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ROBERT M. WORSLEY, 49 was
Chief Executive Officer and President of SkyMall, Inc.
since he founded the Company in 1989. At SkyMall, Mr.
Worsley, a Certified Public Accountant, saw an opportunity
to synergistically bring together airlines, catalogers
and airline passengers with their "downtime".
SkyMall is now the largest in-flight catalog company in
the United States growing to over $85 million in revenues.
With catalogs in aircraft seatbacks, SkyMall offers in-flight
shopping services to more than 95 percent of all domestic
airline passengers each year through exclusive airline
agreements including American, America West, Continental,
Delta, Northwest, Southwest, United, US Airways and several
smaller carriers. Nearly 50% of the business is now conducted
on-line via www.skymall.com. |
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After private rounds of funding in excess
of $25 million, the company filed its initial public offering
in 1996, in which SkyMall raised over $16 million. All
in all, Mr. Worsley was successful in raising in excess
of $135 million in the first 11 years of SkyMall's existence. |
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Prior to founding SkyMall, from 1985
to 1989, Mr. Worsley founded ExecuShare, Inc., that provided
time-shared CFO's for smaller companies. From 1980 to
1985, Mr. Worsley was an accountant with Price Waterhouse,
where he last held the position of Audit Manager. Mr.
Worsley received a bachelor’s degree in accounting
from Brigham Young University in 1980. |
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In 1999 Mr. Worsley was named Arizona's
Retail Entrepreneur of the year by Ernst and Young. |
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Mr. Worsley retired from SkyMall on
November 1, 2003 to pursue the expansion and development
of the New Mexico and Arizona Land Company, LLC's latent
asset potentials. |
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In September 2004, Mr. Worsley joined
the Board of Directors for the United Families International,
a humanitarian interest involved in the preservation of
the family unit. |
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Mr. and Mrs. Worsley have been married
28 years, have 6 children, 6 grandchildren and together
enjoy their corporate and family retreat in the pines
of Northeastern Arizona. |
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"Nothing is all wrong...Even
a clock that has stopped running is RIGHT twice a day." |
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That’s just the way SCOTT HIGGINSON
looks at things. |
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If you take a difficult problem, dive
in and break it down into smaller, digestible pieces…coupled
with hard work…you’ll find you can accomplish
your objectives. Focus on what can get done…not
what can’t…because there’s always another
way. |
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Scott also remembers, it’s people
who get things done. So a smile, a bit of kindness and
a dose of personal warmth can help the process, too. |
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Along the path of 25 years in government
and politics, there’s not much Scott hasn’t
done during his successful career. |
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He formed FourSquare Group in partnership
with the well-respected Phoenix law firm, Ryley Carlock
and Applewhite in 2002 after leaving the Del Webb Corporation
as its corporate Vice President of Government and Public
Affairs. There he directed a team of 30+ professionals
and provided key perspective and input to the company’s
daily decision-making process. His expertise provided
the background necessary to develop and effectively promulgate
company positions on issues of public policy. He also
negotiated one of the nation’s largest federal land
exchanges. Additionally, he was responsible for acting
as a company spokesman and drafted speeches and other
written materials for Del Webb’s CEO. |
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Prior to joining Del Webb, Scott was
elected to the Las Vegas City Council where he served
for two terms after receiving no opposition in his race
for re-election. Besides representing the “fastest
growing district in the fastest growing city in America,”
he was also the city’s representative on various
regional boards and commissions including those dealing
with public health, transportation, water, flood control
and was appointed by the Governor of Nevada to sit on
the Colorado River Commission. |
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Scott’s first hand understandings
of the workings of government come from personal experience.
He worked as the in-state regional director for U.S. Senator
Harry Reid and was campaign manager for Governor Richard
Bryan’s successful re-election in 1986. |
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But it all started on Capitol Hill where
Scott learned the internal workings of Congress as a “cub”
reporter for columnist Jack Anderson, a member of a congressional
staff and while stirring up support and trouble in member’s
congressional districts to impact issues of concern for
his clients. |
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Scott was graduated from Brigham Young
University with degrees in political science and journalism.
He and his wife Cindy live in Mesa, Arizona where he creates
pottery, collects children’s picture books and enjoys
baseball, golf, and jazz vocal music. They are the parents
of four children. |
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