Charles J. Cernansky, President

JD/MBA (Albany Law School of Union University / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, jt. degree); attorney (non-practicing) & CPA (inactive) - NY. Price Waterhouse (Manhattan) Manager, Financial Consulting & Information Systems; CFO/CLO of Medlinc, Inc., a metro-NYC private firm with $100+million revenues with a prominent health care presence. Summit Capital Associates, Inc., Managing Director, a financial consulting and venture capital firm; former board member of public companies. Co-founder WestCap Partners, Inc., 1992, which invests in and advises growing smaller companies. Securities principal in NASD member firm.

Lisa Rittberger, Executive Vice President of Business Development / Sales & Marketing

B.S. Suny-Albany and M.S. (Health Science Admin.) Sage Colleges. Board Certified Health Executive. Northeast Training Director for Kaiser Permanente & Health Ctr Administrator. Director of International Operations for Medicover Healthcare, LLC, largest private healthcare firm in Central Europe; functional responsibilities covered all regional operations, medical department administration, peer reviews, ISO compliance, personnel, purchasing, quality/risk management and corporate policy & procedures. Founder, TransAtlantic Global, LLC, 1998, directed to business development services and consultancy for international business partnerships, particularly in the health care field.

Stuart Schwartz, Secretary, Executive Vice President of Legal & Regulatory Affairs , General Counsel

B.S. SUNY-Albany; JD (N.E. School of Law) and LLM (NYU Law School); NY & NJ Bar. Tax counsel with Westvaco Corp. (large public company in paper & chemical mfgr). Corporate legal and tax practice at Marks & Murase (Manhattan) encompassing Japanese and European clients (included FDA approval of medical devices). Further corporate, tax, estate and R.E. development experience practicing at Jacobs Zinns Schneyer & Braff (Manhattan). Editor of Federal Tax Coordinator 2d, a prominent RIA tax research treatise. Taught & lectured tax law, accounting, business law and international business at a number of undergraduate/graduate institutions including U. of Missouri, SUNY-Albany, Union College, William. Woods University and Columbia College. Public Arbitrator, NASD Board of Arbitrators.

Joseph Burch, Vice President of Production

Joseph Burch, president of Maximum Secutiy Products Corporation since 1992, oversees production, project management and the design and development products. With 20 years of professional experience in the detention industry, Mr. Burch has held a variety of positions including project manager, equipment designer, consultant and corporate executive. His technical strengths include using steel fabrication and electrical design to enhance security. Mr. Burch designed the first 10-gauge, hollow steel detention door to receive a three-hour fire rating from Underwriters Laboratories. This hollow steel door is currently one of MSP’s flagship products.
Before joining MSP, Mr. Burch was Vice President of American Jail Equipment; prior to this, he also served as Vice President of Barrier Technology Corp. Mr. Burch holds a B.S. degree in Biology. He is an active member of the American Correctional Association.

Sandy Ellisor, MS, MT(ASCP) SBB

Ms Ellisor has over 38 years experience in hospital, blood donor center, diagnostic reagent manufacturing and plasma donor center industries in technical, educational, management and compliance positions. She is currently President of ss.ellisor enterprises, providing consultation, technical writing and training for Blood Bank industries.

James Niles, Systems Engineering & Development

In his position as product systems engineer, James Niles uses his extensive technical expertise, and his planning, design and management experience to develop the best, most cost effective product and service solutions for customers. Mr. Niles coordinates the design, submission and approval of components to be incorporated into products. He also coordinates the manufacture, delivery, installation and service of products. In addition, he supervises the development, prototype construction, and testing of new products.

Previously, Mr. Niles owned and operated Niles Associates, a mechanical contracting firm specializing in commercial projects with unusual performance specifications. He managed all project phases from concept, design and estimating to project close out and customer follow-up.

As chief executive officer and principal of Alltek Energy Systems Inc., from 1982 to 1994, Mr. Niles managed a 45-employee company. Additional duties included personally managing numerous projects and directly supervising three other project managers.

For two years prior to this, he was employed by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. As a project associate, he was responsible for the planning, budget, implementation and management of solar and building conservation systems research projects. From 1976 to 1980, as manager of Advance Cooler Manufacturing, Mr. Niles was tasked with developing the solar and building systems department. His varied responsibilities ranged from developing products such as solar panels and a urethane building panel system, to designing HVAC and control systems. Throughout his tenure there, Mr. Niles gave numerous presentations on energy conservation in building systems to representatives of trade and civic groups, the media, and state government.

Mr. Niles received a B.A. degree in Environmental Science in 1976.