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Larry Kunkel - Chairman of the Board
Over the past 25 years, Mr. Kunkel has been the Chief Economist and Director of Corporate Strategy for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, New York Life Insurance Company and Ryan Edwards Global Strategic Advisors. During his career, Mr. Kunkel has been involved in over 150 mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Kunkel received his A.B Degree with Honors in Economics from Providence College and his A.M. Degree in Social Sciences (Economics) from The University of Chicago. While at The University of Chicago, he was the Research Assistant to George J. Stigler, the 1982 recipient of the Noble Prize in Economics. In addition to serving as a Director of OPEL Solar Inc., Mr. Kunkel also serves as a Director and Chief Financial Officer for Modular Thermal Technologies, Sea Con Phoenix and American Strategic Holdings, LLC.
Patrick Lapera - OPEL Solar Inc. Secretary
Attorney Lapera is a founding partner of McKinnis & Lapera,LLC. and head of its corporate and financial law practice. He was trained at the New York City firm of Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander. Mr. Lapera has more than 20 years experience in a wide range of fields, for example sophisticated corporate, finance and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity financing. With an MBA from the University of Chicago as well as a law degree from Syracuse University College of Law (cum laude), Mr. Lapera also served as in-house General Counsel and chief Legal Officer of a substantial corporation, and has been engaged in his own private legal practice since 1993. He is admitted to the bar of New York as well as Connecticut.
Denis Colbourne - Director
Mr. Colbourne, has over 40 years of experience in the high technology industry and is currently President and CEO of DC-Technologies Ltd. He has expertise in business operations, technology transfer and industry-government liaison, with a focus on high-tech restructuring and turnarounds. Mr. Colbourne is also Chairman of Spectalis Inc. (Ottawa), and a member of the board of several other high-tech companies, including SiGe Semiconductor Inc., International Datacasting Inc and Wi-LAN (Calgary).Prior to retiring from Nortel in December 1998, Mr. Colbourne served as Vice President and General Manager of Nortel Semiconductors. Nortel Semiconductors was a full service provider, offering a complete range of silicon design, prototyping, manufacturing, technology development and IC analytical capabilities. Mr. Colbourne holds a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Memorial University of Newfoundland, a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa.
Samuel Peralta - Director
Dr. Samuel Peralta, has over 25 years of business experience in the high-tech sector. Currently Chairman of Envergence and Business Director of Kinectrics, he serves on the Board of Directors for OPEL Solar and Axiom NDT. Previously, he headed Qvadis, a smartphone software provider; was CTO for OH Solar, based on an acquisition from Texas Instruments; and served in key positions at Ontario Hydro and the Ontario Laser and Lightwave Research Centre.
His Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Wales is complemented by studies at the Rotman School of Management, the Schulich School of Business, and Edinburgh Business School. Dr. Peralta has received awards from the high-tech community for digital publishing and laser inspection. He has authored over 150 papers, holds patents on tritium batteries, and been invited speaker at conferences ranging from the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Advanced Study Institute (NATO-ASI).
David Slomka - Director
David Slomka is a 30 -year veteran of the telecommunications and the high tech industries, served as an executive of industrial companies, holding companies, and was founder, owner, CEO and President of Hi-Tech startup companies. David worked for Tadiran Telecomm as the head of R&D, and later as Corporate Director for Business Development and Strategic Planning. In 1992 David founded and currently owns TeleOp Telecommunications Industries Ltd. David served as an Executive VP for Business Development in Elbit Ltd., a technology and communications holding company. David also founded and was CEO, Preseident and Chairman of the Board for HyNEX Ltd. a company that developed and marketed high-speed networking products, and was acquired by Cisco in 2000. David earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Cum Laude in electrical engineering from the Technion in Haifa, Israel, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) at Tel Aviv University |
