Mr. Chaffee launched his career in the field of acoustics and vibration control technologies in 1988 by introducing The Cutting Wedge™ acoustical panel which became the industry leader and was sold to Systems Development Group (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA) a year later. Afterwards Mr. Chaffee designed and patented the first-ever vibration and electrical isolation gasket system for rack-mounted electronics. Sorbotech™ was tested at UC Boulder and subsequently licensed to Raxxess Corporation (Prospect Park, NJ).  Tom then joined Dr. Peter D'Antonio, AES Fellow and Founder & CEO RPG Diffusor Systems, Inc. (Upper Marlboro, MD, USA) in developing and marketing the patented VDAC™ acoustical panel designs which revolutionized acoustical treatment markets by lowering manufacturing & shipping costs by over 30% while raising performance of bass frequency response, an area long thought optimized. Tom helped to create an R&D relationship for RPG with the USDA's Forest Products Labs (Madison, WI). After working with RPG Tom’s long-time interest in optics was brought to the fore helping design and develop optically-driven authentication and anti-counterfeiting technologies for R&D 100 Award winner Chas Butland. Tom’s transition to optics was complete by 1997 when he, Dr. Karl Stahlkopf (then VP Power Delivery, EPRI) and ultrafast optical physicist Dr. Jean-Claude Diels (University of New Mexico) proposed the concept of a femtosecond laser-based free space optical communications to EPRI (Palo Alto, CA) based on EPRI & UNM’s previous work in lightning research.

John Hibbard and holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Sydney University and a Master of Electronic Engineering from the Netherlands. For over 40 years, he has been in the telecommunications industry with more than 30 years in the international side. John has worked in the functional areas of engineering, technical and business operations, technical and network planning, business planning and development, sales and marketing before his elevation to general management, and as such has a comprehensive knowledge of the international telecom industry. John is now CEO of his own consulting business Hibbard Consulting Pty Ltd specializing in international telecommunications leveraging off his experience as MD Global Wholesale where he led a team which grew Telstra ' s international business to over $1 Billion. John specializes in international connectivity and carrier commercial arrangements including. submarine cables utilizing his experience as founding Chairman of the Australia Japan Cable.

JOHN CABANISS
Ultrafast Optics Director, Interim CTO, Stakeholder
Staff Research Scientist, The Georgia Technical Research Institute

John Cabaniss attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he studied under Dr. Rick Trebino, and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics in December of 2001. John spent a year at the Los Alamos National Labs, and then returned to Georgia Tech as a Research Scientist & Research Faculty Member for the Research Institute in March of 2003, and remains in this position there. He has filed six provisional patents in various states of development, and has published over 20 classified papers and reports. John has since assumed the title of Ultrafast Optics R&D Director for Attochron, continuing in his post at GTRI and consulting for Attochron since 2005. John is responsible for Attochron’s ultrafast optics R&D understanding and execution. John has authored numerous technical white papers for Attochron, and regularly represents Attochron at major technical conferences. Mr. Cabaniss’ reputation for innovative technical thinking including contributing IP has been valuable for GaTech and Attochron.

Dr. Diels is an original co-inventor of AWL™. His expertise is well-known in the fields of laser physics and nonlinear optics, ultrafast phenomena, high-resolution spectroscopy and imaging, adaptive optics and interferometry. Dr. Diels has an extensive background in laser-induced discharges and plasmas. Dr. Diels’ background includes laser gyros and related sensing of displacements, index of refraction, magnetic and electric fields.

Dr. Fleishauer was most recently Leader, Information Grid Division, USAF Research Lab (Rome, NY) where he lead & managed 300+ civilian, military and contractor personnel in R&D of cutting edge cyber operations, airborne networking, tactical communications and data links, and RF testing and evaluation of aircraft.  His group validated and executed more than 270 contracts valued in excess of $700 million. Previously Colonel Fleishauer was Director of Operations and Commander, 26th Operational Weather Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA where here he led a 200+ person, 24/7 weather center servicing 60 Air Force and Army installations in a seven-state area in the heart of “Tornado Alley.”  He mentored and educated 20 new weather officers and 130 new Airmen while conducting live operations. Until July of 1998 he was Commander, 48th Weather Flight, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England and led a 16-person weather forecasting and observing base weather station and was also Senior Weather Officer and subject matter expert for the 48th Fighter Wing Commander; protected $3.5 billion worth of USAF/NATO resources from hazardous conditions. In 2001 Robert earned his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University with a GPA of 4.0. In 2002 he completed his M.S. in Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College with a GPA of 4.0 and status of Distinguished Graduate. Security Clearance: Top Secret (TS/SCI)

Since May 2002, Karl has been Senior Vice President, Energy Solutions and Chief Technology Officer of Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. Since December 2002, Karl has also served as President of Renewable Hawaii, Inc., a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. From November 1973 to April 2002, Karl served as Vice President of Power Delivery and Utilization at Electric Power Research Institute, or EPRI, an independent, non-profit center for electricity and environmental research. During his tenure at EPRI, Karl was also a founder and served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of EPRI Solutions, a subsidiary of EPRI, and was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sure-Tech, LLC, a manufacturer of power electronic devices. Karl currently serves on the Board of Directors at Hoku Scientific. Karl has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Naval Science from the University of Wisconsin and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.