Nerd Focus in Freehold promises you a 'think drink' Susan Bloom View Comments Growing up in East Windsor, Howard Davner — CEO of Freehold-based Beverage USA Holdings Inc., parent company of energy drink Nerd Focus — was a born entrepreneur. “From having a paper route and mowing lawns as a kid to running a valet business in college, I was always into business and finance,” said Davner, 51, a West Orange resident. After graduating from the University of South Florida with an economics/business degree, he landed a job on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for a division of Goldman ...