Management Team
R. Gale Sellers
Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
Mr. Sellers was a test Systems Engineer for Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin). He was the CEO of ARC Group International, Inc., a company specializing in international logistics. He was a founding manager of Quadtek, Inc., which pioneered innovative high temperature video systems in industrial environments. Gale has been an investor and advisory board member for several privately held emerging growth companies in various market segments, bringing his engineering, marketing and operations experience to build positive cash flow and shareholder equity.
Matthew DeVries
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. DeVries was a senior financial executive for publicly traded Active Voice Corporation until its acquisition by Cisco Systems, Inc. Mr. DeVries has been a consulting Chief Financial Officer to publicly traded companies on the AMEX, NASDAQ and OTC exchanges. He provides financial guidance to public and privately held corporations with fundraising, acquisition assistance and SEC related matters. Mr DeVries has held multiple senior financial executive positions with public and private companies during his career.
Philip G. Styles
Chief Operating Officer & Board Member
Mr. Styles has been with Vu1 since September 2007 and his role at Sendio, the Company's wholly-owned manufacturing division in the Czech Republic, has been instrumental in bringing Vu1's technology from prototype to a product ready for trnasition to full-scale manufacturing. Prior to Vu1, he worked for Sony Corporation for 14 years in various technical and managerial positions in production engineering. Mr. Styles has also held several other senior management positions, including most recently, leading a joint venture between LG Electronics and Royal Philips Electronics in the Czech Republic.
Richard N. Herring
Chief Technology Officer & Board Member
Mr. Herring served as the CEO of Spectral Solutions, Inc., a company focused on cellular telephone enhancement products. Mr. Herring served as the COO of ISCO International Mr. Herring also served as the CEO of Digital Globe, a company focused on satellite imaging technology. Prior to this, Mr. Herring also spent more than 25 years in management at Ball Aerospace, including serving as the President of the company’s Space Systems Division and COO of five other divisions.
T. Ron Davis
Marketing Consultant
Mr. Davis was the Director of F500 Marketing at Microsoft. Mr. Davis spent 9 years with DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) in marketing, sales, and management roles. Ron started his career as a technologist in international systems and telecommunications at American Express. At Microsoft, Ron established the Corporate Account Marketing group, was responsible for developing the now industry standard Multi-License Pak, the design and development of the Microsoft Support Coordinator's Program, strategic seeding programs, Corporate Roadshows, Strategy Briefing Tours, Corporate Technical Workshops, transformed the US Sales Training department into the Worldwide Sales Training Group and played a principal role in growing F500 revenue from $25M to $1B. Ron was the founder of three privately held companies. As President of the Intellect Marketing Group, he provided marketing consulting services to emerging growth software, digital media and technology companies, as well as F500 companies.
Dr. Charles Hunt
Senior Scientist & Board Member
Since 1986, Dr. Charles Hunt has been at the University of California, Davis, where he is presently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with appointments in Materials Science and Engineering and in the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC). His research centers on electronic and luminescent materials, IC fabrication technology, electron devices, semiconductor device physics and fabrication technologies for nanostructures. Professor Hunt is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and holds twelve patents. From 1997-2004 he served as Editor of the journal, Solid-State Electronics. Dr. Hunt holds a B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. from the University of Utah and a Ph.D. from Cornell University.
