Resumes of Members of the Board of Managers

• John Coffin
  John Coffin has worked with Thermo Fisher Scientific for 28 years as senior IR systems engineer designing new products for the analytical chemical market, infrared optics and data acquisition systems for infrared spectra photometers and hyperspectral microscope imaging systems. His patented Ideas have resulted in several enhanced product lines that have allowed analytical chemists to perform their jobs more easily and at lower cost.
  
  Mr. Coffin obtained both his BS business administration and electrical engineering degrees from Michigan Technological University, Houghton Michigan. He obtained his pilot's license while at Michigan Tech and has been interested in safe STOL flight since then. His interest in STOL aircraft that are at the same time fuel-efficient attracted him to Carter slowed rotor aircraft. He was able to volunteer his Data Acquisition and EMI control expertise as well as in flight photography to the Carter flight test and data logging efforts.
   
• Mark Gay
  Mark Gay is the CEO and President of AgileCast, Incorporated, a system-engineering and strategic-planning consultancy that numbers among its current industry clients the Boeing Company (Advanced Mobility Interface Systems and Directed Energy Systems), Northrop-Grumman Space Technologies, Ohio Airships, and Carter Aviation Technologies. The company further provides operational analysis, metric-development and analysis planning, and technical integration of simulations in support of the Army's Future Combat Systems program and the Air and Missile Defense Battle Lab (AMDBL). Most recently, the Army's Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) at Fort Monroe, Virginia contracted with AgileCast to lead a comprehensive study on the effects of human behavior on the modern battlefield. Prior to joining AgileCast, Mark was Vice President of both Navigator Development Group and Axiom, Inc., and Director of Joint Operational Concepts and Wargaming for Whitney, Bradley, and Brown, Inc.
  
  Mark is a retired Army colonel, having served both in Field Artillery commands and in high-level staff positions for strategic planning during his 27 years of active duty. A 1972 graduate of the United States Military Academy, he holds Masters Degrees from both the University of Colorado and the Army's Advanced Military Studies Program, as well as a Masters-equivalent diploma from the Air War College. During his last tour of duty in Europe, he performed as Deputy Commander of the Corps Artillery in Germany, Deputy Commander/Chief of Staff for Task Force operations in Northern Iraq, and as the United States National Representative to Implementation Forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Prior to his retirement in 1999, Mark served as the Director of Future Battle (2015-2015) for the Army Chief of Staff's "Army After Next" study of next-generation conflict and transformational technologies.
   
• Robert Heineman, AIA
  Robert Heineman has been involved in the planning of The Woodlands from its inception for over 34 years with The Woodlands Development Company, founded by visionary George P. Mitchell. He has served as Vice President of Planning for the last 22 years.
  
  The Woodlands is world renowned for its planning, from the early environmental planning to the more recent urban planning of the mixed use downtown area, which includes The Woodlands Waterway, a 1½ mile linear park/ transportation corridor for pedestrians, transit and water taxis. The Woodlands currently is home to 80,000 residents and 1300 companies with 39,000 employees within its 29,000 acres.
  
  The Woodlands is featured in many books, including Great Planned Communities. Robert Heineman is interviewed in several books including How Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Got Its Start and How It Grew by Joseph Kutchin and The Woodlands by Roger Galatas. Robert's first house in The Woodlands, which he designed, is featured in The Woodlands by Richard Payne and Drexel Turner.
  
  He received Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Architecture degrees, magna cum laude, from Rice University in 1969 and a Master's of Architecture degree in Urban Design from Harvard University in 1972. He is a registered Professional Architect, Texas, and a member of the American Institute of Architects.
  
  Heineman has participated in community service, including past Director and Vice President of the South Montgomery County/Woodlands Chamber of Commerce (SMCWCC), Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year Award in 1993, Chairman of Mobility Committee (SMCWCC), past Trustee for the Galveston Bay Foundation, past Chairman of the Transportation Committee of the North Houston Association, past Board Member of the Rice Design Alliance, past member of the Harvard Graduate School of Design Alumni Council, past Board Member of The Woodlands Community Association, Board Member of the Town Center Owners Association of The Woodlands, and Board Member of the Lake Woodlands Owners Association.
   
• Dr. Claudius Klimt
  Dr. Klimt's 31 year career in emergency medicine has included the creation and leadership of Charles Emergency Physicians P.A. The physicians of this group provide emergency service to over 54,000 patients per year at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. His leadership qualities and focus on team building have been recognized in numerous ways including the election to the position of Vice Chief of Staff of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. His attention to detail and team building led to the development of an emergency physician work scheduling software program with Peake Software. This program now has more than a 50% market share in the US. He continues to practice emergency medicine on a part time basis.
  
