John R. Hicks is President and CEO of JSH Investments, which he founded in 1998. JSH Investments is an emerging technology investor for the Automatic Identification Data Capture(AIDC) market and Real Estate Management Company. From 2001-2003, Mr. Hicks served on the Advisory council for Teklynx Corporation a $40 million subsidiary of Brady Corporation a publicly traded company of $700 + million. Brady Corporation is a manufacturer and converter of specialty labels and a systems integrator for the Auto ID industry. From 1980 to 1998, Mr. Hicks was the Founder and President of CW Technologies, a software development company. CW Technologies developed software for Laser and Thermal printing devices; CW has held several US patents with regards to thermal printing devices and software. From 1987 to 1998, Mr. Hicks was the Founder and CEO of Codewriter Industries Inc. a $15+ million manufacturer and developer of thermal printers for the Auto ID industry. Codewriter developed products for the US Department of Defense, US Healthcare market and specialty retail products. In 1998 Codewriter Industries was acquired by Datasouth Computer Corporation a then publicly traded company. From 1972 to 1980, Mr. Hicks was the Vice President of Sales and New Product development for CCR Corporation a POS distributor and developer. In 1978 CCR was integrated with Micros Systems a publicly traded manufacturer of POS Systems, at which time Mr. Hicks became VP of new product development until his departure in 1980. Mr. Hicks received a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California with a minor in Computer Science. |