John M. Vogel – Acting CEO/Director of Sales & Marketing - Americas, has over 20 years of experience in marketing and sales, including 14 years as Vice President of World Savings Bank (WSB); District and Regional Loan Origination and Sales Manager and VP of Real Estate (Owned). John was COO of a start-up desalination technology company with responsibilities for Business Development, Business and Market Plan Development, Sales Lead Generation and Project Bidding. He was a key contributor in the preparation of bids and securing projects for several wastewater and water purification systems. Several worth mentioning are: state-of-the-art RO Systems for Chevron-Texaco ($25M), Berry Petroleum ($15M), Stocker Resources ($5M), City of Cambria, CA ($4M) and Cenco Refinery ($133K).

Shams Jawaid - President and COO is the co-founding partner of USDesal International Inc. Shams holds a Master of Science Degree in Applied Mechanics/Heat Transfer from Boston University, Massachusetts. Over a career spanning 25 years, Shams has held several senior executive management positions with well-known Fortune 500 Companies and has demonstrated strong leadership capabilities in R&D, Manufacturing, Operations and Reliability Engineering. His unique experience and knowledge with Far East, Middle East, Central and South Asian cultures, with fluency in multiple languages and deep insights into traditions, business operations and conduct among multi-ethnic backgrounds, is highly valued. He has been a noted conference speaker and published author. As an entrepreneur, Shams, in the past decade, has invested in several successful startup companies in the Silicon Valley California, USA and is listed in the 2004 and 2006 editions of the Who’s Who U.S. National Register for Executives.

See Young - Acting CFO, Managing Partner-Cofounder is a graduate of UCLA and EIT USA with Master’s and Bachelor degrees in Management and Engineering. See is a valuable asset with 30 years of management, engineering, manufacturing and operations experience with start-up Silicon Valley start-up companies and with Fortune 500 leaders IBM, Hitachi, Applied Materials, and Quantum Corporation. His key contributions to the electronic industry have been in the development of perfluoro-compound (PFC) gas abatement devices using high-energy plasma technology and with precision water vapor injection systems for high vacuum applications. As a Chinese Immigrant, See brings key contacts and exposures in water purification and desalination technologies in the fast growing Mainland Chinese, Taiwanese and Hong Kong markets.

Bill Wilson - Chief Technology Officer is a world-renowned and highly sought after wastewater treatment and water filtration expert. Bill is a graduate from Harvard University and the University of California at Santa Barbara, CA and is a member of California Environmental Health Association (CEHA), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Among many accolades, his resume includes a key role in the development of US Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Engineering Design (USBC-LEED) standards. He has designed or contributed to many, international water-related and wastewater treatment programs and projects.

Bill has completed several hundred projects during his career spanning over twenty five years in the fields of sustainable wastewater and water purification. A few are listed here to attest for some of his contributions namely; CH2MHill project for the Arrowhead Springs, San Francisco Bay Project; 13,000-Acre expansion of Albuquerque, New Mexico USA; Mississippi (USA) Renewal Commission Master Plan following Hurricane Katrina; numerous programs/projects in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and the Indo-Pak subcontinent.

Bill Wilson's Certifications and Registrations:

Fred Tabrizi – Vice President- Renewable Energy Solar-Hydro-Wind Technologies is responsible for all renewable energy projects at USDI. His experience includes 30 years of executive level industrial, automation, & renewable energy systems integration. Fred has over 20 years of engineering and manufacturing experience in semiconductor equipment & solar energy systems with Fortune 500 companies including Varian Associates, Novellus and Sierra Solar Systems, Solexant thin-film solar PV and AG Associate & Mattson Technology Inc. Mr. Tabrizi spent a decade developing advanced robotics & automation in platforms for a broad array of industrial applications. Mr. Tabrizi is certified by the North America Board of Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) and is a licensed General and Electrical Contractor in California & Nevada. He holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University, CA.

Ahsan Sajjad - Vice President Strategic Partner Development and Marketing, received degrees in Business and Marketing from the University of Karachi, Pakistan and has extended his marketing education through several US Colleges. He experience been as an executive with several major electronic and start-up companies in Silicon Valley, California. Most notably, he was VP, New Business Development for Spin Technology Inc., a semi-conductor company that specialized in sputtering of gold and silver, etching and grinding of wafers. His efforts resulted in multi-million dollar growth for Spin Technology by securing major customer contracts and orders. At VICU, a silicon valley start-up, he was a key contributor in 360 degree camera development and was recognized for his significant contributions in market analysis and development.

Parvaiz Zafar - Vice President Marketing & Sales - Asia has over 25 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, and Material Procurement, Business Development, and Infrastructure set-up in diversified fields. His major contributions have been in the field of plastics, petro-chemical, oil, synthetic material and shipment of these products to various parts of the world. Mr. Parvaiz is multi-lingual and has demonstrated success using his negotiation, interpersonal, and marketing skills to close multi-million dollar agreements and deals in a challenging environment consisting of people having multi-ethnic backgrounds, cultural heritage, and origins from various nationalities.

Kevin Crook - Director of Program Management holds an Aerospace Engineering degree from the US Naval Academy and a MBA from the University of Colorado USA. Mr. Crook developed extensive experience and knowledge in the fields of water and wastewater and has worked with several world renowned companies as a consultant-advisor. In 2001, Kevin created the USDesal company vision of containerized systems for water treatment. He was successful in building alliance relationships with Parsons Brinckerhoff Water Group and other major US water treatment companies. During the period through 2007, he brought key personnel resources together to build an engineering and manufacturing platform while establishing various international Agent and Distributor Agreements. His longer term vision has been to integrate water and wastewater treatment design and manufacturing capabilities with advancing renewable energy technology capabilities in solar power, wind energy and energy efficiency.

Ian Parkinson - Board of Advisors has over twenty five years of experience as a project manager for multi-million dollar water treatment, wastewater treatment, and desalination projects. He has worked in numerous engineering project management positions with Veolia Water Group, VP Operations with Combined Solar Technologies and as Senior Consultant for Water Technology with Parsons Brinckerhoff Water Group.

Scott F. March - Corporate Attorney has practiced business law for over 25 years and is certified as a Franchise and Distribution Law Specialist by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. He currently serves as a Vice-Chairperson of the California Bar Franchise Law Committee. In addition to California, Scott is admitted to practice in Hawaii and the District of Columbia. Much of Scott’s work over the years has involved start-up companies, but he also represents established businesses in a wide variety of industries. He holds a Certificate in Franchise Management from Georgetown University and earned his MBA while serving as a U.S. Air Force officer.