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MYRON SULLIVAN II
Executive Biography – October 2005
Tel:(604) 913-1115
Email: myronsullivan@shaw.ca
Mr. Sullivan is the founder of the AEROS Project and is the Chairman, President/CEO of Global Response Group (GRG) (details below). Mr. Sullivan is also the founder and 1st Trustee of the Global Environmental Protection and Research Foundation. Mr. Sullivan speaks 5 languages [fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and conversationally competent in Portuguese].
Born: Vancouver, Canada.
Education:
- B. Comm. - University of British Columbia "UBC", Vancouver, Canada, 1967.
- B.Sc. Engineering - National University of Mexico "UNAM", 1972; received Honors for 4 consecutive terms.
- MBA- Global Management (Candidate) - University of Phoenix (expected graduation February-2008).
- Following his MBA, Mr. Sullivan intends to complete a PhD with a dissertation related to global warming and the extent to which GRG will be able to reduce global warming.
Awards:
- Graduating thesis (UBC) won a national award announced at the 1968 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (CIMM), as published in the CIMM 1968 Annual Directory.
- Set B.C. & Canadian records in swimming (backstroke) and in track & field (discus & javelin).
- Named "Male Athlete of the Year" at the Vancouver Annual Inter-High School Track Meet in 1960.
- Received an award from the West Vancouver ROTARY Club for exceptional humanitarian service (details below).
- Awarded 4 financial grants by the National Research Council of Canada "NRC" (1997-2001) to develop computer simulation programs for the AEROS System at the University of Victoria (details below).
- Awarded a special financial grant by the NRC to conduct an oil spill technology symposium in Malaysia (details below).
Business Experience and Accomplishments 1967 to 1988:
- Canadian Diplomatic Corps (1967-1970): Vice-Consul & Assistant Trade Commissioner in Venezuela & the Caribbean. Generated over $52,000,000.00 of new export business for Canadian companies (details available upon request).
- Directed the Mexican operations (1970-1971) of a large international mining company, known as Placer Dome.
- Managed, as VP Finance & Admin, the Formiconi Lei Group (1971-72), an international Italian consortium in the design and construction of oil refineries & petrochemical plants. Gave seminars to industry contractors & engineers on the techniques of PERT-CPM project management time & budget control systems.
- In 1972, Mr. Sullivan's own company ("DEXTER SA. de CV.") won international bids to design and construct 7 high-voltage sub stations in Venezuela, beating-out Siemens, Brown Boveri, General Electric, and Westinghouse. This was the 1st time a local company ever won an international bid against the "majors" in Venezuela.
- In 1973, wrote the cover story article for the Venezuelan prestigious technical magazine "CADAFE", regarding state-of-the-art high-tech applications of jet engines to mobile, dual-fuel, electrical generating systems.
- In 1973, Mr. Sullivan's own company "DEXTER" sold the world's largest turnkey mobile electric generating stations to the Venezuelan government and personally inaugurated the system on Marguerita Island together with the President of Venezuela, Rafael Caldera, and the President of the Venezuelan national electric utility company "CADAFE", Ing. Ildemaro Leon.
- Created successful international joint ventures (1973-76) to manufacture: bridge cranes; tower cranes; automated agricultural-industrial complex to produce tomato products & fruit preserves; motorized agricultural equipment / construction equipment.
- Directed a $15Million/Yr business (1973-78) in industrial machinery & CNC machine tools (Boulton Group-Venezuela).
- Assisted many European and US manufacturers to successfully break into the South American market (1973-79).
- Designed/manufactured (1979-87) heavy-duty accessories for 4x4 "SUV" vehicles; Was granted many industrial design patents.
Business Experience (1988-2007) developing innovative solutions re: oil spill technology, forest fires, & global warming:
- Assisted (1988-89) the national oil companies of Egypt, Mainland China, and other countries, to equip them and to provide training to fight large marine oil spills to protect the coastal marine environments of these countries.
- Invented & patented (1989-90) an innovative hi-tech unmanned system for combating large off-shore oil spills known as the AEROS Airborne Oil Spill Recovery System. This exciting project is owned by the U.S. company "Global Response Group (GRG)" which is in the process of applying to list on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange (Small Cap Board).
- As Chairman/CEO of Global Response Group (GRG) (1998-2007), he formed important strategic alliances with 3 FORTUNE 100 companies, including: LOCKHEED MARTIN, RAYTHEON-NORTHRUPP, (two of the world's largest defense contractors) and HALLIBURTON; In addition, MITSUBISHI has expressed interest to participate as a financial partner.
- NRC (Canadian Government) & the Malaysian government co-sponsored Mr. Sullivan to give an international technology symposium about GRG/AEROS held in Malaysia Oct., 1997, which resulted in a Malaysian government offer to sponsor one of the initial GRG emergency response bases, and a Malaysian industrial firm offered to enter into joint manufacturing with GRG.
Humanitarian Interests:
- Financed, directed and successfully completed a Rotary International project to build low-cost housing units for 160 earthquake victims in El Salvador (2003).
- Currently organizing a similar, larger humanitarian project in Honduras with several international humanitarian agencies.
Avocations:
- Golf, skiing, tennis, physical fitness, reading, traveling, gourmet cooking, making fine wines, languages, guitar, family & friends.
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