Cynthia Thompson, the Chairperson, has a remarkable career in both public and private sectors, focusing on technology-based growth companies. With a background in Institutional Sales and Investment Banking, she facilitated over US$1 billion in capital formation, led negotiations, strategic planning, and financing for companies like Urban Seed and Nevada Gold and Casinos, showcasing expertise in technology, gaming, mining, real estate development, and agriculture.
Cynthia has had a long and distinguished career in business and finance as a Founder, Senior Executive or financier of both public and private businesses. Her focus was on “growth companies”, particularly technology-based projects. Much of her early career was in Institutional Sales and Investment Banking, with firms such as E.F. Hutton, Shearson Lehman, Oppenheimer & Co., and D.E. Frey.

She has been involved in over US$1 billion of capital formation and was personally responsible for two companies listing on the American Stock Exchange, as well as, numerous private and public financings.
Cynthia is Managing Director of Clay County Holdings, Inc., a Family Office located in Denver, Colorado, and sits on the Board of Jadestone Energy, a mining company, where she is a cofounder and an owner. She was also a cofounder and President of Urban Seed, formed in Nevada to hydroponically grow fruits and vegetables locally for gourmet chefs to use in high-profile restaurants on the Las Vegas Strip.

Cynthia was a cofounder and financial advisor to Nevada Gold and Casinos, Inc. (AMEX:UWN) and was initially invited to assist the company in its reverse merger but culminated with her leading successful negotiations to purchase contiguous properties that was assembled into the largest gaming site in Blackhawk, Colorado, USA. She went on to lead the effort to locate Nevada Gold’s first Joint Venture Partners (Caesar’s and Isle of Capri) for their first Hotel/Casino in Blackhawk.

Cynthia assisted and supported the company in every aspect of Nevada Gold’s growth strategy including the submission of a Bill, passed by the US Congress and signed into law by President Clinton, which resulted in the company completing its land assemblage. She was involved in all ten of Nevada Gold’s gaming/hotel projects, five commercial and five Native American. She was personally responsible for Nevada Gold’s first three successful private placements and assisted with project financing structuring for each Hotel/Casino project. She played a key role in Nevada Gold’s AMEX listing and is extremely proud that it made the Russell 3000 Index and #54 in Fortune’s, “100 fastest Growing Small US Companies”.

Her wide-ranging experience includes Hotels & Casinos, Real Estate, Technology, Manufacturing, Indoor Urban Agriculture, Food & Beverage, Mining and Golf. Cynthia’s wealth of expertise in executive management, team building, financings, structuring transactions, joint ventures, and strategic planning, forms the foundation of her current role as Chairperson of CloudBurst Data Centers, Inc.