Mr. Pronske is a mechanical engineer with more than 20 years experience in the power industry in North America, South America and Europe. He previously served as Vice President, Business Development, Latin America, for Tractebel, Brussels, Belgium, and prior to that worked for the AES Corporation. Mr. Pronske was instrumental in the acquisition and development of power plants, gas distribution systems, and energy companies with an aggregate equity investment in excess of $2 billion and an installed capacity in excess of 6,000 MW. He joined CES in January 2001, was elected a Director in May 2001, and became CEO in January 2003.

The Honorable Brian C Griffin has held numerous senior-level positions in both the public and private sectors. His distinguished public service career includes serving as a senior government official under three Presidents and two Governors. In the private sector, he has served as both the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of a New York Stock Exchange listed oil and gas exploration company. Dr. Griffin received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1974 and was selected as a Rhodes Scholar. As a Rhodes Scholar, he attended Oxford University where he received his British law degree. He also holds an American Juris Doctorate degree.

Dr. Doyle, an attorney and retired member of the Bar for the District of Columbia, served as Director of Strategic Planning, Marketing Director, and Director of Land Use Planning for Aerojet. He also developed policy and regulatory expertise in technology transfer in roles at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, NASA, and the White House Office of Telecommunication Policy. Dr. Doyle was a co-founder of CES, served on the Board of Directors from August 1996 to November 2003, and served as company President from December 1999 through December 2003.

Mr. Simms has over 35 years of engineering and construction experience in the power generation field. He recently served as Vice President of Construction for Calpine Corporation and was one of the principal senior managers responsible for organizing, staffing and executing Calpine’s aggressive multi-billion dollar construction program. This highly successful program commissioned 25,000 MW_e of state of the art power plants throughout the US and Canada within a six year period.

Mr. Simms was also a vice president for Walsh Construction Company and during his career, as a construction manager, worked on a wide range of power generation projects including: hydro, nuclear, solar, wind, biomass, coal and geothermal technologies.

Dr. MacAdam is Vice President of Research & Development. He is a chemical engineer with more than eight years' R&D experience in the energy field, with specific expertise in gas and coal combustion, coal gasification, oxy-combustion, and air pollution control. Prior to joining CES, he was a lead engineer in the Energy Production and Generation business unit at Western Research Institute (WRI) in Laramie, Wyoming. There he was responsible for clean coal combustion and gasification technology development, and the development of coal-to-hydrogen processes. Prior to WRI, Dr. MacAdam worked for Air Liquide as a combustion scientist in their Chicago Research Center, where he investigated and developed new applications for oxygen in the field of power generation. Dr. MacAdam holds a PhD and MS in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with specialization in combustion and air pollution control, and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Natal, South Africa. He is the author of numerous papers, and a co-inventor on five patents.

As Director of Administration and Corporate Secretary, Ms. Welch brings a decade of purchasing, facilities and project management experience, as well as quality customer service and disaster recovery training, to CES. A recognized expert in project management and business administration, Ms. Welch serves as an integral part of the CES management team and is responsible for virtually all aspects of administration, human resources, vendor contracting, financial reporting, compliance and supporting operations for CES.