Joseph F. Longo, age 74, has served as a director and as Chairman since 1995. Since November 2004, Mr. Longo has served as Chief Executive Officer and President, positions he also served in from November 1995 to January 2002. From July 2003 until December 2004, Mr. Longo served as Chief Operating Officer, and from August 2003 to August 2004, as Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Longo is the founder of Startech Corporation, a predecessor of the Company, in 1994. Mr. Longo was founder and Chief Operating Officer of the International Dynetics Corp., a waste industry capital equipment manufacturing company with multinational customers from 1969 to 1990. Prior thereto, he was Manager of New Product and Business Development for AMF from 1959 to 1969. He has been awarded many waste industry equipment patents, all of which have been successfully commercialized. He is a mechanical engineer and operating business executive, with more than 25 years of waste industry management experience. |