Originclear Inc
Officers & Directors
T. Riggs Eckelberry - Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Secretary, Treasurer, President and acting Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Eckelberry has served as our Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, Secretary,
Treasurer, President and acting Chief Financial Officer since our inception in
June 2007. Mr. Eckelberry, co-inventor of the Company’s technology, brings
his veteran technology management skills to the alternative energy sector. In
2007, he developed and launched OriginOil. As President and COO of CyberDefender
Corporation from 2005 to 2006, he was instrumental in building the company and
its innovative product line, helping to achieve initial funding and a public company
filing at the end of 2006. Previously, as founder and President of TechTransform,
a technology consulting firm, he specialized in high tech launches and turnarounds,
helping to turn around YellowPages.com in 2004, resulting in its sale for $100
million to SBC/BellSouth, and in 2003 helping to make Panda Software a key player
in the US market as the General Manager of its US unit. During the high tech boom
of the 1990s, he was responsible for the global brand success of the software
product, CleanSweep; as Chief Operating Officer of MicroHouse Technologies, he
drove record sales and a modernization of the company’s technology, helping
to achieve a successful sale of the company to Earthweb; and as VP Marketing of
venture-backed TriVida, he was a key member of the team that commercialized the
company’s technology and achieved the sale of this technology company to
BeFree, Inc. (now part of ValueClick: VCLK). As one of the founders of the Company
and a recognized expert in the algae oil area, Mr. Eckelberry’s experience
and qualifications are essential to the board of directors.
Anthony Fidaleo – Director
Mr. Fidaleo has served as our director since June 2012. Mr. Fidaleo has run his
own accounting and consulting practice since 1992, primarily as an acting Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Consultant for publicly traded companies ranging from
start-ups to Fortune 500’s. From November 2005 to February 2009 Mr. Fidaleo
was the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President
and Member of the Board of Directors and Operating Committee for iMedia International,
Inc. an early stage publicly traded interactive content solutions company. Mr.
Fidaleo is a California CPA (inactive) and was in public accounting from 1982
through 1992, primarily with BDO Seidman, LLP where he attained the level of audit
senior manager. Mr. Fidaleo holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from California
State University at Long Beach. Mr. Fidaleo’s accounting and financial experience
qualifies him to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Jean-Louis Kindler – Chief Commercial Officer and Director
Mr. Kindler has served as our Chief Commercial Officer since April 1, 2014 and
director since January 2014. Mr. Kindler is a veteran of 25 years as both a top
executive and engineer in environmental technologies. He joins us after three
years as co-founder in 2010 of Ennesys, the company’s French joint venture,
where he designed its acclaimed patent-pending waste-to-energy system. Prior to
that from 2006 to 2009, he served as CEO of MHS Equipment, a French nanotechnologies
equipment manufacturing firm, where he led the development of a revolutionary
fuel cell process. Earlier in his career he spent twenty years in Japan which
gave him a unique insight into the fast-growing Asian markets. There, as principal
of incubator Pacific Junction Corporation, Mr. Kindler completed various assignments
such as technology sourcing for the French industrial group Alstom, implementing
a hydrogen production system using waste biomass as feedstock, and developing
the market for a fluids mixing technology that helped inspire early the Company
inventions. Mr. Kindler holds a Masters in Economics and Public Policies from
the Institute of Political Sciences in Lyon, France, and an MBA in International
Management. Mr. Kindler’s executive and management experience qualifies
him to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Byron Elton – Director
Mr. Elton has served as our director since January 2014. Mr. Elton is an experienced
media and marketing executive with a proven record in pioneering new business
development strategies and building top-flight marketing organizations. Since
June, 2013, Mr. Elton is a partner of Clear Search, an executive search firm.
Prior to that, from January 2009 until May 2013, Mr. Elton served as President
and Chief Executive Officer of Carbon Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: CABN) and has served
as Chairman of Carbon Sciences since March 2009. Carbon Sciences is an early stage
company developing a technology to convert earth destroying carbon dioxide into
a useful form that will not contribute to greenhouse gas. Mr. Elton previously
served as Senior Vice President of Sales for Univision Online from 2007 to 2008.
Mr. Elton also served for eight years as an executive at AOL Media Networks from
2000 to 2007, where his assignments included Regional Vice President of Sales
for AOL and Senior Vice President of E-Commerce for AOL Canada. His broadcast
media experience includes leading the ABC affiliate in Santa Barbara, California
in 1995 to 2000 and the CBS affiliate in Monterrey, California, from 1998 to 1999,
in addition to serving as President of the Alaskan Television Network from 1995
to 1999. Mr. Elton studied Advertising and Marketing Communications at Brigham
Young University. Mr. Elton’s executive and management experience qualifies
him to serve as a member of our board of directors.
Originclear Inc currently has 32 employees.
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