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Thomas Rees -- Founding Manager, Business Development.
After a long and successful career as an investment
manager, Tom made a choice to completely switch gears and devote his
life's
energy to helping those in need. He founded a sober living company
starting
with several homes, one of which he personally managed for two years
while
living “on-site”. He has carried this experience and insight forward to
Rees
Networks, LLC, parent of SOBER LIVING HALFWAY HOUSE SEARCH -- enabling the conception and development
of a much needed visual web search service for sober living homes. Tom's family and career details are below, and additional
information and recommendations can be found at the premiere business site Linked In.
Michael Stewart -- Sales Manager. Michael
was instrumental in assisting Tom launch and manage his sober living
company Roberts Rees Homes, LLC in Pasadena from 2007-2009. Michael has a
background in sales consulting and has earned multiple sales achievement awards in the competitive world of auto sales.(Nissan and Toyota dealerships 2000-2006).
Steven H. Wilson -- Manager, Site Development and Copy. Steve
is the Founding Director of the advertising firm “SW Creative”. He has played a
critical role in our mission to present the site in a well-designed,
professional, and user-friendly manner. (Advertising, 1985- present) Details about Steve and his firm
Wendy Nan Rees -- Founding Member. Wendy
is a Pet Lifestyle Adviser and also an accomplished author with 6 books
published by major houses. She has hosted TV programs for Disney and
Animal Planet, and she currently has a top-rated radio show called
Wendy's Animal Talk. She is a successful entrepreneur who immediately
grasped the vision and recognized the value behind Rees Networks' Sober
Living Search and the long term goal of becoming a significant "go-to"
resource for anyone interested in addiction and recovery. Learn more
about Wendy on her siteWendynanrees.com
Timothy Joshua Hardaway -- Founding Member With his background in Mortgage Banking and
Sales Josh helped
shape the initial vision of SOBER LIVING SEARCH.(Washington Mutual Bank, Acct. Exec. 2003-2005, Countrywide Financial
Corp, Vice President 2006-2008) CAREER DETAILS
Thomas Rees
Tom began his Corporate career in 1983 as a media planner for the advertising
firm Benton
& Bowles. In 1986 he transitioned to
Wall Street and became Director of
Marketing for Spear Securities. Tom pioneered a daily financial radio
show
that led to founding Rees Financial Services, which
merged with a public company in 1989. He was President of the firm
with 122
employees and 22,000 clients in all 50 states. In 1991 he
moved a core group of employees to Prudential Securities,
where he earned the coveted license of a fully discretionary
money manager. Tom did not not have a single customer complaint found against him in all his 18 years in the business (record available at NASD, now FINRA). After a 2nd stress-related heart operation in 2005, he retired from the firm (then Wachovia Securities) with a $100,000,000 book of
business.
Dr. Thomas Rees (Tom's Father) has inspired Tom to carry this new venture to success. He is the sole surviving founder of AMREF, The African Medical Research Foundation. This began as a modest vision shared by two other doctors, simply calling themselves "The Flying Doctors". AMREF is now Africa's largest, non-government health organization, and in 2005 was the recipient of the first investment in Africa made by the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation. AMREF has also won the Conrad Hilton Humanitarian Award. Award pictures here.
Dr Rees's achievement has inspired
Tom to strive to help people in his own way. A void needed to be filled in the recovery industry. Now, a team of individuals is working to enable a pictorial web search engine for sober livings and treatment centers to make available to those in need the largest database of these facilities in the world.
Tom's full career details and recommendations by his peers can be found on Linked In, the premiere business social site.
