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SolaRover Mobile Solar Power Systems provide pure, consistent electricity for all types of commercial, industrial and emergency applications - wherever and whenever needed. Categorically clean, absolutely silent and far more economical than comparable diesel generators over the long term, SolaRover systems offer today's best investments in portable power generators. With unparalleled engineering, leading-edge components, rugged steel construction and a variety of practical options, SolaRover sets the benchmark high.

John F. Spisak - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

John F. Spisak is the President/CEO of SolaRover and joined the company in October of 2008. Mr. Spisak, 59, an honors science graduate of Purdue University has extensive experience in the development and growth of businesses, technology applications and governmental affairs. Over the past 36 years, he has managed an international mining company, restructured and run a $180 million annual revenue domestic copper refining and trading firm and also served on the Board of Directors of a South American minerals firm with the future President of Bolivia. He founded SP Environmental Systems, a full-service environmental engineering and remediation company for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Mr. Spisak has chaired a multi-company venture to permit and develop one of the largest integrated waste disposal systems in the US and develop clean air technology that would capture and recycle VOC's. Mr. Spisak served as one of only 13 CEOs on the United States Senate's Western States Coalition for the reform of the US Superfund Law. He managed the high profile 1991 Sacramento River toxic spill disaster for SP and has testified before the US House and Senate numerous times on major environmental regulatory issues. He has been an invited speaker and lecturer on governmental issues related to the environment and was one of the founding directors of the National Association of Environmental Management (NAEM). He holds a patent and has authored several environmental technology articles and was co-editor of a book on mineral industry environmental technologies.

Thelma Horton - Director

A passion for life, a commitment to live life to the full and a purpose in living it! This is how those who know Thelma Horton would describe her. Thelma is a gifted, dedicated and innovative, creative woman of transformation. She is a high-energy, results-oriented leader with proven ability to manage multiple projects. She uses her skills, gifts and talents to contribute to the development of Africa, promote the empowerment of African people and illuminate the cultural history of Africans and African Americans by providing services that promote leadership development and women empowerment; children advocacy initiatives in Africa; sustainable economic development projects; and promote social justice.

Thelma currently serves as the Executive Director of the Nigerian Diaspora Electoral Reform Group (NDERG), a US-based, non-profit non-governmental organization whose main aim is to work with Nigerians and friends of Nigeria within and outside of Nigeria towards participating in the political, social and electoral reforms in the country. Thelma is an international business consultant, the founder and CEO of Zoweh Holdings, a US based holding company, which provides strategic development consulting, life coaching and artist management services. Thelma has utilized her leadership, sales, organizational and interpersonal skills as well as her versatility and know-how in business development to provide her clients with high quality service and expertise that contributes to her clients product reach and profit revenues.

Recognized as a leader by her peers, Thelma has served on several nonprofit boards, was appointed an Ambassador of Peace by the Universal Peace Federation, and is currently on the advisory board of the Nigerian Women Leadership Council International and The AD King Foundation. Thelma is a graduate of North Carolina State University, where she received her bachelor's degree in business management with a concentration in accounting and finance and is a graduate of the PhD Leadership and Coaching Curriculum of The Legacy Center in Morrisville, NC. She has successfully completed the Management Training Institute through UDI Community Development Corporation and the School of Business at North Carolina Central University.

With more than 25 years of progressive experience in management, sales, marketing and finance, and even more experience overcoming obstacles and meeting difficulties head-on, Thelma is not ashamed of her purpose or her faith. She credits God with giving her the ability to be a successful businesswoman and international leader.

Charles B. Walker - Director

Chas Walker is Managing Director with responsibility for leading investment banking, electronic exchanges and trading network, capital markets and derivatives products, and private equity businesses of Marco Polo in Africa. Marco Polo AFRICA currently connects the capital markets of South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya and Nigeria to the Marco Polo Network. With a presence in over 75 countries, Marco Polo Network is the largest platform in the world for connecting institutional investors into the global emerging markets.

Prior to partnering with Marco Polo, Mr. Walker served as Managing Director of Walker Capital Strategies (WCS), a vehicle he founded in 2003 to make deep value investments and transform operations, with a particular focus on special situations, distressed control acquisitions and turnarounds. Prior to WCS, Chas co-founded East 46th Street Partners in 1998, a merchant banking boutique focused on buyouts, private equity and growth capital financings for special situations and start-ups of telecom, media, broadband, wireless, content and e-commerce enterprises.

