
Steven Brimmer - Chairman
Mr. Brimmer has been a global adventurer, explorer and innovator for over 30 years. In business, Brimmer spent the first 27 years of his career in the entertainment industry first in television, then music, finally in motion pictures. During those years he was distinguished as a leader in developing technical advances in film and sound, managing studio operations at Lion’s Gate Films, The Walt Disney Company, and Meridian Studios. His inclination for innovation combined with technical knowhow was the ideal platform and motivated his jump into the new technology sector of business.
After “retiring” from the entertainment business in 1999 he quickly moved to running technology companies in San Francisco, San Jose and Orange County including developing the world’s first wireless digital camera which transmitted photos to your home computer from anywhere on the globe; software that allowed “stitching” of multiple digital still photos together to form a single seamless image, and of course SunCore’s world first light-powered charging system for mobile handheld devices.
The utilization of his business and technology experience permitted him to see the entire market opportunity for profitable start-up business ventures, making him even more effective in the rapidly expanding technology sector of mobility devices. This quality was cultivated in the first branch of his career thus making the two seemingly distant experiences congeal. He was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and participated with 3M Corporation in winning an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1985 for developing a new 35mm recording film which enabled such sound formats as THX, Dolby 5.1 and others in use today. He was also a past member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.
Brimmer received a BSEE in 1971 from Brown University.
Mark A. Franzen
Mr. Franzen is currently serving as President of Franzen Business Consulting. His experience combines 30 years of corporate finance and top-level accounting for a wide variety of companies. As a consultant, he led American Mold Guard in their Initial Public Offering in May, 2006. Also in the role of consultant, he assisted in the $10 million financing for a software company, completed a registration statement for an oil production company and supported numerous companies with their SEC filings. Prior to launching his consulting practice, he was the CFO of MTI Technology. Within three quarters of his joining the Company, he assisted the Company in reducing operating expenses by 60%, achieving positive cash flow, restored the Company to profitability and its stock price had the 36th largest increase of 3,800 Micro Cap companies. Mr. Franzen was the CFO of several venture-backed companies including Y Media, Evolve Products, Storage Concepts, Calios, UniStructure, Digital Sound and Computers International. During this time he managed equity infusions in excess of $100 million and established bank and capital lease lines in excess of $80 million. In 1993, Mr. Franzen was CFO for Level One Communications, where he managed their $45 million IPO process. Mr. Franzen received a B.S degree in Business Administration with an Accounting major in 1967 from California State University at Northridge. He is a certified public accountant.
Dr. Arthur Kozak
Working more than 30 years for IBM, Dr. Kozak gained wide experience in many fields encompassing technology, services, software and financing. Graduating with a PhD in Mathematics in 1969, he started his career in System Engineering but quickly moved into Sales and Marketing. He was appointed Country General Manger of IBM Austria in 1994 with responsibility for all business aspects of a small country organization. Advancing, Dr. Kozak held various senior executive positions in IBM EMEA giving him expansive multi-country and global experience. As VP of Software he led the IBM Software business in Europe. In 1998 as General Manager of IBM Global Financing EMEA, he was successful in leading the Financing Business of IBM in Europe providing Financing to IBM’s customers and business partners. Running the Financing Business not as a sales support organization, but rather as a business, he was responsible for the management of over $10 billion in assets. Under his leadership, profits more than tripled, while managing an appropriate risk profile. During this time, he gained tremendous insight into the financing requirements necessary for start-up companies to grow. He resigned from IBM in 2003 to focus on private investments. Dr. Kozak’s valuable combination of strategic thinking, operational execution and business acumen position him to assist in the development and growth of SunCore.
Donald Nevins
For 30 years Mr. Nevins has championed the importance of eco-friendly power alternatives, especially solar, to stimulate growth in manufacturing, communications, and technology industries. As testament, in 1980, empowered by Washington State Solar Investment he served on the implementation team completing the largest rooftop photovoltaic (PV) panel array in the Northwest region. From solar energy production to co-generation power plants, Nevins sought active roles in the advance of power efficiency all through his career. He is a co-founder of SunCore and he is responsible for all business development based on experience cultivated from closing contracts totaling $3 billion in project value with national and international Fortune 1000 companies. In addition, he directs a young team in product planning and design. He holds both a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Washington State University and studied Urban Planning in Copenhagen, Denmark.