Bryan Schwichtenberg
Chief Executive Officer
Built and scaled multidisciplinary engineering organizations from startup through mature production environments. 25+ years leading engineering and operations across aerospace, defense, and medical devices. Most recently VP of Engineering at Kaney, Inc.; before that, led aircraft integration and flight test at DeltaHawk Engines and a $50M systems/test engineering unit at GE Aviation. Has personally planned and executed $1M–$13M capital facility expansions and holds 3 U.S. patents.
Gerald Kulcinski, PhD
Founder & Director
Chief Technology Officer
Director of the Fusion Technology Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1974-2014), Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering (1984-2014)
Gerald was the Associate Dean of Research for the College of Engineering (2001-2014). He was elected as a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society in 1978, and elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1993. He was awarded the NASA Public Service Medal in 1993, and the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal in 2010.
John Santarius, PhD
Founder & Director Chief Scientist
Research Prof. Emeritus, Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics, and Assoc. Dir. for Alternate Applications and Concepts Emeritus, Fusion Technology Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
John (Caltech BS; UT-Austin PhD) received the Fusion Power Associates Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award (1991) and served on the IEEE Fusion Technology Standing Committee for 11 years. His research focuses on fusion neutron sources for clandestine materials detection, fusion energy technology, and plasma physics.
Dennis M. Hall
Founder & Director
VP for Business Relations
CEO of Dennis M. Hall Associates.
Dennis has previously lead an organization with a 25M budget; leading a financial payment startup that now has over 1 B in transactions; managing director of a consulting group focused on rebuilding efforts in Kuwait, Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan. Has been a keynote speaker, panelist, speaker and moderator at rebuilding conferences for Kuwait, Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan. Named the exclusive agent to represent U.S. companies to the Kuwait International Trade Fair by the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait. Has held a top-secret security clearance.
Thomas G Plumb, CFA
Director
Chairman of the Board
VP for Investor Relations
Lead Manager, President, CEO, Chairman of Plumb Funds
Tom Plumb serves as president of the Plumb Funds, where he is also the lead portfolio manager for the Plumb Equity Fund and Plumb Balanced Fund. Tom is the founding Principal of Wisconsin Capital Management, LLC. Tom’s career includes twenty years as the lead manager of two balanced mutual funds, the Thompson Plumb Balanced Fund and the Dreyfus Premier Balanced Opportunity Fund. Tom earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1975. He is a member of the Madison Investment Management Society and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
