• Thirty five (35) years progressive executive experience in public and private, domestic and international high technology companies, including Tellus Maskin AB, Conco-Tellus, Inc., NDC Automation, Inc., Statec Technologies S.A., Les Greening & Associates Pty Ltd, Apogee Robotics, Inc., The Prima Group International, Inc./Prima Industrie S.p.A., Fireaway LLC, and Green Bit, Inc.
• Resident assignments in Northern Ireland, Sweden, France, Italy, Israel, Australia and South Africa involving factory automation, automated transport, storage and retrieval, flexible manufacturing, assembly and production, and roll handling systems; Radio Frequency Identification ("RFID") Systems; metal fabricating systems, particularly laser cutting and welding equipment for automotive R&D applications; Biometrics, particularly digital fingerprint scanning; and fire suppression/extinguishing products and systems utilizing a licensed Russian technology.
• Principal author in various international technology licensing and partnership arrangements involving technology transfers from international sources to U.S. destinations.
• Currently involved with bio-mass conversion involving a mechanical disaggregation of certain bio-wastes into energy and thermal feedstocks, edible fiber, pure hydrogen, C5 sugars, and other recoverable elements contained in bio-wastes of high cellulosic and starch content (principally sugar cane bagasse).
• Managing Partner, CGS International LLC, and profit sharing participant in the bio-mass conversion project.
• Participated in both the private placement and public offering of Apogee Robotics and supervised the public offerings of NDC Automation, Inc. on NASDAQ and Prima Industrie S.p.A. on an Italian exchange, raising between $3.0 and $30.0 million between 1982 and 1996.
• Served as a consultant to various European corporations seeking access to American commercial and financial markets.
• Part time author – current project "Epistle for the Common Man: Revisiting the American Dream" scheduled for publication Spring 2010.
• Current resident in Phoenix, AZ with wife Jane. Four (4) grown children successfully transferred to their own treasuries!

David R. Wells is the President and Chief Financial Officer of Sionix Corporation. In that role he is responsible for strategy and operations for the Company. Prior to joining Sionix he was the Chief Financial Officer of Voyant International Corporation. In that position he was responsible for strategy and financial operations of this publicly traded technology company. Prior to joining Voyant he served as VP Finance for PowerHouse Technologies Group, Inc. (now Migo Software, Inc.), and prior to that was the Acting CFO of Insurance Services of America. Prior to that he was the VP, Finance and Administration for Broadstream, Inc. Mr. Wells was also the VP, Finance and Administration for the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX.com) where he was responsible for performing internal audits, establishing appropriate financial reporting, and extending corporate governance procedures. He has experience working with auditors and regulatory agencies to rapidly address non-conforming situations and assisting companies who desire to increase their internal controls.

 

Mr. Wells possesses over 20 years experience in finance, operations and administrative positions. While mainly focused on technology companies, he has also worked in water treatment, supply-chain management, manufacturing and the professional services industry. He earned a BA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the Seattle Pacific University, and holds an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Mark J. Hayes is the Vice President of Technical Services. His duties include overseeing all research activities including research and development of new company technologies. Other duties include drafting technical manuals, maintaining patent materials all scientific endeavors of the company.

 

In 2008, Mr. Hayes started up a consulting firm called Minnesota Geotechnical Services. He provides services such as advanced septic design, water tests, wetland restoration and lake mapping. He spends the Minnesota winters as a citizen lobbyist in St. Paul, MN during the legislative session. In 2009, Mr. Hayes was a gubernatorial campaign manager for a GOP hopeful.

 

Before that, Mr. Hayes provided services in water quality consulting since 1985. Mr. Hayes attended St. Cloud University, receiving a B.S. of Geology with a Hydrology Emphasis. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Geology with an emphasis on surface waters and glacial geology. Mr. Hayes taught at St. Cloud State University as an Adjunct Professor for 2 years.

Mike is an attorney with experience in a variety of industries. He is a Partner and General Counsel of a venture capital firm, managed an entertainment company where he facilitated marketing partnerships with various brands across the country, and founded and chairs an anti-obesity, non-profit organization on behalf of children sponsored through a coalition of 27 professional athletes from 13 sports. He earned a J.D. from New York Law School.

Charles Oborn is Chief Engineer for Sionix Corporation. Mr. Oborn designs and coordinates the integration of components within existing Sionix systems, the ongoing evolution and application of our patented technologies, and the assignment of these systems in our target industries. Mr. Oborn provides real solutions to operational and environmental challenges for Sionix Corporation.

Experience in the water space began for Mr. Oborn over thirty years ago in marine applications, acquiring skills involving the interplay of equipment, systems, and processes within the marine environment. Mr. Oborn continued to build upon these skills by adding years of systems and operations experience in the manufacture of sensitive and highly specialized circuitry for electronic equipment control.

Mr. Oborn has been instrumental in the development of the water treatment industry. As a water treatment services company Co-Founder, Mr. Oborn designed/built numerous systems which comply with Federal and State regulations such as the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act, helping to reconcile the interests of and divisions between regulators, developers and environmental groups.

Mr. Oborn and his family are now living in Washington State, in close proximity to the Sionix fabrication and assembly facility. He enjoys the outdoors and is as thoughtful in his contemplation of processes in nature as he is in applied science, pointing out that often our most successful applications merely mimic those elegantly occurring in nature.