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Michael Burz
President and CEO |
Michael has successfully brought major projects from conception to production. At Nissan, he led a team to design and produce an innovative modular race car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, on time and under budget. At General Dynamics, Convair Division, he designed cruise missiles. At CSC, he had P/L responsibility for a multi-million dollar account, was VP of the Global Manufacturing Vertical and VP for European Defense Sector, and brought in more than $2 bn in new business. Michael has a MS in Aerospace Engineering from San Diego State University and BS in Aeronautical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He holds a patent for a device designed to map pipes in three space for the oil and gas industry.
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Dr. William Cogen
Director of Sales |
As a serial entrepreneur, Bill has extensive experience in coaching companies through their start-up phase and initial funding. He founded several biotech firms based on advances in assaying technology and oversaw the companies through their sale to large pharmaceutical firms, including one that was sold to Invitrogen. He holds a PhD in Biology from UCSD and a MS in Tax/Accounting from SDSU. He holds a patent for a device designed to map pipes in three space for the oil and gas industry.
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Dr. Sam Mohanta
Chief Technology Officer |
Sam has over 30 years as an acknowledged battery expert having written the chapter on N-Zn batteries in Linden's Handbook of Batteries, 4th Edition. He has lead teams in the R&D development of batteries for companies like Duracell, Aquanautics, EDA Inc., and Powergenix Systems. Sam has his Ph.D. in Electrochemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo-Ontario and a BS in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT. He has published 16 papers and has 25 patents.
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Meinrad Machler
Chief Engineer |
Meinrad is a battery industry specialist with more than 30 years taking batteries from concept to production. His has held senior positions at ElectroVaya, a Lithium-Ion battery design and manufacturing company, FisherCast Global Corp., a specialist zinc metal casting company where he was Chief Technology Officer, and Dana Corporation leading teams in the thermal management of Li-ion battery systems. Meinrad has his M. Eng. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, M.A. Sc from the University of Columbia Vancouver, and his MBA from the University of Toronto.
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Bill Vega
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Bill led a billion dollar stealth Advanced Cruise Missile program from concept to production as VP of Advanced Programs and VP of Research and Engineering at the General Dynamics, Convair Division. Prior to General Dynamics, he was Assistant in Research at Forrestal Research Center and a Project Engineer on the X-15 rocket engine program. He brings a depth of experience in bringing complex products from conception to production and building world class teams. Bill gained a Masters in Management Science from USIU and a Mechanical Engineering degree from Princeton.
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Dr. George Mavko
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George has over 40 years experience in advanced technology development and business development in the aerospace and defense industries with General Dynamics and Raytheon leading teams for advanced guidance sets/senors, Tomahawk and advanced cruise missiles. George has a BS in Engineering Physics from Cornell University and his Ph.D. in Physics/Astronomy from Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Robert Espey
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Bob is CEO of Parkland Fuel Corporation, Canada’s largest independent fuel distributor. He was formerly President and CEO of FisherCast and brings expertise in both high strength lightweight metal casting technology (including zinc), and in building and running manufacturing companies. He has helped various high technology startup ventures. Bob has an MBA from the University of Western Ontario’s Richard Ivey School of Business and a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Royal Military College of Canada/Collège Militaire Royal du Canada while he was a Naval Lieutenant in the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Tim Stanley
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As EnZinc's IP counsel, Tim has over 30 years in the intellectual property field. He has been Director of Intellectual Property Counsel, Lockheed Martin, and the Chief Patent Counsel for Sandia National Laboratories. Tim is a retired USN Capt having served on the USS Enterprise. He has his Juris Doctorate from South Texas College of Law, MS Nuclear Engineering-Material Science from the University of New Mexico, and BS Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. Tim is a Registered Professional Engineer with the State of Texas.
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Arv Mueller
in memorium |
Arv brought a depth of management, manufacturing, and product development experience to the team when EnZinc was founded. As former Group VP of General Motors Powertrain and head of GM’s Technical Operations, Arv oversaw the development of the EV1 electric car, and brought many innovations from the R&D lab to production. We appreciated his wise counsel.
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Geeks
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Brent Dussia: Senior Electrical Engineer
Rich Tarr: Simulation and Modeling Specialist Philip Baker: Senior Manufacturing Engineer |
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Suits
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Deborah Knuckey: Co-Founder and Marketer
Stephen Ambler: CFO; RoseRyan Simon Inman: Corporate Attorney; Carle, Mackie, Power & Ross, LLP Liptz, Roberts, Marquez, Merkle, Singh, & Zipor: Chartered Certified Public Accountants |
