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Cleve Tidwell is Chief Executive Officer of MoneyCafe USA. Mr. Tidwell is co founder of the Denver Company and merged operations with a 20 year old established financial firm in Japan. They now have offices in Denver,CO. Osaka and Tokyo, Japan. He currently lives in Denver, Colorado.

Business
Prior to joining MoneyCafe USA in Jan 2006, Cleve Tidwell served as Vice President American International Group Far East in Tokyo, Japan with responsibilities over Japan and Korea which consist of over 35,000 employees. Previously, as President of Zacata Executive Consultants an international firm for restructing corporate executive management systems. He lived and worked in Tokyo, Japan until 2006.

From 1977 till 1996 he served in positons from sales to executive management of the Paul Revere Financial Division of Textron in various locations in the Unites States. He was also licensed as a registered securities advisor for 20 years.

Philanthropy
In addition, Mr. Tidwell serves as consulting director of the Thailand Royal Water Project and has served on boards of the Oasis Center, Big Brothers and active in the American Red Cross. He was also responsible for promoting one of the most successfull concerts for the American Red Cross in the Nashville, Tennessee area during a time of financial difficulties for the non profit organization. He arrange artist from the country music community such as George Jones, Tanya Tucker and others to raise money for the American Red Cross. He has also served as Director of the Honduras Hirasato Organization for the efforts of families in the mountains of Honduras to provide housing, educations and a productive life style for over 80 people. This group was started in 1998 as a result of the damages of Hurricane Mitch when these families lost all their belongings. Mr. Tidwell took over as CO-Director and General Manager in 2003 until January 2009.

With almost four decades of business and public service in the United States,Thailand, Honduras,Mexico,Brazil, China and Japan. Mr. Tidwell has developed strong relationships with a wide range of top governmental and political leaders around the world.

Mr. Tidwell is widely recognized as a leading authority on executive leadership system and business restructing. Over the past two decades he has been a frequent guest lecturer, Mr. Tidwell has advocated the process of accountability, responsibility with the important of leadership and cross cultural relationship building system in businesses and across country borders.

Early Political Efforts and education
Mr. Tidwell worked in the Reagan Campaign efforts at a young age under the guidance of Ted Welch for the support of President Reagan. He was also selected to administer the "Just Say No" Program of Nancy Regan for the purpose of helping kids find an alternative to drug use. After his formal education at Norman Park College,Mr. Tidwell entered the U.S Marine Corps during the Viet Nam Era. He completed the leadership school which is considered one of the top two in the world.

Personal
Mr. Tidwell has one son who is an architect in South Florida.