CieAura Management Team | CieAura – Meet the Executive Team

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Ken Rasner
Founder and CEO

Ken Rasner is co-owner and President of Harmonic FM, LLC; the company that manufactures our CieAura transparent holographic chips. “Direct Sales is the best way to market our products. When people try them – they love them; that is why I started CieAura.”

For nearly three years Mr. Rasner lived in Asia and served as president of a $200 million international network marketing company. In the US he served as Senior VP for a $50 million direct sales company and as Executive Vice President he helped a start-up network marketing company grow from under $650,000 a month to over $24 million of annualized sales in five months. Mr. Rasner currently sits on the Board of Directors for S.W.A.T.S. (Sports with Alternatives to Steroids), LLC.

One of Mr. Rasner's two master's degrees is in administration; the other is in music. He has served on the faculty at a major university in Southern California.

Ken is a member of the National Speakers Association and has been a guest speaker at multiple businesses and universities world wide. He is an entertaining and empowering speaker who focuses on helping others become extraordinarily successful.
Ken Rasner is author of the series, “Network Marketing 101: Back to the Basis” which is a standard for the industry. He is a recognized authority on the techniques of creating wealth and written several other books on wealth creation, motivation and faith including:

"The Prosperity Architect: The Seven Greatest Secrets of Creating and Accepting Massive Wealth"

"Speaking of Success" (with Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul; Ken Blanchard, The One Minute Manager; and Steven R. Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People) and
"Rising to the Top" with Jim Rohn, Patricia Ball, and Les Brown.He just completed a book with Dr. Robert Schuller from the Crystal Cathedral called:

"Faith Lessons: Experiencing the Miracles."

His next book entitled “A Winning Mindset” is due out in the summer of 2010
Ken Rasner can help you be financially successful.
Ken lives in Riverside California with his wife, Valerie, who is an Optometrist.
They have two sons, Robert and Richard, a daughter, Danielle and a fun little dog named Scruffy.

Randy Mitchell
President

Randy Mitchell is a highly recognized business consultant, coach, and mentor with nearly two decades of executive and industry experience in direct sales both in the field as well as having served as a President and CEO / Founder for two different companies.

Prior to joining this industry, he had a distinguished 22-year corporate career with AT&T where he was ultimately responsible for a $40+ million budget, 22 managers, and hundreds of employees. He developed and implemented process and quality control training programs company wide. The results of his programs surpassed all expectations, significantly increasing productivity and morale throughout AT&T.

Randy gained recognition from a variety of groups including Union executives as a result of these massively successful programs. Upon retiring from AT&T, he created a vast amount of invigorating and educational material and programs spanning across the United States.

With his influential seminars and soul-filling presentations, as well as inspirational books and tapes, Randy has assisted people in experiencing substantial growth in both money and success. His clients have experienced a cumulative 1000% growth in their business ventures making them millions of dollars.

As an author of several bodies of work including “Take The Blinders Off”, “The Courage To Begin Again”, “The A-V-A-R Process” and “The 12 Essential Laws of Courage”, Randy is an inspirational speaker and presenter to various interest groups across the country. His humor, motivational messages and “can I be perfectly honest with you” approach rallies team members into positive action. The theme through all of his presentations center around the philosophy that the key to success is the creation of your business or any endeavor is “from the inside out”.™ His body of work provide the road map for this to occur.
Randy is highly respected for his ability to resolve difficult problems quickly, effectively and fairly within teams and for being able to make the connection between business partners by ensuring that everyone is positively linked into the vision of what they want accomplished. His philosophy and highly respected programs provide the road map CieAura Retailers will use to gain the success they desire. He is honest, has experienced management, with outstanding leadership, and knows how to implement CieAura’s support systems and procedures serving buyer and seller, retailer and consumer.

Marie “Ia” Jimenez
Marketing Director

Recognized as one of the top female speakers and trainers for successful, multi-million dollar companies, Ia is a highly sought after personal coach and Certified Career Consultant. She has advised and/or been a board member for multiple international marketing companies. Ia has had tremendous success in direct sales and network marketing and is genuinely loved by her teams.

Although Ia is an upbeat and dynamic speaker, you will feel her compassion and commitment to personal values. She was the online radio host for the show "How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children: Meeting The Five Critical Needs of Children... And Parents Too!" based on the book by Dr. Gerald Newmark. Her engaging style helps others quickly understand and utilize the techniques of time management while balancing the challenges of career success and family priorities. As a successful model, Ia has been prominently featured in campaigns for Ford Motors, Levi's, Oracle, Gap, Verizon, Packard Bell, and others. Combining over 15 years of modeling experience with her passion for helping others, Ia has developed and implemented workshops at modeling schools and choreographed beauty pageants.
She was the International Consultant and Head Modeling Instructor for John Casablancas Modeling and Career Center / Elite Modeling Agency in Asia.
Her vast and varied marketing experience, talents and mindset along with her personal ethics and morals make her an invaluable asset to the CieAura management team. She lives in Sherman Oaks, CA with her husband, Javier and their son, Sol.

Al Leland
COO

For the past 5 years Al Leland has served as Vice President Research and Development for an Atlanta based manufacturing company. He is one of the most organized, disciplined and nicest people you will ever have the pleasure to meet; he is a perfect match to run Operations for CieAura.

Prior to entering the business world, as a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Al protected our country as he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force with Top Secret Clearance. Lt. Colonel Leland’s last assignment was second in command of a tactical fighter squadron with over 80 personnel and 15 aircraft. He was a member of the exclusive Operational Readiness Inspection Team and was the liaison to high level civilian and military dignitaries including the Chiefs of Staff of several NATO Countries and Ambassadors. Mr. Leland went on to Delta Airlines where he continued as a pilot for 17 years. He has taught at the college level and is active in the Atlanta area serving on various committees dedicated to honoring his community.
Al’s education includes a degree in Aeronautical Engineering and an MBA. He and his wife Debbie have been married for over 30 years and live in Atlanta Georgia. They have a son who graduated from Ole Miss and is a medical sales rep, and a daughter who graduated from the Medical College of Georgia and is Dentist.

Scott Deyett, owner of inHouse Graphics, serves as our Creative Director.
Scott Deyett comes to CieAura with over than 9 years experience working with clients from diverse industries including multi-million dollar talent agencies and many of today’s hottest entertainers: Sci Fi Channel’s Ghost Hunters, MTV’s Rock the Vote, Alain Nu (As seen on TLC’s Mysterious World of Alain Nui), Patrick Burns from TRU Channel’s “Haunting Evidence”, guests from the Rachel Rae Show, International Authors and Speakers and many more. Scott received his Undergraduate Degree in Fine Arts from Munson Williams Proctor Institute School of Art and his Master’s in Graphic Design from Oswego State University. Scott has been the Creative Director for a major New York based magazine for several years.