Callistecomm is an independent team of entrepreneurs, consultants, analysts, and academics that possess a combined 100 plus years of business experience and success. Our independent consultants, analysts, business associates and strategic partners are located in South East Asia, East Asia, Western and Northern Europe and North America. As of January 2009 the company is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio with global representation in China, Singapore, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland and Lithuania.

THE TEAM

Gerald C. Calliste Jr. Founder, Managing Director and Consultant

Calliste Jr., 46, born Bronx, New York 1965 raised in North Manhattan is a lateral thinker, serial entrepreneur and energetic team leader. Calliste Jr, is a proven leader, lateral thinker, C-suite exec, mgmnt consultant. For 29+ years he recruited successful teams, developed and partnered music co’s and sold an est. 5.0M units, generating an est. $25M in global sales and grew sales at venues by 350%. His peers say he’s “an authority on music marketing, licensing, and independent talent development.” and “…a natural at identifying new trends and opportunities related to start ups and strategic business.” He studied dual majors in IT & MIS at Ross School of Management and Leadership at Franklin U. He’s fluent in English, light Spanish, learning Mandarin, Arabic, French.

His music appears on 130+ definitive Electro and Hip Hop music compilations with Gwen Steffani, Daft Punk, Missy Elliott, David Guetta, DJ QBert, Timbaland and Magoo, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Common feat. Pharrell, Jay-Z, Eminem, 50 Cent and others. Video games GTA: Vice City, NBA Shootout 2004, DJ Hero: Renegade Edition and Traktor Scratch Pro II DJ software, NBA Shootout 2K12 (see Hashim Music). He received RIAA Gold awards for 2 In A Room “Wiggle It” and Ahmad “Back in the Day”.

In ‘00 he promoted impromptu VIP bday for Sarah Ferguson The Duchess of York and events w/Columbus Monthly, Charles Penzone, Guess?, FTV.com.

In ’08 – ’10, served as SA at Stargazer.org. In ’07 was invited and participated as Volunteer on Sen. Hillary R. Clinton’s finance committee Primary for President. He created online curriculum of 2 internships for 12 accredited universities OSU, OU, Capital U, UofM (FL) and others spending 4.5K hrs supervising 30+ interns.

Since ’11 he is COO & President at cloud start up Simplestreamtech.com. In 2009 he’s MD at Callistecomm. Since ’01 he serves as Chairman & CEO, Bassmint Music Inc. He volunteers on Economist’s EIU Opinions Leaders Panel.

Noraini Rahmat Administrative Assistant

Noraini Rahmat located in Singapore, since 2009 serves as an Administrative Assistant and manages executive correspondence and communications at Callistecomm. Noraini has over 7 years of administrative experience at companies in Singapore. Currently Noraini serves as an Administrative Assistant and Secretariat of Management Committee at Singapore General Hospital where she is responsible for generating management reports, provides administrative support for performance management staff, budget processing and other tasks.

Noraini served as a Corporate Support Officer at Singapore Workforce Development Agency, and as a Public Relations Officer at Teambuild Construction PTE Ltd.

Noraini is studying for her BA (Hons) Business Management at the University of Bedfordshire (London) Business School. In her spare time, Noraini is a true entrepreneur and entertainer. She is an owner operator of several online women’s wear e-commerce shops, likes to sing karaoke and was a lead singer in a Singapore based band. She is fluent in English, Malay and Bahasa Indonesia.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS & ANALYSTS

Dr. Da Xie Foreign Markets Analyst

Dr. Da Xie located in China, serves as Independent Foreign Markets Analyst at Callistecomm and at times will communicate with the company’s East Asian partners and potential clients. At 26 years old Dr. Xie is a young scholar and promising engineer with tremendous opportunity to make his mark on business and the world. In 2010, Dr. Xie completed his doctoral dissertation in Information and Communication Engineering at the College of Marine Engineering at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, P.R. China. He holds an M.Sc. in Information and Signal Processing and a B.Sc. in Electronic Information Engineering from the Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xian, P.R. China respectively. Dr. Xie was a visiting scholar to the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). His areas of research include Detection and Estimation Theory, Statistical and Array Signal Processing and Source Localization and Tracking by Passive Arrays.

