Mr. Adrian Polk

Mr. Polk has served as Internal Auditor for Pawnshop Management Company, LLC, since the first store, Pawn Max, was acquired in May 2000.He has been active in the pawn industry since 1984.His experience in the industry began at the age of 21 when he served as a clerk in a Fort Worth based pawn store.As his knowledge and experience in the industry grew he was elevated to Assistant Store Manager and later promoted to Store Manager.In November 1992 the pawn chain he represented was purchased by the largest pawn chain in the United States, Cash America, Inc., where he retained his responsibilities as store manager until February 1994.In February 1994 he was recruited by Pawn Mart, Inc.During his tenure with PawnMart, Inc.Mr. Polk was involved in the acquisition and development process specializing in opening new stores.In this capacity Mr. Polk was responsible for the full range of activities including personnel recruitment and training, store inventory acquisitions, construction management, and oversight and training of in-house management systems.Following his assignment in new store development Mr. Polk was promoted to the position as Regional Internal Auditor where he served until May 1997.In this capacity he was responsible for auditing 27 facilities and all aspects of store operations.With his broad scope of knowledge in the pawn industry, Mr. Polk became a founding partner in a Florida based Corporation specializing in payday loans, title loans and pawn stores.