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Why Ispire Technology

Large and Rapidly Growing Markets

E-vapor and cannabis vaping markets are expected to reach $29.9 billion and $11.6 billion in 2024. E-vapor – Continues to be driven by the secular trend of healthier tobacco alternatives. Cannabis vaping – Favorable political environment coupled with the rise in popularity of cannabis derivatives.

Industry Leading Innovations

As the pioneer of the “cloud chasing” movement, Ispire is at the forefront of disruptive vaping technologies. Over 200 patents issued and over 800 patents pending across China, the U.S., E.U. and other countries.

Globally Recognized Consumer Brand

Serial winner of various renowned vaping rewards voted by users, including ecc, VTC, NVE, among others. Full-stack marketing initiatives have generated traction across platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

Deep Bench of Industry Veterans

Senior management team has a combined experience of over 50 years in consumer electronics with track record of innovation and execution in the e-vapor products industry.

Leadership

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Tuanfang Liu

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Tuanfang Liu
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Mr. Liu has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of Aspire Global Inc. since inception. Mr. Liu has served as Chairman of Shenzhen Yi Jia Technology Co., Limited, a company primarily engaged in e-cigarette manufacturing since he founded the company in June 2010. He is responsible for daily operations as well as research and development of the e-cigarette and cannabis vaporizer technology products. Mr. Liu has served as the Vice-Chairman of the European Union E-cigarette Association since 2019, Vice-Chairman and Founding Member of the Canada E-cigarettes Association since 2019, Vice-Chairman of the China Electronics Chamber of Commerce since 2017, and executive Vice-Chairman and Founder of the Shenzhen E-Vapor Industry Association since October 2017. He received the “Shenzhen High-level Professionals” award in 2019. Mr. Liu holds doctorate degrees in Business Management from Victoria University School of Management in Switzerland and EuroPort Business School in the Netherlands, respectively. He has more than 14 years of experience in research and development of e-cigarette products and quality control management.
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Michael Wang

Chief Financial Officer
Michael Wang
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Wang has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2020. Mr. Wang is an experienced CEO, COO and President of various companies with leadership skills in P&L, finance, human resources, products, technology, sales and operations. Mr. Wang has approximately 12 years of internet technology and e-commerce expertise. From September 2018 through August 2020, he was the President, COO and Co-CEO of The Pharm/Sunday Goods (located in California and Arizona), a vertically integrated leader in the cannabis cultivation, processing, manufacturing, distribution, wholesale, and retail industry. Mr. Wang managed and transformed the cultivation, manufacturing and wholesale divisions. Mr. Wang served as President and COO of Onestop Commerce from 2013 to 2015 and as CEO from 2015 to 2018. Onestop Commerce managed all aspects of omni-channel-commerce for over 100 of the world’s top lifestyle brands and retailers, with annual sales approaching $300M. From 2005 through 2012, he was the Chief Operating and Fulfillment Officer and an investor in Zazzle, a world leader in online customization and personalization service. He stated his career in 1992 at Honeywell and also worked at Technicolor. Mr. Wang received Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Aerospace Engineering in 1983 and 1985 respectively, from the Beijing University of Aeroautics & Astronautics. In 1987, he received a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering from Oakland University located in Rochester, Michigan. In 1992, Mr. Wang received an MBA in Finance and General Management from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.
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Ted Rouhani

Chief Operating Officer
Ted Rouhani
Chief Operating Officer
Ted Rouhani has served as our Chief Operating Officer since July 2022. In the prior few years, Mr. Rouhani has been deeply entrenched in the cannabis industry. He held the role of COO at Touchstone, one of the largest extraction and co-packing businesses in California, before taking on the role of CEO for Napalm Brands. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Arizona where he studied business. Mr. Rouhani started his career in audit and consulting with Deloitte, expanding into tech and finance, which later evolved into operating roles.
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Jeff Doiron

Chief Revenue Officer
Jeff Doiron
Chief Revenue Officer
Jeff Doiron has been our Chief Revenue Officer since early 2021, bringing to us 22 years of marketing sales and branding experience. Most recently he was the President of Quanta CBD. Previously he co-founded and led Fuel Industries, a global creative agency with a large portfolio of global brands such as McDonald’s, Microsoft, NFL, NASCAR, Hasbro, Mattel, Pokemon, Warner Brothers and Salesforce. 
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Luna Stower

Chief Impact Officer
Luna Stower
Chief Impact Officer
Luna Stower has been our Chief Impact Officer since July 2022, bringing to us a decade of cannabis experience. Before her current role, she was the Vice President of Business Development at at Aspire North America between September 2020 and July 2022. Previously, she played key roles at Jetty Extracts and Blue River Terpenes. from 2016 to 2020, With a Master's degree from the University of San Francisco & BA in Social Justice from the University of California at Santa Cruz, Ms. Stower blends her knowledge of the consumer retail market with a passion for social and plant-medicine justice. Her impact on drug policy has also been instrumental to local decriminalization measures and first-of-its kind Social Equity initiatives. Named "Cannabis Culture Advocate of the Year" in 2021 by the Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, she is an internationally-recognized industry expert, featured on panels, podcasts and events summits and expos. Ms. Stower is also a renowned thought-leader and judge for the esteemed Emerald Cup Competition.

