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Henio Arcangeli, Jr. is Vice President of the Motorsports Group for Yamaha Motor
Corporation, USA. He has overall responsibility for Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain Operations. He has been with Yamaha Motor Corporation since August 2007.
Mr. Arcangeli brings more than 15 years of experience and demonstrated leadership from his career with several world-class technology and consumer products companies. Prior to Yamaha, Mr. Arcangeli served in several executive and senior strategy, marketing and operations roles within Pioneer Electronics, Thermador Corporation, the General Electric Company and General Motors Corporation.
Mr. Arcangeli has served on the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Board of Directors and on its Executive Committee. He has also served on the Board of Governors for the Electronics Industries Alliance (EIA).
Mr. Arcangeli holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the General Motors Institute, a M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
A native of California, Mr. Arcangeli and his wife Mary and daughter Gabriela reside in Manhattan Beach, California.
Robert L. Borchardt is President of Digital Science Associates and a Managing Partner of Centurion Associates. The firms invest in consumer electronics businesses, provide consumer electronics consulting services, and advise and assist with respect to financing, including mergers and acquisitions, financing alternatives, and other related activities. Mr. Borchardt and his associates are available to consult on domestic and offshore engineering, product development, sourcing, and Sales and Marketing.
Robert L. Borchardt is the past-Chairman, CEO and President of Recoton Corporation, a consumer electronics accessories and audio products manufacturer. Under his leadership the company grew to a formidable global electronics company with more than $700 million in revenues. The company’s brands included Jensen, AR (Acoustic Research), Advent, and Magnat, in consumer electronics; and Recoton, Discwasher, Ambico, Jensen, AR (Acoustic Research), Advent, InterAct, and GameShark, amongst others, in the consumer electronics accessory product groups. Recoton’s products were sold globally and could be found at leading retailers such as WalMart, BestBuy, Circuit City, and Sears. Recoton Corporation was a global leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of branded home and mobile audio products, video and computer game accessories and other consumer electronic accessories for after market use by consumers.
Mr. Borchardt is a well-known consumer electronics industry spokesman, and serves as the past Chairman of the Board of Governors and a member of the executive board of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA),past Chairman anda Trustee for the National Science & Technology Education Partnership (NSTEP), formerly the Electronics Industries Foundation (EIF). He is a past Chairman of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). In May 2003, Mr. Borchardt received EIA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In March 1996, Mr. Borchardt received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Consumer Electronics and Home Office Division of the UJA- Federation. He is a past board member of Students in Free Enterprise,Inc.(SIFE),and was Founder and past Chairman of the Southampton New York Cultural and Civic Center,as well as a past Chairman and current board member of the Southampton Bath and Tennis Club.
Mr. Borchardt is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in political science. Mr. Borchardt resides in Palm Beach (Florida), Southampton (NY), and New York City with his wife Trudi. They have three grown sons: Nikolas, Erik and Gregory.
Dr. Thomas A. Brackey is the Executive Director for Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. Dr. Brackey has over 31 years professional experience at Boeing Satellite Systems (and the Hughes predecessor), the world's leading provider of satellite communications systems and services. During this period, he has accepted increasingly responsible positions including that of major program manager, senior line manager, and company executive. He has directly participated in the development of the current satellite communications infrastructure and in the related technologies, policies, regulations, and standards. This background, coupled with extensive interaction with customers, regulators, senior policy makers, academics, and industry associations, provides him with unique insight into the enablers necessary for the United States to sustain its leadership in the world marketplace. Maintaining a qualified workforce is key among these enablers.
