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MANAGEMENT TEAM
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Directors, Executive Officers and Consultants of the Company
Our capable and experienced management team is committed to the overall objectives of the Company. Our management team has a strong background in marketing, sales, corporate finance, accounting, manufacturing, research and development, industrial and engineering. Our management team is as follows:
James F. Gordon - Chairman, Director of Blast Mitigation Receptacles, Board Member and Co-inventor of BlastWrap®
As co-inventor of BlastWrap®, Mr. Gordon is responsible for the overall policies, management development and the Company's future expansion and promotion of BlastWrap® products. Mr. Gordon has 25 years of sales and marketing experience as a licensed real estate broker and appraiser. He co-founded and was Vice President of Sea Gull Ltd. Builders, a successful land development and construction company. For sixteen years, Mr. Gordon designed and constructed executive single-family homes. He later focused on the design, construction and sale of Medical Condo office buildings, and is considered by the New Jersey Courts as an expert in zoning and land development issues. Since 1995, he has been the President of Purple's Inc. an award winning, 275 seat 1920's Art Deco restaurant that he and his wife Bonnie, designed and built in 1995. Mr. Gordon received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey. Mr. Gordon is also a U.S. Army veteran.
John L. Waddell, Jr. - President, Board Member and Co-inventor of BlastWrap®
Mr. Waddell has over 28 years experience as a corporate executive in various domestic and international management positions with two large multi-national corporations, United States Steel Corporation and Mannesmann AG of Germany. As President & CEO of Mannesmann Oilfield Tubulars Corporation and subsequently as one of the founders, President & CEO of Peregrine Energy, Inc., Mr., Waddell hired personnel, set policies and procedures, directed sales and orchestrated the design and installation of improved data management systems. Mr. Waddell brings skills in manufacturing, planning and operational and executive management to BlastGard International, Inc. Mr. Waddell has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Andrew R. McKinnon - Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Board Member
CEO and COO since April 2007 and a Board member since October 2007. Mr.McKinnon has been CEO of Phoenix Alliance Corp. and PAC Business Group since 2004. Mr. McKinnon is an internationally known public speaker and as a turn-a-round specialist for the past twenty years. Mr. McKinnon and his wife, own one of Canada's Premier Thoroughbred Breeding operations. As a past member of The International Speakers Bureau, Mr. McKinnon has spoken on various topics in 14 countries and participated in the re-organization of companies varying in size from multi-national to small franchise operations. Mr. McKinnon founded Horsebrokers International in 1995 and was its Chief Executive Officer until 2000. In 1980 Mr. McKinnon founded what was to become one of Canada's largest specialty furniture franchise companies and subsequently sold the company in 1986. In 1973 Mr. McKinnon co-founded a small Floor Coverings Company that by 1978 had become the largest volume retailer in Canada and subsequently sold the company in 1979. Mr. McKinnon has served as a sponsor and advisor to the fundraising committee of Olds College, Alberta Horse Industries Branch, the re-election campaign fund in Western Canada for the late Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau and as a Sponsor of The Calgary Stampede.
Kevin J. Sharpe - Vice President, Engineering & Product Development
Mr. Sharpe has over 20 years experience in explosive engineering, structural response to blast loading and ballistic impact, explosives and munitions design and ordnance disposal. From 1981 through 1993, Mr. Sharpe was a research scientist at a defence establishment in Essex, England conducting research into blast mitigation systems, training UK and US military in use and deployment of blast mitigation and related systems, designing and development of advanced explosive systems, planning and conducting military training courses and exercises, and conducting explosive trials and testing. From 1993 through 2003, Mr. Sharpe was Technical Leader/Project Manager for Dstl/DERA (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (an agency of the UK Ministry of Defence)/Defence Evaluation and Research Agency), where he conducted research into Special Projects, Mr. Sharpe developed special purpose tools and techniques to meet military user aspirations; developing protection systems for aircraft; conducting cockpit voice recorder research; support for US air accident investigations; developed explosive welding techniques for aircraft component fabrication; designed and developed new explosive compositions for target specific applications; membership of the Institute of Explosive Engineers (IEE); membership of the Institute of Accident Investigators and Bomb Technicians; presentation on aircraft hardening to ISASI; presentation to ISASI on aircraft health monitoring and explosion location; annual presentations on blast mitigation and protection as a member of a group of experts in this field; and published numerous classified reports on Special Projects, Aircraft Hardening, EOD and IEDD etc. Born in London, England, Mr. Sharpe received his Higher National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics from Anglia Higher Education College, Cambridge Explosive Engineering.
