OUR TEAM
Gateway Proven Strategies boasts a broad network of legal and industry experts from around the world, allowing us to help businesses and individuals anywhere, in any field.
Our Executive Team

Chris Day
Chief Executive Officer
A people-driven leader, Chris Day is the Chief Executive Officer for Gateway Proven Strategies. He is also the co-founder of Project Evolve, a strategic marketing think tank and consultancy, as well as the Global Cannabis Network Collective, an elite network for business professionals building and transforming the international cannabis trade. He brings decades of advertising and experiential marketing success coupled with deep entrepreneurial drive for building high growth opportunities.

Deanna Callahan
Chief Operating Officer
With nearly a decade of legal cannabis industry experience, Deanna has guided the development of businesses in every vertical of the regulated cannabis supply chain, leveraging her strategic operational expertise to optimize efficiencies, implement complaint procedures to ultimately improve the client’s bottom line…

Jill Reddish
Chief Marketing Officer
A true word smith, Jill Reddish is the Chief Marketing Officer at Gateway Proven Strategies. She is the co-founder of the marketing strategy think-tank Project Evolve, and the Global Cannabis Network Collective, an elite network for business professionals building and transforming the international cannabis trade.

Tom Moore
Chief Financial Officer
Prior to serving as CFO for Gateway Proven Strategies, Tom Moore was a Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. He has over 30 years of professional experience, with 27 of those years in the investment business.

Deepak Anand
Head of International Consulting
Mr. Anand has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the global cannabis industry. He is a public speaker and is regularly engaged with Canadian and International media on all subjects related to the Cannabis industry. Mr. Anand holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) and Management from Vancouver Island University. He is a recognized thought leader in the global cannabis space and brings 15 years of leadership experience in the health, charitable/non-profit, and private sectors in Canada.

Bob Hoban
President & Co-Founder
Bob Hoban sits at the center of the world’s largest commercial cannabis industry network; a cannabis industry ecosystem that he has painstakingly cultivated since 2008.

Charles Feldmann
Co-Founder & Corporate General Counsel
Charles Feldmann, Esq., serves as a Trusted Adviser for the cannabis industry’s largest and most profitable businesses on an international scale. He assists his legal and consulting clients in all of their corporate operations, licensing, intellectual property, joint venture, transaction documentation…
Our Core Team










Dani Staley
Director of Client Services
Danielle Staley serves as the Director of Client Services for GPS where she ensures all clients receive a premium white-glove service experience.
Bill Abbott
Principal Consultant
Bill Abbott served in the U.S. Army as a. N.B.C. (Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical) Specialist in the Chemical Corp. Leveraging his experience with fine-tooled machinery and manufacturing, he transitioned into cannabis and hemp, building and engineering from conception to reality the first mobile extraction for hemp and cannabis in the country.
Jeff Frazier
Consultant
Jeff Frazier advises individuals and companies doing business in Latin America, primarily Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Argentina.
Stan Fischer
Security & Corporate Intelligence Officer
Stanton Fischer joins Franklin Global, Inc. as Senior Vice President following a 20-year career in the FBI. His FBI career started in Los Angeles where he was assigned to national security matters, including espionage, counterintelligence and counter-proliferation investigations.
Tian Scherer
Project Manager
An integral part of the California Cannabis industry for nearly a decade, a veteran retail operations expert, and renowned writer, Tian has made quite an impact on the cannabis industry.
Eric Singular
Project Manager/ Hemp Subject Matter Expert
Eric’s path into the hemp industry began in the agricultural sector, heading up marketing for the leading North American provider of AOSCA certified hemp seed, Bija Hemp. Eric brings a unique perspective to the entire industrial hemp supply chain.
Ashley Grace
Marketing Subject Matter Expert
Ashley Grace is a consumer packaged goods industry veteran who has worked with most of the top Food and Beverage companies at some point, has been a part of 4 David Ogilvy Award winning (Campbell Soup, Pepperidge Farm, Brown Forman, Career Education), was recognized for Innovation Leadership by PepsiCo, and spoke twice at Nestle’s Global Digital Marketing Summit.
Todd Wheeler
Management Consultant
For over two decades Todd has made companies more human. He and his company Management Insight create Cultures of Connection based on acknowledgment and appreciation, he simply makes companies run better, have more fun and be more profitable.
Derek Porter
Securities Subject Matter Expert
Derek Porter is a Serial Entrepreneur, U.S. Veteran, Security Marketing Expert, and Investor in the Cannabis/Hemp Industries. He is an investor and partner with Gateway Proven Strategies, specializing in his security expertise as well as his industry knowledge to help grow GPS globally…
Scott Calliham
Go-To-Market Consultant
Scott bring 30+ years of Sales, Marketing, Product Dev, and Biz Dev experience to GPS, and has notched numerous ‘firsts’ since joining the legal Global Cannabis Industry in 2014.