Ken Chickering - President 

• BS Petroleum Engineering- University of Oklahoma
• Previously at Exxon; General Valve Co.; Daniel Valve Co.,  President 1988-2004
• Professional Membership:
   -  Chairman ASME Petroleum Division
   -  Chairman Valve Manufacturers Association

Matthew Flemming - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

• 13 years experience in financial, strategic and operational business development
• Founder and Chief Executive Officer of a specialty products company he led to $50 million in revenue with $15 million in EBITDA in six years.
• Licensed Financial Advisor with Eppler, Guerin and Turner (largest Southwest regional investment banking firm at the time).
• Capital market experience has enabled him to raise more than $100 million in financing

Gunter Maurer - VP of Manufacturing 

• BS- Mechanical Engineering- University of Colorado
• Previously at FMC and ABB, 25 years in Liquid and Gas Measurement Engineering and Manufacturing
• VP of Manufacturing with Hemiwedge Valve since 2004

Charles Partridge -  Manager Cartridge Valve Engineering 

• BS- Mechanical Engineering- Texas A&M
• Previously at FMC; WKM; Tom Wheatley Valve; Daniel Valve/ M&J Valve,  Manager of Engineering 1993-2007
• Holds eleven valve patents
• Active Professional Membership:
   -  API Sub Committee 6- Pipeline Valves
   -  ISO 14313 – Pipeline Valves
   -  ISO 14723- Sub Sea Pipeline Valves

• BBA Accounting (Honors) - Texas A&M
• 25 years of accounting, management and financial experience
• 9 years as Senior Director of Hewlett-Packard Corporation in worldwide  operations including lead roles in the HP/Compaq merger and development of their worldwide order management processes.
• 10 years as Corporate Group Controller for United States Media Corporation, where he managed the financials and controls for five subsidiary companies.