Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

World Changer, Futurist, & Strategist

The foundation of 7's new model is Truth in the Transaction, Trust and Transparency that also solves global problems. Let me know if you would like to join our radical and fun venture of a lifetime to change the world. Every goal or vision starts with intent. 7 is intentionally a place where people are protected and feel safe instead of exploited. 7 is a new, open social ecosystem built from the ground up with the INTENT to SERVE people not exploit them, to help people thrive abundantly. 7 ushers in a new business model that is genuinely interested in benefiting it’s customers and creates an authentic relationship with each person, group and business. The competitions old model of exploitation will cause their businesses to collapse under their own corruption while consumers exodus en masse to 7 and it’s complimentary businesses that operate by a new standard of integrity, honor, value and truth.  We call it “truth in the transaction” or TruthIT©.  

7 generates substantially greater returns for it’s investors by providing an unparalleled experience and through genuinely caring for it’s users while solving the greatest social needs such as: clean water, hunger, medical care, human trafficking, sanitation, poverty, and education. 

The world is asking for something better. Users are crying out for an elegant, holistic social ecosystem that connects every area of their lives that is fun and easy to use. 7 is the convergence of all social, personal, entertainment, professional and productivity tools we’ve come to love with new capabilities woven together in an easy to use and convenient single place instead of across many confusing apps. 7 is uniquely designed with intent to support the whole person in areas such as: family, friends, faith, work, education, interests and social without censoring, manipulating or exploiting.

Day 7 Public Benefit Corporation

Chairman, Founder, CEO

...YOUR PERSONAL MOMENT OF GREATNESS

We do NOT make products; we enable achievement. VST is a team of forward thinking innovators with an uncompromising, unrelenting pursuit of excellence. We are guided by an insatiable appetite for developing extraordinary and disruptive solutions that amplify an athlete’s performance while engaging and submersing them in their sport like never before.

We equip the athlete with unmatched intelligence concerning their body motion and performance along with the critical immediate corrective feedback to launch them to the top of their game and achievement. The exhaustive precision and accuracy to which we measure, capture, analyze and provide game changing intelligence to the athlete has never been possible or available until now. We are obsessively and meticulously fanatical in our vision to empower every aspiring person, across a wide range of sports, from the novice to the professional, to experience their own personal moment of greatness.

We strongly adhere to our core business principles of honestly, integrity and transparency. Each is necessary for successful relationships in business and life.

Rooted in our leadership. Our CEO, Dennis Shannon, is a lifelong sports enthusiast & multi-sport athlete who has a committed passion to support and advance each sport and athlete to greatness. We are also seasoned former Fortune 500 Executives, technologists and “out-of-the-box” thinkers who have chosen to change sports training and engagement forever.

Welcome to the world’s most advanced sports intelligence, training & entertainment technology.

Virtual Sports Training

Business Development Executive

We are the only firm providing exclusive & proprietary psychometrics assessments specifically focused within the franchise industry. During the last 19 years we have been providing enterprise solutions and tools to help determine the best fit between candidates and franchisors.

What makes our assessment unique?

Our tools predict compatibility and performance of prospective franchisees. Our assessment is the only franchisee-franchisor compatibility assessment based on the patent pending Five Elements of Compatibility and developed specifically for the franchise community. We use the proven sciences of Stanford Research Institute, Dynamic Values, Neurolinguistics and Emotional Intelligence.

What makes our assessment so accurate?

Our assessments are values based, not personality based and therefore, a greater indicator of behavior and performance. They integrate the five behavioral dimensions into one comprehensive psychometric assessment. Thus, it achieves a much greater ability to accurately predict behavior and business success. In addition, we use both topological and dimensional scoring methods. Our assessment is a state-of- the-art assessment tool that enables franchise companies to predict the compatibility of their candidates with 93.6 accuracy.

Zoracle Profiles

VP Strategic Partnerships

-Developed a new Energy Efficiency division for a large general contractor seeking to expand into the LEED and Energy Star building sector.
  
-Researched and produced the target market analysis, assessed the client core needs, and managed the creation of all corporate collateral.

-Developed the entire infrastructure of vendors, negotiated exclusive territorial sales rights and positioned contractor as market leader for Energy Efficient services throughout Southern and Northern California.

Green Energy Lighting & Solar

Business Consultant

-Served on the Board of Directors for Newport Coast Mortgage and Palazzo Estates.  
-Boutique office serving Newport Beach high-end clientele 
-Averaged $30 million in gross annual sales  
-Managed and trained newly hired agents producing 300% increase in sales

Newport Coast Mortgage & Palazzo Estates

New Agent Manager & Senior Mortgage Consultant

-Trained staff of 25 new and seasoned mortgage professionals to sell new, complex mortgage programs resulting in higher margins.

-Top Producer - over $420,000 person production revenue in four months.

-Managed a consistent complex pipeline of 40+ mortgages.

PacWest Funding

Training Specialist & Top Producer

-One of the first companies to block pornography and violent information for young children, families, libraries and schools.

-Key speaker at roundtable of ACLU attorneys and the Louisville Bar Association discussing censorship, constitutional rights and limiting access of pornography to young children and minors.  

-Identified the opportunity, negotiated and facilitated the switching of 75,000 dial up internet customers for the Southern Baptist Convention's re-sale internet service, One Way.
 
-Raised investment capital.

-Developed & cultivated strategic partnerships.

Christian Living Network

Co Founder

-First start-up.  

-The real life education I received buries my formal education.  If you really want to learn about business, start a business.  The lessons are invaluable!

Professional Freight Solutions

Co Owner

-Manage candidate at speaking engagements 
-Coordinated state and local fund raising and grassroots events 
-Trained, equipped and managed conflict with state and local leadership nationwide
-Facilitated the distribution of resources and collateral to state and local leaders for all engagements

Alan Keyes United States Presidential Campaign

State Coordinator

-Strategic planning with Illinois State Senate officials and candidate
-Coordinated fund raising, awareness and grassroots efforts
-Built relationships with local business leaders with candidate
-Expected to receive less than 30% votes against the incumbent, the Tanzyus campaign received 47% demonstrating that the seat could be won thereby paving the way.

Carter Hill