Ed is a Partner and Chief Administrative Officer of Jeremy P. Feakins & Associates, LLC. He is an investor, Partner and Chief Financial Officer for JPF Venture Fund and a Director and the Chief Financial Officer of Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE), a renewable energy company that has received an investment from the JPF Venture Fund. Ed is the Founder and Principal of the Investment Banking firm Marston Group. Ed has more than 30 years of financial management experience, including profit and loss responsibility, strategic and business planning, sourcing of financing, venture capital, and merger and acquisition analysis, marketing, negotiating, deal structuring and closing.

Ed has served as Controller, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Executive Officer of small and middle market companies. As a financial intermediary, Ed has acquired broad based experience covering a wide range of industries including manufacturing, distribution, food processing, snack foods, beverages, franchises, banking, construction, printing, janitorial services, communications, healthcare, retail, and technology.

Ed is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with numerous postgraduate courses. He completed the Executive Development Program from the Graduate School of Business, Indiana University, Ed has earned a number of certifications, which include, Certified Business Counselor, Business Enhancement Consultant and a Senior Business Analyst. He has also developed and conducted numerous seminars including angel financing, auditing, budgeting, cash management and general management, and all phases of the M&A process. Affiliations include the Pennsylvania Business Brokers Association, which is affiliated with M&A Source (world's largest International Organization of M&A Intermediaries representing the Middle Market), Venture Investment Forum, Capitol Region Chamber of Commerce.