Board of Directors

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Tuanfang Liu

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Tuanfang Liu
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Mr. Liu has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of Aspire Global Inc. since inception. Mr. Liu has served as Chairman of Shenzhen Yi Jia Technology Co., Limited, a company primarily engaged in e-cigarette manufacturing since he founded the company in June 2010. He is responsible for daily operations as well as research and development of the e-cigarette and cannabis vaporizer technology products. Mr. Liu has served as the Vice-Chairman of the European Union E-cigarette Association since 2019, Vice-Chairman and Founding Member of the Canada E-cigarettes Association since 2019, Vice-Chairman of the China Electronics Chamber of Commerce since 2017, and executive Vice-Chairman and Founder of the Shenzhen E-Vapor Industry Association since October 2017. He received the “Shenzhen High-level Professionals” award in 2019. Mr. Liu holds doctorate degrees in Business Management from Victoria University School of Management in Switzerland and EuroPort Business School in the Netherlands, respectively. He has more than 14 years of experience in research and development of e-cigarette products and quality control management. Mr. Liu is the spouse of Jiangyan Zhu.
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Jiangyan Zhu

Director
Jiangyan Zhu
Director
Jiangyan Zhu has served as our Director since inception. Ms. Zhu is one of the founders of Aspire Global and is a director of Aspire Global, and, since 2013, has served as vice president of finance of Shenzhen Yi Jia, where she is responsible for financial management, assisting in human resources management and establishing and improving the automated office system. Ms. Zhu holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Jiangxi University of Technology. She also holds a Business Management certificate from the College of Continuing Education Graduate School of Shenzhen Tsinghua University. Ms. Zhu is the spouse of Mr. Tuanfang Liu.
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Brent Cox

Independent Director
Brent Cox
Independent Director
Brent Cox has served as the co-founder and managing partner of The Inception Companies, a private investment firm, a position he has held since 2016. From September 2008 to April 2016, he served as a principal investor of the Yucaipa Companies, a Los Angeles, California based private equity firm where he was responsible for sourcing, analyzing and executing investment opportunities, structuring financing for investments and monitoring the performance and strategic initiatives of its portfolio companies. From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Cox served as an investment banking analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group of Jefferies & Co. a multinational independent investment bank and financial services company. Mr. Cox received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Southern California.
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John Fargis

Independent Director
John Fargis
Independent Director
John Fargis has served as the co-founder and principal of BYG Advantage since June 2014, a Beijing-based platform that outsources business development, sales acceleration bridging best in class technology into the Asia Pacific region. Clients include Hashicorp, Trustonic, Tomorrow.io, and EF. Its services include market analysis, market entry, market acceleration, government relations and special vehicle creation across the region. Mr. Fargis founded and runs Dustybrine LLC, a market entry consulting firm in New York State. Mr. Fargis has been serving as the professor of management, strategy, and emerging markets at Hult International Business School since February 2014, where he teaches courses including strategy, management, emerging markets, leadership, operations and big data. Mr. Fargis has been also serving as the Adjunct Professor of Strategy and China History since January 2014 in Shanghai, China. Mr. Fargis has been serving as the principal Asia-Pacific of Hortonworks since 2014. From March 2010 to December 2013, Mr. Fargis served as the executive vice president and general manager at Kaseya where he incorporated, staffed and ran offices for Kaseya in Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong. The company was purchased by Insight Venture Partners in June 2013. From 2007 to April 2010, Mr. Fargis served as the vice president sales and general manager of Asia of On2 Technologies which was purchased by Google in February 2010. From August 2005 to October 2007, Mr. Fargis served as the general manager Asia Pacific of Global IP Solutions (GIPS), where he oversaw sales and business development strategy for Global IP Sound (GIPS) in Asia. GIPS provides premiere quality speech processing technology for Voice Over IP (VOIP) networks, and its software enables numerous clients including application providers such as Skype, Google, AOL, Tencent, etc. From January 2004 to July 2005, Mr. Fargis served as the chief executive officer of SiMa Systems, where he oversaw funding and alliance strategy and general management for this digital clipboard solutions company. In 1998, Mr. Fargis received his master of arts in law and diplomacy degree in international consulting at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. In 1992, Mr. Fargis received his master’s degree in special education at Hunter College. In 1988, Mr. Fargis received his bachelor’s degree in medieval studies at Wesleyan University.
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Joel Paritz

Independent Director
Joel Paritz
Independent Director
Joel Paritz is a certified public accountant and he has worked in the accounting industry for more than 50 years. Mr. Paritz is a partner emeritus of Prager Metis CPAs, a member of the Prager Metis International Group. Mr. Paritz worked for six years for EY. He then ran his own accounting practice for more than 30 years and sold it in 2018. He is a founder of Bancorp of New Jersey which became a public company and was sold to Connect One Bank in 2019, where he served on the board as an independent director for more than ten years. He currently provides CPA and financial services as a consultant. Mr. Paritz received his MBA in accounting from Rutgers University.

Board Committee Composition

AUDIT COMMITTEE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE  NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Tuanfang Liu (🗣️)👤 - Chair
Jiangyan Zhu   
Brent Cox (👥) 👤👤 - Chair👤
John Fargis (👥) 👤👤👤
Joel Paritz (👥)👤 - Chair👤
🗣️ Chairman of the Board
👤 Committee Member
👥 Financial Expert

Corporate Governance

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