  His interest in flying and medicine combined in his service in the Maryland Air National Guard where he served as clinic commander and flight surgeon of the 135th TAC Clinic. He retired after 22 years with the rank of Col. His passion for flying have led to SEL, SES, MEL and Instrument pilot ratings. He has accumulated over 2300 hours of pilot in command time. Since his retirement from the Chairmanship of Emergency Medicine he has built a twin engine kit AirCam N119CK which has flown more than 450 hours in the two years since completion. His fascination with the Carter slowed rotor/compound technology have led to extensive volunteer contributions to help bring the concept to production.
   
• Dr. Daniel P. Schrage
  Dr. Schrage is a Professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also directs Georgia Tech's Center of Excellence in Rotorcraft Technology (CERT) and Center for Aerospace Systems Engineering (CASE). His initiation of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Program has led to Georgia Tech being a recognized leader in this area. While being a professor at Georgia Tech for the past 22 years Dr. Schrage has also been involved in a number of high level government and industry activities aimed at advancing the state-of-art of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Some of these activities include serving on the Army Science Board (ASB) on two occasions. He also served as a technical consultant with several industry teams for the Army's Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX) Program, which led to the development and subsequent cancellation of the RAH-66 Comanche Helicopter. In addition, he and elements of the CASE and its Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) have conducted independent assessments and developed analytical tools for NASA's Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) and Heavy Lift Rotorcraft (HLR) programs, the Navy's Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Program (Piasecki Aircraft Concept) and the Air Force's Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) Program. In addition, they have supported Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) programs for small companies such as Carter Aviation Technologies (CAT). Prior to coming to Georgia Tech Dr. Schrage was an engineer, manager, and senior executive with the U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command from 1974-1984. During this period he served as the Director for Advanced Systems, Chief of Structures and Aeromechanics, Vibration and Dynamics Engineer and was directly involved with the design, development, and production of all of the Army's current helicopter systems, including the UH-60 Black Hawk, the AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook, and the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. Dr. Schrage also served for 11 years as an Army Aviator and commander with combat experience in Southeast Asia. Dr. Schrage holds a B.S. in General Engineering from USMA, West Point; a M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech; a M.A. in Business Administration from Webster University; and a D.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from Washington U. (St. Louis, MO).
  
  Dr. Schrage is a Fellow of both the AHS and AIAA and is married with four children and four grand children.
   

Resumes of Members of the Advisory Board

• Dan Berube
  Daniel J. Berube, 58, is an Electrical Engineer with 33 years experience in Government and industry spanning a wide variety of electronic warfare and radio frequency signals intelligence programs. He is President of BeruGold Research Corp., which specializes in signals intelligence subsystem program management and support for US Army ground and airborne signals intelligence and electronic warfare programs. His prior work has been in electronic warfare systems, avionics, aircraft electronic protection systems, radio fingerprinting, direction finding, geolocation systems, and software. He has held positions with the US Army Electronic Warfare Laboratory, L-3 Communications, and CACI International, Inc., and is currently employed by the IT business unit of a major defense contractor as a project manager in support of US Army tactical electronic systems. Mr. Berube is a private pilot and certified aviation ground school instructor, and holds degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering. He resides in Manasquan, New Jersey, with his wife, Nancy Lee, and their three children.
   
• Marc P. Blum
  Marc P. Blum, 64, is the CEO of World Total Return Fund, LLLP, a private investment fund, and of counsel to Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC, a law firm in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Davis Funds, a mutual fund group with over $40 billion in assets under management. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of Legg Mason Investment Counsel & Trust Company, N.A., Rodney Trust Company, and Clinical Trials & Surveys Corp. He served on the Board of Directors of Mid-Atlantic Realty Trust, 1993-2003, until it was sold to Kimco. He served as a Trustee for McDonogh School, 1990-2005 (President, 2001-2005), College of Notre Dame of Maryland, 2000-2006, and Kennedy Krieger Institute, 1983-6. He serves as a member of the Investment Committee of the Morris Goldseker Foundation, 2001-, The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore (1978-; Chairman, 1995-2001), Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, 1981-, and Latin America Studies Association, 1999-. He is Secretary of Maryland Medical Research Institute, 1983-, and Treasurer of The Baltimore Courthouse & Law Museum Foundation, Inc., 1986-.
  
