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Paul Savage

Paul Savage - CEO

Paul comes to the energy technology sector from finance. A graduate of Haverford College with a degree in Philosophy, Savage’s experience includes bond trading at CS First Boston and risk management at Lehman Brothers before joining the start-up operations of the Caterpillar Dealership in Hanoi, Vietnam. At Caterpillar, Savage wore two hats as Director of Marketing and Customer Finance. Savage is credited with helping grow this green-field start-up to 87 employees, 5 offices, and $22 million in sales in two years. Savage is also a founding governing member of the EMerge Alliance™, a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and a member of the Board of Directors at Winrock International.  At Nextek, Paul Savage is the architect of the company’s IP, financial, and partnering strategies. Savage leads a comprehensive team of operations and engineering talent both at Nextek Detroit and Nextek New York.
Ben Hartman

Ben Hartman - CTO

Ben is responsible for designing and guiding the company's product roadmap and representing Nextek on several key national forums.  Ben is an Electrical Engineer with 20 years experience in technology and management consulting.  For the EMerge Alliance™, Ben is the Chair of the Technical Standard Working Group and guided representatives from the member companies to author the recently completed standard.  A graduate of Tufts University and Columbia Business School, he has developed proprietary controls and precision devices for Technicon Inc., performed Telecom and Media strategic consulting for Booz Allen & Hamilton as well as corporate strategy and new business development for SNET (now AT&T). Ben developed one of the company's key patents for the bi-directional version of our flagship product.
Brian Noble

Brian Noble - CFO

Brian is responsible for all of Nextek's financial and reporting functions. Mr. Noble comes to us after a successful career as a serial entrepreneur.  Through a process of mergers and acquisitions he has successfully created and sold 4 multi-million dollar companies in both the high tech and transportation industries.  Noble has personally acquired 35 companies, and sat on company's boards as they proceeded through the IPO process.  Before he began his successful career as an entrepreneur Mr. Noble was a Vice President for Fujitsu/ICL and a director of Marketing for McKesson. Mr. Noble holds a Bachelor of Science (Accounting) from Missouri State University.