StaffJuly 1, 2019
Vern Keenan is a new market visionary and serial entrepreneur. A graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Bio-Medical Engineering, Vern established his career as a technical and networking Director at Genentech and Oracle corp, before becoming an entrepreneur. During the Internet boom, Vern made a name for himself as one of the foremost analysts for eCommerce with his firm Keenan Vision. Vern later started Berkeley Logic, a tech services and consultancy focused on the small to medium sized business market. From there, Vern started Telnexus LLC, a VOIP services telecommunication company. Vern developed and implemented the telecom tax calculation engine for Telnexus that was the precursor to the Taxnexus cannabis tax compliance solution.
GMR Executive Spotlight Q&A –
Full birth name: Vernon Keenan, III
Title: CEO
Company: Taxnexus, Inc.
Years at current company: 1
Education profile: Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering (BSc) from Northwestern University
Most successful professional accomplishment before cannabis: Global tech analyst
Company Mission: Make tax compliance easy for all cannabis taxpayers
Company’s most successful achievement: Monetizing the only cannabis tax regulation database in the world!
Has the company raised any capital (yes or no): Not yet
Any plans on raising capital in the future? Currently raising a $1M round on a $5M-pre SAFE suitable for angel investors or seed-stage funds
Most important company 5 year goal: Wow, five years…be the nexus for all things tax!
