Dr. Lawrence Tinker, President – Dr. Tinker has more than twenty-nine years professional experience in the energy technology industry in R&D, product technology development, intellectual property development, licensing, and corporate management. Dr. Tinker earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from The University of Texas at Austin where he worked on electrochemical reactions in liquid sulfur dioxide. During the ten years prior to joining RBC, Dr. Tinker served as President, Vice President of Advanced Technology, and Vice President of Engineering at AER Energy Resources, a publicly traded battery technology development and licensing company. Dr. Tinker was responsible for R&D, product development, intellectual property, and corporate management. He managed the development of an intellectual property portfolio of over fifty US Patents and more than twenty-five foreign patents. He also contributed to two technology-licensing agreements and managed several ongoing development and evaluation programs with external customers and licensees. Prior to AER Energy, Dr. Tinker served as Manager of Technology at Gates Aerospace Batteries, where he worked with nickel based battery systems for satellite applications. Dr. Tinker also was Manager of Research at Ballard Research, Inc. where he worked on lithium sulfur dioxide batteries and a Member of the Technical Staff at Hughes Aircraft Company, where he worked with NiH₂ batteries for satellites.    He is the author of twenty-three publications and holds fourteen patents in the related fields of electrochemistry and battery technology.

Dr. Ramesh Kainthla, Vice President Research & Development – Dr. Kainthla has twenty-eight years professional experience in conducting and supervising research in the areas of electrochemistry and energy technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India in 1980 for work on chemical deposition and characterization of semi-conducting thin films of use in various devices, including conversion of solar energy to electricity. From 1980-1981 he worked on the development of thin film solar cells for use in solar energy conversion. From 1981-1983 he was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, where he carried out the fabrication and characterization of photo-electrochemical devices. From 1984-1989 he conducted and supervised research work in the Chemistry department of Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, on various electrochemical problems, including photovoltaic and photo-electrochemical devices for the conversion of solar energy to electricity and chemical energy, corrosion of materials, electrode processes, ex-situ and in-situ techniques of the study of electrode solution interface. Dr. Kainthla has published more than 36 research papers in scientific journals and while at RBC since 1989, has six patents to his credit on the Company’s technologies.

Robert D. Altabet, Business Development Associate – Mr. Altabet is the sole proprietor of Alpha Beta Planning, a business consulting company based in New York. He previously spent over twenty years at Duracell demonstrating strong senior management skills in strategic marketing and business planning, new product development, market research and sales forecasting. He has experience as an executive through all phases of the business cycle bringing valuable perspectives on management in today’s unusual business environment. Skills in facilitation and team building and experience in a variety of disciplines allows offering of expertise in a wide variety of organization structures and work group environments. While at Duracell, Mr. Altabet led the development of strategic approaches to sales forecasting that integrated shipment and consumption forecasting, using a variety of approaches including time series models, econometric and causal models to comprehend the impact of marketing variables such as advertising, pricing and promotions. He also developed and integrated forecasting of battery operated devices for a long-range strategic approach to planning. Mr. Altabet was key in   planned the development of a Lithium photo battery business, including technology development, original equipment manufacturer design approach and consumer group launch. He also negotiated technology licensing with companies owning patents in areas of interest to Duracell. Mr. Altabet holds a B.S. degree in Economics & Mathematics, from the City College of New York and completed M.B.A. coursework in Operations Research, at Bernard Baruch College, NY.

Dr. Lawrence Tinker, President – Dr. Tinker has more than twenty-nine years professional experience in the energy technology industry in R&D, product technology development, intellectual property development, licensing, and corporate management. Dr. Tinker earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from The University of Texas at Austin where he worked on electrochemical reactions in liquid sulfur dioxide. During the ten years prior to joining RBC, Dr. Tinker served as President, Vice President of Advanced Technology, and Vice President of Engineering at AER Energy Resources, a publicly traded battery technology development and licensing company. Dr. Tinker was responsible for R&D, product development, intellectual property, and corporate management. He managed the development of an intellectual property portfolio of over fifty US Patents and more than twenty-five foreign patents. He also contributed to two technology-licensing agreements and managed several ongoing development and evaluation programs with external customers and licensees. Prior to AER Energy, Dr. Tinker served as Manager of Technology at Gates Aerospace Batteries, where he worked with nickel based battery systems for satellite applications. Dr. Tinker also was Manager of Research at Ballard Research, Inc. where he worked on lithium sulfur dioxide batteries and a Member of the Technical Staff at Hughes Aircraft Company, where he worked with NiH₂ batteries for satellites.    He is the author of twenty-three publications and holds fourteen patents in the related fields of electrochemistry and battery technology.

Dr. Ramesh Kainthla, Vice President Research & Development – Dr. Kainthla has twenty-eight years professional experience in conducting and supervising research in the areas of electrochemistry and energy technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India in 1980 for work on chemical deposition and characterization of semi-conducting thin films of use in various devices, including conversion of solar energy to electricity. From 1980-1981 he worked on the development of thin film solar cells for use in solar energy conversion. From 1981-1983 he was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, where he carried out the fabrication and characterization of photo-electrochemical devices. From 1984-1989 he conducted and supervised research work in the Chemistry department of Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, on various electrochemical problems, including photovoltaic and photo-electrochemical devices for the conversion of solar energy to electricity and chemical energy, corrosion of materials, electrode processes, ex-situ and in-situ techniques of the study of electrode solution interface. Dr. Kainthla has published more than 36 research papers in scientific journals and while at RBC since 1989, has six patents to his credit on the Company’s technologies.

Robert D. Altabet, Business Development Associate – Mr. Altabet is the sole proprietor of Alpha Beta Planning, a business consulting company based in New York. He previously spent over twenty years at Duracell demonstrating strong senior management skills in strategic marketing and business planning, new product development, market research and sales forecasting. He has experience as an executive through all phases of the business cycle bringing valuable perspectives on management in today’s unusual business environment. Skills in facilitation and team building and experience in a variety of disciplines allows offering of expertise in a wide variety of organization structures and work group environments. While at Duracell, Mr. Altabet led the development of strategic approaches to sales forecasting that integrated shipment and consumption forecasting, using a variety of approaches including time series models, econometric and causal models to comprehend the impact of marketing variables such as advertising, pricing and promotions. He also developed and integrated forecasting of battery operated devices for a long-range strategic approach to planning. Mr. Altabet was key in   planned the development of a Lithium photo battery business, including technology development, original equipment manufacturer design approach and consumer group launch. He also negotiated technology licensing with companies owning patents in areas of interest to Duracell. Mr. Altabet holds a B.S. degree in Economics & Mathematics, from the City College of New York and completed M.B.A. coursework in Operations Research, at Bernard Baruch College, NY.