MISSION
STATEMENT
To create services, components installation
and manufacturing facilities capable of meeting the growing demands
for an ecologically superior building system, and reduce the
destruction of trees for lumber products that are rising in cost and
declining in quality.”
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
MEMBERS
As with any company, the strength and success
of SGBS and its related companies hinges on the team of
experts and key personnel that Mr. Olvera has assembled for
executive management positions. SGBS and its related companies
strength will be based upon the knowledge niche of the Management
Team which has been developed from years of experience gained in the
building profession and manufacturing. Management’s vast and
diversified expertise is what will separate these companies from the
typical services, components installation, and manufacturing
business, and it will be an
essential ingredient leading to
success. Management’s knowledge of how to build homes and commercial
buildings will naturally blend with on-going improvements of the products produced for SGBS
by its related companies. The operation will enjoy the benefit of a
proven management team that will insure that there will be steadily
increasing production capabilities and efficiencies. As SGBS and its
related company’s ramp up, additional key personnel will be selected
with applicable rich backgrounds in these industries to fill upper
and mid level management positions within the companies.
Each Executive
Management Member(s) (EMM) will receive a member interest in SGBS or
one of its related companies relating to his or her field of
expertise. They will
oversee startup and operations according to their professional
specialty and also assist in the overall operation of all
SGBS related companies, as needed. Although each EMM
joined the team at different points along this journey, everyone’s
combined efforts are quickly transforming the
SGBS concept into a unique marketplace reality. The level of individual and
collective dedication and commitment demonstrated to date will help
ensure even greater success as SGBS and its related companies moves from startup, to delivery
and construction.
The team assembled here will measure success going forward
based on the founder’s ideas of environment, revolution, innovation
and charitably spirited success. We are confident that our team will
produce the entrepreneurial seeds necessary to successfully bring
SGBS and its related companies rapid establishment in the market
place.
Robert
Olvera –
Chairman / CEO
Mr. Olvera’s career
dates to 1976 and encompasses a wide variety of expertise in
development, design, and building activities and extensive
construction experience. He has over twenty-five years experience in
architectural drawings, CAD, site work, steel erection, framing,
layout, heavy equipment, concrete, electrical, plumbing, and
mechanical work. His
vast experience has proven
instrumental in the development of one of the most unique and
innovative building systems of this generation. He is a highly
successful businessman who founded several companies
(1979-2003) touching on every facet of the building industry:
project design, development, construction, management, supervision,
contract documentation, estimating, budgeting, and marketing for the
development of houses, duplexes, commercial buildings, and
multi-housing projects. It is this unique blend of personal
experiences that enabled him
to conceive, design and develop
the patent pending building system that is known as Superior Green
Building Systems, LLC (SGBS).
Along with his
vision of SGBS, he
recognized the need to create 9 related
companies (service, component installation, and manufacturing) to
compliment and supply materials for SGBS (Retail Store and
Building System). These SGBS related companies will
provide the specific products of this unique building system
exclusively for SGBS. Utilizing his diverse
background and leadership, will insure SGBS and its related
companies has a controlled supply of products necessary for
delivering a system of the highest quality within an aggressive
growth plan. This venture is the groundwork of effort Robert
developed over the past four years. His work has been centered
around inventing new building techniques, architectural drawing
criteria (1000’s of CAD Hours), fasteners, patents, company
structures, assembling key personnel, manufacturers and more. Mr.
Olvera has created a building system that has excited everyone
exposed to SGBS and its related
companies.
Dennis W.
Walsh –
CTO
Mr.
Walsh has more than 34 years experience within all information
technology disciplines and is recognized as a visionary and thought
leader by many leading technology companies. He constantly demonstrates a
strong business focus and a high level of success in developing,
exploiting, and managing information systems, reducing operational
costs, improving productivity, and maximizing return on
investments. His highly
creative leadership and organizational skills, team building and
customer management expertise, has led to membership on the advisory
boards of companies such as Sun Microsystems, Compaq Computers,
Hewlett Packard, the META Group, IBM, Lotus, Microsoft, AT&T,
and Dell. Mr. Walsh
also served as Vice President and CTO of OnStar Corporation (OnStar
has received two Smithsonian Awards), a division of General Motors.
