CEO / Founder - Nima Pauline
Nima Pauline founder of Eco Culture Manufacturing Corp. and companies, was born with design in her blood. Her grandmother designed hats for Bullocks & Wilshire in Hollywood during the 1940s and then later house interiors. Her grandmother taught her about the value of well-made garments with the first criteria being a fine textile and the second, craftsmanship. Nima began her career in fashion at the age of 12 modeling for Nordstrom, and Esprit and then later fitness modeling. Nima studied fashion and architectural design at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and then received her degree in Business Administration and continued her studies in Organizational Leadership at Brandman University. While going to design school she worked with San Francisco fashion and interior designers in bringing their collections to market. Nima has an extensive background in marketing and public relations while working for entrepreneurs and start-up companies in Silicon Valley, Santa Cruz, California, North Carolina, France, United Kingdom, and Israel.
CFO / General Council - Kevin Mendoza, Esq.
Kevin Mendoza, Esq., ECM's Corporate Attorney, has been practicing law for 30 years in Southern California. Kevin received his BSBA in Marketing and Finance from Chapman University and Law degree from California Western School of Law. His areas of expertise include Contract Law, Corporate, Litigation, and business consulting from creation, formation and dissolution. Since 2014 Kevin has been in-house council for Diamond National Glass and during that time took it from $50, 000 a year to $2.5 million in revenue by restructuring.
COO / Operations - Joe Price
Joe Price, Chief Operating Officer, possesses a wealth of business knowledge and leadership with over 40 years of experience in manufacturing, distribution, retail, and executive management. Joe’s previous successes include working for great manufactures like Tex Tan Leather, and Tandy Brands, Inc. In addition to big retail and wholesale companies like Fry's Electronics, Home Depot, Hudson News Group, SRP Companies, and working closely with all the top executives and Sam Walton in the initial years of Wal-Mart.
Joe is known as an aggressive problem solver and decision maker with strength in initiating and executing strategic action plans to enhance revenue, profitability, customer satisfaction/retention, employee morale, and overall operational efficiency. Joe most recently served as an Executive VP in Business Development, Sales, and Service for Sourcing Network International/Global Swibco Divisions of SRP Companies.
Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas State University. He is currently based out of Las Vegas.
Design / Product Development - Brittany Arnswald
Brittany Arnswald, Director of Product Development, has always had big dreams and an entrepreneurial mind set. Even as a kid her love and passion for fashion was undeniable. Approaching junior year in high school she had her sights set on attending The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, California. She was accepted and set to attend in the summer of 2006. At the age of 17 she pursued her dream of designing denim wear. She received her Associates of Arts degree from FIDM in Merchandise and Product Development. In 2010, her bikini line launched in her hometown of Palm Springs.
Executive Assistant / Admin Assistant - Mindy Esqueda
Mindy Esqueda serves as the Executive Assistant to Nima Pauline and Support Staff to the entire team. She brings over 15 years of experience in government administration with a clear purpose of environmental sustainability. Mindy believes in making a positive impact and creating clear, concise policies that will benefit people and the planet.
Technology Developer - Clifton Cooper
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Social Media / MarCom - Scott
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Artisan Shoemaker / Construction / Design - Pete Julienne
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Technologies / Sales - Mike Gruhlke
Mike is an executive business builder with 15+ years of knowledge in high-tech and business services, developing and launching new product solutions and services for Fortune500 and Start-Up companies. He possesses the ability to translate complex technical features and product benefits to compelling value arguments that satisfy specific customer needs. He can effectively work across different technologies, industries, and governmental regulators.
Mike’s key accomplishments include building demand and sales growth in existing and emerging markets, executing large-scale marketing and business plans, leading software service subscription strategy, and consistently exceeding revenue targets within North America, Europe and Asia. In addition, he has also led deployments and maintenance of various technologies globally with focus on system upgradability and product introduction.
He has an extensive background in 3G/4G LTE Experience, 802.11b.g.n, WLAN, Microwave Point-to-Point (PTP) systems, Satellite communications, Point-to-Multipoint (PMP) architecture, Fleet/Asset Tracking, Web-based Platforms, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, Point-of Sales (POS) Systems, RFID systems, AWS Business Professional Certification, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS.