Our TeamSPG's team, advisors, and associates have been at the forefront of the energy technology, operations management, strategy consulting, information technology, and merger technology industries. We have not only a comprehensive skill set in managing marketing, business development, and strategic guidance activities for both established companies and promising technology developers, but also strong linkages with the energy industry and regulatory oversight bodies in the United States and globally. Relevant ExperienceSPG team members have implemented numerous projects both within the energy technology space and in other cutting-edge industries, including the following:
FoundersDavid Dell, PhD.: David Dell is the President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company. Dr. Dell has a unique background
combining research, management consulting, executive leadership, and
investment banking. Most recently, Dr. Dell has been Research Director
for The Conference Board, where he authored or co-authored over 100
research reports on technology and business trends affecting major
corporations and appeared as a featured speaker at numerous management
conferences. While continuing as a consultant and project lead to the
Conference Board, he currently is advising Fortune 500 corporations on
issues in technology strategy and outsourcing. He has helped lead
turnarounds of technology companies and acted as Chief Technology
Officer as well as Chief Talent Officer and has been an officer and
director of two NASD National listed companies. He has ten years
experience as an investment banker focusing on small-cap IPO's,
acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures of emerging technology
companies. Marc D. Gitlitz: Marc
D. Gitlitz is Vice President of the company. He has 34 years of
strategic, operational, and financial planning experience. As a
management consultant he has helped corporations and government offices
identify, assess and pursue new business opportunities. He has also
participated in new business ventures and been an investment
banker. Mr. Gitlitz started his management consulting career with The
Diebold Group, Inc. (now part of Daimler Benz Information Systems), and
eventually headed the firm’s Business Planning Division. He later
headed the United States practice of Butler Cox & Partners, Ltd.
(now part of Computer Sciences Corporation), a British consultant
specializing in the strategy-driven application of information
technology. At both firms he led global consulting organizations
that helped senior management develop business strategies and assess
new business opportunities. He was also he co-managed a
consulting practice focused at helping Eastern European nations attract
direct investment from United States and European corporations and
financial institutions. Mr. Gitlitz has participated in two start-up ventures:
Connecticut Corridor Cellular Telephone, Inc. and Advocast Inc., a
manager of Internet-based business communities. He headed both
ventures’ planning and business development functions. Most recently,
Mr. Gitlitz was a Managing Director of Connecticut Capital Markets,
LLC, an investment banker serving small technology-driven enterprises. Mr. Gitlitz holds a BS in economics from Northwestern
University and an MBA in finance from New York University. Mayur Subbarao, Esq.: Mayur Subbarao is the Executive
Vice-President of the Company. Most recently, Mr. Subbarao was the
Managing Partner of the New Energy Fund, a small-scale venture fund
that has successfully placed investment capital into start-up companies
and research groups in the alternative energy technology sector. Prior
to joining the Fund, Mr. Subbarao was an Associate with the
International Environmental Practice Group and Energy Group of the New
York law firm of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., advising clients on
matters involving the implementation of legislation, regulations, and
international agreements relating to environmental management and
energy financing. Mr. Subbarao has worked extensively on issues of
international environmental law, economics, and policy, including the
architecture of the United Nations Global Environment Fund, the related
Venture Capital Fund for Sustainable Development, and the forthcoming
UNCTAD guidelines on greenhouse gas trading. Mr. Subbarao holds a BSc. in Economics from the London School of Economics and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law. He is a member of the New York State and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Wade O. Troxell, Ph.D: Wade Troxell is Chief Technical Officer of the Company. Dr. Troxell is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University Director of the Center for Networked Distributed Energy the impact of network-enabled energy and large-scale intelligent real-time control of these networked distributed energy resources. Dr. Troxell co-founded Sixth Dimension, Inc., the leading provider of network communications and real-time control technology for the electric power industry. As President/COO, he led this early-staged company through three rounds of venture financing totaling over $11.5 million involving some of the top VC firms in the energy industry. Sixth Dimension was acquired in May 2003 by Comverge, Inc. Dr. Troxell served as Executive Director of the NIST/Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center-Colorado Regional Office from 1992-1997. Over the last fifteen years, Dr. Troxell has been involved in start-up enterprises and small to medium-sized manufacturing companies in all phases of the product realization process. He co-founded and directed the Manufacturing Excellence Center (MEC) at Colorado State University a consortium of 41 laboratories and centers focused on improving the competitiveness and profitability of small to medium-sized manufacturers in Colorado. He established Colorado's NIST-funded Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) center and served as its Executive Director from 1992 to 1997 when he began the Colorado Manufacturing Extension Center at Colorado State University. He has served two years as a nominator for the Lemelson-MIT Prize for American Invention and Innovation, which is recognized as the premier award for American entrepreneurs. Yuliya Tsaplina: Yuliya Tsaplina is Secretary and Regional Director (Eastern Europe) of the Company. Ms. Tsaplina is a founder of David Dell LLC, a research and consulting firm, where she oversees financial analysis and project management and coordinates research. Prior to joining David Dell LLC, Ms. Tsaplina worked as a senior research associate at Moody's Investors Services in the Derivatives and Funds Group, building and evaluating financial models for credit-linked notes and other complex financial instruments. She then joined The Conference Board, where she was actively involved in research studies on HR Technology, Leadership Development, and workforce issues. An accomplished linguist, Ms. Tsaplina is also a certified interpreter of English, Russian, and French. She is an honors graduate in Economics from NYU and holds a Doctorate from the Sorbonne in France. Garry W. Vosahlik: Garry Vosahlik is the Vice-President of Finance and Operations of the Company. Most recently the Chief