Board of Directors

Malcolm Welch - Chairman

Malcolm Welch CTO & Principal, TAPO Ventures, LLC is an accomplished information technology executive who brings over 35 years of experience and a thorough understanding of the processes and a related technology issues to be faced in developing, deploying and managing IT organizations dedicated to delivering services in high performance environments. 

As CTO for Aetna Insurance he was directly responsible for an $850 million technology budget as well as leading a technology staff of 500 people. In addition, he was responsible for promoting, encouraging and implementing company-wide IT privacy and security policy formulation, IT services strategy/structure and all Enterprise Architecture. 

Prior to Aetna, he was Senior Vice President of technology consulting at Comdisco, Inc. In previous roles, he has worked in many different corporate environments from start-ups to large multi-national firms. At start-up USConnect Inc., he expanded the organization from its original six (6) firms to a constituency of 32 firms in the US, Canada and South America, giving USConnect the broadest geographic coverage of any national micro/network integration firm. The large corporate time included positions at Allied–Signal/Bunker Ramo Corporation, Honeywell Information Systems and National Semiconductor/Data Terminal Systems, Inc. In addition, Mr. Welch served as Chief Systems Programmer for the U.S. Army Command & Control Support Detachment.

Mr. Welch’s senior management experience has covered a broad diversity of business, management, technology and consulting skills. He possesses in-depth industry experience in Financial Services, Insurance, Telecommunications, and HealthCare. His senior management positions have covered business development, strategic planning, product management and product development. 

Mr. Welch holds a dual Bachelor of Science degree in computer sciences and mathematics from the University of Illinois.  

Paul J. Aiello - Director

Mr. Aiello was appointed CEO of Opticon Systems, Inc. and President of its subsidiary PowerCon Systems effective October 19, 2009, bring9ng to Opticon Systems over 25 years of telecommunications, technology and energy related business experience. Immediately prior to joining Opticon Systems, Mr. Aiello served as Senior Vice President and COO of GoVertical Communications. Previously, Mr. Aiello served as Vice President of Sales & Business Operations for Progress Energy’s telecommunications subsidiary, Progress Telecom, and held various executive positions with Williams Energy’s Williams Communications and Wiltel business units, including Vice President of Global Sales, Vice President of Strategic & Government Accounts, Vice President of Outsourcing and General Manager. He has also held executive management positions at NEC, Intecom, Inc., and the RCA Corporation. Mr. Aiello holds a BA degree in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany.

Peter Messineo - Director

Mr. Messineo, age 49, is a certified public accountant in Florida and New York and is a registered public accountant with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB"). Peter has over 25 years of accounting experience in public accounting practice, consulting and private industry as Controller and Chief Financial Officer.

Public accounting experience has been with national (BDO Siedman, LLP) and regional CPA firms (Pender Newkirk & Co, LLP from 2004 through 2007) servicing a broad based clientele including technology companies. Consulting experience has been with international consulting firm (Jefferson Wells International from 2007 through 2009) servicing multi-billion dollar clients, in the capacity of financial reporting, support and compliance. Since 2009 Peter has been serving multiple clients registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a Board Member or in the capacity of compliance with quarterly and annual filings.
Peter received his degree in accounting from Pace University in New York and his Masters in Business Administration in Finance from Long Island University.

Sam Talari – Director

Saeed Talari, Sam has been the Chief Executive Officer of FutureWorld Energy, Inc. since November 21, 2008. Mr. Talari served as the Acting Chief Executive Officer at Infrax Systems, Inc. since November 21, 2008 and Chief Operating Officer until October 2009 and served as its Interim President. Mr. Talari founded and manages FutureTech since 2001. He serves as a Director at PowerCon Energy Systems, Inc. He studied Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of New Hampshire. Mr. Talari holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics from University of Lowell and has a Master's Degree in Finance from Trinity.

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