Management Team
Patrick O’Neill Haskell
Chief Executive Officer
Patrick Haskell was appointed to the Board of Advisors in December 2007. He then joined the Company full time as Chairman and Co-CEO in June 2008 and became CEO in December 2008. Mr. Haskell is a former Managing Director with HSBC, where he served as the Head of North American Rates, Sales and Trading from March 2005 until December 2006. He was also a member of HSBC’s Markets Management Committee for the Americas. Mr. Haskell’s career includes serving as a Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). While at CSFB he also served as Co-Head of Dollar Interest Rate Trading, a member of the Fixed Income Division’s Operating Committee and chaired the firm’s Managing Director Evaluation Committee. Mr. Haskell is Series 3, 7, 24, and 63 licensed. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Union College. Mr. Haskell has been a philanthropic supporter and Board Member of Boy’s Hope/Girls’ Hope since 1998 and was the organization’s Vision of Hope Award Winner in 2006. Mr. Haskell is also an active participant in the “Save-a-Limb Foundation”.
Dennis E. McGuire
President and Chief Technology Officer
Dennis McGuire is an inventor and the founder of Brisben Water Technologies. Mr. McGuire serves as the Company's President and Chief Technology Officer. He guides development of innovative clean water processes and technologies, drawing on his two decades of research and development with the cavitating energy properties of water and using energy in water for environmental coating removal and water treatment applications. Mr. McGuire has earned global recognition for his accomplishments that are now represented by numerous patents and patent pending rights in the major markets the Company's technologies serve globally. Mr. McGuire received a top-ten finalist award from Discover Magazine and the Innovation of the Year award from Ship Repair Magazine for his patented environmental coating removal technologies. He also received London's Seatrade Magazine Award for countering marine and atmospheric pollution. Mr. McGuire has been instrumental in forming eco-alliances with Carnival Cruise Lines, the Shaw Group, Pierce Manufacturing, and BAE Systems.
Adrian G. Goldfarb
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Goldfarb joined the Company as CFO in February 2008. Mr. Goldfarb has more than 25 years experience in a number of different technology companies, including IBM and a Fujitsu subsidiary. In addition to extensive international experience in a variety of management roles, he served as General Manager for the European affiliate of The Weather Channel and was responsible for turning around its European operations after multiple years of losses under previous management. He has most recently been involved in the private equity space, both as a management consultant and investor and recently concluded the sale of one of those companies to a large European investment group. Mr. Goldfarb also serves on the board of GelStat Corporation and is head of their Audit Committee. Mr. Goldfarb specializes in the turnaround and growth of emerging companies with a focus on strategic planning and prudent financial management.
Michael R. "Mickey" Donn, Sr.
Chief Operating Officer
Michael R. “Mickey” Donn, Sr. currently serves as Chief Operating Officer for the Company. Mr. Donn previously served as a consultant, Director of Communications, Managing Director, Senior Vice President of Operations, Executive Vice President, and Treasurer for Brisben Water Technologies, as well as President and Chief Operating Officer of Brisben Water Systems, since 2000. Mr. Donn was Project Manager for Brisben Water’s EPA verification testing of its water filtration system and has served on the Board of Directors since March 2005. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Donn served as President of the 1700-member Miami-Dade County Fire Fighters Association, for which he previously served as Vice President and Treasurer since 1982. Mr. Donn coordinated relief efforts for the Miami-Dade fire fighters following Hurricane Andrew. Additionally, he set up and coordinated the Brisben Water relief effort in Waveland, MS following Hurricane Katrina. From 1978 to 1980, Mr. Donn conducted day-to-day operations of Dade Oil Company as General Manager.
Jacqueline McGuire
Senior Vice President of Administration and Corporate Secretary
Jacqueline McGuire has served as a Company officer since April 1998. Since January 2001, she has served the Company as Senior V. P. of Administration. Her responsibilities have included recruiting and supervising all administrative staff, as well as coordinating all company travel and costs, reviewing all expense reporting and managing administrative contract office equipment services. Additionally, her duties include coordination of the Company equity transactions and maintenance of the Company shareholder records and Board of Directors communications and meetings. Ms. McGuire formerly served as Chairman of the Board of Amclean Inc., an ultra-high-pressure coatings and removal contractor, from 1992 until 1997. Her duties included extensive travel to Europe to negotiate with equipment manufacturers on pricing, delivery and terms.
Michael Furman
Executive Vice President, Business Development
Michael Furman was appointed Executive Vice President in charge of business development in August 2008. Mr. Furman is a former Managing Director at HSBC and Credit Suisse, where he was the Co-Head of US Interest Rate Sales. From 1988 through March 2005 he was employed by Credit Suisse First Boston, now known as Credit Suisse. From 2000 until 2005, Mr. Furman was Managing Director and Co-Head of US Rates Sales. From March 2005 through December 2006, he was Managing Director and Co-Head of US Rate Sales at HSBC. Since March 2007, Mr. Furman has served as a Principal with Powelton Capital Management, a financial services firm based in Manhattan, where his responsibilities included capital raising presentations, sales, customer relations and portfolio management.
Sanjeev Jakhete
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Sanjeev Jakhete joined the Company in July 2004 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Engineering. He previously served on the Brisben Water Board of Advisors from October 2007 until June 2008. 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 led Brisben Water's deployment of the MEFS following Hurricane Katrina to make clean water available to residents of Waveland, MS. He co-invented the Brisben Water Ozonix™ process with company founder Dennis McGuire and has been instrumental in 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 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.
Michael R. Hull, CPA
Controller
Mr. Hull joined the Company in January 2008 as its Controller. He also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of GelTech Solutions, Inc. After graduating from college, Mr. Hull spent 11 years auditing both public and private companies for Price Waterhouse, advancing from audit staff to audit senior manager. Upon leaving Price Waterhouse, he accepted the position of CFO for BCT International, a public company that is a franchisor of wholesale printing businesses with annual network sales of $107 million. Subsequently, he worked for Resources Global Professionals, where he was a member of a team that assisted a $4 billion subsidiary of a $40 billion multinational company in complying with Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. Most recently, Mr. Hull served as the CFO of BabyUniverse, a public company traded on NASDAQ. His responsibilities include preparing the annual 10-K and quarterly 10-Qs filed with the SEC and coordinating the annual financial statement audit and quarterly reviews. Mr. Hull has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1986 and is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a member of the Financial Executives Network Group.