Mike Dodak
Director
Mike Dodak is a founder and a member of the board of directors of Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. He will provide strategic and financial guidance & expertise to SNRY. He brings to SNRY a successful background as an entrepreneur with expertise in senior leadership positions involving public companies, operations, startup, growth and asset management. Mike has been involved in the renewable energy industries starting some 25 years ago in the areas of wind park development, turbine & related energy system products, energy production financial structures and manufacturing. Mike graduated from the Anderson School of Business at University of California in Los Angeles with an M.B.A. and received his B.A degree from UCLA in economics.
David Fann
Director
David Fann is a founder and a member of the board of directors of Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. He brings to SNRY a successful background as an entrepreneur with expertise in operational startup, acquisition and disposition, public company leadership & transaction structuring in addition to securing capital for growth companies. David has been involved in transaction processing, software systems and communications technologies companies. He will assist in the raising of various types of capital to fund the pending deals, projects & subsidiaries necessary for successful growth of SNRY's renewable energy portfolio companies.
Pierre Besuchet
Director
Mr. Besuchet brings a wealth of experience in the finance arena as he has held senior management positions with various banks in Geneva Switzerland including UBS SA, Banque Nationale de Paris, -Banca della Svizzera-Italiana-Geneva and Credit Suisse. He is also a director of Faisal Private Bank (Switzerland) SA, (www.faisalprivatebank.com). In addition Mr. Besuchet is a director of other European and U.S. companies.
Everett Airington
Director
Mr. Everett Airington has over 40 years of investing experience in the energy sector. These financings have been with both small and large established energy companies. For the last 15 years he has been a key executive of the Investment Banking Firm of RBC Capital Markets. Currently, Mr. Airington is a Senior Vice President with Milkey Ferguson Investments Inc.
Jack Zwick
Director
Jack Zwick was a member of the Board of Directors of Health-Chem Corporation, a publically traded company. Mr. Zwick is the Senior Vice President of Finance of Sunrise Sports & Entertainment LLC, the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League, and is the CFO of American Bio Care, a publically traded company. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Zwick founded Zwick, Maddox and Banyai, PLLC, Certified Public Accountants and continues as Managing Partner. The firm is the Detroit office of IAPA and has locations throughout the world.
Solar Park Initiatives Management
David Surette
Chief Executive Officer of Solar Park Initiatives
Prior to joining Solar Park Initiatives, Mr. Surette was the Chief Financial Officer for Marina Holdings Group, LLC companies (“MHG”). With 25 years experience in senior executive and senior financial roles, Mr. Surette has most recently been involved with several early stage companies in the solar and wind energy sector. Prior to joining MHG, Mr. Surette was the CEO & CFO for Maple Leaf Renewables Group, a solar and wind project developer in commercial and utility scale projects developing 10 megawatt to 250 megawatt sized farms. Also, as Co-Founder of Solar Power Technologies, Inc. (“SPTI”) and former CEO & CFO, he was able to assist SPTI with its technology patent and initial venture funding. In the solar manufacturing space and as CEO & CFO for Alamo Solar Manufacturing Corp. and TekSun PV Manufacturing he was able to obtain capital financing terms from three private equity sources. Previously, he was the CFO for Venti Energy, Inc., a wind project in Austin, TX, working through the feasibility phase and assisting with its raising of capital. While in Austin, Mr. Surette was also a consulting CFO with multiple clients in several high tech industries, including the oil and gas industry. Prior to this he was an integral part of the Global Axcess Corp (OTCBB: GLXS) executive team. His career started as the Finance Manager with Mast Industries, Inc. (the main distributor for The Limited) in charge of all international letters of credit and President’s finance report. He continued with KPMG, as a senior auditor for manufacturing and banking clients. His background also includes significant experience in high tech software and hardware, real estate development, commercial and utility scale project developments, teleservices and telecommunications. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts, an MBA from Babson College in Wellesley, MA and holds his CPA from the State of Virginia.
