Richard A. Presley
aCARDIOz Founder & CEO



Richard A. Presley

Mr. Presley is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of aCARDIOz. Richard founded several companies since 1984 starting with two in the produce industry. The first, Presley Produce, gained recognition as a retail/wholesale produce purveyor servicing gourmet establishments providing unique tropical and sub-tropical fruits and vegetables in conjunction with the second, Villa In The Grove Hydroponics with their early adoption of hydroponics utilizing NFT for specialty produce. Cooperation between the two companies, produced award winning custom products utilized by Team Disney, the Culinary Team USA and the National US Culinary Olympic Team in world competitions in Switzerland, Luxembourg, and England from 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996 and bringing home Gold Medals from the Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt, Germany in 1988, 1992 and 1996.

In 1992, Richard co-wrote programs in conjunction with two overlapping underwater projects. He served as Deputy Crew Commander for Project La Chalupa-30, a joint venture of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Marine Resources Development Foundation (MRDF). Project Atlantis extended an additional 39 days on the bottom of the ocean breaking and setting a new Guinness World Record for living underwater for 19 minutes and 69 days. During the projects several new technologies were utilized in cardiovascular, wearables, nutrition and cognitive functioning.

In 2005, Richard departed the US and launched Htogo in New Zealand, MAPSOE on-board on-demand hydrogen systems for internal combustion engines. The end of the year gave birth to MineralStar, a US based plant derived nutritional product line for private labeled "As Seen On TV" customers.

In 2010, People Helping People led network marketing growth records in telecom with PeopleZwireless MVNO being the first branded service and handsets. In 2015, PeopleZwireless and Htogo co-sponsored the first 2600 mile cross country Hydrogen from Sun and Water Tour across the US from Tybee Island GA to Long Beach, CA in two vehicles on hydrogen.

Richard Presley embarked on a cardiovascular venture to develop a window for early detection of hypertension and CVD after his Father died at 66 years young from Diabetes. aCARDIOz is the result.

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