About Us

This Corporation was built on the preexisting structure of Global Media & Communications, a ten year old sole proprietorship, owned by founder. Prior business assets were transferred into the new corporation from Global's operations as:

• Network and Internet Service Provider (DSL, ISDN, ADSL, Dial Up, Website Hosting, Domain Name Registrations, and Website Design)
• Business Consulting and Marketing
• Offset Printing
• Mailing House Services
• Advertising and Professional Mailing Lists and Targeted Mailing Label Sales
• Contract Telemarketing

Founder, CEO and President
Business Biography of Albert V. Sheppard
Albert is the founder, CEO and President of the Company and its parent Corporation GTR, Inc. Albert has always been driven by the dual motivation to move his business into the ever advancing realms of technology and to make a significant lasting contribution to society. In addition, he has been interested in medicine, physiology, anatomy, psychology, technology, film, and world cultures since he was a child but only recently realized his need and discovered an opportunity to pursue this in a substantial manner; and to join the efforts to advance medical science to contribute to the well being of people and society overall. Knowing that motivation alone was not enough, he returned to school full-time and spent February 2005 through 2008 pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering (BMET) and a Bachelor of Science in Technology Management (BSTM) at DeVry University in Fremont California. Along with these studies, he also included additional studies in Programming, Networking, Simulations, and Electronics Engineering.

Previously, Albert was CEO/President and sole proprietor of other businesses. He gained much of his business skills and experience as a business analyst for George S. May Company, a international business consulting company. In this capacity, he traveled to many western states to turn-around struggling businesses in diverse industries. After objectively analyzing a company's operations, he specified the programs to be developed and installed to allow the business owners to control costs and increase productivity and profitability. Subsequently he created Standard Ventures, his own consulting business, to help businesses in the start up/introduction stage or the growth stage of development. He has also owned and operated businesses in Internet Service (WWInternet – website design, hosting and dialup access, domain name registrations); graphics design; printing; mailing house; telemarketing (business to business and business to consumer); and invented, manufactured, and sold a cement mixer truck safety part under the brand name Chute Cover.

Prior to his entrepreural pursuits, he held distribution and buying positions as a mid-level manager, in major department store chains in the Bay Area of California and Atlanta Georgia at department stores owned by Macy's, Federated and Carter Hawley Hale. During that time, he played a major role as a Projects Manager in merging stores and opening new department stores. Albert moved to California when Emporium Capwell's Department store recruited and hired him as general manager to manage a 295,000 sq. ft. distribution center with multiple subordinate managers, over 250 employees and a fleet of delivery trucks.

Albert entered the business world after giving service to the country in the United States Marine Corps. He rose from his enlistment rank of Private (0-1) to the rank of Corporal (E-4) in less than a year. After completing training as an aircraft electrician, by a board of officers gave him a “recommended highly” rating to attend Officer's Candidate School (OCS) at Quantico Virginia, where he subsequently finished as Honor Man and was promoted to Second Lieutenant. In less than four  years of service, he rose from the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (0-1)  to Captain (0-3) receiving many combat medals, letters of commendations and an honorable discharge.

Albert is a native of Wilmington Delaware, where he previously attended Delaware State University and majored in Psychology and was student government president, before leaving for military service; but he has lived in California for over twenty years and made the Bay Area his home and base of business operations.

He has traveled extensively within the United States and to France, Ukraine, Sweden, Mexico, and the Caribbean. He can speak some French, Spanish, Russian and extensive Swedish. He is single without children but would like to have a family. He is an avid jogger, dancer and has been teaching Salsa and multiple Latin dances for over nine years. He loves the California sea coast and the year-round moderate weather and is definitely here to stay.

Albert believes that the sum total of all his skills, experience, education, motivation, and leadership uniquely qualifies him for the task ahead — to lead GTR, Inc. and its subsidiary companies; and to contribute to the advancements in the selected industries and their products and their services to the mutual benefit of the business and the good of society in the United States and internationally.

The Staff
Business and Technical Staff
Innovation, creative design (mechanical, electronic, video, writing, game and simulation), development, sales, and distribution are in-house operations. Manufacturing is contracted to high quality contract manufacturing firms in accordance with FDA specifications. Network and telemedical project teams are formed based on specific skills required for the equipment, the network installation and the training, packages, agreements in accordance with all applicable laws and guidelines including HIPAA, HL7, Dicom, Pacs, and other relevant protocols.

Organizational Chart for Global Trade Route, Inc.

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