In addition to extensive industrial credentials, Dr. Brackey's leadership within the U.S. technical, policy, and academic communities is widely recognized. He regularly participates in leadership positions at national and international conferences, including as keynote and panel speaker, as conference organizing chair, and as session chair. His external activities and honors include:
· Member, United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
· Member, NASA Advisory Council
· Chair, NASA Technology and Commercialization Advisory Committee
· Member-At-Large, NATO Research and Technology Organization (at the request of DoD)
· Chair, 21 Company ad hoc Satellite Industry Task Force
· Founder and Chair, Satellite Communications Division, Telecommunications Industry Association
· Advisor to the Board of Directors, Telecommunications Industry Association
· Senior Member and Distinguished Lecturer, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
· Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Military Communications Conference Board
· Founding Chair, Industrial Board of Advisors, The Ohio State University
· Member Industry Advisory Board, University of Maryland
· Distinguished Graduate, The Ohio State University
· Member, Sigma Xi, Graduate Research Honor Society
Dr. Brackey received his BEE, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State in 1961, 1964, and 1969
respectively. Dr. Brackey was born in Nortonville, Kentucky and now lives in Pacific Palisades, California.
John Clough is president and CEO of Garder Corp., in New York, New York. Garder Corp. is the North American subsidiary of parent company Garder A/S, with headquarters in Randers, Denmark. Garder Corp. specializes in value priced timepieces and jewelry distributed through mass retail channels.
In 1997 Clough joined Casio as vice president of the Handheld Personal Computer Division. Since that time he has held various executive positions within Casio including: vice president, Handheld PC, Digital Imaging Divisions; vice president, Handheld PC, Digital Imaging and Calculator Divisions; senior vice president, Timepiece Division; executive vice president, Timepiece Division; and executive vice president, marketing. In April, 2002 Clough was elected president of Casio, Inc.
Clough has a long and distinguished career in the consumer electronics industry. In 1976 he went to work for Texas Instruments Inc, (TI) as a customer service representative in the Consumer Products Division. Through the years he rose through the ranks and in 1996 he was elected director, worldwide product marketing, for the Notebook Computer and laser Printer Division of Texas Instruments Inc. in Dallas.
Clough graduated from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in business administration and finance. Proficient in three languages, Clough's other interest include computers, reading and running.
Clough and his wife Jan, have two sons, Charley and Jack, and reside in Basking Ridge, NJ.
Kathy Gornik is co-founder and president of THIEL Audio, a privately held, engineering driven organization that performs research, design, and manufacturing of 15 models of very high performance loudspeakers for the home and office. Gornik is responsible for THIEL’s company vision, direction, policies, and marketing strategy.
Gornik’s leadership role in the electronics industry includes serving as the immediate past chairman of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) board of industry leaders and executive board, as a former board member of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)-board of governors, and as a member of the National Science and Technology Education Partnership (NSTEP) board of trustees. Kathy is chairman of the Small Business Council, which she helped to create, and is current vice chair of CEA’s Audio Division, of which she is also a former chairman. Kathy is a board member of the Specialty Audio Subdivision, which she helped to form.
In Lexington, Gornik serves as Chairman of the Board of the Blue Grass Institute for Public Policy, a state-based think tank whose mission is to improve the lives of all Kentuckians through the application of practical and effective free market-oriented approaches to public policy.
Gornik is a founding member of the Lexington Partnership for Workforce Development, a private sector, non-profit organization whose mission is to foster collaboration between industry and education to improve workforce training.
Gornik has also been honored as a Kentucky/Southern Indiana Entrepreneur of the Year; an award sponsored by Ernst and Young Inc. Magazine, and Merrill Lynch, and was selected as one of the Top 40 Women in Business by the Central Kentucky magazine, The Lane Report, who also named THIEL Audio as the Small Business of the Year in 1994.
In her spare time, Gornik enjoys reading, skiing, and promoting individual liberty, limited government, and the benefits of the free market.
 Gregg Hano loves to talk about the future. Whether he’s selling sponsorship packages for Popular Science’s “What’s New National College Tour” and corresponding September College issue or discussing his ideas for expanding the multiplatform brand beyond print, online and event. His focus is always on what’s next - exactly what you’d expect from the Publisher of Popular Science magazine.
