Gary Mason

COO @Ashling Development, LLC

💰 Investor & VC💸 MarketingBanking OperationsInvestment Analyst🔥 Startup FounderBusiness Owner💼 C-level Executive👍 Sales & BizDev🗿 HR⚖️ Legal🧨 Consulting🏦 Finance✨ Business OwnerCOOInvestor RelationsLife CoachingBusiness Development ManagerPartnerships ManagerExecutive CoachFinancial AnalystLawyerLegal SupportHR GeneralistBusiness AnalystAdvisor

I am an accomplished Senior Executive, Advisor, and former attorney with extensive background in business planning and restructuring, financial analysis and cash flow planning, global operations, and contract negotiations. With over 30 years of experience across numerous industries, including but not limited to providing legal services to mid-size to large businesses across the country, I am currently the Director of Operations and Chief Operating Officer for Ashling Development, LLC, a real estate development firm. In my capacity as COO, I am responsible for, among other things, day-to-day operations, human resources, infrastructure, business counseling, document review, liaison with outside counsel, financial viability, and long-range planning. Before joining Ashling Development, LLC, I was the managing attorney for Garland & Mason L.L.C., a fast-paced law firm, responsible for overseeing the firm's 's day-to-day operations and supervised 12 attorneys and staff. After 30 years of practicing law, and rendering valuable business services to my clients, I embarked on a new chapter and joined a long-time client in a high-level operational role. Along with my executive career, I have served on and/or been a member of the National Business Association, National Small Business Association Society of Human Resource Management, American Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association, and Monmouth County Bar Association. I also spend time volunteering for Comfort Zone Camp, a children's bereavement camp, the New Jersey Youth Soccer Association, United States Soccer Federation, and Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey. I graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctor from New England Law and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. I also received a Bachelor of Arts in History and Psychology from Dickinson College.

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Work Background

Ashling Development, LLC; Green Field Builders Group, LLC; Crann Integrated Solutions, LLCDirector of Operations/COO

Apr. 2020Shrewsbury, New Jersey, United StatesResponsible for day-to-day operations, human resources, infrastructure, business counseling, financial viability and long-range planning for real estate development firm, construction management firm and building solutions management company, with pipeline projects in excess of $1 billion. Over the course of one year, consolidated operations, re-structured staffing, converted payroll and benefits to PEO system, created HR department and employee handbook/policies/procedures, implemented state of the art phone and communications systems, among other initiatives, saving companies six figures in annual overhead.

Securus Holding CompanyGeneral Counsel

Mar. 2008 - Aug. 2020Edison, New Jersey, United StatesResponsible for all business, regulatory, contractual and legal issues related to this national Insurance Marketing Organization

Garland & Mason, LLCManaging Member/Attorney

Feb. 1997 - Aug. 2020Manalapan, New Jersey, United StatesResponsible for day-to-day operation of fast paced law firm and supervision of 12 attorneys/staff. Expertise in business/commercial law (transactional and litigation), including but not limited to, contract review and preparation, licensing agreements, franchise agreements, marketing, complex commercial loans, business formations and disputes, mergers and acquisitions, commercial and residential real estate development and construction, commercial and residential leasing and property management, asset/stock purchase agreements, employment counseling and litigation, corporate and personal bankruptcy, business counseling and planning, business re-structuring, business disaster recovery, corporate governance. Former arbitrator and mediator.

Ansell Grimm & Aaron, P.C.Associate

Sep. 1994 - Feb. 1997Ocean, New Jersey, United StatesCo-Chair, Business Law and Litigation Department Chair, Employment Litigation Department Business and legal advisor to Pro Player senior level management executives in negotiations to rename Joe Robbie Stadium (Miami, FL) to Pro Player Stadium