Some of Mr. Walsh’s responsibilities at OnStar were computer and
network operations, systems engineering, architecture and standards,
emerging technologies, electronic commerce, systems security and
business continuity, software productivity and quality and data
management. He also developed new infrastructure for distributed
computing resulting in savings of over $150 million. Negotiated new
network capacity and operational capability with over $200 million
in savings plus entirely new bandwidth on demand systems.
Mr. Walsh also co-negotiated new agreements on
all technology purchases which resulted in over $ 400 million in
savings and cost avoidance. He brings a perfect combination of a
diverse management portfolio of expertise to SGBS and its related
companies which will prove invaluable in all aspects from startup to
maximum manufacturing, service and installation
operations.
Jay Quatrini
– Attorney – Lead
Counsel
Mr. Quatrini was educated in prestigious Eastern US institutions. His career has led
him to a partnership in Davenport Lyons, a London based
law firm that was established over 60 years ago. They are a
commercially focused law firm acting for businesses and
entrepreneurial clients from a wide range of market sectors
including media, entertainment, leisure, new media, property,
retail, banking and other general areas of activity. Davenport Lyons
has core offices based in London and
New
York and commands a total staff of
approximately 195, including 35 partners, 15 associates and 50 other
fee-earners. Mr. Quatrini has over 20 years of diversified legal
experience with a strong emphasis on media clientele. Mr. Quatrini
has a unique international practice whereby he maintains active
offices both in London and New York,
with a diverse client roster in each location. Mr. Quatrini’s list
of clients have included Diana Princess of Wales, Lady Sarah
Ferguson, Harry Belafonte, Britanica, Tyra Banks, Larry King, Joe
Montana, Vinny Testaverde and many others. His contacts in media
cover a broad spectrum and will prove invaluable as a source of
promotional benefits to SGBS. Mr. Quatrini holds a B.S. from
LeMoyne College, a JD from the New
England School of Law and an LL.M. from New York University School
of Law. Mr. Quatrini’s
vast experience, pooled with an unlimited supply of legal associates
and resources at one of the world’s most prestigious law firms,
provides SGBS and its related companies an unmatched reservoir of
legal services. Mr.
Quatrini will contribute legal advice and will also bring his
consulting skills to SGBS and its related companies.
Mark Berrier –
Attorney – Lead Patent
Counsel
For
the past 15 years, Mr. Berrier has been providing clients an array
of important legal advice and services, in the field of intellectual
property, including U.S. and foreign patent
preparation and prosecution, preparation of patent infringement
opinions, licensing agreements, trademark use and registration,
copyright registration and enforcement and trade secrets. He
has provided services for clients ranging from small startup and
emerging companies to large technology-based
corporations. His extensive training and
specialized legal skills will be especially valuable to SGBS and the
related companies in obtaining and enforcing protection for the
inventions, know-how, ideas, processes, and other intellectual
property used in SGBS and its
related companies unique
building system.
Brian Dwyer – Vice
President Technology
Operations
Mr. Dwyer started his career in the US Military
Department of the Navy in 1982, as part of a selected team; He was
responsible for the implementation of the Motorola radio and radio
headsets. This program was developed as a test bench for flight deck
maintenance operation to better communicate maintenance issues
during flight deck operation without frequency interruption. Mr. Dwyer also took
advantage of several computer training programs and courses using
UNIX, for shipboard maintenance operating systems and aviation
ordnance display consoles. Mr. Dwyer design and build one of the
1st access and asset control tracking system to protect
the loss of laptop computers and the intrinsic information being
stored on such computer. With the development of proximity and card
access systems, Mr. Dwyer developed and introduced to fidelity the
first asset/ access control system. Mr. Dwyer designed, built and
installed the first ionization control system for IBM at there
Burlington
Vermont facility. With
circuit chip and CPU’s becoming smaller and more susceptible to
static damage, Mr. Dwyer helped IBM in the reduction of destroyed
components as well as assisting IBM by having additional funds put
into there Research and development by balancing the Norton’s and
Protons allowed in their controlled environments. Throughout his
career he has been a supporter of Information Technologies Network
Infrastructures and continues to support U.S. Military Aviation
Departments as well as a verity of small companies in the IT
environment. Mr. Dwyer’s portfolio of experience will be invaluable
in the implementation, infrastructure design and operation of SGBS’
headquarters, manufacturing facilities and Digital Home Network
Company.
