Career
Skoda began day trading stocks during his fourth year of elementary schooling during recess at Hawken School and by age fifteen he was designing and executing client acquisition strategies for Merrill Lynch’s Private Client Group. Skoda"s tertiary education began at Wright State University, from where he transferred to the Texas Christian University (Texas Christian University) to study entrepreneurship. Skoda started the following businesses: CollegeFitness.com, which provides fitness and health related services to members Skoda International, which developed and markets the instant hand sanitizer Purely Inspired Santas411.com, which promoted holiday shopping deals GlobalEZBuy, which imports and retails consumer electronics Ahkeo Ventures, a venture capital group Yumee, which developed Smartphone applications and a website designed to assist users in making informed dietary choices whilst eating out Legacy Builders & Contractors, a Dallas-based, nationwide roofing contractor with innovative insurance claim processing and adjusting services Ahkeo Electric, a manufacturer of energy efficient electrical lighting products Skoda served as Vice President of Marketing at Joshen Paper, where he was instrumental in positioning Wal-Mart as a major customer.
Skoda has featured as a speaker and guest at numerous events, the most notable including.
Being a guest on the on Fox News Varney & Company, being the concluding speaker at White House Press Conference announcement of the Start Up America initiative and being the keynote speaker at United States President Obama’s follow on initiative to Start Up America in Algiers, Algeria. Skoda was a featured speaker at the GSEA 2012 in Moscow, Russia.
Skoda has acted in a diplomatic role on behalf of the United States State Department by acting as the United States G20 Youth Ambassador, serving in Toronto, Canada, Nice, France and Mexico City, Mexico. Skoda is also the United States Youth Delegate for a United States State Department initiative in Cairo, Egypt.
