John Hazlewood

John Hazlewood - Founder and Chief Executive Officer

John Hazlewood founded TheStoreMaker.com in September 2000 and serves as the company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hazlewood has founded several entrepreneurial ventures in which he was also a principal. An early pioneer of the Internet, Mr. Hazlewood led the marketing and development of an Internet web-based travel reservation system that was the first of its kind. In 1996 he founded and procured investment funds for INTRANSCO Inc., an e-commerce travel company. While with INTRANSCO, he spearheaded its development subsidiary located in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1998, in parallel with the e-commerce travel initiative, he began a Y2K Services and IT staffing division in order to take advantage of the technical resources in Bulgaria.

In his capacity as CEO, Mr. Hazlewood grew the company from a one-person organization to over 100 while developing numerous software applications in Bulgaria at a fraction of the cost that they would have taken to develop in the United States.

Mr. Hazlewood owned and operated several leisure travel agencies, founded and operated a sport agency representing professional athletes and sports teams, was a principal and general manager of a semi-professional soccer team, founded and operated a lawn maintenance and landscaping company, and founded and operated an import-export company. He has extensive experience in the information technology industry, international business, public relations, contract negotiation, developing partnership/strategic relationships, and the travel industry.