From 1988 to 1997, Mr. Walker was an Investment Banker with Lehman Brothers, completing over $25 billion in transactions. He served as Managing Principal and Fund Manager of Strategic Resource Partners, a $675 million fund providing bridge loans, mezzanine and hybrid equity financing in conjunction with buyouts led by private equity and corporate sponsors, and as a Senior Vice President of the Leveraged Finance Group with responsibility for leading origination and execution of high yield bond, leveraged loans and acquisition advisory transactions for financial sponsor, transportation, industrial, energy, structured finance and infrastructure issuers. In addition, Mr. Walker led the firm's distressed M&A advisory business.

Mr. Walker received his MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

William Wren - Director

William Wren is Managing Partner of William Wren & Associates (WWA), with responsibility for investing in both Napa, Sonoma, New Zealand & Australian wine projects, in addition to SolaRover, a start-up solar power project focused on the application of strategic mobile solar power deployment, of a small family LLC, William Wren & Associates. WWA is currently engaged in importing limited quantities of high-end wines from New Zealand under the Drystone label, and producing wine in the Russian River Valley in Sonoma County under the Richard Berridge Estate label. The family also owns and manages seven acres in the Napa Valley that include leased and rented properties.

WWA is also invested in Wine Leverage, a start up company with proprietary software, focused exclusively on providing back-up services to individual winery consumer retail wine clubs and other winery direct to consumer programs. He has also actively worked with investment bankers to put together a $25 million investment package for the New Zealand wine industry. Mr. Wren is currently a director of SolaRover.

Prior to forming William Wren & Associates, Mr. Wren was EVP for marketing and sales at Spring Mountain Vineyard, a privately held 850 acre winegrowing estate managing the successful repackaging and repositioning of this historic Napa Valley brand following $50 million winery and vineyard purchase.

From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Wren was VP General Manager of Merryvale Vineyards, a privately held boutique winery, repositioning brand & positioning brand and winery property for sale to the Schlatter Family in Switzerland. Before Merryvale, Mr. Wren was Marketing and Export Director for Napa Valley wine companies owned by Heublein [$1.5 Bn] subsidiary of Grand Metropolitan PLC [$7.5Bn]. The Napa Valley wine companies generated $25,000,000 in revenue.

Mr. Wren received his BA from University of California, Berkeley, and subsequently participated in Graduate Studies in Executive Management at the University of Southern California, and Graduate Studies in Business Administration at Pepperdine University.

Damon Gasaway II - Director

Damon Gasaway has been a part of Winn Machine, Incorporated in Michigan City, Indiana since 1987. Winn Machine is a production machining job shop with 18 employees. In the early years, he worked as a general laborer during the day and attended Purdue University North Central in the evening working towards a Mechanical Engineering Technology Degree. In 1991, he became the Plant Manager of Winn Machine. As Plant Manager, he started the transformation of the business from all manual machines to fully programmable CNC equipment. This was instrumental in preparing the company for being competitive in the future.

In 1999, Damon and his wife, Dina, bought Winn Machine. Within 18 months, the two were able to increase sales three fold. Currently Winn Machine has 15 CNC machines and has added grinding and light fabricating to its capabilities.

In general, Damon handles the day to day operation of Winn Machine. This includes, quoting, purchasing, scheduling, supervising, and when time allows, writing programs for and then setting-up the CNC equipment.

On the personal side, Damon is an active participant at his church. He has been on the decision making board for two 4 year terms. He is also a sports enthusiast. He has coached volleyball, soccer, basketball and baseball at the grade school and junior high school levels for 20 years. Damon has been married to his wife Dina for 20 years and they have 3 children. Andrea-18 Jordan-16 and Adam-10.

Gary Cook - Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

Gary Cook is SolaRover's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cook oversees all the tasks and responsibilities surrounding the office of the Chief Financial Officer for SolaRover. Mr. Cook received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Brigham Young University. He is a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and is licensed as a certified public accountant in Colorado. In addition, he has held Series 7, 24, 27 and 63 licenses from FINRA successor to the NASD. Almost half of Mr. Cook's career has been spent in public accounting in the audit department with KPMG LLP in New Orleans and Denver. The remainder of Mr. Cook's career has been spent serving as secretary, treasurer, chief financial officer and director for public and private companies in various industries.

John S. Spisak - Lead Engineer

John S. Spisak, a Boston University Engineering graduate, is leading the SR engineering effort. Mr. Spisak oversees Solarover's Design and Engineering Operations from their Lone Tree, CO office. He is responsible for customer and reseller services and technical support. He is responsible for design modifications and improvements and systems integrations with ancillary components such as generators, water treatment systems, communications systems and the like. Mr. Spisak has worked closely with SR's Colorado manufacturing arm and various component suppliers to continually improve the efficiency and longevity of the units. He is currently engaged in next generation battery studies and in the development of performance enhancements for the mobile solar units. While at BU he won engineering awards, had a peer reviewed technical publication and conducted foreign engineering studies at the Technical Institute in Dresden, Germany.