ForrestAndrewJones

Career Record

Every organisation, the role held there, and whether the engagement is still running.

1996Writing software since
2016At Genvor since, first in investor relations and later as Chief Financial Officer
2018Investor relations and CFO at The Oasis of Texas since
3Languages spoken: English, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish
Forrest Andrew Jones standing beside a high-rise office window in a grey jacket over an open-collar light blue shirt, with an out-of-focus city skyline behind the glass.
CURRENT

Blackwater Investment Group Inc.

Chief Investment Officer

Leads capital formation and investor relations, and advises the executive team on banking, treasury and investor distribution infrastructure. Responsibilities include preparing corporate documentation, managing the capitalisation table, evaluating third party investment opportunities and competitive research across the private capital market.

The group's Blackwater Evaluation division performs federally mandated third party program evaluation for the Department of Defense, NASA, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy and major research universities.

2016 TO PRESENT

Genvor

Director of Investor Relations, then Chief Financial Officer

Agricultural biotechnology. He joined in 2016 as Director of Investor Relations, led the founding capital raise, and carried investor relations through later financing rounds and the transition to the public markets, where the company trades as GNVR. He was later appointed Chief Financial Officer and holds that seat now. Genvor received Bayer's inaugural Golden Ticket award for its AMP agricultural biotechnology intellectual property.

2018 TO PRESENT

The Oasis of Texas LLC

Investor Relations and Chief Financial Officer

A Houston based developer of large scale real estate projects, and one of the longest continuous engagements in his portfolio.

2024 TO PRESENT

Industry FinTech

Contract capital raiser

Works across multiple sponsor mandates, applying one consistent operating framework to pipeline development and closing.

CONSULTING PRACTICE

Proverbs 1821 Consulting LLC

Founder

His independent consulting practice, registered in SAM.gov for federal contracting.

EARLIER ROLES

Investor relations and finance leadership

Four organisations

US Standard Capital, Investor Relations Manager and Chief Financial Officer. Colossus Strategic Holdings, Senior Director of Investor Relations and Chief Financial Officer. Solomon Energy of Texas LLC, Senior Director of Investor Relations and Chief Financial Officer. MH Development, New York City, Senior Director of Investor Relations.

EDUCATION

Lamar University and The Flatiron School

Beaumont, Texas and New York City

Bachelor of Arts from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, in 2006, with an emphasis on finance and accounting. He later returned to formal education at The Flatiron School in New York City to study software engineering.

He also holds the Certified Hedge Fund Professional designation from the Hedge Fund Group.

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