{"id":44,"date":"2018-04-27T06:27:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T06:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67.225.192.112\/~tradewins\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2023-10-28T04:52:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T09:52:47","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tradewins.biz\/?page_id=44","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-44\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-44-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"innercntpg panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-44-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-44-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-44-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"subtitles panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-44-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-67b9185c433d-44\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<h2 class='sow-headline'>about TradeWins! BizPaye CEO<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-44-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-44-0-0-1\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Andrew Pludek &#8211; TradeWins! BizPaye CEO<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-44-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text\" data-index=\"2\" ><div id=\"about\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-44-0-0-2\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><div>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/tradewins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/andrewpludek-2.jpg\" alt=\"andrewpludek\" \/>Andrew Pludek, Soldier, Systems Analyst, Shopkeeper, Business Owner, Business Broker, Entrepreneur, Trade Broker, Landlord, Hotel Manager, Sailor and Shipowner, a varied career follows the path since High School until now as he expands his Trade Exchange reach all across the Net  to reach business owners and budding entrepreneurs to achieve results through a combination of street smarts and business experience.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew has been all of the above over the last 51 years. Never wanting to be a \u2018salesman\u201d but people demanded and he has provided the service, the smile , the enthusiasm and the temperance of his business and people skills across the range of business activities and people who he has met and worked with.<\/p>\n<p>Above all else, Andrew wants to be able to say to people who are in business or want to be in business that he could help and has helped them reach their goals. Using a combination of expertise in sales, entrepreneurship, book work, the understanding of gross margin and the ability of business to generate more business<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-44-0-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"aboutcnt1 panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-44-0-0-3\" id=\"about\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Business Experience<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>1981-1985 Alberta Country General Store Owner\/Operator<br \/>\n1985-1988 Andrews Business Brokerage Halifax Yorkshire UK<br \/>\n1988-1992 Andrews Business Services Calgary Alberta Vending Machines and supplies<br \/>\n1991-1995 Canadian Business Brokers in Calgary. Business Broker<br \/>\n1996-1997 American Barter Systems, Employed As a Trade Broker<br \/>\n2005-2008 Landlord 12 suite Apartment Building Hanna Alberta<br \/>\n2005-2010 SS Beaver Refit, Marketing and Business Planning for Proposed Relaunch<br \/>\n2010-2016 Management Kootenay Country Inn and Suds \u201cn\u201dDuds Laundromat Cranbrook BC<br \/>\n1997-Present TradeWins! BizPaye Trade Exchange Owner\/Operator,  Alberta, BC, US  and the Internet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-44-0-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"aboutcnt1 panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-44-0-0-4\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Current Projects<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Expansion of TradeWins! Into new markets by using our Master Franchise for Canada with BizPaye International, a recognized leader in<br \/>\ntrade and barter operating in SE Asia, Australasia, the Indian Subcontinent and Europe. <\/p>\n<p>Relaunch of a Successful Pollution Control Device involving Capital Funding and Marketing. Many Real Estate based investment and Sales projects.<\/p>\n<p>Multifaceted Expansion of the TradeWins! Trade system using the BizPaye platform onto the world stage by teaching, hands on tutorials and experience transfer to budding entrepreneurs and business owners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Pludek, Soldier, Systems Analyst, Shopkeeper, Business Owner, Business Broker, Entrepreneur, Trade Broker, Landlord, Hotel Manager, Sailor and Shipowner, a varied career follows the path since High School until now as he expands his Trade Exchange reach all across the Net to reach business owners and budding entrepreneurs to achieve results through a combination of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tradewins.biz\/?page_id=44\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradewins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradewins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradewins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradewins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradewins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/tradewins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/tradewins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradewins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}