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Since its inception in 2000, Mike Costache has served as CEO of Pioneer TeleCare, an online marketing company distributing office products, flowers, medical and health products, gas and electric scooters, and jewelry.
Mr. Costache has a consulting and investment banking background. He was an associate at WestPark Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment banking firm, where his responsibilities included identifying and evaluating new investment opportunities and assisting clients with strategic alliances. Previously, he was an associate at The Interlink Group, a Los Angeles-based investment and merchant banking firm, which specialized in infrastructure projects in India, Pakistan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Costache is the founder and chairman of the Young Professionals Global Network (YPGN), a non-profit mentoring organization with over 1,000 members in 70+ countries. Mr. Costache is a co-founder and Board member of the Romanian-American Professionals Network (RAPN) and also serves as the President of the Los Angeles Chapter for the Romanian-American Chamber of Commerce (RACC).
Mr. Costache holds a degree in Economics from Pepperdine University and a Certificate in Arbitration, Mediation and Negotiation from Pepperdine’s School of Law. He completed studies in business, history and law in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Israel and Switzerland. He also serves on Pepperdine University’s Alumni Board and Alumni Career Advisory Council.
In his spare time, Mr. Costache serves as vice president of Blue Heron Foundation, a non-profit
charity which builds playgrounds, libraries and computer labs at orphanages throughout Romania.
A native of Bucharest, Romania, Mr. Costache spent 11 years in Romania and lived in Israel from 1988 until 1992 when his family immigrated to the United States. Mr. Costache is fluent in Romanian, Hebrew and English and has basic knowledge of French.
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