Todd is a former majority shareholder of the Arizona Rattlers and currently a major shareholder of the Orlando Predators Arena Football teams. He has served on the board of the AFL for over 5 years and has over 8 years experience with ownership of AFL teams. He has been involved in all aspects of team management including marketing, advertising, promotions, ticketing, and the hiring of coaching staffs in both organizations.

 

In addition to his involvement in the AFL, Todd is a fully licensed investment banker and owns his own FINRA (formally the NASD) broker dealer firm for six years. He has raised over 300 million dollars in investments. His firm, Pinnacle Financial Group, manages a 200 million dollar fund known as the World Class Money Managers Portfolio. His fund has exceeded the performance of the S&P 500 for 13 years straight. He has offices currently in Orlando, Florida and Hamilton, Bermuda.

 

Before Pinnacle Financial Group, Todd was an owner and the President and CEO of International Assets Advisory, a global money management firm with offices in New York, London, Orlando and Bermuda. He served as its President and owner for six years.

 

In addition to above, Todd is a successful investor in commercial properties in downtown Orlando owning several buildings including the Ellis Building, historically the oldest operating building in the City of Orlando.

 

Todd is a partner and owner of Church Street Concepts, a company that operates 6 night clubs, bars, and restaurants in Orlando with over 20 million dollars in annual sales. The clubs include Makos, Club 23, The Oak Room, The Backroom at Makos, Club NV and Bullitt Bar. Construction has just begun on a Buffalo Billiards in downtown Orlando, and a Makos in Atlanta. CSC is currently looking at locations in Tampa to open up a club/restaurant.

 

Lastly Todd is an owner and partner in Church Street Concepts and Events, an events promotion company that puts on over 100 events per year including Bike Week Daytona, Biketoberfest, Sturgis Bike week, University of Central Florida’s events, and multiple concerts throughout Florida.

 

Todd is a member of YPO, the Young Presidents Organization. YPO has members all over the world. He is one of the founders of the Orlando Chapter and a member of the Florida Chapter which has a high concentration of members in Tampa, Fl.

 

Todd attended the University of Miami and has a degree in finance and business management. He is a single father with four children ages 20, 17, 11 and 7 years old.

 

Michael A. O’Quinn has since 1996 served as a partner in what is now Fowler, O’Quinn, Feeney & Sneed, P.A., an Orlando law firm providing services to clients in the areas of municipal, local government, real estate and business law. Mr. O’Quinn has specialized in legislative affairs, litigation, corporate, transactional, real estate and employee benefits law and has represented municipalities and myriad clients in the legislative, banking, manufacturing, real estate development and food service industries. He has personal experience as a real estate investor and has at various times maintained or managed ownership interests in professional sports teams and in entities that own and manage interests in professional sports teams, aircraft, and various business investments.

 

Prior to his current position, Mr. O’Quinn served as Vice President and General Counsel to S & H Fabricating and Engineering, Inc., in Sanford, Florida. In that role, his responsibilities included serving as chief legal, strategy and administrative officer for a privately held multinational manufacturer with $150,000,000 in gross revenue. This multi-disciplinary position, reported to by S & H’s Legal, Human Resources and Information Systems Departments, required daily operating contact with the Owner/CEO and President in overseeing activities of fifteen sales, engineering, and manufacturing facilities in five operating units in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, U.K., and Germany. Mr. O’Quinn’s responsibilities involved extensive foreign and domestic travel and concentrated business development efforts resulting in extraordinary government and business contacts, primarily in the U.S. and Mexico, but also in the U.K. and China. During his tenure as Vice President and General Counsel, he was directly involved in or oversaw the following tasks:

 

·        Complete restructuring of company’s business framework through merger and consolidation of six domestic and three foreign corporations and partnerships, resulting in an annual tax and operational savings of approximately 2% of gross revenue;

 

·        Comprehensive legal and administrative responsibility for corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations in five countries, including documentation of all customer, supplier and vendor agreements, real estate acquisition and disposition, aircraft acquisition and disposition, negotiation and administration of facilities construction contracts, pre-suit dispute resolution, litigation, corporate maintenance, and immigration clearances;

 

·        Comprehensive audit and revision of Human Resources function (serving over 2,000 employees), including supervisory responsibility for HR programs and personnel, assessment and enhancement of health benefits program, workers= compensation program, 401(k) plan and life and disability benefit programs, and audit and updates of personnel policies, including hiring procedures, sexual harassment policy, and environmental audit programs;

 

·        Supervisory responsibility for IS function (serving 300 node, multi-location LAN/WAN network), including hiring of department head, oversight of company-wide restructuring of computer systems and applications, liaising between IS Department and sales, engineering and financial department heads, and preparation of company e-mail policy, unlicensed software policy, and standards for personal use of company-owned computer systems; Supervisory responsibility for fifteen office/industrial facilities comprising 610,000 square feet, in coordination with on-site plant manager.

 

·        Start-up and oversight of de novo luxury yacht manufacturing affiliate in South Florida, including employee relations, supplier and vendor relationships, warranty and products liability issues, and environmental concerns.

 

Prior to his tenure at S & H Fabricating and Engineering, Inc., Mr. O’Quinn was a partner in Holland & Knight, LLP, then the Southeastern US’s largest private law firm, specializing in corporate, transactional and employee benefits law and representing myriad clients in the banking, manufacturing, insurance, real estate development and food service industries.

 

Mr. O’Quinn received his J. D. degree at the University of Florida, graduating cum laude in 1983. He received his undergraduate degree, B.A., English, from Cedarville College, in Cedarville, Ohio.

 

Steven Scott Jones, owner and co-managing member of the Tampa Bay Storm is a highly successful bar, nightclub and restaurant concept developer with almost two decades of bar and nightclub development, management and ownership experience. Steven’s concepts have been featured in such national and international television and print media outlets as MTV, People, In-Touch, and Us Weekly.

 

Steven was previously a shareholder of the Orlando Predators and of the Arizona Rattlers, two of the AFL’s most successful franchises. Steven is an especially visible owner and will be involved in many aspects of the Storm’s team management.

 

Steven’s concepts in Orlando and Atlanta, all owned under the umbrella company of Church Street Concepts, LLC , include Makos, 23, The Oakroom, The Backroom, NV and Bullitt Bar. Church Street Concepts is currently reviewing locations in the Tampa area to expand its entertainment portfolio.

 

Steven is married to the former Diana Hathaway. Steven and Diana have two daughters, Adrian and Haily, and they have a third daughter on the way.

 

 

Robert Dison, a longtime Tampa Bay Storm fan, became a partner of the Storm ownership group in March of 2010. A real estate and business management consultant, Dison works closely with numerous professionals in procuring multi-faceted business ventures.

 

Originally from Lafayette, Indiana, Dison has been a member of the Tampa Bay community for over 12 years. Along with managing his business interests, Dison is actively involved in Florida politics and political fundraising. Dison is 44 and currently resides in Saint Petersburg.