Michael Schuster has a BA in Accounting and Finance and Economics from the University of Washington and an MBA (Finance) from City University. He held the positions of President, CFO and Principal at National Confectionery Brands, LLC and was Controller for the Oil Division of McCall Oil and Great Western Chemical, Inc. He has been a member of the Advisory Board of Eldorado Bank, the Economics Club at Chapman University, the Chancellor's Club at University of California at Irvine, the President's Forum of the Entrepreneur Institute, and IMA and NAA.