Jerry A. Lochridge – Vice
President Technology
Development
Mr. Lochridge began his Telecommunications and Information
Technology career with the United States Army over 41 years ago and
is currently working as a consultant. His final years in the
military were served in the Pentagon as Technical Support Officer
for the development and implementation of a new battlefield tactical
Communications and Information Technology support network and field
operations support center.
This included the development of special systems for close
ground support air operations and battlefield operations for ground
troops. These systems
were used throughout the first Gulf War. Among his many projects he
is redesigning and deploying an internal network that will replace
all hard copy paperwork, automate tax reporting and tracking
requirements and meet all state, and federal requirements for record
keeping. His client list reads like a "who's who" of many of the top
Corporation in the United States, including: General Motors,
Hewlet-Packard, ACS Computer Systems, U.S. Navy, as well as electric
utilities, telephone companies, network service providers and small
to large businesses. He
has also provided Telecommunications and Information Technology
services internationally in Australia, Canada, Europe, Mexico, the
Pacific Rim (including China), and South America. Mr. Lochridge is a charter
member of the National Association of Radio and Telecommunications
Engineers as a Masters of Engineering, as well as Certifications in
Cable and Wire Management, System Power and Grounding and is
currently completing his ITIL Certification Program. His extensive expertise as
an Information Technology engineer will be extremely beneficial in
guaranteeing that SGBS’ headquarters, manufacturing facilities and
Digital Home Network Company provides the latest telecommunications
and digital technology products.
Patrick O’Neil – Vice President
Manufacturing
Mr. O’Neil is an experienced executive manager and is no
stranger to building companies, assembling sales forces, and
developing new products and manufacturing operations. Mr. O’Neil has
over 20 years of leadership experience as both President and CEO of
technical and non-technical pre IPO’s in the Texas market.
Mr. O’Neil has developed markets ranging from local contract
staffing to overseas recruiting and placement as well as product
design, development and manufacturing. He has helped create
manufacturing operations in California and Mexico and has built
supporting sales forces in multiple locations. He is an expert at
creating collateral marketing material and new market development
that will contribute to SGBS and its related
companies.
J T Bryant
– Vice
President Structural
Mr. Bryant’s reputation is
well-known and revered throughout Central
Texas when it comes to vast construction knowledge,
extensive experience and specialized expertise in truss
construction. His
career dates back to LBJ’s days in the White House when he first
started building residential homes part time. That quickly turned into a
full time professional career until he was courted by a company
called Tex Truss, Inc., in the late 1970’s. He worked as a loyal
employee for the company as lead estimator and troubleshooter until
he and three colleagues decided to buy Tex Truss, Inc. and run it
themselves. Mr. Bryant is now providing his encyclopedic building
construction and truss expertise to SGBS and its related
companies.
Patrick
Riordan – Vice President Architectural
Illinois Central College,
he worked in construction quality control in the heavy industrial
plants of the Texas Gulf Coast. Mr. Riordan received
a Bachelor of Architecture
from the University of
Texas at Austin in 1983 and became a Registered
Architect in the State of Texas in 1987. His
architectural practice and constructed projects have encompassed a
wide range of building types in locations from Texas to Thailand. These
projects include private and public schools; hospitals and medical
clinics, office buildings and parking garages, hotels and
multi-family condominiums, retail centers and theaters, restaurants
and nightclubs, retirement facilities and nursing homes, and
multi-million dollar residential housing. Mr. Riordan will
provide the architectural experience necessary to make SGBS and its
related companies’ builder plan conversions successful throughout
the country.
Ray
Ates – Vice President Construction, Licensing and
Permits
Mr. Ates has worked in the
field of construction, code compliance, licensing, permitting and
building certification for more than 35 years. His experience
covers every aspect of residential and commercial construction
including navigating the maze of local and state certification
procedures, including the industry recognized City of Austin
Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr.
