The Company
Environmental Technology Associates, Inc. (ETA, Inc.) was formed in 1997 to develop and promote waste-to-product conversion technology internationally. The company's primary purpose is to preserve the environment while operating a profitable company. The uniqueness of the company's first patented design, Dura-Build, and first licensed technology, TYCON, will achieve the company's objectives. ETA is organized to be an environmental technologies company as opposed to a manufacturer of waste conversion plants and plans to continually innovate in ways that will save or repair the environment while generating a profit for stockholders and investors.
The principals of ETA represent a combined background of experience in the fields of construction, finance, business management, marketing and recycling. Since forming ETA, they have guided the scientific and technical development of the ConVerTec system and have established an extensive national and international network of technical and marketing support for this unique method of waste conversion.
The ETA consulting team, which has actively participated in the development of ConVerTec, consists of Ph.D. level specialists with years of practical experience in the areas of organic chemistry, micro-biology, polymer chemistry, plastics engineering, construction management, patent law and environmental law. In addition, other experts have been employed to advise from such fields as engineering, manufacturing, toxic material handling and extrusion systems. The combined expertise of these top scientists represent a major brain trust whose innovative, collaborative efforts will direct ETA's Research and Development, keeping the company on the cutting edge of environmental technology development.
ETA has established a preliminary marketing network with private and governmental agencies in the U.S., Asia, Central and South America. It is also developing a network of support for its expansion into a wide array of markets for building materials, agricultural products, fuel and electricity. These contacts have been established through organizations such as the Environmental Technology Network for the Americas, the US-Asia Environmental Partnership Program, the US Small Business Administration, the US Department of Commerce and the Federal Small Business Innovation Research program. ETA has the vision, expertise, connections and technological capability to provide a successful waste conversion system in a rapidly growing industry. It is addressing a critical environmental problem with a keen sense of the market potential for its unique system on a national and international level. Some of the key people in management as well as the advisory and consulting team are described below:
Mark A. McMillan is the founder and President of Environmental Technology Associates, Inc, Inc. the inventor and patent holder of the original ConVerTec process. Mr. McMillan's vision, energy and determination have guided ETA to its current status. His background includes owning a successful engineering general contracting company and many years of supervision on a wide variety of projects from industrial site construction and mechanical process piping to installation of waste water treatment plants. Working with various engineering and scientific companies, he designed the mechanical process for ConVerTec and then managed the integrated design. Mr. McMillan's role directing ETA's technical operations and research and development will assure the appropriate application of this technology.
Dr. Thomas Black, Executive Vice President R&D and a Professor of Plastics Engineering at Quinebaug Valley Technical College in Connecticut, is also an independent design and engineering consultant. He is heavily published in his field and has authored chapters for a variety of textbooks. He has designed and installed over one thousand extrusion and injection molding systems for such clients as Mobil, Lego and Texaco. He has international experience with all facets of extrusion design from mechanics to polymer chemistry. A former member of the Extrusion Division Board of Directors, he currently serves as the President of the Eastern New England Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers, is a member of the Technical Volumes Committee, the Plastics Education Foundation, the Society of Rheology, the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, the Wire Association International and the State of Connecticut Technical Advisory Council. Dr. Black is responsible for designing the extrusion barrels, screws and dies/molds, selecting drive components and collaborating with Dr. Cooper on the development the various formulas of reagents, polymers, fillers and additives necessary to obtain desired product performance characteristics. He will also advise the Research and Development staff of ETA, Inc.
Steven Ching, Treasurer, has been a Certified Public Accountant in Hawaii since 1990. His public accounting firm is located on the island of Kauai and provides services to businesses and individuals in a variety of industries throughout the State of Hawaii.
Mr. Ching holds an undergraduate degree from Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin and a Masters Degree in Accountancy from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
Mr. Ching previously practiced in the State of Wisconsin as a tax specialist
with Williams, Young and Associates. He also served as controller and chief financial officer of Prochem, Inc., a specialty chemical manufacturer in Rockford, Illinois.
As Treasurer of Environmental Technology Associates, Inc., Mr, Ching is providing financial advice to the corporation as well as assisting in the preparation of financial information and projections for ConVerTec.
Mary Blaine Johnston Secretary is an attorney at law licensed to practice in the State of Hawaii since 1976. Her primary area of practice is civil litigation with a focus on business, employment and real property matters. She has been a solo practitioner in Maui since 1989, and before that was in private practice in Honolulu, Hawaii and partner in a firm active in the area of environmental litigation from 1977-88 She is a member of the American Bar Association and its Environmental Section, member of the Hawaii Bar Association, Maui Bar Association and Hawaii Women Lawyers. She was a part-time (per diem) judge in the District Court in Honolulu from 1981-89, has served as both a District and Family Courts on Maui from 1992 to the present and was the Maui representative to the Federal Judicial Conference 1990-92.
Ms. Johnston, who obtained her Juris Doctor degree as a member of the first graduating class of the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, also holds a B.A. and M.A. in English and taught English and writing at the University of Hawaii and in the Hawaii Community College system from 1964-1972. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms Johnston was a curriculum planner, designing and writing curriculum for high school students in the areas of English and Consumer Education for the Curriculum Research and Development Group, School of Education, University of Hawaii. She is a member of the scholastic fraternities Alpha Lambda Delta (Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas) and Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi (University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii).
Her business experience includes forming and advising businesses as part of her regular law practice. In addition she was founder of a writing service which produced the first travel guide to Hawaii for Japanese visitors and contributed articles for publications in the construction and home-building trades, as well as being co-owner of an import business. She has been a Director of several Hawaii non-profit corporations including a citizen's education group (Center for Citizen Education), and organizations established to prevent domestic violence (Alternatives to Violence), child abuse (Maui Family Support Services) and alcohol and drug use by pregnant women (Malama Family Recovery Center).