  He served as a Captain in the United States Army General Staff, 1969-71. Education: Yale, A.B. 1964, Columbia, Ph.D. 1969 and LLB 1967. He is a member of the Maryland and American Bar Associations and is a Certified Public Accountant in Maryland (not actively practicing). He has served as a consultant to the United States Department of the Army and the Department of Justice. He has written many articles and has won refunds for taxpayers in two cases resulting in United States Tax Court reported decisions.
   
• Henry T. Brooks
  Henry Brooks, married to Billie for 43 years, has business and law degrees from The University of Texas. After graduating from law school, he practiced law for 9 years in Houston and then bought a small beer distributorship in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas in 1972 and expanded to Brazos County in 1974 and Brazoria County in 1994. During this period, many brands were distributed, but Miller brands, particularly Miller Lite, constituted the majority of the distributorship sales which grew to slightly less than 3,000,000 cases in 1997, the year before he sold all his distributorships to Faust Distributing Co. of Houston, TX and began his third career as an investor, primarily in real estate and public companies.
  
  During his business career, Brooks has served on numerous business, civic and charitable boards. A partial list of these boards is as follows:
  -Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas - Member of Executive Committee, Treasurer, Secretary and President, and now a Lifetime Director
  -National Beer Wholesalers - Representative for Texas
  -First National Bank of Conroe
  -San Jacinto River Authority - 12 year member and President
  -Conroe Chamber of Commerce
  -CASA
  -Montgomery County Community Foundation - Past President
  
  Brooks' hobbies are visiting with his many friends, traveling, golf, fishing and playing with his six and eight year old grand daughters.
   
• Tim Chase, CEcD, FM
  President/CEO
  Wichita Falls Board of Commerce and Industry
  
  Mr. Chase was named President and CEO of the Wichita Falls Board of Commerce and Industry in 2001 after having served as its Vice President of Economic Development since 1998. The BCI is a not-for-profit corporation that serves as the Economic Development Organization, Chamber of Commerce, and Military Affairs, for the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, population 104,197. Additionally, he works with local governments, the 4(a) Sales Tax Corporation, and other area economic development organizations to stimulate the region's economy.
  
  Mr. Chase relocated from Dixon, Illinois where he had served as the Executive Director of the Dixon Industrial Development Association (DIDA) for ten years. Prior to his career in economic development Mr. Chase was in the retail industry for twelve years serving eight years as manager of three full-line department stores, and also served four years in the U. S. Navy.
  
  Mr. Chase has been active on the Boards of economic development, chambers of commerce, and downtown business development organizations in Colorado, Wyoming, Iowa, Illinois and now Texas. During his career Mr. Chase has facilitated 31 projects creating 4,750 primary jobs and $273M in capital investment. Mr. Chase is currently the Assistant Dean for the University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute and has been on staff for 14 years as an instructor. Mr. Chase is a nationally recognized speaker, trainer, and facilitator on the topics of strategic planning, infrastructure, sales, and marketing.
  
  Mr. Chase has been a member of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) since 1988. He is the vice chair of Team Texas, a statewide privately funded marketing organization. In April of 1993, Mr. Chase received the first "Outstanding New Economic Developer" award given by the American Economic Development Council (AEDC). He acquired his Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) designation in 1994. In May of 2001 Mr. Chase was named a Fellow Member (FM) of the IEDC for his work in the field of training and education related to economic development.
   
• Michael E. Fitzgerald
  President and CEO
  NextTechs Technologies LLC
  
  Mr. Fitzgerald is the founder of NextTechs Technologies LLC, www.nexttechs.com, a global technology Investment Bank that focuses solely on corporate technology intermediation. NextTechs maintains direct relationships with 300 + corporations and indirect relationships with another 5,700 companies worldwide. NextTechs clients represent 41 industries that utilize 141 technology research domains.
  
  Mike's functional specialties are finance and emerging technologies. During his 20+ years in financial services, he has served as Senior Vice President at Chase Manhattan and Chemical Banks, Managing Director of Continental Bank, and Vice President of Citicorp Investment Bank. All of this time was spent in capital markets and structured finance. In industry, he has worked as Vice President of Business Development at American Electric Power Energy Services, where he focused on alternative energy sources, and as Domestic and International Treasurer for Motorola, Inc., where he financed global operations
  
  Mike holds a BS in Accounting from the University of Illinois, an MBA in Finance and International Business from DePaul University and is a CPA. He is President of KRN Advisors, a private equity consulting firm, and Co-founder, President and CEO of Technology Tree Group, Inc., a private equity firm that holds a nationwide Space Act Agreement with NASA for commercialization of agency technologies. Mike has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and currently serves as a member of the Strategic Advisory Group for the US Army's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Command, www.triplehelixinstitute.org.
   
