Advisory Board
Jean-Michel Cousteau
An explorer, environmentalist, educator and film producer for more than 40 years, Jean-Michel Cousteau is founder and president of the Ocean Futures Society, a non-profit marine conservation organization. The eldest son of undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, Jean-Michel travels the globe as the "voice of the ocean," meeting with world leaders and policymakers, educating young people, documenting stories of change and hope, and lending his reputation and support to help energize alliances for positive change. At the 2001 Winter and 2004 Summer Olympic Games, he was chosen to represent the environment, literally carrying the torch for the Earth into the Opening Ceremonies. Mr. Cousteau has been honored as a Director Emeritus for his many years of service to the Company as a Director. He has played a leading role in helping the Company form eco-alliances witd shipyards and ship operators to protect the ocean environment from industrial pollution.
James Canton, Ph.D.
Institute for Global Futures
Dr. James Canton is a renowned global futurist, social scientist, keynote presenter, autdor, and visionary business advisor. He is widely considered a leading autdority on future trends in innovation. Dr. Canton is CEO and Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, a think tank he founded in 1990 to advise the Global Fortune 1000 on trends in innovation, financial services, health care, life sciences, energy, security, workforce, climate change and globalization. Dr. Canton is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Research in Innovation at the Kellogg School of Management and serves on Motorola’s Visionary Advisory Board. He has advised three White House Administrations, the National Science Foundation and MIT's Media Lab in Europe. Dr. Canton is a commentator on CNN. He has been profiled in top-tier broadcast and print media, and his Global Futurist blog enjoys a worldwide following.
Leslie F. Kenne
Lieutenant General, United States Air Force (Ret.)
As a United States Air Force officer, Lieutenant General Kenne directed three major programs — the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared System for Night (LANTIRN), the F-16 and the Joint Strike Fighter. Lt. General Kenne oversaw a $25 billion budget and an aircraft fleet of 3,000 F-16 aircraft, and managed financial planning, budgeting and repair of F-111 and A-10 aircraft, radio and air traffic control systems. Previously, she served as Director of the Department of Defense's $30 billion Joint Strike Fighter program, and as Commander of the Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, MA. Lt. General Kenne has held Pentagon staff positions including Deputy Director in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighting Integration. Her decorations include the Defense and Air Force Distinguished Service Medals, the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Force Commendation Medal. Since retiring from the Air Force in September 2003, Lt. General Kenne has served on the boards of EDO Corporation and Harris Corporation and is currently President of LK Associates, an independent consulting firm.
Gordon Kuljian
Gordon Kuljian served as a company Director from June 22, 2000 until March 2006. Since 2000, Mr. Kuljian has served as Vice President, Operations for Chemstar Uretdanes Inc. From 1994 to 2000, he served as a Senior Engineer and the Operations Manager for Coatings Services at Corrpro Companies Inc. Mr. Kuljian has over 15 years of experience in the field of corrosion control by protective coatings, surface preparation and coatings formulation and application and has lectured and written several scholarly articles in the field.
Dr. Kent Moors
Dr. Moors is an internationally recognized expert in global risk management, oil/natural gas policy and finance, cross-border capital flows, emerging market economic and fiscal development, political, financial and market risk assessment, as well as new techniques in energy risk management. He has been an advisor to the highest levels of the U.S. and foreign governments, a consultant to private companies, financial institutions and law firms in 21 countries and has appeared over 800 times as a featured television and radio commentator. As president of ASIDA, Inc., an international consulting firm specializing in Russian, CIS, Caspian and other developing market hydrocarbon and financial strategies, his clients have included six of the world’s top ten oil companies, and leading oil and natural gas producers throughout Russia, the Caspian Basin, the Persian Gulf and North Africa, as well as major transnational banks, investment firms and holding companies.
J. Francis Lavelle
Mr. Lavelle was appointed to the Board of Directors in July 2006 and served until June 2007 when he became a member of the Board of Advisors. Since October 2004, Mr. Lavelle has been a Managing Director of Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, an investment banking firm with 12 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Mr. Lavelle heads the firm’s Industrial Technology and Environmental Technology Investment Banking Group. Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Lavelle headed The Nassau Group, Inc., a corporate strategy and mergers and acquisition advisory firm he founded, for over 12 years. Mr. Lavelle is Chairman of the Compensation Committee.
Sanjeev Jakhete
Mr. Jakhete was appointed to the Brisben Water Advisory Board in October 2007. He joined the Company in July 2004 and he currently serves as Senior Vice President of Engineering for Brisben Water Energy Solutions, Inc. Mr. Jakhete served as a project Team Leader for the Mobile Emergency Filtration System (MEFS) project with responsibility for project planning, execution and supervision for verification by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through their Environmental Technology Verification Program to test and evaluate the MEFS. Mr. Jakhete also led Brisben Water’s deployment of the MEFS following Hurricane Katrina to make clean water available to the residents of Waveland, MS. He co-invented the Brisben Water Ozonix™ process with company founder Dennis McGuire and has been instrumental in the design of custom containerized water treatment systems using the Brisben Water Ozonix process for several applications including the oil and gas exploration industry and to clean up ballast water in the maritime industry. Mr. Jakhete was previously with Wallem Ship Management, an international shipping management company, from January 1992 until March 2003 as a Senior Marine Engineer with responsibility for operation and maintenance of all shipboard machinery. Mr. Jakhete is a member of the Institute of Engineers, India, and holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Poona, India with First Class Engineer’s Certificate of Competency. Mr. Jakhete completed Robotic Training for remotely operated robotic vehicles at the National Robotic Engineering Consortium, Pittsburgh, PA.