As the secretary of Environmental Technology Associates Inc. Mrs., Johnston provides in-house legal counsel to the corporation and its officers, and directs the corporation's grant and proposal writing activities.
Consulting Team
Dr. Glenn N. Hontz has an extensive background in the field of marketing and business management. He earned his doctorate from Columbia University and has worked in numerous top-level positions in business, industry and government. His marketing and business-consulting firm provided services to a variety of regional and international companies and to state and local government agencies. He has advised such firms as Eastman Kodak, Alcoa Aluminum, Hyatt, Westin and the US Department of Justice and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. He was an advisor to the City/County of Honolulu, the County of Kauai, the County of Maui and to several major Hawaiian resort hotels regarding waste management practices. He has held teaching and administrative posts at Columbia University, University of Rochester, University of California, Tulane University and the University of Hawaii. Dr. Hontz has been very active in governmental and community positions, which reflect his commitment to a world of peace, cooperation and respect for all. One of the original principals of ETA, Dr. Hontz shares in the administrative, and marketing responsibilities.
Ernest N. Heen, Jr. served in the Hawaii State House of Representatives for three terms. Throughout his successful career as land developer and business consultant to numerous corporations, Mr. Heen has been a leader in upholding the right use of resources and balancing the needs of individuals, government, land and resources. In addition to coordinating and implementing a variety of land use adjustment proposals, he has been responsible for conducting and implementing Community Impact Management programs. Some of his clients have included Kane'ohe Ranch, Dillingham Corporation, Alexander & Baldwin, Louisiana Land & Exploration, MacDonalds Hawai'i and Hawaiian Electric. Mr. Heen's community service contributions are vast. The tremendous respect he has earned has put him in a position of valuable assistance to ETA in establishing facilities in the Hawaiian Islands and beyond.
Dr. Terence J. Cooper has over 29 years' experience in polymer science and technology and holds a Ph.D. from Oxford University in Physical Organic Chemistry and an MBA from Drexel University in Marketing and Economics. He has held key research positions with both DuPont and ARCO where he created and managed innovative product and process
R&D programs including manufacturing, applications and market development in thermoplastics, elastomers, thermosets, composites, specialty, functionalized and biodegradable polymers, water soluble polymers, superabsorbants, adhesives, sealants, coatings and inks. He has extensive experience in polymer design, synthesis and characterization, formulation and mixing technology, reactive polymers and polymer modification, polymer processing, stabilization and crosslinking, polymer blends and blending methods, filled materials, composites and impact modified systems. This has included technology development for converting total municipal solid waste streams (unseparated except for ferrous metals) into composite products such as simulated wood and tile. Dr. Cooper will be directly responsible for the polymer design and testing for ETA's product formulas and will collaborate with Dr. Black in the mechanical aspects of the extrusion system design. He will oversee, with Dr. Black, the ETA Research and Development staff.
Gregory Anderson is a biochemist, research scientist and innovative problem solver. He earned degrees from University of Minnesota in physiology and chemistry, and has held research positions with several private and public laboratories, hospitals and
manufacturing organizations. He was responsible for the design and manufacture of the first known large-scale continuous plasma polymerization reactor for the production of specialty membranes and coatings. He has also conducted significant research in the synthesis of organic chemical compounds, vulcanizing processes, industrial applications of enzymes and polymer systems. He is ETA's principal consultant on biomass conversion.
Dr. Steven J. Grossman, Esq. is a published polymer scientist and engineer as well as a patent attorney. Prior to joining the patent profession, Dr. Grossman was a Research and Development Scientist with the Upjohn Company. Dr. Grossman joined the Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Lowell as an Assistant Professor in 1984 and was given tenure and promoted to Full Professor in 1992. He continues to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate level in the areas of plastics engineering and polymer science. Dr. Grossman is a mediator and arbitrator in matters of intellectual property law for US Arbitration and Mediation of New England, Inc. He serves as the patent attorney and polymer science advisor to ETA.
Dr. Dale Regelman, Esq. received his Ph.D. in Organic/Polymer Chemistry and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona. He has worked as a Research Manager and Scientist for ITT, Dow Chemical and The Upjohn Company before becoming a patent attorney and a specialist in environmental law. He is the inventor on record of a total of 32 patents in various jurisdictions worldwide. Dr. Regelman will be responsible for distilling technical information and chemistry research results into the appropriate forms to meet EPA guidelines when plant buyers apply for permits to manage waste in their various regions.
Dr. Paul Mankiewiez is a biologist and head of the Gaia Institute in New York City. He has done extensive research into the microbial activity of the bacteria in hazardous and non-hazardous waste and has developed biological systems for treating landfill leachate and toxins. He is a frequent consultant to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, an author and a speaker. He has extensive experience in the design of natural, biological systems for the treatment of heavy metal contaminated waste and ground water. Dr. Mankiewicz is responsible for developing the protocol for, and interpreting the results of, EPA approved lab tests on ConVerTec end products to demonstrate that these products are environmentally safe.
Dr. Diane A. Brusin is a specialist in construction management and the President of Griffin Group, Inc., an international design and engineering firm. Griffin Group has completed numerous industrial projects, among them, over 20 coal powered, fossil fuel or nuclear power plants of up to 500 megawatts in size in the US, Germany, Yugoslavia, Iraq and Egypt. They have also provided commercial architectural and engineering services throughout the Pacific Rim and have offices in Chicago and Honolulu. The architects, structural, mechanical and electrical engineers of Griffin Group, under Miss. Brusin's guidance, will develop and standardize the facility performance specifications for the various sized ConVerTec plants, prepare the plans and specifications for the TYCON power plant and assist ETA in managing construction internationally.