Mr. Melby has a 20-year background in aerospace manufacturing and more than 10 years of experience as a public company executive. He spent 15 years as owner and chief executive officer of Metal Form, Inc., serving worldwide customers including Boeing, Bombardier, Rockwell, Grumman, Lockheed Martin and others. Under his stewardship, Metal Form was the recipient of numerous awards of excellence, including Boeing's President Award and three consecutive "Supplier of the Year" awards.
Mr. Melby is a founding member of Melby Brothers Performance Investments, a firm with a strong history of financing successful start-up and turnaround organizations. One of Mr. Melby's more notable investments was the financing and purchase of firearms-maker Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC) from London-based Tomkins PLC (NYSE: TKS) in 2001. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board for Waytronx, Inc (OTCBB: WYNX).
Mr. Melby continues to invest both his time and resources in successful business ventures. This includes investments in Earth911, an environmental services company that addresses product end-of-life solutions for businesses and consumers. With an unmatched enthusiasm and excitement for the further development of the environmental sector, Mr. Melby oversees Earth911’s operations to successfully and sustainably grow the business.
Mr. Melby is an active philanthropist. He and his family are members of the Harvesters, an Orange County food bank dedicated to providing healthy meals to underprivileged children in Southern California. He is also a member of the Cattle Barons, a Texas charity providing support to the American Cancer Society.
Corey Lambrecht has more than 14 years of experiences as a public company executive specializing in strategic acquisitions, new business development, pioneering consumer products, corporate licensing and interactive technology services.
Mr. Lambrecht previously served as the Executive Vice President of Global Alerts (predecessor to Infinity Resources, LLC), a leading cause media company, and also led Infinity Resources’ investment into Quest Recycling Services, LLC. He formerly served as Director of Sales for Leveraged Marketing Associates, the worldwide leader in licensed brand extension strategies focusing on non-traditional as well as International Licensing opportunities.
Mr. Lambrecht was instrumental in arranging the financing for the acquisition of Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: SWHC) by the publicly traded Saf-T-Hammer Corp. He served as Executive Vice President and was responsible for Smith & Wesson Corporation and served as the President of Smith & Wesson’s Licensing, Advanced Technologies and Interactive Marketing divisions. He is the former President of A For Effort, an interactive database marketing company specializing in online content (Advergaming) for clients such as the National Hockey League. Mr. Lambrecht’s prior experience also includes being a Pre-IPO founder for Premium Cigars International (NASDAQ: PCIG) and VP Sales/Marketing for ProductExpress.com (OTCBB: PXPS).
Mr. Lambrecht serves as a Director for Lifestyle Wireless/Text-a-Day (leading Mobile Giving and Marketing Platforms) and as Director and Compensation Committee Chairperson for Waytronx, Inc. (OTCBB: WYNX), thermal management solutions company and its wholly owned subsidiary CUI, a provider of electro-mechanical components for OEM manufacturing.
Mr. Lambrecht is a Certified Director from the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management accredited Directors program.
Mr. Dick is a founding member of Quest and former Senior Vice President - Southeast Region of Atlantic Industrial Services, Inc. (“Atlantic”), one of the largest recycling companies in the U.S. Mr. Dick brings a strong background in business management, planning and operations and has nearly 13 years of experience in regulatory compliance and safety. As the Chief Executive Officer of Quest, Mr. Dick has taken Quest from a start-up company with no revenue to an early stage company with $40 million of gross receipts for services provided to clients in less than two years. Mr. Dick’s experience and know-how include the management of sales and operational staff, routing, customer service, budgeting and marketing programs for Atlantic. While at Atlantic, Mr. Dick was also directly involved in the acquisition of several multi-million dollar recycling companies from the due diligence phase to full integration of the businesses. Mr. Dick is a 1997 graduate of Pittsburg State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management and a Minor in Physical Science.