About Us

Dr. Weaver is a serial entrepreneur with more than 40 years of experience founding and operating over a dozen companies in the automotive, aerospace, advanced materials and energy fields.  

He holds 11 U.S. Patents, and is the recipient of the Award of Merit from ASTM and multiple entrepreneurial awards from the Governors of Missouri and Tennessee.  

Dr. Weaver earned a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri S&T), and a M.S. and PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. 

José María Figueres Olsen served as President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998. Figueres has also been involved in global issues such as climate change, sustainable development, and technology. José María Figueres entered public service as Minister of Foreign Trade and then Minister of Agriculture. In 1994, he was elected President of Costa Rica, as the nation's youngest elected president of the 20th century. In 2000, he joined the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, and has served as President of the Board of Leadership in Environment and Development (LEAD). Member of the Board of Directors: World Wildlife Fund (WWF), USA; World Resources Institute (WRI); Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). Since 2010, he has been Chairman of the Carbon War Room, an independent non-profit organization focused on the global transition to a low-carbon economy.  

Alan brings over two decades of high-level experience in government, corporate and association work. He  provides corporate and non-profit clients successful strategic planning, business developments, and government relations initiatives in the communications, energy and advanced materials industries. Alan serves on a number of non-profit boards and as a strategic advisor for early stage advanced materials companies.

  Don Bernardo is an industrial chemist by training and an active member of Colegio de Químicos de Costa Rica, with a long history in the study and investigation of natural resources. With more than forty years of experience, Don Bernardo is recognized as an expert educator for industrial and college students, as well as in the development of eco-friendly natural agricultural practices.

Over the last twenty five years he has become increasingly involved with renewable energy development, mostly in geothermal resources in Europe, Central America and Mexico, as well as the study of alternative energy sources like photovoltaic and wind energy generation and in the development of new materials technology development, such as graphene.