Ates is the recipient of numerous awards and
professional citations and is a member of many distinguished
organizations and associations His expertise will be particularly
beneficial to SGBS' builders for certification of sequencing and field training
methodology to better insure a trouble-free installation of the
building system and as a liaison for implementing
this unique building system within various governmental
jurisdictions and building code variances.
Kieth Elkins - Vice President
Communications/Public Relation
Mr. Elkins
is someone who knows what it's like on both sides of a news camera.
As a television news anchor, and investigative/state government
reporter for various CBS, ABC and Fox News stations, he's used to
asking the tough questions. He's also used to answering them, having
served as Communications Director for both private companies and
public agencies. Mr. Elkins has worked as a national public
relations director, provided professional communications and media
relations consulting services and served as a legislative assistant
at the United States Senate. He currently owns his own media
consulting company in addition to providing professional on-air
duties for CBS 42 News. Simply put, Mr. Elkins understands key
message development, targeted communications, communicating complex
issues in simple terms and perhaps most importantly—how to make key
issues sizzle for maximum local, national and international media
interest. During his career Mr. Elkins has won numerous awards for
investigative, spot-news and general assignment reporting. As a
result, he will be able to steer SGBS and its related companies
through the maze of public opinion in the most positive light
possible by approaching every issue as an experienced communicator
capable of not only formulating the answers -- but also the
questions -- in advance.
Dave
Wheeler –
Vice President of Procurement and Vendor
Relations
Mr. Wheeler is a partner and co-owner of ProLine Marketing.
ProLine represents some of the finest manufacturers offering the
most advanced products available. Dave has 34 years of experience in
sales, marketing and sales management including 6 years of
experience as national sales manager and 28 years as a principal and
owner of a manufacturer’s representative agency. He has been, and
continues to be, extremely instrumental in finding manufacturers
that have joined SGBS as Manufacturing Partners: both
including manufacturers he and his company represent, as well as a
majority of others who have joined SGBS. Mr. Wheeler
experience provides SGBS with a wealth of knowledge for a balanced
perspective to assist in procurement of manufacturers, SGBS’ OEM
status and manufacturers' product
coordination.
Humberto Cortes –
Vice President of Ibero-America
Business Development
Mr. Cortes is a seasoned business development professional,
recruited by Continental Airlines’ academic scouting team while
being a freshman at CSULB, subsequently spending nearly 25 years in
the airline industry in a variety of corporate capacities, as a
former team leader; negotiating landing rights at the highest
foreign governmental levels on behalf of his employer throughout the
Ibero-America nations. Leveraging on his airlines experience, he
became a partner at a prefab housing company based in Florida, achieving sales in 1990 of 5,000
homes in Jamaica after Hurricane
Hugo. Further, Mr. Cortes headed the marketing and sales department
of his company from San Diego,
CA to the Patagonia in
Argentina. His “hands-on”
experience and familiarity with distribution and construction
provides an immediate opportunity to extend SGBS’ influence and
footprint beyond the boundaries of the continental U.S.
Curt
Champlin – Vice President of Environmental &
Safety
Mr.
Champlin has been involved in the environmental field for over the
past 28 years. His
experience in geologic and hydrogeologic consulting has involved the
design and implementation of numerous remediation systems for the
protection of groundwater, surface water, and soil. He has also
conducted tree surveys and environmental assessments for land
developments. Certifications include; Safety at Hazardous Materials
Sites, (OSHA Certification); Professional Geoscientist (State of
Texas), No. 3004; and, LPST Project Manager, No. 138. Mr. Champlin
has also owned and operated a construction company involving the
restoration of homes affected by mold and flooding. His knowledge
with the environmental and building aspects for the future building
industry will benefit SGBS tremendously.
Elizabeth
Sherwood
–
Executive Secretary to Chairman
Ms. Sherwood is the consummate Executive Secretary whose
professional career spans more than 20 years. She has worked in all facets
of office administration including clerical, secretarial and support
positions. Her duties
have included contract oversight, field service customer relations,
service marketing and office management oversight for a variety of
businesses including life insurance, computer software and heavy
machinery. She brings
many strengths to this position with an emphasis on being a
self-starter, taking initiative when needed and being very detail
oriented.