Financial Officer of a $450 million privately-held company, Mr. Vosahlik has extraordinary credentials in operations, project management, new product launch, business strategy, finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Following eleven years practicing as a CPA with Arthur Andersen & Co., Mr. Vosahlik served seventeen years in increasingly senior roles for divisions of Hillenbrand Industries, including Unit General Manager, head of Strategic Planning, head of Continuous Improvement, and also was responsible for transforming Hillenbrand's merger integration activities. Mr. Vosahlik holds a B.S. in Accounting, an M.S. in Manufacturing Management, and an M.S. in Operations Management. He also trained on lean manufacturing techniques in Japan. AdvisorsSPG's advisors provide networks and assistance in obtaining strategic partners and funding for SPG portfolio technologies, and directly participate in SPG's technology selection and investment and commercialization processes. Our advisors combine decades of experience in high-level government, utilities management, energy venture finance and fund management, and energy technology implementation. Francis X. Cameron is a Founding Director of the New Energy Fund, L.P. Mr. Cameron has over twenty-five years of experience as a negotiator and attorney for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mr. Cameron has supervised numerous Department of Energy and NRC policy dialogues on the environmental and safety implications of consolidation in the electric power generation industry, including recent dialogues with NRC and the U.S. Canada Power Outage System Task Force Workshop on policy changes in the wake of the electric power blackout of August 14, 2003. Gordon Canning: Gordon Canning is Vice-President of Strategy and New Business Development at Easton Consultants, Inc., a leading East Coast consulting firm specializing in providing strategy advice to energy utilities. Mr. Canning specializes in assisting clients to develop and implement competitive market positioning strategies. For many years, Mr. Canning was a Senior Vice President of Hayes/Hill, Inc., the predecessor firm to Easton, and for eight years prior to joining Easton, he was a Vice President with Cresap, a general management consulting firm. He has an undergraduate degree from Williams College and a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University. He is a frequent contributor of articles on marketing and strategy subjects. Robert Dell: Robert Dell is a member of the Faculty and Research Fellow at Cooper Union in New York City, supervising student research into fuel cells, Stirling engines and thermoelectric generating systems. Professor Dell's background lies in experimental engineering and technology development, including over 15 years' experience developing thermoelectric power generating systems utilizing low-temperature heat sources (waste heat). In 1988, he worked under a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship with Iceland's Reykjavik Municipal District Heating Service to develop thermoelectric generation systems powered by geothermal hot springs. In 1991, this work was featured at the MIT Museum, and resulted in his appointment as Research Fellow at MIT from 1993-97. John J. DeMaria: John DeMaria is a Principal at Chamberlain Consulting, a major biotechnical and pharmaceutical consulting firm. Prior to joining Chamberlain, Mr. DeMaria was the CEO of Environments.com, a consulting firm that worked to develop information systems and customer choice programs for several large electric utilities. David P. Hochman: David Hochman is the former Chief Executive Officer of Spencer Trask, a leading New York City private equity firm specializing in technology ventures. At Spencer Trask, Mr. Hochman oversaw a large part of the firm's portfolio in biotechnology and environmental technology start-up companies, and has been responsible for generating several hundred million dollars in new investment on Spencer Trask's behalf. Madanda G. Machayya, PhD: Madanda Machayya is the Chief Investment Officer and a Founding Partner at Starview Capital Management, a "hedge fund of funds" that guides investments on behalf of high net worth individuals, family offices, and institutional investors. Prior to joining Starview, Dr. Machayya was Vice President and Director of Research at Merrill Lynch Investment Partners. He holds a Ph.D. in International Finance from New York University. Senior Consulting AssociatesSPG's senior consulting associates provide a network of hands-on capabilities ready to help us review, launch, and manage projects and companies. Leveraging their experience and expertise in specific technologies, markets, and critical areas of management gives SPG a running start on providing strategic advice and technology opportunity selection. David L. Fletcher, PhD., P.E.: Dr. Fletcher is the President and Principal Consulting Engineer of Fletcher Consultants, Inc. He previously worked as a leading trainer and consultant for PECO Energy, specializing in Power System Simulation and system crises, and for Leeds Northrup as a consulting engineer overseeing advanced hydroelectric applications and energy controls systems. Dr. Fletcher is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Charles D. Seligson, PhD.: Dr. Seligson is the founder and CEO of Xyting Corporation, which since 1993 has supported businesses to introduce new patented technology products to global markets through a network of distributors in close to 50 countries. Previously, he headed operations, marketing, and product development for several multimillion-dollar corporate divisions selling microprocessor-based energy management and security systems to the commercial and government sectors. Dr. Seligson received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and worked for seven years at AT&T Bell Laboratories doing research in signal processing and computer science. Devin T. Stewart: Mr. Stewart is Director of the Global Policy Innovations program at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. In this capacity, he edits Policy Innovations and Carnegie Ethics Online. Previously, he was Assistant Director of Studies and Japan Studies Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. He remains affiliated with CSIS as an Adjunct Fellow. From 2000 to 2003, Devin was a researcher at the Research
Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry and in 2004 a staff writer
for The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyo. He also chaired the Korea-Japan Study
Group in Tokyo and in Washington. He was also a researcher at the Japan
External Trade Organization New York and has served on the staffs of
the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Senator Barbara
Mikulski. Devin's articles have appeared in four languages in numerous
publications, including SAIS Review, The Asian Wall Street Journal, the
International Herald Tribune, Japan Inc., the Asahi Shimbun, Prospect
Magazine, and The National Interest. He holds a B.A., cum laude, from the University of Delaware
and an M.A. from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International
Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., and
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