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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.

 

 

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