Jay Updike
Founder, President and CEO
P.O. Box 428
Kingsville, MD 21087
For over 20 years, Jay was a highly trained investment professional building long-term relationships with his clients. He started his investment career in 1985 with Ferris Baker Watts, and moved to J.W. Gant Investment Bankers in Columbia Maryland in 1987. From 1989 to 1999, he served as an Assistant Vice President in the Merrill Lynch Columbia, Maryland office. In 1999, he moved to the Columbia, Maryland office of Morgan Stanley.
Mr. Updike founded what is now called Mid Atlantic Networking in 2002 as an independent endeavor, and he has served as CEO and President since that time. He holds an MBA in Finance from Loyola College School of Business in Baltimore, Maryland, and BS in Economics and Business from Western Maryland College in Westminster, Maryland.
Lowell Sheets
Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Operations
P.O. Box 428 Kingsville, MD 21087Wellness Consultant and Opportunity Broker...
For over 30 years, Lowell has been an entrepreneur, networker and wellness consultant. He started his career with WBAL Radio in Baltimore; was employed as Sales Manager with Global Import Auto Parts; and was an account executive and East Coast Sales Manager for Ingram Entertainment.
For over 30 years, Lowell has owned Sheets & Associates, a health business aligned with the Shaklee Corporation (www.shaklee.net/lowell), and has been full-time self-employed therein since 1991. He is active with Harford County Chamber of Commerce and with BNI, having served multiple times in various leadership positions.
Lowell graduated Valedictorian from Harford Christian High School, and Phi Theta Kappa from Harford Community College with a degree in Broadcast Announcing and Production. He also received two Congressional nominations for the Military Academy at West Point, and one Congressional nomination for the Air Force Academy.
Amy Watkins
Administrative Manager
Head of Support
New Freedom, PA
Amy worked in the financial industry for 7 years. She started her career as a Sales Assistant at the Columbia, MD branch of Prudential Securities in 1997. In 1999 she moved to the Ellicott City, MD office of Morgan Stanley where she successfully attained her Series 7 license. In 2004, Amy joined MidAtlanticNetworking.com as the Administrative Manager.
Michael Cronin
Director of Marketing—Delaware and Pennsylvania
ResTech Solutions, LLC
100 Cambridge Road
Landenberg, PA. 19350
As the founder of ResTech Solutions, LLC, Michael has 15+ years of industrial experience including activities in almost every function from product development to the commercial interface. He graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry.
ResTech Solutions (www.restechsolutions.com) is a consultancy helping organizations grow technically, and grow by incorporating further capabilities, including aspects from a business and process management perspective. Mr. Cronin's core competency is his ability to focus on the results of the client’s bottom line and attainment of goals by way of practical, custom-designed implementation plans, which have successfully helped a variety of organizations internationally.