Since his promotion to the post in 2003, Hano’s forward focus has fueled some of the most successful initiatives in the magazine’s 135-year history. The first, Smart Garage, was launched in 2003, and was the “garage of every guy’s dream.” A traveling exhibit of sorts, Smart Garage garnered enormous media attention and drove substantial ad revenue, providing unique, customized exposure for sponsors. Using the success of Smart Garage as a model, Hano and his team enlisted the support of 33 advertisers and sponsors to build PopSci’s most successful editorial franchise event/program to date – The Popular Science Best of What’s New Showcase – a hands-on exhibition of today’s most exciting technologies. The event brought the magazine’s most popular annual editorial feature, Best of What’s New, to life in an interactive showcase at Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall. And new in 2007 – the Popular Science What’s New National College Tour – hitting 10 universities all with student populations over 20,000 in August, September and October. Again – Hano is connecting readers and sponsors through some of the most compelling and innovative content in America.
Under Hano’s watch, Popular Science has marked a series of financial milestones, including the most profitable year in the magazines history and largest issue ever. In addition, PopSci.com has proven to be a valuable website to visitors and advertisers alike reaching over 50,000,000 page views in 2006 and generating record top-line revenue and profits
By the time he assumed the role of Publisher, Gregg Hano was no stranger to Popular Science. From 2001 to 2003, he was Director of Sales and Marketing for the magazine. Hano was also a sales representative for Popular Science from 1987-1992. In the interim, he was Group Publisher at Saveur, Garden Design, and Popular Mechanics magazines.
A graduate of the Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, Hano, a New York native, lives in Pelham with his wife and two daughters. When he’s not building brands, Hano enjoys collecting cars, fishing, skiing, and spending time with his family.
Antje Kalov As wife and life's companion, Antje Kalov was much involved in her husband Jerry Kalov's daily business. Through her active participation over many years at various Electronics Industry conferences and conventions, she gained considerable experience and insight into the world of business and the Electronics Industry in particular.
Antje Kalov is a mother and grandmother. She has been involved in various charitable and volunteer organizations, most recently at the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago as a member of its Auxiliary Executive Board, undertaking major fund raising activities, and becoming an energetic force behind developing membership and starting new Chapters. It is through her strong sense of helping the underprivileged and under-represented that she has gained her motivation and talent for helping to promote the missions of the particular projects in which she becomes involved.
An immigrant to the United States in her teen years - with the responsibility for helping the remainder of her family to emigrate as well - Antje left school in Germany at age fifteen in order to gain work experience and earn money. Her early adult years were spent rearing her two children. In recent years, she is deriving much joy and gratification from working towards completing the education that she had to sacrifice earlier in life.
Her hobbies include tennis and gardening, and spending time with her grandchildren who keep her active, focused, and grounded.
Peter F. (Pete) McCloskey, past head of the Electronics Industries Alliance (EIA), assumed a new role in July of 2006 as CEO of EIA’s non-profit education partner, the National Science & Technology Education Partnership (NSTEP). Expanding his role as Chairman Emeritus, Pete is responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of NSTEP, whose mission is to motivate students to become excited about achievement in science, technology, engineering and math education, develop skills in problem-solving, critical thinking and communication, and dream about their future in high-tech careers.
Mr. McCloskey spent his entire career in electronics, beginning in research and transitioning to the business side. He worked in the manned and unmanned space program for IBM and later became president of Farrington Electronics. He joined the association world as president of the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturer Association (CBEMA, now ITI). He then spent 22 years as the president of the Electronic Industries Alliance and Chairman of the Electronic Industries Foundation (now NSTEP), becoming Chairman Emeritus in 1999.
Mr. McCloskey holds a law degree from Fordham University and is a member of the Bars of Virginia and the Supreme Court. He received his Bachelor of Science in Physics from Holy Cross College and was an officer in the Marine Corps during the Lebanon Conflict. In 1982, President Reagan appointed Mr. McCloskey to the Peace Corps Advisory Council. In addition to numerous other honors and awards, he was a recipient of the American Society of Association Executives Key Award in 1995 and the Electronic Industries’ Medal of Honor in 1998.
