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| JOHAN SMITH |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| Being the Chairman and CEO of Vista International, Inc. Mr. Smith contributed his experience and wisdom to develop a strategic vision for the company. Combining In combining four primary operating divisions and one R&D division into a significant technology portfolio has resulted in synergy among the technologies that have enabled the company to be the leader in the renewable energy industry. Most recently he was appointed as an observer to an international organization known as the APP (Asia Pacific Partnership) along with other gentlemen from an 80 year old NYSE firm. |
| Mr. Smith has over twenty-six years of progressive experience in business development, strategic alliances, and financial markets. After departing Sam Houston State University, Mr. Smith provided business consulting services to a number of domestic and international organizations, including Air 21, Global Air Cargo, Texas Fire and Safety, Dow Chemical, Shell, MCI/WorldCom, Negev Technologies, Lucent, Ericsson, Lockheed Martin, GTE, FedEx, and American Airlines, to name a few. Mr. Smith negotiated agreements for commercial developments in the US, mainland China, the Caribbean, South America, Mexico, Europe, and in a number of countries. Some of the projects were the following industries: entertainment centers and theme parks in southern California and China, airport mixed-use commercial/industrial developments in the US and China, telecommunications, aviation, environmental developments, commercial developments and a number of other projects. |
| Over the last three years, Mr. Smith has developed relationships with a number of high ranking government officials in China, Mexico, St. Lucia, Europe, Bulgaria and Israel, which have helped him to secure the more than $15.0 billion USD in back-log of projects for the technologies that are now starting to encompass Vista International, Inc. core technology base. Within the last two years he has assembled a group of environmentally conscious technologies, that when synergistically combined, enable them to become far stronger than if they were operating independently. He has developed the financial relationships to fund these developments and related ventures with several NYSE firms and international development banks. These projects have ranged in value from $25 million to well over $5.0 billion USD. Mr. Smith is one of the founders of Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC and Vista International, Inc. |
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| ERIC CHAVIS |
| VP Government Relations |
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| Mr. Chavis is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) and has over twenty-five years of experience in progressive management capacities. He has vast experience in recruiting and training personnel, supervising and evaluating employees, and planning and providing logistics. He also has extensive experience in providing administrative support and meeting deadlines under strict time schedules. Mr. Chavis is trained and experienced in the protection of personnel and materiel assets. He is proficient in operations management, procurement, supply and inventory control, budget management and implementation, and technical writing and editing much of which was accomplished while serving in the US Navy. Mr. Chavis has designed and executed security and safety protection compliance services to commercial and government clients to satisfy federal and state operational mandates. He has specific expertise providing problem analysis and resolution services for DOD, FEMA, and national intelligence agencies with collateral and highly sensitive national programs. Additionally, he has knowledge of American Indian federal regulations. He developed marketing strategy and opportunities for businesses owned by American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations (ANC) enrolled in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program. He has supported the FAA Air Traffic Requirements branch as liaison between the procurement branch and associated unions, to ensure Air Traffic procedures and system requirements meet operational standards. He has drafted FAA Congressional responses on risk assessments and cost-benefit studies for air traffic enhancements and potential installment of new aviation equipment. |
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| THOMAS DILL |
| Chief Operations Officer |
Mr. Dill is a Senior Executive with over 30 years of experience in manufacturing, business development, real estate, facilities, and operations management. He possesses Global management experience in multi-site, administrative, manufacturing, and engineering environments, as well as, a proven track record in executing multi-site planning and implementation of facilities start-ups, relocations, acquisitions, expansions, and consolidations on time and on budget. Strong project management experience and team builder with an entrepreneurial spirit and excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, and leadership skills. He attributes his success to focusing on the requirements of his clients and his desire to create partnerships.
Mr. Dill started his career as manufacturing engineer in the printed circuit industry and after several years joined Digital Equipment Corporation as the Industrial Engineering manager for their semiconductor facility in Hudson, MA. In this role, he was responsible for production equipment layouts, capacity, and project management of all construction on the site including Cleanroom production facilities. After 10 years in semiconductors he transferred to the Corporate RE group of Digital where he was responsible for site consolidation and manufacturing plant closure planning. During this period, he also acted as a team lead for the construction of a new Disk Drive manufacturing plant in Penang, Malaysia.
In 1994 he transferred to Quantum Corporation in a RE Planning role and a year later became the Director of Facilities Services assuming responsibilities for operations at 2 major locations in the US totaling nearly 1 million square feet. In 1997, he took the role of Director, Worldwide Facilities Operations & RE for a joint venture between Quantum and their manufacturing partner, MKE of Japan. While there, he completed a $15M expansion to a manufacturing plant in Batam, Indonesia and supported manufacturing operations on a 7X24 basis. Mr. Dill oversaw the closure and disposition of all assets following the divesture of the JV.
Prior to joining Vista International, Mr. Dill worked 8 years as an independent consultant providing real estate, facilities, operations management, business development and turnaround/consolidation management support to a wide range of companies. Generally acting as a member of the clients’ senior leadership team, he participated as a member of strategic M&A teams, developed plans and project managed facility consolidations, generated space plans, and negotiated/reviewed lease contracts.
Mr. Dill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Boston University. He is a Licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of Colorado and is a Licensed Construction Supervisor in the State of Massachusetts. |
| MARTIN M. VAN BRAUMA |
| Chief Legal Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer |
Mr. Van Brauman was appointed the Chief Legal Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer for Vista International, Inc in July 2009. From July 2007 until June 30, 2009, he held the positions of Chief Legal Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President for Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. (a publicly traded corporation on the NYSE-AMEX, symbol “zn”) and was also on its board directors and was the corporate secretary. Mr. Van Brauman holds a B.E. degree from Vanderbilt University, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from St. Mary's University and an M.B.A. (Beta Gamma Sigma) and LL.M. (Tax Law), from Southern Methodist University and has over 22 years of experience in corporate tax and accounting analysis.
Mr. Van Brauman is Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. From October 2001 until July 2007, Mr. Van Brauman has been in private practice as Lowden Van Brauman LLP, which evolved into Gibson, Wiley, Cho & Van Brauman, PLLC. His areas of practice have involved (i) advising U.S. and foreign corporations on their worldwide tax structures both domestic (federal & state) and foreign and implementing those proposals through corporate and partnership formations, acquisitions, reorganizations, (ii) providing legal and tax consulting on cross-border transactions, (iii) advising on inbound, as well as outbound, U.S. tax issues for foreign corporations, (iv) proposing business models and implementing the execution by the formation, reorganization and conversion of domestic/foreign corporations, partnerships, and other types of business organizations, (v) performing the financial and tax due diligence of U.S. and foreign acquisitions and divestments (reviewing both domestic and foreign tax returns, financial statements and corporate documents and contracts) and (vi) reviewing U.S. tax filings for domestic and foreign corporations.
From January 2000 to October 2001, Mr. Van Brauman was a Senior Manager, International Tax Consulting Group, Grant Thornton LLP (National Position), where he advised U.S. and foreign corporations on their worldwide tax structures for global operations, provided legal and tax consulting on cross-border transactions, assisted foreign companies with tax planning and consulting with inbound, as well as outbound, U.S. tax issues, advised on International Tax Controversy work, including Tax Court litigation, and was an Instructor, Grant Thornton International Tax Academy. Previously, he spent 12 years as a Senior Attorney (International Specialist and Petroleum Industry Specialist) with the Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, providing legal support for complex issues arising in the Coordinated Examination Program (concerning major U.S. oil companies) and for the preparation of requests for Field Service Advice and Technical Advice Memoranda for the Petroleum Industry Group. |
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