Board of Directors
Ronald Ulfers
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ulfers served as Chief Executive Officer of Clearwater, Inc., a national water products company, from November 1994 until April 2011, where he successfully managed the growth and development of the company and its products, including the development of its internet sales campaign and strategic business plan. Mr. Ulfers has nearly 20 years of experience in managing and developing various start-up businesses, including his experience in retail water product sales, internet and call center response centers, commercial real estate development and corporate finance, together with his recent focus on energy management, both as part of the management team and an investor of such business. Mr. Ulfers received his education within the Louisiana private educational system.
Mr. Ulfers’ nearly 20 years of experience in managing and developing start-up businesses, combined with his knowledge of the energy management industry, proven track record in growing and managing successful start-up ventures and his capital markets experience provides the Board with significant management insight, valuable experience in business development and capital formation and will assist the Company in growing its customer base and management team through its current business phase.
Ronald Ulfers
Chairman
Robert Sawyer
Mr. Sawyer is a retired attorney. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Sawyer worked at Louisiana Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority (ADRA) from July 2004 to June 2009, where he was an executive director providing management oversight for development of the agency and had sole responsibility for the development of rules and regulations ADRA’s policies. Prior to that, Mr. Sawyer held various policy development, implementation and compliance positions with the government offices of the Louisiana Department of Health And Hospitals. Mr. Sawyer received a Bachelor of Arts in Theology/Philosophy from the Centenary College of Louisiana and a Juris Doctor from the Louisiana State University School of Law.
Mr. Sawyers’ legal expertise, over 15 years experience in running several stand alone professional agencies and extensive experience with modernizing processes and procedures within high growth environments, provides the Board with valuable experience in business development and assists the Company in managing through its current business phase.
Robert Sawyer
William "Chip" D'Angelo
Mr. D'Angelo has been a member of the board of directors of GEM since March 2010 and became a director of the Company in August 2010 in connection with the Merger. Since 1992, Mr. D'Angelo has been serving as the President of WCD Group, a multi-faceted enterprise, comprised of several wholly-owned businesses specializing in various aspects of the environmental and construction industry, founded by Mr. D'Angelo. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. D'Angelo served as Vice President of Business Development for McGraw-Hill Construction, a provider of construction market analysis, forecasts and trends for the design and construction industry. Mr. D'Angelo has over 27 years of experience in managing and growing environmental service, industrial hygiene, laboratory, engineering, and contracting businesses, as well as extensive hands on experience in operations, finance, sales & marketing, and environmental program management. His additional experience includes raising capital and mergers & acquisitions in both public and private firms and Mr. D'Angelo has recent experience in Internet applications to the construction and engineering industries, e-commerce, and web-based supply chain management. Mr. D'Angelo has also provided industry information for six publications in the environmental sciences field. Mr. D'Angelo received his B.S. Environmental Sciences at Montclair State University and has numerous professional certificates and achievements in his field.
Key Attributes, Experience and Skills: In addition to the professional background and experience, senior- and executive-level policy-making positions and intangible attributes, Mr. D'Angelo, through his service over the course of eighteen years as President of WCD Consultants, an independent executive management consulting company to the environmental, health and safety industry, as well as executive positions at other companies, possesses 27 years of experience in managing and growing environmental service, industrial hygiene, laboratory, engineering, and contracting businesses, as well as extensive hands on experience in operations, finance, sales & marketing, and environmental program management and raising capital and mergers & acquisitions in both public and private firms, provides the Company's board of directors with an executive and leadership perspective on the management and operations of a public company.
William "Chip" D'Angelo