Michael M. Salour
Chairman & CEO

Michael Salour is the founder of IPITEK and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer.

Dr. Salour has over 25 years of experience in developing and commercializing leading-edge technologies in the fiber optics and communications industry, including both products and telecommunications networking services. Dr. Salour founded TACAN Corporation in 1982 for the purpose of developing proprietary technologies through a growth-oriented business firm. Since 1982, he has built several highly successful corporations through an internal growth strategy and also successfully completed several key acquisitions and spin-offs.

Dr. Salour also founded, and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, of Linkatel Communications, Inc., a developer of competitive local telecommunications networks (CLECs). Linkatel created and managed several successful partnerships with major communications and media firms, including the Providence Journal Company, Time Warner, and The Copley Press. Linkatel's high-speed optical networks were successfully built and activated in 1995, serving the San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. The networks were sold in 1996 to two major broadband telecom providers, resulting in a substantial return on investment for Linkatel and its partners. In 1994, he acquired a division of Honeywell, and successfully built it into a leading supplier of components and sub-systems for Fly-by-Light technologies, optical networking and Data Link technology for mobile platforms, and other classified products and services for secure communications, which was subsequently sold with substantial returns in 2003 to a major US Defense & Aerospace corporation.

With over 16,000 hours of logged flight time, Dr. Salour holds Airline Transport Pilot License from the US Federal Aviation Administration, with type rating certifications in various Corporate / Business Jets and a variety of large transport category aircraft including DC-3, DC-9, DC-10, B-727, B-737, and B-747 airliners. He also holds Flight Engineer (turbo Jet), Flight Instructor, and Instrument Flight Instructor certifications from the FAA.

Prior to founding TACAN and Linkatel, he held a variety of research and teaching positions and professorships at Harvard University, Imperial College of Science and Technology, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("M.I.T."). In 1980 he was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship from the A.P. Sloan Foundation, and in 1981 he was awarded the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Chaired Professorship at M.I.T. Dr. Salour has more than 51 publications in refereed journals and holds 14 patents in electro-optic and fiber-optic technology.

Dr. Salour holds a B.S., with Honors, in Engineering Physics from the College of Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, an A.M. and a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University.

John C. Bellamy
Senior Vice President, Telecom & Information Services

Dr. Bellamy is one of the world's foremost authorities in digital telephony. During the past two decades, his book on the subject has served as a vital resource in many research laboratories, universities, and major institutions around the world. The latest edition of DIGITAL TELEPHONY is translated into several languages including Japanese and Russian. It is widely used as prime source of information on how modern telephone networks are designed and implemented within the entire telecommunications industry worldwide.

With almost 20 years of association with IPITEK, Dr. Bellamy brings valuable expertise to support IPITEK's broad customer base. Before joining IPITEK, Dr. Bellamy spent many years at Rockwell International, Arthur A Collins Inc., Collins Radio Company, and several other corporations spanning telecommunications networking, advanced microwave radio system design, switching system design and analysis, and CPU memory system design.

Dr. Bellamy has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. In addition to his industrial experience he has lectured as an adjunct professor in the electrical engineering department of Southern Methodist University where he taught courses in telecommunications and computer programming.

William J. Moore
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development

Mr. Moore has 30+ years of experience in Sales and General Management. From 1988, he held a number of positions with Ortel Corporation including VP of Strategic Business Development, VP & General Manager of the Broadband Business Unit and VP of Worldwide Sales. Prior to joining Ortel, Mr. Moore held various positions in Sales and Marketing management with Hewlett - Packard.

Mr. Moore holds a BSEE and an MS in Operations Management.

Luis Figueroa
Vice President, Advanced Systems

Dr. Luis Figueroa is responsible for the integration of R&D into both Defense and Commercial product lines at IPITEK. Dr. Figueroa has an extensive technical and management background in Advanced Systems, which encompasses work on RF systems, IR sensors, Multi-Level Security (MLS), opto-electronic components, and communication systems (including RF, Laser, and fiber based. He also has substantial experience in satellite laser communication systems, modeling and simulation, and technology risk reduction.

Previously, Dr. Figueroa spent 20 years serving in various technology positions at the Boeing Company. In his last assignment at Boeing he served as Director for Technology Integration for the Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) Advanced Systems organization. In that capacity he managed the R&D integration of internally developed technology within the various IDS business segments. Dr. Figueroa also served in various technology positions at Hughes Research Labs and TRW Electro-Optics Research Center. In additional to his experience in industry, Dr. Figueroa has held staff positions at North Carolina State University and the University of Florida, where he was a tenured Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department.

Dr. Figueroa has published over 40 technical papers in scientific journals and has been awarded 11 Patents. In 1985 he received the US Government Excellence Worldwide Award for his team's work in the area of high power laser diodes. In 1992 he received a Boeing Annual Invention Award, and in 2000 he received the Hispanic Engineering National Achievement (HEENAC)Award for Technical Achievement. He received BS, MS, and PhD degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He is Senior Member of IEEE and a member of SPIE and AIAA.

Allen Pogeler
Vice President, Corporate Planning

Allen has a broad background and experience in finance, engineering, manufacturing and marketing. He has worked in corporations such as Aerojet General, SAIC, and Computer Science Corporation, with focus on corporate planning and analysis in technologies such as medical devices, electronics, defense, software and semiconductors, and has performed a number of roles, including CFO, and general manager.

Allen holds a B.S. and MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.