Benton H Wilcoxon
Mr. Wilcoxon has been our Chief Executive Officer since November 3, 2001 and Chairman of the Board of Directors since February 2002. He also served as the Company’s acting Chief Financial Officer until January 2007. He also is Chairman of the following subsidiaries wholly-owned by the Company: CTC Cable Corporation, Transmission Technology Corporation, DeWind Inc., and CTC Renewables Corporation. From 1998 to 2001, he was a consultant for Magnesium Alloy Corporation, a Canadian company involved in the development of magnesium salt deposits and served as a Director from 1998 until December 2003. Between 1998 and 2000, he was a consultant to Macallan & Callanish Ltd., regarding business in Russia and Ukraine. Mr. Wilcoxon held senior positions with Ashurst Technology Ltd., a Bermuda corporation, from 1991 to 1997, culminating as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. Ashurst Technology Ltd. commercialized advanced materials technologies, primarily from the Ukraine.
Michael D. McIntosh
Mr. McIntosh, who has been a Director since January 6, 2006, is currently president of Technology Management Advisors LLC, a business consulting firm specializing in the strategy of intellectual property creation, protection and transfer. Mr. McIntosh is also currently president of The McIntosh Group, an intellectual property law firm. Both firms provide services to the Company. Mr. McIntosh is currently a member of the governing board of PhosphoSolutions, LLC a producer of specialty pharmaceutical reagents. Mr. McIntosh is also a member of the governing board of Tribal Technologies, LLC, a technology developer in the field of wireless entertainment. Mr. McIntosh previously co-founded Superior MicroPowders LLC, Peak Sensor Systems LLC and MEMX, Inc. and was instrumental in the organization and start-up of these companies. Mr. McIntosh served each of these companies as a member of the Board of Directors and interim CEO. In this capacity, he negotiated the transactions to acquire underlying technologies, recruited the initial technical, management and administrative teams and sought out and arranged financing for the start-ups of each of the companies. Mr. McIntosh has worked with start-up ventures throughout his career. He is the former President and Managing Director of the law firm of Sheridan, Ross & McIntosh. Mr. McIntosh has a degree in chemical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and a law degree from the University of Denver.
D. Dean McCormick, III, CPA
Mr. McCormick, has been a Director since January 9, 2006, and is a certified public accountant. He has been president of McCormick Consulting, Inc. since July 1993. He has been a member of Insight Consulting Partners, LLC since October 2004. He was a member of the Board of Directors of BPO Management Services, Inc., a publicly traded corporation formerly known as NetGuru, Inc. (OTCBB: BPOM) and Chairman of its Audit Committee from April 2003 to December 2006. He has been on the Audit Committee for the Catholic Diocese of Orange since February 2004 and now serves as its Chair. Mr. McCormick has been a member of the Forum for Corporate Directors since June 2003. He served as president of the Orange County Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth from 1995 to 1996. Mr. McCormick holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Redlands and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.
John P. Mitola
John Mitola has been a Director since October 31, 2007, and is a managing partner with Kingsdale Capital International, a private equity and capital advisory firm specializing in merchant banking, leveraged buyouts and corporate finance. Mr. Mitola also currently serves as Chairman of the Illinois Toll Highway Authority and most recently was CEO of Electric City Corp where he served from January of 2000 to 2006. He has over twenty years of experience in the energy and environmental industries, real estate development, venture capital, engineering and construction. Mr. Mitola was appointed to chair the board of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority by Governor Rod Blagojevich in March 2003, and has served in that capacity since that time. The Illinois Tollway is one of the largest agencies in Illinois, and is one of the largest transportation agencies in North America - with a $600 million annual operating budget and a $6.3 billion capital program, operating over 274 miles of roadway serving the Chicago metro region.
Mr. Mitola is a member of the corporate boards of Composite Technology Corporation, Hy-Drive Technologies (TSX:HGS.V) and IDO Security Inc. (OTCBB: IDOI) He is a member of ASHRAE, IDEA, and the Association of Energy Engineers. His community affiliations include membership in the Economic Club of Chicago, Union League Club and the governing board of the Christopher House Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Boards of Scholarship Chicago, the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence and the Illinois Broadband Development Council. Mr. Mitola received his BS in Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana and Juris Doctor from DePaul University, College of Law.
Michael K. Lee
Mr. Lee is co-founder and Managing Director of Dominion Venture Management, a private equity firm specializing in early-stage companies. His investment focus has been in financial services, information/ business services and clean tech. He previously served as the Director of Operations for Equitec Financial Group where he was responsible for managing their venture capital portfolio. Mr. Lee earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Business Administration from Brigham Young University and serves on its National Advisory Council.