VERIO - Key Persons
Dr. Charles Bennett (Inventor, Senior Advisor), holds six patents directly relevant to small-scale CSP technology, one issued and five pending. These patents involve both technology associated with the innovative thermal energy storage systems and innovative heat engine technology.
In the past, Dr. Bennett has been very creative and was one of the original inventors of the technology of accelerator mass spectroscopy now widely used for the radiometric dating of an enormous range of materials and items.
Dr. Bennett also invented the Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer that provides simultaneous spectral analysis for all of the pixels in a given image or scene, and currently used in fields as diverse as art forgery detection, remote sensing, medical diagnostics, and forensic science analysis.
Dr. Matarrese has provided independent consulting services in aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, performance analysis, vehicle preliminary design and optimization, and software development.
He brings to the BridgeTech team extensive knowledge of gas dynamics, conceptual design, significant practical experience in system development, exceptional analytical capabilities, and a highly creative approach to engineering.
His formal education includes a Ph.D. (specialization in fluid mechanics) and B.S. (Summa cum Laude) in Aerospace Engineering from the highly regarded programs at the University of Michigan and Ohio State University, respectively.
Dr. Michael Matarrese (Chief Technical Officer) has over 20 years experience as an engineer, including several years of close work as an aerodynamicist with famous airplane designer Burt Rutan, recent winner of the X-Prize with SpaceShipOne.
Dr. Richard Skaife (Chief Operations Officer) has 23 years experience in the UK Military before embarking upon his second career in the commercial sector, where he has 18 years experience as a business executive, with extensive experience in operational aspects of high tech start up businesses gained initially in the telecommunications sector.
Richard has successfully delivered $multimillion telecommunications systems in international environments. He brings significant intellectual and business skills together with significant operational and organisational capability to BridgeTech Industries.
He is an innovative and creative thinker who is competent at both Board and detailed engineering level. Experienced people manager, team leader and innovative team player (invented several patents and in 1999 initiated business idea for public wireless broadband hotspot broadband operations in Europe). He has led several technical initiatives in the terrestrial and satellite mobile communications industry with experience gained in ORANGE, Asia Cellular Satellite, ICO Global Communications, NORTEL, Inmarsat as well as an independent consultant.
He is a Chartered Engineer, member of the UK Energy Institute and has a PhD in Telecommunications Security.
Keith Bradley (Senior Advisor), was involved in the defence industry for the first half of his career working at a senior level in the UK, Japan, Hong Kong and the USA, initially in engineering and then progressing into marketing and corporate strategy.
Mr. Douglas Murch (Chief Executive Officer) acquired extensive background in systems development and systems engineering over 30 high-profile national programs throughout his 23-year Air Force career (Lt. Colonel USAF/Retired).
Mr. Murch holds Bachelors of Science in Physics and Electrical Engineering, and a Masters in Public Administration. He is a graduate of the highly acclaimed U.S. DOD Defense Systems Management College and has logged flight test time in numerous test aircraft.
Job Titles:
- International Executive
- Member of the UK Institute of Directors
Mr. Peter Khoury has over 25 years experience as a business executive, bridging the gap between commercial and technical disciplines. Peter is a results-oriented strategic and creative thinker, focused on launching and running the business to targeted goals against measurable criteria.
Peter is a seasoned international executive with versatile background in a wide range of functional roles, including commercial, business operations (front & back office), organizational development, information systems, technology and infrastructure. Peter has strong interpersonal qualities to motivate and engage cross-functional teams behind change objectives, delegating and coaching to achieve impressive results with high staff productivity and morale.
Peter is experienced at interacting with the Board and representing the organization in its relationships with major customers, bankers, analysts, suppliers, the community and other stakeholders. Peter has launched a number of privately-owned start-up ventures, has led companies to listings on multiple exchanges and has also run companies in the Public sector.
Peter holds a B.E. (Honours) in Chemical Engineering and a B.Sc. in Computer Science & Pure Mathematics from the University of Sydney in Australia.
Peter is a member of the UK Institute of Directors and is also a member of the UK Energy Institute.