OUR TEAM
Investment Opportunities

Robert Thompson
(President, Director)
Robert (Bob) Thompson is a seasoned corporate executive with a distinguished background in all facets of business management, including extensive experience in operating and managing publicly traded companies and negotiating acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures.
Mr. Thompson spent 15 years as a nuclear design engineer developing and building Gamma Ray Scintillation detectors, working alongside multiple universities including Stanford University and major corporations including JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Chevron, Unocal, Texaco and others. He then founded his own environmental and nuclear sales and marketing company, CalBay Controls, which he guided to $20 million in sales and took public under trading symbol CBYI. Mr. Thompson sold his control block of CalBay Controls in 2012 to become president of Resource Ventures, Inc. (REVI), another public company that under his direction grew to $50 million in sales. In 2018 became Director and CTO for Optec, Inc., CTO for Optec, Inc., a division of Automotive Products, Inc., where he was instrumental in developing and marketing the Optec Fuel Maximize Technology, a hydrogen device for reducing carbon emissions for gasoline and diesel combustion engines, for which he has filed for both domestic and international patents.
Mr. Thompson has been an integral part of GivBux since the beginning and has served as an invaluable resource during the foundation of the company. His intimate knowledge of the GivBux philosophy and purpose, combined with his many years of experience in corporate development and managing public companies, make him the ideal choice to lead GivBux Global Partners, Inc. now and for the foreseeable future.

Saul Escudero
(VP, Givbux Charities)
Saul is also a skilled auctioneer and is very comfortable being in the spotlight. One of his strengths is his natural ability to engage with customers, colleagues and associates. As a highly sought after consultant, Saul has enjoyed success working with a wide range of organizations including Rotary International, Kiwanis International, Boy Scouts of America, American Red Cross, Tiger Woods Foundation, Pete Sampras Foundation, Mark Rypien Children’s Cancer Foundation, California Sports Hall of Fame, USTA Charities, and The National Football League.
As VP of GivBux Charities, Saul oversees all matters related to nonprofits and philanthropic causes, and is our primary liaison with our highest profile charitable organizations.

Paul T. Redmayne
(VP, International Business Development)
Paul has a solid knowledge and understanding of publicly traded companies and is thoroughly versed on strategies both for raising operating capital and increasing shareholder value. Paul’s hands on, full participation, motivational management style, and his long record of building and retaining successful relationships, both in the US and abroad, make him the ideal person to manage Givbux’s international expansion.

Gert Goossens
(International Development)

Dean Hamel
(VP Business Development, USA)
Dean has also co-authored several papers in the field of consulting and knowledge-based services as well as technical papers and is considered to be a subject matter expert in EHS Management Systems, Process Safety, Process Development, and several other disciplines.
Here at Givbux, Dean is responsible for a wide range of operations, including the onboarding of small businesses, managing the company’s payment program, assisting in the operation of the Company’s training and certification center, and the implementation of general Business Development and Sales initiatives.

Rick Aguiluz
(Sales & Marketing, USA)

Neal King
(Advisory Board)
Neal also has extensive experience as a land developer, builder and general contractor in the state of Washington, and formerly in the state of Alaska. His many years of experience in the construction arena gives him a broad view of business management, planning, organizing and directing projects, as well as working with city and county administrators.
Neal is a veteran of the US Navy and has acquired two airplanes in the last few years, which he has rebuilt and uses to take friends, family and business associates flying as often as possible. Neal is also a philanthropist in the areas of disaster relief and working with his greatest passion, counseling youth in local cities to help young people get a positive start in life.

Umesh Tim Singh, AAT, CMA, CPA
(Advisory Board)
Umesh is fluent and expert in virtually all aspects of corporate accounting, including budget and cash flow forecast, income tax, oversight on audits for both large private companies and nonprofits, mergers and acquisitions, buy-sell agreements, arbitration of settlement disputes, and preparation of financial statements. Here at Givbux, Umesh is also appreciated for his strong analytical skills, his expertise in customer & inter-company relations, his talent for complex problem solving, and his excellent organizational and communication skills.
Umesh is a valuable member of the Givbux Advisory Board in a wide range of areas, including providing the company with leadership and expert advice on corporate accounting and financial matters.

Wil Master
(Advisory Board)
He has also Executive Produced, Produced and/or Syndicated 100s of Films & TV shows to a relationships base in virtually every territory worldwide, as well as helped develop several entertainment companies as a Hollywood Distribution Executive for over 15 years.
On a personal level, Wil Master began his Humanitarian journey in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th in NYC. Only 5 days prior, he was hired to run a Film & TV Media Company from those very same Twin Towers, and consequently, as that dream quickly crumbled, Wil’s passion for humanity heightened, and he would become one of only a few civilians selected to participate in the Honor Guard Ceremony for helping the NYPD, PAPD and FDNY locate and carry out fallen colleagues from Ground Zero.
From there, Wil has received numerous American Red Cross Certificates of Appreciation as a First Responder to some of the largest natural disasters in history: Hurricanes Katrina (2005), Sandy (2012), Harvey (2017), Dorian (2019) and multiple CA Wildfires.
He currently resides in Beverly Hills, CA where he is a local award-winning event producer, fundraiser and civic leader – co-Founder and co-Chair of the Mayor’s Next Generation Leaders Committee – NEXT BEVERLY HILLS and is the Community Ambassador in Beverly Hills for the American Red Cross.