and industry leading profitability.

 

Ø He and his team defined operational excellence, the information systems to support same and a “branch in a box” concept to replicate nationally leading to dramatically improved customer retention, administrative efficiency and explosive revenue/profit growth at troubled national company.

 

Ø His team pioneered unique and successful marketing and new business strategies including retail market entry in a leading cellular phone company and grew retail distribution from zero to 15,000 outlets for a leading wireless messaging company. 

 

Ø Working with company founders, he developed a business/financial plan and initiated capital market exposure for a water quality monitoring focused high technology equipment manufacturing company, American Micro Detection Systems. 

 

Ø He has substantial experience in creating shareholder value, launching start ups from “thin air,” developing and implementing industry roll-ups, and completing M&A transactions up to $945MM. 

 

Ø Mr. Pazian has raised over one half billion dollars in capital to support various business initiatives.

 

Ø He has been a TEC (now Vistage) Chair for the Nature Coast region of North Central Florida, a former member of three venture and private equity capital backed company boards and Young Presidents’ Organization, (YPO International).

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