Mr. McCloskey is married to the former Louise Collins and has four children and fourteen grandchildren.
Mr. Patton is corporate vice president for government relations for Philips Electronics North America Corporation, the wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands. He joined Philips in 1986 to open its first Washington office for federal government relations. In addition to his responsibilities as the Company's chief lobbyist in the United States, Mr. Patton has been increasingly involved in the development of Philips' global government relations program and public policy agenda.
Prior to joining Philips, Mr. Patton was the chief lobbyist for Electronic Industries Alliance. He began his work in Washington after graduate school as a policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Mr. Patton is a member of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) Board of Governors and serves on the Boards of the Organization for International Investment (OFII)), the European-American Business Council (ABC) and the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce in the United States.
Philips Electronics North America Corporation with more than 30,000 employees and nearly $8 billion in sales, is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands, one of the world's biggest electronics companies.
Joann Piccolo opened the Global Government Affairs Office for Tyco Electronics in January 2007. She is responsible for overseeing government relations globally for the company with offices in Washington, D.C., Beijing, and Brussels. Responsibilties of the office include interface with the various governments around the world, the coordination of public policy issues globally, assisting the businesses in their governmental interface as well as branding the corporation with the various governments.
Prior to joining Tyco Electronics, Ms. Piccolo worked for Motorola for 23 years and served as the Corporate Vice President of U.S. Government Relations. She also was Assistant Vice President for Government Relations for the New York Commodity Exchange (COMEX) and served as a legislative staff assistant in the U.S. Senate.
Joann serves as a Vice Chair of the Public Affairs Council, and is a member of the Boards and/or Executive committees the Bryce Harlow Foundation, the Ripon Society and the National Science & Technology Education Partnership, as well as serving on leadership committees of many industry, charitable and political associations.
Joann holds a degree in both History and Political Science from Dunbarton College, Washington, D.C. She is married to Tim Carmody and resides in McLean, Virginia.
Dr Karl Stevens serves as Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), where he has oversight responsibility for academic programs involving some 2500 undergraduate and graduate students and research programs with annual expenditures in excess of $10M. He is a Director of iCoast, a regional initiative leading South Florida as a global science and technology hub. He is also Director of the FAU Center for Information Networks and Engineering and Principal Investigator on a major Federal research initiative on Secure Telecommunication Networks.
A member of the South Florida business, education, and research community for twenty-nine years, Karl has helped develop and deliver unique educational programs for K-12 students and teachers and has led the development of engineering graduate programs at FAU. He has been active in development and management of the Florida Engineering Education Delivery System (FEEDS), an extensive statewide distance learning system in engineering and computer science serving some 4,500 employees of Florida business and industry each year.
Stevens, a registered professional engineer in Florida and Ohio, has held national and regional offices in numerous professional societies and is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is author of two textbooks and over 100 technical articles. He received the FAU President’s Leadership Award in 2005 and is recipient of 12 other major awards for excellence in teaching and research. He has served as principal investigator on some 25 research projects and educational grants with total funding in excess of $8M. He also has held positions at Ohio State University, Sandia Corporation, Bell Telephone Laboratories, and the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratories.
Education:
Kansas State University– B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
University of New Mexico– Graduate studies in Mathematics and Modern Physics
University of Illinois– M.S. and Ph.D. in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
Syracuse University– Postdoctoral studies in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Harvard University– Management Development Program
Contact Information:
stevens@fau.edu
Skip West founded MAXSA Innovations in July of 2003. MAXSA is dedicated to
bringing innovative automotive accessories and home control products to market. Products include solar lighting, automotive and travel accessories and parking devices.
Prior to MAXSA, from 1985 to 2003, Mr. West was co-founder and President of DesignTech International a leading manufacturer of remote starters, automotive safety accessories and wireless home automation products. The company grew at an average annual compounded growth rate of over 50% without the use of outside capital.
