Paul Beasant
CEO of Nova Graphene™
Paul has worked in renewable energy for the past 6 years and is a founder, and director with the i-Valley Intelligent Community Association out of Acadia University while serving on the Board of the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce for four-years.
He is also on the Advisory Board of the National Graphene Association (U.S.), is a Principal with Nova Graphene 3D, The Ironbound Surf Company, Nova Agra Inc., and Synergistic Energy Systems.
Paul has a strong background as an entrepreneur and has worked as a business development executive and consultant for several years.
Paul has extensive international experience, having traveled to nearly 50-countries, and has lived and worked on 4 continents.
Paul has built strong relationships with technology providers for the past 4-years and will focus on business development and sales.
Michael R. Wyse MBA, M.Ed
Chief Operating Officer
Michael has served as a business owner, advisor, lender, strategic planning consultant, an international franchise expansion manager and economic development professional over the past 30-years.
His roles In several private sector organizations and government departments provide him with an in-depth understanding of how political and bureaucratic engines intertwine to create business development policy, strategy, and funding frameworks.
With a master’s degree in education, Michael’s passion for international development led him to earn an MBA with a double major in Corporate Social Responsibility and human resource training and development.
He has considerable experience working with international development agencies, serving clients from over 45-countries to design and launch entrepreneurship, business, and economic development initiatives in many international destinations.
His accomplishments vary from being the lead entrepreneurship specialist in the design of Ghana’s national post-secondary entrepreneurship curriculum, the development of a community engagement model and strategy for a mining concession in Suriname and being the manager of international operations for 18 business development centers in Canada, Sweden, and South Africa.
Michael was also one of three curriculum developers who designed and launched an award-winning youth ‘Transition from Prison’ program launched in five-prisons in Portugal.
Robert Salah
Principle
An MBA grad and professional managing engineer, Robert has 40- years of experience in the private and public sectors.
Robert directed the procurement function of the Province of Nova Scotia, where he oversaw an annual budget of $600 million and a staff of 60 people and was responsible for all goods, services, and contracts.
He was also responsible for some of the most creative and rewarding initiatives in which the Province became involved and was previously involved in several successful private initiatives.
John Gelwics
Chief Visionary Officer
John has over 15 years of experience developing pyrolysis technology and co-products. He has extensive experience in raising capital, negotiating strategic partnerships and implementation of integrated technologies. Under his leadership, Genesis was awarded CIG grant from USDA. His 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry, including a decade in Sony Pictures Studios, gives him unique capabilities and relationships for marketing and sales for Nova Graphene.
Tom Woods
Business Development Executive - Marketing
Tom’s vision is to empower investors and economic development teams with at-hand disruptive technologies, renewable energy and advanced materials like CarbonEra Graphene products that contribute competitive advantages which will reshape the global economy; an economy where people, planet and profits are valued equally.
Tom’s vast business experience ranges from Executive Vice President of Sales and e+Education, business and non-profit CEO, commercial diver, and fishermen.
He is a Naval Air War Veteran and a professional Leadership coach working with individuals and corporations.
As a conservationist and business executive, Tom has been acknowledged for his professional marketing skills responsible for millions of dollars of sales revenue generation and has applied his experience in fund-raising to assist non-profit organizations such as “Heal the Bay” and “World Music Radio.”
He is presently the founding President of “Reef Guardians Hawaii”, a non-profit organization which is dedicated to education and research that will help halt the destruction of coral reefs in Hawaii and other locations around the world.
Jean Kim
Business Development Executive- East Asia
Jean has 15 years of international experience in business development, marketing and localization. Fluent in both English and her native language of Korean, she has successfully launched and localized global brands such as Dyson, iRobot, OXO from U.S. and Europe in Korea. Her experiences and network across Asia, N. America and Europe will assist Nova Graphene’s business expansion. She holds M.A. degree in Filmic Writing from California State University Northridge and B.A. degree in Cinema-TV from University of Southern California.
Tom Byrne
Graphene Advisor, Canada and Europe
Tom is a Civil/Structural Engineer with over 35-years of broad experience in planning, design, project management and construction for commercial, residential,golf course and resort projects.
Tom believes Graphene is the game changer in the future evolution of living conditions for mankind.
Tom makes a difference in the lives of people and has been involved as a director and technical director for significant property and commercial development projects in Ireland, UK, Spain, Germany, USA, the Caribbean, Argentina, Brazil and Canada.
He retains strong contacts throughout all of these regions with people who want to make a difference and maintains a keen interest in advanced materials, smart development, clean transportation fuels, green technologies and their real-world applications.
Paul Empey
Advisory Board Member
Paul has experience in building plants and managing international business, including Ocean Nutrition and Hercules SLR. He is currently President & CEO of Precision Biologics. A mature and experienced leader, Paul’s major strengths include operational leadership, change management, strong business acumen, effective communication skills, relationship development, and strong interpersonal skills. Paul is certified in DiSC, 360 Evaluations, Leadership Development, Disciplines of Business Execution and Certified Professional Coach. He has years of cross-functional Senior and Executive Management roles with a track record of working in organizations going through high growth and change, always focusing on Employee Engagement and Leadership Development as a management tool. He has developed successful programs that directly contribute to the growth and profitability of organizations, always focusing on fiscal responsibility. Paul played influential roles negotiating with foreign companies and governments to establish supply chain opportunities. He is comfortable in the boardroom, as well as on the plant floor, and has the ability to bridge the gap in employee engagement and trust with senior management that challenge today’s organizations.
Frank Taney
In-house Legal Counsel
Frank has been practicing law for 25 years and obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1995 and his B.A. in Economics from Drew University in 1992.
Frank is an experienced trial lawyer and commercial litigator, having taken close to 50 matters to verdict, decision or award before juries, judges and arbitrators in various state and federal courts as well as in private arbitrations. Frank has particular expertise in intellectual property, antitrust, commercial contract and business tort disputes, including but not limited to the representation of clients in multi-district class actions and civil and criminal government and regulatory prosecutions and investigatory proceedings.
Frank is also an experienced technology law transactional lawyer and counselor, having served as outside and/or in-house general counsel for close to 100 different companies engaged in commercializing a diverse range of technology including smart drones, renewable energy, content management systems, virtual world technology, and e-commerce technology, among many others."