Edita Arlauskiene Foreign Markets Analyst

Edita located in Lithuania and serves as Independent Foreign Markets Analyst at Callistecomm. At 28 years old she works diligently and efficiently on all matters of business and is a promising young professional. Edita assists the Calliste team to evaluate growth potential and market viability in emerging markets. She provides valuable insight and possess the ability to analyze opportunities and situations to move projects forward. Edita currently a Ph.D. candidate in Social Sciences at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) in Kaunas, Lithuania holds a M.Sc. in Cultural Management and a B.Sc. in Economics from VMU respectively and graduated with high “final working paper” evaluation scores (10 and 8 respectively).

INDEPENDENT ADVISORS

Dr. Anh-Thu Nguyen Thi Non-Executive Independent Advisor

Dr. Nguyen Thi located in Vietnam, serves as a non-executive independent advisor to Callistecomm. Dr.Nguyen Thi a 2003 Fulbright Program scholar is co-founder and Vice President at Saigon Institute of Technology located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The Saigon Institute of Information Technology (SaigonTech) has entered into a partnership agreement with Houston Community College System, Texas, USA (HCCS) to jointly offer courses for HCCS credit that will apply to the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees in Computer Science Technology and Computer & Information Science Technology. Dr. Nguyen Thi is a tenured faculty member Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology since 1985. She is a guest lecturer at the following institutions; Ho Chi Minh City University of Finance and Accounting (1993), Hung-Vuong University (1995 – present), HUTECH (1998-Present), Ho Chi Minh City Open University (2000) and Vice Chancellor at Saigon Institute of Information Technology (2002 – present).

Patricia Traylor Non-Executive Independent Advisor

Ms. Traylor located in the United States of America, serves as a non-executive independent advisor to Callistecomm. Ms. Traylor is an experienced team leader with over thirty-five years of executive management experience. During her career Patricia has managed and trained several employees, added value and increased revenues at many companies. She holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University, an M.Sc. in Education from George Mason University and is certified ED/LD, and holds a B.A. in Marketing from Howard University. At American Express Inc. as Financial and Marketing Manager she developed and implemented a marketing plan for the corporate card product which generated over $22 million dollars in revenue and generated 50,000 new card members. As Marketing Manager at Time Inc.’s Sports Illustrated magazine she generated 300,000 new and renewal subscriptions and was a major team member in all aspects of campaign development from vendor selection to final order analysis.

Kelsie McClendon Non-Executive Independent Advisor

Kelsie McClendon located in the United States of America, serves as a non-executive independent advisor to CallisteComm. Mr. McClendon a SPHR, MLHR has over a decade of experience in the Human Resources Management field in a variety of industries including manufacturing, health care, insurance, retail, and construction. He has performed responsibilities in the development, alignment, and implementation of organizational and Human Resources Strategy, major organizational change initiatives, organizational development, and the full spectrum of HR functions. Kelsie earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Arizona State University, a Master’s Degree in Labor in Human Resources from The Ohio State University, and a Senior Professional Human Resources Certification from the Human Resources Certification Institute.

Sande Jones Non-Executive Independent Advisor

Sande Jones located in the United States of America, serves as a non-executive independent advisor to CallisteComm. Mr. Jones is Sr. Developer at software developer Applications Links Inc. He is responsible for developing software application GenesisEarth. Sande attended The Ohio State University where he studied Computer Science. Sande is an intelligent, creative and dedicated software developer. He troubleshoots software related situations and finds solutions in a timely manner. He is a reliable professional and is committed to getting the job done right.

CALLISTECOMM SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM

Shevonne Polastre Independent Business Associate, (USA) Callistecomm
Amani Roberts Independent Business Associate, (USA) Callistecomm
Craig Greshaw Independent Business Associate, (USA) Callistecomm
Moise Mehraban Independent Business Associate, (USA), (MEX) Simplestreamtech.com