Sam Mendez

Executive Bio History

Celebrity Galleries International
Sam Mendez, Executive Vice President

Sam has led direct-sales and technology companies in and outside the United States. He has developed and taken to market a variety of outstanding products and services both in the United States and in Mexico.

While in Mexico he founded and led International Diversified Exports (IDEX) de Mexico, a successful direct-sales company located in Guadalajara, Mexico. IDEX marketed a line of health and nutritional products made especially for Mexican markets.

After returning to the USA, Sam co-founded Orbis Online, a B2B "sealed bid" government procurement company. Sam left Orbis Online to become the CEO of Suma Networks, a VoIP start up that grew to more than 500,000 registered users by the year 2001. Sam then merged Suma Networks with Dallas-based Big Fat Wow! a provider of high-speed internet access kiosks in 124 malls in 26 states across the country.

Sam's companies have generated millions of dollars and have typically been at the forefront of innovation either at the product level or at the technology level.

Sam attended the University of Southern California and has a BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara and a Jurist Doctor Degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.

1/31/2006 Source: Celebrity Galleries International Executive Bios

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