About
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BENJAMIN BEAULIEU
CEO AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDMr. Beaulieu delivers valued experience in the implementation and integration of operational and sales systems to the VAPE Holdings executive team.
Ben has owned operated several multi-million-dollar retail garden supply and technology businesses. With a focus on automation and functionality, Mr. Beaulieu has successfully expanded those companies from brick and mortar locations to E-commerce superstores with global sales and partnerships with the industry’s top distributors in the United States and Canada. Ben’s experience operating various companies in the ancillary MMJ markets, has already improved VAPE’s employee management and development. With a focus on streamlining operations Mr. Beaulieu will allow VAPE to rapidly grow while combating the associated costs responsibly.
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ALLAN VIERNES, CPA, MBA
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND BOARD OF DIRECTORSMr. Viernes specializes in public and private accounting and finance, SEC matters, corporate restructuring and bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, and financial modeling and analysis.
Allan has served in such positions as Chief Financial Officer of an oil and energy company, Corporate Controller of a software company, and consulted with various retail and restaurant franchises and commercial real estate companies through troubled debt restructurings and leveraged buy outs. Mr. Viernes also has past experience as an auditor with McKennon Wilson & Morgan, a PCAOB registered accounting firm, focusing on audits of private and publicly-held companies.
Mr. Viernes graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Administration in Accounting from Devry University, earned a Master of Business Administration with Honors from the Keller Graduate School of Management, and is a Certified Public Accountant.