A technical entrepreneur for over 20 years, Asif Ansari has founded over a dozen successful companies in aerospace, alternative transportation, engineering and manufacturing, and global retail. He has led the development and commercialization of over 20 technical products in the clean tech and aerospace markets, including a solar desalination micro-turbine generator. Mr. Ansari founded Omni Systems, where he led the design of NASA's Lunar Prospector Spacecraft, a lunar resource mapping mission that was successfully launched in 1998. He is a strong and long-term proponent of solar energy. Most recently, he spent three years as the EVP of Engineering and Manufacturing at Energy Innovations where he led the engineering development of a heliostat-based concentrated PV product. He has a wide-ranging engineering and research background with several landmark publications in the field of heat transfer. Mr. Ansari holds a BSME and an MSME from the University of Minnesota.

Merrick Kerr oversees the financial and administrative functions as eSolar expands its global presence. Mr. Kerr brings 15 years of experience in the energy industry, including nearly 7 in the renewable energy sector. Mr. Kerr recently served as CFO of Rentech, Inc., a publicly traded company which specializes in the conversion of carbon-based materials into alternative fuels. Prior to that, Mr. Kerr served as CFO of PPM Energy, Inc., the Portland-based non-utility subsidiary of ScottishPower. At PPM, Mr. Kerr was responsible for all project financing activities, including the notable low-cost financing of the Colorado Green Wind Project. Mr. Kerr holds a BS in accountancy and economics from the University of Edinburgh and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Mr. Kerr also completed the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program and the Business Leadership Program at the Wharton School.

Dale Rogers leads the evaluation of all strategic initiatives and global market opportunities for eSolar, bringing nearly 30 years of experience in solar thermal and nuclear power systems and plant operations. Most recently, Mr. Rogers was responsible for strategic planning and business development for Solar Programs at Rocketdyne (currently a part of United Technologies). He first became involved in concentrated solar power (CSP) systems at Rocketdyne in the mid-1990s, when he led the initial efforts to commercialize the Solar 2-based power tower technology. Mr. Rogers has continued to actively promote the global commercialization of CSP technologies through several solar organizations, including serving as a U.S. representative to the SolarPACES Executive Committee. Mr. Rogers obtained his M. Eng. and BS degrees in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University.

With over 20 years of experience in managing the operations and financial control of engineering enterprises, Wayne Stevens leads these areas for eSolar. Mr. Stevens has managed a range of endeavors from large single projects of over $300 million to complex manufacturing and supply chain systems for mass-produced technology products. In 1995 Mr. Stevens founded Tesla Industries, which currently manufactures over 40 different products including compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations. Mr. Stevens holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.

Robert Rogan is responsible for all domestic commercial transactions, corporate branding, and marketing activities at eSolar. Most recently, Mr. Rogan was the founder and VP of Business Development at Bionic Harvest, a technology start-up focused on bringing vibration energy harvesting technology to market. Mr. Rogan has several years of business development and consulting experience. Mr. Rogan obtained his MS and PhD in Materials Science at the California Institute of Technology, and he holds a BS, Scholar of the College, from Boston College.

Jim Shandalov leads domestic business development for eSolar, bringing over 20 years of experience in the energy industry. Previously, Mr. Shandalov managed PG&E's renewable energy solicitation process, leading the transaction team on execution of contracts for solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources. Mr. Shandalov also worked in PG&E's Structured Transactions Group, where he negotiated and executed over $3 billion dollars worth of contracts with natural gas power plant developers. Prior to joining PG&E, Mr. Shandalov spent over ten years in various roles including Director of Development and Energy Trading Manager with Mirant Corporation and Southern Company. Mr. Shandalov received his MBA from Georgia State University, and holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

With 30 years of global experience as a project manager responsible for all phases of turnkey power plant development, Mark Fournier leads project development for eSolar. Most recently, Mr. Fournier was a Vice President and Senior Project Manager at Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering and construction company. At Black & Veatch, Mr. Fournier served on more than 50 power plant projects, representing over 10 GW of generation, and encompassing a wide range of technologies, cycle types, and fuels. He has served in lead roles for projects across North America, as well as in the Middle East and Far East, including Saudi Arabia, China, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Mr. Fournier has deep experience in all phases of project development, including design, construction, commissioning, project management, proposal preparation, and contract negotiation. Mr. Fournier received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri - Rolla.

