Management

Patrick Hughes, Chief Executive Officer & President, has led the Company since he co-founded Reverse Ionizer. Previously, Pat created the original software engine for the multibillion-dollar online fantasy sports industry and sold the business to News Corporation. His software games and books are part of the Pro Football & Major League Baseball Hall of Fame collections. Previously to that, he owned and sold his equipment brokerage business to a Fortune 500 company. Pat has prior award-winning sales experience with Pitney Bowes and twice with IBM and is a named inventor on more than 30 U.S. patents. Pat is also the co-founder of the Give Life Foundation, which raises awareness for blood, tissue and organ donation.

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Christopher Burch, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President, is a co-founder who had previously held executive-level management positions in several private and public firms in which he has helped raise funds, expand operations and executed exit strategies for the equity holders. A one-time federal bank regulator, Chris has also previously led a leveraged buyout of a large mid-Atlantic medical services company.

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Desmond Fraser, Chief Technology Advisor leads the R&D effort for Reverse Ionizer. An electrical engineer with 35 years of design experience in electromagnetics and plasma engineering, Desmond founded Rhein Tech Laboratories, Inc., an electromagnetic engineering and systems hardware design company, more than 30 years ago. Desmond and his Rhein Tech engineers have made significant contributions to the development of RI's patented technology.

Brian R. Morris, Chief Operating Officer and VP of Business Development, is an entrepreneur who has started a number of successful businesses including two clean tech energy companies, leading finance and business operations. Brian also co-founded an international trading & investment company and has held positions of COO and CFO at several private companies. Brian was also with E&Y's International Management Consulting Group.


Advisory Board

Tod Nestor, CFO of Caregility Corp., innovative, rapidly growing health tech telecare company; founder of 4 companies, Tod has held executive roles with large multinational and middle-market firms.

Loraine Huchler, founder and president of MarTech Systems consulting, a firm that assesses and manages risk in water-related utility systems to optimize the water and energy circuits in influent, steam, cooling, and waste-water systems in manufacturing and commercial facilities.

George Ballas, former Associate General Patent Counsel - Head of Portfolio Transactions of InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC with a $2 billion market cap). George led ongoing patent licensing programs and presentations at his former firm, including conducting strategic patent development, prosecution, portfolio mining, value discovery, infringement and validity analysis, and invention collaboration projects to create additional value.


Key Advisors

Aimée Christensen, Founder & Board Chair of the Sun Valley Institute, a Center for Resilience; CEO of Christensen Global Strategies; created the Carbon Neutrality and Climate Strategies while at Google; sustainability and resilience expert.

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Dr. Kenneth Moritsugu, Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine, is retired rear admiral for the U.S. Public Health Service and former acting Surgeon General of the United States.

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Glenn Benoist, co-founded and headed global real estate at Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR).

Phil Zalewski, 30 years data center consulting; expert in go-to-market strategies for start-up/early-stage companies.

Bill Picard, VP, Channel Dev Prime Data Centers, formerly VP Broker BusDev of QTS Data Centers, Integra Mission Critical, and CyrusOne.

Barry Toser, 40 years impacting the technology, media, and telecom industries; led turnaround of telecom division of Transaction Network Services (TNS, a NYSE firm).