R2 Energy, Inc. | Management Staff

Ronald L Remus | Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Remus is an expert in alternative energy, wind, solar, waste conversion, specializing in the development, and implementation of renewable energy projects and in the evaluation of the feasibility of new technologies by assessing technology risks involved with project development, construction, and operation.

Mr. Remus' expertise includes the fields of automation, robotics, vacuum technology, optics, and smart sensor development. He has published numerous articles covering topics on diffractive optics and aerospace technology.

R2 Automation, Inc., Chief Executive Officer⁄Owner

The R2 Automation team has been in the forefront of technological advances for over 25 years in developing systems such as:
- BP Solar
  - We built the prototype/production machine for solar electric (photovoltaic) panels.
- First Solar
  - This system manufactures solar modules with an advanced thin film semiconductor process
- HelioVolt
  - This system manufactures solar panels utilizing CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, and selenide) material.
- Motorola
  - The initial design and fabrication of the first prototype flat panel display.
- Diamond Black Technologies
  - Designed the first system to produce Boron Carbide (chemical formula B 4 C ) which is an extremely hard ceramic material used in tank armor , bulletproof vests and numerous industrial applications. With a hardness of 9.3 on the mohs scale , it is the fourth hardest material known behind boron, nitride, and diamond.
- Pratt & Whitney
  - The prototype/production machine for Thermal Barrier Coating, applied to turbine blades to prevent accelerated oxidation due to hot corrosion. The blades are used in commercial and military jet engines extending their useful lives by decades.
- Osmic, Inc. (A division of x-ray instrument maker Rigaku).
  - We built a thin film, prototype/production machine to produce precision x-ray optics and related instruments for life sciences, semiconductor and materials analysis markets
- Vistakon (Division of Johnson & Johnson)
  - We built the prototype/production machine for disposable contact lenses.
- The Timken Company
  - We built their prototype/production machine for a Boron Carbide electric arc furnace to manufacture diamond hard material.

NASA
- He was the manager of the Robotics and Automation Development Lab (RADL) from its inception through 1992 at the Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Led engineers and technicians from conceptual design though fabrication, testing and system demonstrations, involved in some of NASA's largest and most sophisticated research and development systems.

Merritt Systems Inc, Chief Executive Officer⁄Owner
- Smart Umbilical Mating System for NASA's space launch initiative:
  - Developed umbilical technology in support of NASA's Space Launch Initiative (SLI), a technology development effort to establish reliable, and affordable space access.
- Quick Disconnect:
  - The instrumented quick-disconnect fittings were conceived for use on the umbilical hoses used to supply gases and cryogenic liquids to spacecraft during preparation for launch. The concept also has potential for enhancing safety and helping to enable automation of fueling system for cars, trucks, buses, trains, and airplanes.
- Obstacle Detection System:
  - The obstacle detection system directs a robot arm away from an obstacle, to prevent chance that an errant robot might damage critical flight hardware.

Ronald R. Remus | Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Remus has a concentrated background in operations management. His corporate responsibly include ensuring that business operations are efficient in terms of using as little resource as needed and effective in terms of meeting customer requirements aligned with market opportunities.

Mr. Remus is responsible for managing and directing the physical and technical functions of the company relating to development, production, and manufacturing.

Mr. Remus' educational background include principles of general management, manufacturing and production systems, plant management, equipment maintenance management, production control and skilled trades supervision.

Steven G. Nezol | Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Nezol has had an extensive background in public accounting where he organized, administered and supervised all phases of professional engagements, as well as general accounting assistance, tax planning and compliance work.

Mr. Nezol's non-public exposure included being CFO of an engineering firm, finance manager for a nationally recognized roofing material manufacturer and controller for several companies involved in manufacturing and distribution.

Mr. Nezol has a Bachelor of Science degree from Bentley College and also is a Certified Public Accountant.

Charles C. White | President of Solar & Optics Division

Mr. White is a mechanical design engineer with extensive experience in designing and planning automated manufacturing equipment for the alternative energy industry.

His prior experience included working for United Space Alliance where he was a significant mechanical design contributor for the solid rocket boosters' ground support equipment.

His responsibilities included verifying and validating SRB flight hardware and GSE/PSE design drawings and concepts, ensuring that they met governing requirements such as ASTM, ASME, and SAE, prior to release to NASA. He also maintained operating records and kept project schedules updated.

Jerry Halpin | Vice President Electrical & Controls

Mr. Halpin has over 25 years of experience in the design and integration of automated manufacturing equipment for the alternative energy industry.

His prior experience includes working for Tyco Healthcare / Covidien Corporate Engineering as a Principal Project Engineer where he was a significant electrical design contributor for the manufacturing of medical devices.

His responsibilities included systems programming, programming robotic cells, project management, logistics, information systems and managing the capital spending for Corporate Engineering group.

Matt Dotson | Procurement Manager

Jimmy Poore | Sr. Design Engineer

Chris DiSalvatore | Mechanical & Analysis Engineer

Mr. DiSalvatore has 30 years of experience in the engineering field working as a mechanical design engineer. His experience includes 25,000+ hours with various computer aided design programs, as well as 10,000+ hours with finite element and lumped parameter structural and thermal analysis programs. Chris has worked on a variety of applications from concept phase through design, fabrication and assembly. Among his applications are mechanical design of electronic systems, thermal analysis for rocket vehicle flight environment, machine design of components and mechanisms for flight simulator equipment and medical equipment applications.

He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono, Me. in 1982 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has also since completed various courses including advanced materials engineering, and courses in computer aided design and analysis.

John Guarnero | Software & Controls Engineer

Mr. Guarero has extensive experience with software and control engineering services including business plan development, mentoring, channel development, proactive engineering sales, and proposal development. He was also responsible for the design, implementation, and start-up of control systems that utilize Allen-Bradley programmable controllers and HMI.

Mr. Guarero received a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, Indiana. Some of his post graduate work includes:

Member of the Global Technical Support Quality Council - Chicago
Recipient of Regional GTS 1995 2nd Quarter Performance Plus II award
Coordinated network software management system
Developed software tools for Global Technical Support Engineers utilizing Visual Basic
Taught PLC-5 and PanelView 550/900 courses
Recipient of the 1997 Rockwell Chairman’s Team Award nomination

He prior experience includes:

Designed and implemented a communications interface to a Fanuc robot
Acted as an embedded engineer programming and implementing software solutions for high-speed packaging machines, programmed a press control interface
Implemented an automation solution for controlling coating weight thickness utilizing a four-axis servo control system
Project engineer responsible for the development, design, programming, and implementation of a batching process for refractory brick
Designed, programmed, and implemented a solution for removing water from a gasoline additive
Designed RSView screens, PLC-5/80 software, and PID controls for a galvanizing line demineralizer system

David A. Kirst | Vice President Manufacturing & Fabrication Division

Mr. Kirst has over 30 years of experience in the design and manufacture of large scale commercial and government alternative energy projects for organizations such as British Petroleum and First Solar.

He is an expert in emerging manufacturing technologies and is renowned for developing manufacturing methods to produce extremely reliable and cost effective systems.

He has created and implemented cutting edge manufacturing processes, transferring this knowledge and utilizing these techniques in producing equipment used in the solar energy and other alternative energy industries.

He has manufactured systems for a diverse range of industries such as aeronautic, defense, semiconductor, energy, machine production and optics.