Mr. West worked for AT&T from 1980-1985. He was responsible for planning and leading marketing activities in the equipment and long distance businesses. During this time, he was also an adjunct professor at New York University and Rutgers University. He currently teaches at George Mason University where is an adjunct Professor in both the Engineering and School of Management where his class is affectionately titled: Geeks to Gazillionaires: How you take an idea and build a successful company.
He is on the boards of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Electronics Industries Alliance and the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association as well as being involved with charities focused on improving literacy, education and health care in Africa. For CEA, he serves on the Mobile and Accessories boards and is past chair of the Small Business Group.
Mr. West received his Bachelor of Arts from Haverford College in 1978 and his Masters in Business Administration from Stanford University in 1980. Before his college graduation, Mr. West spent a year teaching in Africa. He enjoys outdoor activities and spending time with his family.
Dr. Gary Ybarra, Ph.D. is a professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Duke University. He recieved his Ph.D. in ECE from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC in 1992. His research interests include microwave imaging and electrical impedance tomography.
He is the director of several K-12 engineering outreach programs as part of his Engineering K-PhD program (www.k-phd.duke.edu).
Fred Yentz, Principal, CTLaunch is dedicated to providing marketing and management consulting to the converged technology marketplace where he brings 20 years of experience in all aspects of the technology solution market with proven success and deep experience in organization management, customer relationships, product development, marketing, sales, channel operations, contract manufacturing, ODM/OEMs. As a byproduct of participating in the embedded technology sector, Fred has had extensive interactions with and extraordinary number of companies in telecommunications, enterprise compute and communications, medical equipment, and industrial automation verticals.
Prior to CTLaunch, Fred Yentz served as Vice President and General Manager of RadiSys Corporation, a leading provider of embedded solutions for the telecommunications, enterprise data, medical equipment and the industrial automation marketplaces. While at RadiSys Corporation Fred served in many capacities including the oversight of World Wide Sales, Marketing, Professional Service, Business Development in addition to General Manager of Enterprise, Communication and Commercial operating divisions.
Fred also worked for IBM where he held various positions with responsibility for Engineering, New Business Development and Management. Fred is named as an inventor on two U.S. patents in system bus architecture and system mechanical packaging and several patents pending. In addition, he has received IBM's First Level Plateau Invention Achievement Award.
Fred currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) as Chairmen of Marketing and Tradeshow Committee, which includes oversight of SUPERCOMM, the largest communications tradeshow in North America. Fred is a member and a Board of Governor for the Electronics Industry Alliance (EIA). Serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the partnership and is an Industry Advisor to Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering. Fred previously was the Chairman of the Multi Media and Telecommunications Association (MMTA) where he was awarded the Thomas Carter Award in 2000.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University (1988), a Master of Business Administration, Telecommunications Minor (1996) from the University of Miami, and a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems (1997) from the University of Miami.
Fred and his wife Christianne have three children, Alessandra , Gregory and Michaella and reside in Boca Raton, Florida.
Grant Seiffert is President of the Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA).
John J. Kelly is General Counsel of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) and the National Science & Technology Education Partnership (NSTEP). He has held both positions since September 1990. Mr. Kelly is also the President of the JEDEC, the semiconductor/solid state product sector of EIA.
Before joining the EIA staff, Mr. Kelly was engaged for thirteen years in the practice of law in Washington, D.C. His last position was as a partner in the firm of Loomis, Owen, Fellman & Howe. Mr. Kelly’s practice centered on civil and criminal litigation, antitrust and trade regulation, and corporate and non-profit law. He represented a number of Fortune 500 companies.
Mr. Kelly is the co-founder of the Association General Counsel Forum. The Forum is comprised of the general counsels of the fifty largest trade and professional associations in America. He is a former chairman and board member of the Legal Section of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). Mr. Kelly is also a past member of the ASAE Board of Directors. Mr. Kelly is also a member of the Democratic Business Council of the Democratic National Committee.
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