Career Background

Dr. Gbele graduated from the University of Arizona with a PhD degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) and completed his Postdoctoral at The College of Optics and Photonics UCF - CREOL (University of Central Florida - Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers). The field of study during his doctoral and postdoctoral programs was in Optical Sciences and his Master degree program was in Microwave Engineering.

Dr. Gbele won in 2019 a DoD-SBIR (Department of Defense - Small Business Innovation Research) Phase-I contract with the US Army and was selected twice (2018 and 2019) during the first 2 competitions of the US Army Expeditionary Technology Search - xTechSearch - launched in 2018. He won in 2020 the US Government National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase-I award for his STELLA invention (STELLA: Satcom Technology of Elaborate Luneburg Lens Antenna).

He has a joint patent with the University of Arizona on semiconductor laser source VECSEL device (Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) in the optical NIR -Near Infrared- frequency regime, and has pending patents on his inventions. He has published peer-reviewed papers and conference papers and possesses a strong background in electrical and optical research.

Dr. Gbele has a demonstrated ability and skills on semiconductor laser source development that include both types of VECSEL and VCSEL (VECSEL and Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser).

He was part of the team at the University of Arizona who invented in 2012 the development of a Luneburg lens antenna at X-band, using a rapid prototyping 3D printing technique. He, subsequently, was the first to design and fabricate the same lens antenna in Q-band frequency in late 2012. He has hands-on experience in Microwave Antennas design and fabrication, Microwave passive and active circuit components design and fabrication such as PA (Power Amplifier), LNA (Low Noise Amplifier), microwave circuit boards, resonators, circulators, attenuators and an extensive experience in cleanroom nano-structure development.

Dr. Gbele held several senior positions that include the role of PI - Principal Investigator - and Chief Scientist, responsible for the R&D (Research and Development) involving both Government and commercial contracts. Among other duties, Dr. Gbele held Adjunct Professor position teaching Mathematics. He is the Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of US Air Tech LLC DBA USAT.

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering,  The University of Arizona, AZ, year: 2016.
M.S., Electrical Engineering,  The University of Arizona, AZ, year: 2014.
B.S., Electrical Engineering,  The University of Arizona, AZ, year: 2005.
B.S., Computer Engineering,  The University of Arizona, AZ, year: 2005.

Career Background

Dr. Aberle is currently an Associate Professor at ASU (Arizona State University) in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering with research interests in the areas of antennas, signal and power integrity, and RF systems for wireless communication modeling of complex electromagnetic phenomena.

In addition to his position as a faculty member at ASU, Dr. Aberle has been a NASA/ASEE summer faculty fellow at NASA Langley Research Center (1993), a visiting academic at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (1997), a visiting researcher at Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corp. in Greenbelt, MD (1998) and a senior member of the technical staff at a start-up company (2000-2002).

From 1982 to 1985, Dr. James Aberle was employed by Hazeltine Corporation, Greenlawn, N.Y., where he worked on the development of wide-band phased array antennas. He was a graduate research assistant at the University of Massachusetts from 1985 to 1989, where he developed and validated computer models for printed antennas. He has been a faculty member of Arizona State University since 1989.

Education

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Massachusetts 1989
M.S. Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University of New York (now Polytechnic University) 1985
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University of New York (now Polytechnic University) 1982

Career Background

Dr. Nelly Clotter-Woods, the Organizational Behavior Analyst and Proposal Technical Lead, has worked with targeted population of focus for the past 12 years, specifically in the role of offering technical assistance, research development, direct services, quality assurance, auditing, program compliance, program development and evaluation for scientific research, behavioral health, mental health, and education programs.

Dr. Nelly Clotter-Woods is an industrious, professional advisor who offers sound and profound consultancy services to entrepreneurs and the non-profit industry through her vibrant company named NCW ‘GRANTS’ & ASSOCIATES, PLLC in Arizona. Through her diligence and rapid development, she passed her school-leaving exams in flying colors. She proceeds to John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, where she obtained a BA (Bachelor of Art) in Public Administration in the year 1999 and 2013, respectively. Her first office work was at John Jay College, where she served as an administrative professional.

After four years of active service, she moved on to obtain her MA (Master of Art) in Public Administration in 2002 at the same college. She also obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Organizational Behavior & Leadership with a specialization in Business Management at Capella University, Minneapolis, MN, in 2015.

Education

Ph.D. in Organization and Management: Capella University, Minneapolis, MN, 2015
MS in Instructional Technology (MIT): Touro College, New York, NY, 2020
MA in Public Administration: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, 2002
BA in Public Administration: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, 1999

Career Background

With over 24 years of industry experience at technology giants like Intel, Apple and Google, Mr. Prashant Marathay brings a wide array of process, product and technology skills to the table. He has a unique ability to work with a team to quickly identify the problem, develop potential solutions and then select the correct solution resulting in faster development times and improved product quality.

Professional Experience

Director of Operations

Infinite Options (August 2018 - Present)

Experience:

Project Technologies:

Leadership: Led multiple project teams by articulating the vision, laying out the plan, and overcoming tactical obstacles

Management:

Strategic Thinking: Selected projects that complimented each other and enabled team members to develop core skills

Brand Evangelization: Promoted "Infinite Options" as a company and "Serving Now" as a product to increase customer and partner engagement

Tactical Implementation: Worked directly with project teams to solve problems, ensure accountability and enable progress

Problem Solving: Drove Technical Solutions by guiding teams to pursue specific activities and conduct impactful experiments

Education

University of Arizona
MS Chemical Engineering
BA Economics
BS Chemistry
Dale Carnegie Instructor
Toastmasters District Contest Winner
Constraint Based PM Game Inventor

Career Background

Analytically minded; possesses keen problem-solving skills coupled with a proven ability to adapt and learn at an accelerated rate.

Team oriented; contributes endless innovation and astute comprehension while utilizing the strengths of those around

Consummate professional; demonstrates pride in work through superb results while always open to self-improvement

Objective focused, success driven

Software Proficiencies: MATLAB SimuLinkSolidWorksLabView AutoCad ANSYS MastercamX6 MS Office

Created a low cost, unique, drive system as well as the overall design for an interactive pet fitness center – patent pending Designed a speaker system that utilizes EM TOF to locate speakers and adjust parameters based on relative positioning; made use of low cost, low computation, technology to generate a measurement device capable of picosecond interval – (patent pending)

Designed and developed exoskeleton-like device to aid in hand movement and functionality for disabled persons; and introduced a doping process for the primary driving allow, improving energy efficiency and force output, of the device–patent pending

Education

BS Mechanical Engineering. Jan 2007 –May 2012
Concentrations: Aerospace; Design and Manufacturing

Career Background

Senior InfoSec, IT Privacy and Compliance Consultant. Over eighteen years of experience in health, banking, insurance, telecommunication, software, government and not-for-profit audits. Extensively audited entities funded by the U.S. federal government such as the US Treasury Department, The US postal Service and the US Social Security Administration.

Specialized in, IT Security, Vendor Risk Management, SOX GRC, HIPAA, PCI, and SOX Audit strategy, driving global organizational governance, Program Management, SOX, ISO/IEC, 27001, NIST, 800-30, IRS Basel III / CRD IV compliance, gathering detailed Business requirements, IT-audit program, security & privacy risk assessments (EU GDPR) at industry leading organizations.

Education

Lecturer of Information Security law for Lille II of France at the University of Dakar
InfoSec awareness presentation to various organizations
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Certified ISO Internal Controls Risk Analyst (ISO3100)
Certified ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer
Certified ITIL Information Service Management (ISO 20000)