• Carl A. Hawkins
  
  Carl Hawkins graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Sciences in 1979. He earned Master of Science degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986 and in Management from Golden Gate University in 1991.
  
  Following graduation from USAF Pilot Training in 1980, Carl was reassigned to Williams AFB Arizona as a T-38 Instructor Pilot. Later he was an F-111 Safety Officer and Flight Commander at Cannon AFB New Mexico and then in 1989 he attended the USAF Test Pilot School, Class 89A at Edwards AFB California.
  
  As a test pilot at Edwards AFB, Carl served in "Test Ops," the F-15 Combined Test Force, and as an Instructor at the USAF Test Pilot School. In 1993 he was assigned to Eglin AFB, Florida where he flew weapons tests in the F-15 and F-111 and served as a Flight Test Squadron Operations Officer and Operations Group Deputy Commander. In 1996 he was chosen to lead the Special Projects System Development Team in the Air-to-Air Joint System Program Office also at Eglin AFB. In 1998 Mr. Hawkins returned to F-15 flight test and was selected to command the 339th Flight Test Squadron at Robins AFB Georgia where he oversaw all flight operations for the Warner-Robins Air Logistics Center's C-5, C-130, C-141, and F-15 depot test programs.
  
  Carl retired from the Air Force in 2000 as a Lieutenant Colonel. After two years as an airline pilot for Delta Airlines, Carl was reactivated by the Air Force and selected as a member of the Department of Aeronautics faculty at the USAF Academy. He continues to teach aeronautical engineering to cadets, flight instructs in the Air Force Academy's T-41 aircraft, and oversees the Department of Aeronautics aircraft design courses.
  
  Carl is a Command Pilot and currently has over 5,000 hours of flight time in more than 50 different aircraft types. He was an honor graduate from the USAF Academy and the outstanding graduate of his Golden Gate University Masters Program. He was the outstanding graduate of his F-111 training class and a distinguished graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School. Carl is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and several other professional organizations. He is also a graduate of numerous service schools and training programs including Air War College and Defense Systems Management College. Carl is married and has two sons.
   
• Ken Wernicke
  In 1955 Mr. Wernicke began working for Bell Helicopter Company, and continued working with them as they became Bell Aerosystems Company and then Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. His early projects included being a Project Aerodynamicist for the XH-40, Technical Assistant to the Project Engineer of the UH-1 Huey, and Research Project Engineer. In 1968, he was assigned to Project Engineer for the 25-foot proprotor and drive system components. He was later assigned as Chief Project Engineer for all BHTI VTOL projects and supervision of design, test, and development of the XV-15 tiltrotor research aircraft. In 1984, he became Director of V-22 Engineering and directed the design of the Bell portion of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Later, as Director of V-22 Developmental Engineering, Mr. Wernicke was responsible for problem resolution and weight and cost reduction for the production V-22. In 1988, he was assigned as Consulting Engineer to provide guidance and assistance to the Engineering Department in design and problem solving and to provide technical guidance and recommendations to management in the selection and planning of future helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft programs.
  
  In 1990, Wernicke formed his own company, Sky Technology Vehicle Design & Development Co, to do more of what he does best - lead a team of engineers in the configuration, pre-design, design integration and development of new aircraft concepts. One of the first jobs was the design, development and flight test of the Sparrow Hawk Tail-Sitter VTOL demonstrator. Sky Tech developed the concept and configuration of this aircraft to provide unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) a capability for vertical take-off and landing to minimize the need for launch and recovery equipment. Under a contract from McDonnell Douglas Missiles Systems Company (MDMSC), they built two of these aircraft and helped MDMSC demonstrate them to the Army and USMC at the Yuma Proving Grounds in June of 1992. Since that time Sky Tech has been working on four projects with its own funding. The projects are: 200-knot turbpoprop-propelled helicopter; high-speed tracked amphibian; Aircar (roadable aircraft) - narrow enough for road driving in the flight configuration; and propfan vectored slipstream VSTOL 400-450 knot military transport and commuter airliner.
  
  Mr. Wernicke received both a B.S. & M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas in 1954 & 1955, respectively.