Dr. Raed Sherif oversees the sales, marketing and commercial activities at eSolar in the Middle East region. For the past eight years, Dr. Sherif led the development and commercialization of the Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) activities at Boeing-Spectrolab. Previously, Dr. Sherif served as the program manager for the High Performance PV program sponsored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and was part of the Spectrolab-NREL team that received the 2007 R&D 100 Award for the solar concentrator that achieved over 40% efficiency. Before joining Spectrolab, Dr. Sherif was a senior engineer at IBM Microelectronics in East Fishkill, NY. Dr. Sherif has 30 issued patents in the field of microelectronics packaging and photovoltaics. He obtained his PhD and MSME from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his B.Sc. from Alexandria University in Egypt.

As an established leader with more than twenty years of business acumen in global market penetration including M&A, business development ventures, and operational and financial management, Paul LaFontaine oversees eSolar's expansion in Europe and Africa. Previously Mr. LaFontaine served as Vice President, International Development for Ticketmaster where he was responsible for international acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and financial growth throughout Europe and India. Mr. LaFontaine's career history also includes serving in executive leadership positions overseeing business development and operations for Citysearch, Pizza Hut, and BMG's Direct Marketing. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Engineering, Operations Research & Statistics. He began his professional career as an Officer in the U.S. Army.

Carter Moursund heads the engineering efforts at eSolar. For the past ten years, Carter Moursund has been pointing light in one form or another. As founder and Chief Technology Officer at ClearMesh Networks, Mr. Moursund led the company from inception to a peak of 45 employees. He has experience in building successful engineering teams and expertise in creating novel solutions to complex optical and electronic problems. Mr. Moursund has an intuitive knowledge of a broad range of technical issues based on decades of work in engineering. Mr. Moursund holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

With a passion for developing creative, advanced solutions for solar energy problems, Dan Reznik is responsible for all product development at eSolar. Most recently, Mr. Reznik spent several years as an Innovator at Siemens R&D where he developed and productized original concepts in parcel logistics, distribution, and medical information systems. Mr. Reznik is the author of over 30 peer-reviewed technical publications, several patents and book chapters. Besides English, Mr. Reznik speaks fluent Portuguese (native of Brazil), Spanish, and French. He obtained his PhD in EECS from UC Berkeley.

Rick Iannello has over 25 years of new product design and development experience. He has personally developed more than 12 products in the electromechanical and optical markets and has managed multi-disciplined engineering teams for 15 years. Previously, he spent 12 years as an engineer with the Xerox Corporation. Throughout his career he has worked with numerous international manufacturing partners. Most recently, Mr. Iannello was the Senior Director of New Product Introduction for Energy Innovations, where he spent 3 years developing cost-effective, high volume manufacturing solutions and acted as the engineering liaison with contract manufacturers. During this time, he also developed the contract manufacturing relationships that eSolar uses today. Mr. Iannello holds a BSME from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

A lifelong inventor and entrepreneur, Porter Arbogast brings over 30 years of experience in the design and research and development for solar energy systems to eSolar. Mr. Arbogast founded and served as President of North American Sun, Inc., where he oversaw development of the company's technology. While there, Mr. Arbogast received a patent for his miniature heliostat system and a patent for his automatic servicing and refurbishing systems. At Hewlett-Packard he received 8 patents for various "Hot Swap" and "quick release" assemblies, utilized in HP's High-end workstations. A ninth patent was received at HP for his innovative cooling design which provided quiet operation and cooling of HP's fastest High-end workstation processors. Most recently Mr. Arbogast was Director of Testing for Energy Innovations, where he led the company's concentrating solar photovoltaic testing program. Mr. Arbogast holds an MSE from West Virginia University and a BS in Mathematics from East Stroudsburg University.

Quoc Pham has served as a leader in software development teams since his first job out of Caltech nearly 15 years ago, where he was the principal programmer on Knowledge Adventure's biggest product for that fiscal year. Since then, he has led the successful development of numerous software products, ranging from shrink-wrapped consumer software, to application servers, to robotics software. More recently, Mr. Pham led the development of ERSP, Evolution Robotics' market-leading robotics software platform, and subsequently built and led a software engineering team from the ground up at an early stage startup. Mr. Pham holds a BS in Economics from Caltech.

Dr. Gleckman is an experimental physicist and technical manager with 20 years of experience in a range of electro-optical industries. Most recently, he served as Vice President of R&D at Energy Innovations where he led research and design efforts in concentrated solar photovoltaic technologies. His main commercial experience has been in the advanced development of information displays, including electronic projectors for television (Philips) and business presentation (In Focus), and head-mounted displays. He architected the first "ultraportable" DLP projector which earned PC Magazine's 1998 Award for "Best Portable Projector". Dr. Gleckman was a doctoral student at the University of Chicago, in the laboratory of solar pioneer Prof. Roland Winston. He holds over twenty patents in electro-optical systems, and has authored several publications in solar energy and optics.