Michael J. Gordon - Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Corporate Administration and Board Member
From April 1998 through December 2002, Mr. Gordon was co-owner, Vice President and Board member of BBJ Environmental Solutions, which conducts research on the causes of, and develops solutions to, biologically related indoor air quality problems, including research in bio-defense and emerging infectious diseases, such as Anthrax. From August 1987 through December 1997, Mr. Gordon was employed by Phoenix Information Systems Corp., where he was responsible for overseeing administrative operations, the filing of all SEC reports and documents, company news releases and public relations. Before joining Phoenix, Mr. Gordon served as Director of Legacies and Planned Giving for the American Cancer Society. Mr. Gordon received his Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York in 1980.
Joel L. Gold - Director
Mr. Gold has been a Board member since November 2005. Mr. Gold is Director of Investment Banking of Andrew Garrett, Inc., an investment-banking firm located in New York City. From January 1999 until December 1999, he was an Executive Vice President of Solid Capital Markets, an investment-banking firm also located in New York City. From September 1997 to January 1999, he served as a Senior Managing Director of Interbank Capital Group, LLC, an investment banking firm also located in New York City. From April 1996 to September 1997, Mr. Gold was an Executive Vice President of LT Lawrence & Co., and from March 1995 to April 1996, a Managing Director of Fechtor Detwiler & Co., Inc. Mr. Gold was a Managing Director of Furman Selz Incorporated from January 1992 until March 1995. From April 1990 until January 1992, Mr. Gold was a Managing Director of Bear Stearns and Co., Inc. ("Bear Stearns"). For approximately 20 years before he became affiliated with Bear Stearns, he held various positions with Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. He is currently a director, and serves on the Audit and Compensation Committees, of Geneva Financial Corp., a publicly held specialty, consumer finance company, Emerging Vision, a retail eye care company, and Food Innovations, a specialty food company. Joel has a B.S. in accounting from Brooklyn College, an M.B.A from Columbia Graduate School of Business, and a Juris Doctorate from NYU Law School. Joel is the President and Founder of Just One Life, a charitable organization that assists women with difficult childbirth conditions.
Lieutenant General Jay M. Garner (RETIRED)
General Garner has held positions as Director of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance to assist the Iraqi people in the immediate aftermath of combat operations, President of SY Technology, Inc., a member of the Army Science Board and a member of the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization. He has also served as Commanding General of the U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command (USASSDC), the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Force Development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, and Deputy Commanding General, V Corps Frankfurt Germany. Other assignments include Commanding General, Joint Task Force Bravo - Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Air Defense School, commanding at Brigade and Battalion level in VII Corps in Europe and serving two tours in Viet Nam, 1967-68, 1971-72. General Garner's last assignment in the Army was as Assistant Vice Chief of the Army.
Lieutenant General Ronald V. Hite (RETIRED)
Lieutenant General Ronald V. Hite retired July 1, 1997, from the United States Army after 33 years of service. Upon retirement from the military, General Hite joined Cypress International and retired as the Chairman & CEO in January 2005. He has served the Board of Directors for Cirrus Technology, Inc. since November 2005. General Hite has held positions as Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition, the Senior Military Advisor to the Army Acquisition Executive and the Army Chief of Staff on all research, development and acquisition programs. He has testified as the principal military witness for Research, Development and Acquisition appropriations with Congress, supervised the Program Executive Officer System, and served as the Director, Army Acquisition Corps. General Hite served as the Program Executive Officer, Combat Support, where he was responsible for development, production and fielding of the Army's High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, medium/heavy truck fleets and commercial construction equipment and served as the Deputy Program Executive Officer for Future Systems, Armored Systems Modernization responsible for establishing development programs for the self-propelled howitzer, line of sight antitank system, and combat engineer, ammunition re-supply, and infantry fighting vehicles. General Hite has also had successive command tours as the Commanding General at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and United States Army Test and Evaluation Command in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
University in 1964, and a Doctorate in Statistics from the University of Delaware in 1972.
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