Management Team

Meet Our World-Class Management Team

We have assembled a Management team and Advisory Board comprised of leaders from the technology, energy, regulatory and financial sectors. The Company has assembled a management team comprised of seasoned Executives who have managed business units of companies with revenues in excess of $1 Billion and have a track record of consistently driving significant growth in revenue, margin, and profitability. Our executives have a broad range of expertise in operations, development, technology, sales and marketing for major corporations including Progress Energy, Williams Energy, General Electric, AETNA, ComDisco, and RCA, as well as several technology startups. Within the Energy Sector, our executives have been involved in the design and deployment of infrastructure networks for several utilities and the outsourced management of networks for Shell Oil, Amoco and Texaco.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

• Sam Talari - Founder & Acting Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman
  Mr. Talari, born and raised as an entrepreneur, found his calling in incubating exciting leading edge technology companies in private and public sector, with a unique business plan merging the boundaries between a hedge fund and a VC. Mr. Talari has been the Chief Executive Officer of FutureWorld Energy, Inc. since November 21, 2005. Mr. Talari served as the Acting Chief Executive Officer at Infrax Systems, Inc. since November 21, 2008 and Chief Operating Officer until October 2009 and served as its Interim President. Mr. Talari founded and manages FutureTech since 2001 and Talari Industries since 2008. He serves as a Director at PowerCon Energy Systems, Inc, and Chairman & CEO of Lockwood Technology. He studied Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of New Hampshire. Mr. Talari holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics from University of Lowell and has a Master's Degree in Finance from Trinity.

• Dave Glaser ? Acting Chief Operating Officer
  Mr. Glaser is CPA, MBA, senior financial/management professional with over twenty-five years of domestic/international expertise in successfully directing multi-million dollar projects for various private sectors. As CFO of Piper Aircraft Corporation, he was integrally involved with various financing plans (asset based and EXIM guarantees) while utilizing creditor negotiations to keep an adequate supply of materials flowing for continued operations of the Company. He was successful in Completing one of the largest direct working capital guarantees ($50 million) for the financing and ramp up of export sales of the company.
• Peter Messineo - Chief Financial Officer
  Mr. Messineo is a certified public accountant in Florida and New York and is a registered public accountant with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (?PCAOB?). Peter has over 25 years of accounting experience in public accounting practice, consulting and private industry as Controller and Chief Financial Officer. His public accounting experience has been with national (BDO Siedman, LLP) and regional CPA firms (Pender Newkirk & Co, LLP from 2004 through 2007) servicing a broad based clientele including technology companies. Consulting experience has been with an international consulting firm (Jefferson Wells International from 2007 through 2009) servicing multi-billion dollar clients, in the capacity of financial support and reporting. Since 2009 Peter has been serving multiple clients registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a Board Member or in the capacity of compliance with quarterly and annual filings. Peter received his degree in accounting from Pace University in New York and his Masters in Business Administration in Finance from Long Island University.

• John Verghese ? Co-Founder & VP of Product Development
  Seasoned telecommunication expert with 23+ years of experience in building and operating local and wide area networks. Well rounded in all the functional areas of the telecom industry from planning, engineering and operations to sales and customer support. Extensive experience working for a local power utility to provide voice, video and data communications to corporate facilities, power plants and substations.
• Terry Gardner - VP of Professional Services
  Terry Gardner brings over 30 years of utility engineering experience to Infrax Systems through his career spanning two leading utilities in the Southeast United States. He has extensive knowledge of broadband telecommunications networks, IP and Ethernet networking, NERC SIP requirements for substation and Critical Infrastructure communications, and Smart Grid Networks. Over his career, he has worked closely with industry associations, regulatory bodies and manufacturers to develop Fiber Optic communications and construction standards, relay and EMS communications over Optical based networks and has introduced many new technologies to the industry. Lately he has been instrumental in the introduction of Carrier Ethernet technologies with Ethernet Ring Protection into the utility telecommunications industry.
• Glen Wood - Director of Sales and Business Development
  Mr. Wood is a graduate from the University of Georgia. He has over 25 years experience in the telecommunication industry with companies serving the utility and communication industry. He worked for Nortel Networks for over 17 years developing the southeast as a major client for Nortel Optical solutions. In addition to Nortel Networks he worked for ITC Deltacom, Zhone Technologies, and The Adesta Group. Currently he is responsible for sales into the utility market focused on Engineering and Professional Services, Smart Grid Planning, Wireless applications, and Perimeter Security solutions.
• Kevin Paulk - Manager of Information Systems
  Kevin has more than 15 years professional experience delivering innovative technical solutions through providing networking and IT support services. His job experience includes working for large corporations, government agencies, small corporations, and startups as well as running his own company. His knowledge ranges from system engineering and administration of medium to large scale corporate networks to design, performance optimization, network security, and deployment of wireless networks around the world.