Doug Pestana: Difference between revisions

'''Douglas Davila-Pestana''' was a co-founder and officer of the [[Synergy Opportunity Liberty Organization (SOLO USA)]] and Campaign Manager for [[Juan A Martinez]]'s 2013 race for North Las Vegas City Council. <ref name=":1">[https://esos.nv.gov/EntitySearch/OnlineEntitySearch Nevada SilverFlume Business Entity Search, Entity Number E0216072014-7]</ref> <ref name=":0" /> He was a Nevada presidential delegate for [[Ron Paul]] at the [[2012 Republican National Convention]], as well as a former officer of the [[Clark County Republican Party]] and a member of the Nevada Republican Central Committee, where he was considered a leader in the party's libertarian wing. <ref name=":0">(Gausling, 2023). [[Nick Gausling]] is the original author of this wiki article and his self-citations should only be construed as applying to things where he personally wrote the content and cited himself, not necessarily to any future edits made to the article by other authors.</ref>  

Pestana is no longer active in any political party. Professionally, he is a well-known data scientist and is currently building companies in the AI space. <ref name=":0" /> <ref name=":2">Unrecorded conversations between Doug Pestana and [[Nick Gausling]] between 2012 - 2023 (Gausling, 2023). Gausling is the original author of this wiki article and his self-citations should only be construed as applying to things where he personally wrote the content and cited himself, not necessarily to any future edits made to the article by other authors.</ref> <ref name=":3">[https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglaspestana/ Doug Pestana's LinkedIn]</ref> <ref name=":4">[https://www.remixinstitute.com/our-team/ Doug Pestana's Bio at Remix Institute]</ref>

Pestana was working as a marketing analytics manager in a Las Vegas-based bank around late 2011 when he started getting involved in local politics to support [[Ron Paul]]'s presidential campaign. <ref name=":3" /> <ref name=":2" /> He began engaging in the Central Committee of the [[Clark County Republican Party]]. <ref name=":2" /> He later caucused for Paul in the 2012 Nevada Republican caucuses and was elected as a delegate to the [[2012 Clark County Republican Convention]], then as a delegate to the [[2012 Nevada Republican Convention]]. <ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":0" /> At the state convention, Pestana first met [[Juan A Martinez]]. <ref name=":2" /> <ref name=":5">Unrecorded conversations between Juan Martinez and [[Nick Gausling]] between 2012 – 2023 (Gausling, 2023). Gausling is the original author of this wiki article and his self-citations should only be construed as applying to things where he personally wrote the content and cited himself, not necessarily to any future edits made to the article by other authors.</ref> Pestana was also included on the Paul campaign's officially-endorsed delegate slate, and was elected delegate to the [[2012 Republican National Convention]]. <ref name=":0" />