Management

Quentin T. Kelly, Chairman, is WW&ST’s founder since its inception in 1984. Formerly CEO for WorldWater, he has many years experience in international business involving water and solar power needs in the developing world, and has worked with several international assistance agencies, including UNDP, UNICEF and USAID. He holds three patents relating to water and solar systems. In 1998, he was inducted into the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. Earlier, Mr. Kelly was Assistant to the President of Westinghouse Electric Corp., and CEO of corporations manufacturing and marketing specialized water and solar systems internationally.

Dr. Frank Smith, CEO, formerly served as COO of WorldWater. He served as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at EMCORE Corporation, where he identified target acquisitions, managed the due diligence process, and provided strategic direction for the company. Prior to this, he was an Operations Director at JDS Uniphase and a Program Manager at Lockheed Martin. He was also a Manager at MIT’s Lincoln Labs and has accumulated five patents under his name. Smith holds a B.S. in Engineering & Applied Science from Yale University and a Masters and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from MIT. As part of the Ph.D. program, his minor was in the Management of Technology at the Sloan School.

Larry L. Crawford, Executive Vice President & CFO, served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Escala Group, Inc., a position held since 2001. He was previously Chief Financial Officer of Arzee Holdings, Inc., from 1996 to 2001, and Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Talon, Inc., a subsidiary of Coats Viyella plc., from 1987 to 1996. Mr. Crawford is a certified public accountant and received his B.A. from Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. from the Lubin School of Business of Pace University.

Board of Directors

Dr. Frank Smith (see above)

Quentin T. Kelly (see above)

Reuben Richards is Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of EMCORE. He joined EMCORE in October 1995 as President and COO and became CEO in December 1996. Mr. Richards has been a director of EMCORE since May 1995. From 1994 to 1996 he was Senior Managing Director of Jesup & Lamont Capital Markets Inc.

Dr. Hong Hou is CEO of EMCORE. He co-started EMCORE's Photovoltaics Division, and subsequently managed the Fiber Optics Division. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California at San Diego. He has published over 150 journal articles and holds seven U.S. patents.

David Anthony is Managing Partner of 21Ventures and is an experienced entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and educator. Mr. Anthony is also an Adjunct Professor at the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS).

David Gelbaum graduated from the University of California, Irvine, in 1972 and worked for a number of years doing quantitative modeling of stock price returns and derivative securities from 1972 until 2002. As Trustee of The Quercus Trust, Mr. Gelbaum is currently invested in alternative energy companies, both public and private.

Dr. Walter Hesse is former CEO and Board Chairman of ENTECH, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. Dr. Hesse has been involved in high technology research and development work for more than 60 years and was a twelve year Board Member and served as Chairman and President of the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA).