Corporate Overview

PermaCity was founded on a simple idea – our planet deserves to be run on pure environmental energy. Solar power is one of the most abundant, clean and cost effective resources on Earth. The convergence of photovoltaic systems, advanced software-driven monitoring and energy efficient building materials, allows PermaCity to design completely energy independent buildings. In the future, we hope to promote communities and cities that are 100% sustainable.

PermaCity Team

Jonathan Port, PermaCity President & CEO Mr. Port is an expert in sustainable energy, solar design, and sustainable real estate development. Formerly president of 3Phases Energy Services LLC, Mr. Port grew the company into a multi-million dollar green energy supplier that continues to serve leading businesses throughout California. Previously, Port was the vice president of development for Daystar Development, where he was responsible for new construction of entertainment retail centers. Port also was a member of the renowned economics consulting staff of Economics Research Associates, where he consulted on over seventy projects including California High Speed Rail, Ahmanson Ranch and City of Pasadena downtown redevelopment. Port holds a Master's Degree in Urban Planning and Sustainable Development from Auckland University in New Zealand and a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of City and Regional Planning from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Port's graduate thesis entitled "Permacity Theory", describes practical ways to design and build sustainable cities with realistic economic benefits. Mr. Port’s vision and innovation continue to move PermaCity and its customers towards the sustainable self powered City with innovation in controls, transportation, and urban design.

Kameron Roshan is the founder and principal in charge of overall operations at KPR. He is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 22-years experience in the field of Structural Engineering and project management. Prior to establishing KPR in 2003, Mr. Roshan worked as senior engineer at Fluor Corporation in Aliso Viejo, California where he was engaged in the design of Power Plants and Refineries. This was preceded in the mid to late 90’s, when he was a project engineer for the design of several large-scale Water Reservoir and Water Conveyance projects at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

In the earlier years, Mr. Roshan had the opportunity to work in the Architectural and Engineering (A/E) offices of GPRA in a design role for a variety of Military, Educational, Commercial, Industrial, and Recreational projects. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada – Reno and is a member of several professional societies and organizations.

Jack Felson became a senior advisor and national sales representative for PermaCity Solar in 2004. He has served on the advisory board providing expertise in marketing, sales programs, operations, and public affairs. Specializing in commercial and residential developments, he is the account manager for all Costco projects. Following graduate studies in political science at Washington University in St. Louis (Carnegie Research Fellowship) and at the University of California, Berkeley, he became a Board Member in 1972, and then the President of the Marin Municipal Water District. For the last 30 years, Mr. Felson has been actively involved in alternative energy solutions and sustainable development.

In 1978, Mr. Felson started SunGold Solar, a company that provided solar systems for large residential tracts and medium-sized apartment buildings in San Diego. He was appointed to serve on the State of California’s Solar Tax Credit Advisory Committee, by Governor Jerry Brown. Since 1980, he has been involved in a number of sustainable development projects including Honey Springs Ranch (385 homes on 2,000 acres), Los Montanas (a 600 unit resort and golf course), Hauraki Gulf Resort (350 unit destination resort and golf course) in New Zealand, and Deer Island Village (18 single family estate homes with photovoltaic systems). Mr. Felson is presently involved in the development of a project to provide 1,500 ‘attainable’ homes in Tijuana. The planning for this project includes an innovative design for community photovoltaic systems in each of the clustered villages.

Aaron Cohen is the Vice Chairman and Founder of NTS. NTS (NASDAQ: NTSC) provides companies and government organizations throughout the world, with a single engineering resource for process and product compliance services, technical resources, design engineering services and program management support. In this role, he manages all acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, public relations, land development and strategic planning for the corporation. He also negotiated the acquisition of XXCAL, an IT Staffing and Testing company. He is the President of Smithway Associates, Inc. and serves on the boards of the National Osteoporosis Institute, Intelligent Optical Systems, Tetragenex, and Optech Ventures, LLC. Mr. Cohen holds a B.S. Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles where he is a member of the Deans Cabinet, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.David Michail, General Counsel, specializes in corporate, business, entertainment and commercial transactions law. Mr. Michail most recently served as the Director of Legal Affairs for publicly traded Rare Medium, Inc. (NASDAQ: RRRR). In his position, Mr. Michail spearheaded various business negotiations with leading Fortune 100 Companies, and also assisted in managing and evaluating various private equity opportunities for Rare Medium's $70 Million venture capital fund. Mr. Michail received his juris doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and is licensed to practice law in the jurisdictions of California, Virginia, Colorado and District of Columbia. He is also licensed to appear before the United States Federal District Courts (Central California) and the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals (4th Circuit).

Richard T. Mangan is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mangan Inc., a Specialty Engineering & Construction Company based in Long Beach, California. Mangan is a recognized leader in cutting-edge automation, environmental and safety applied technologies. Mangan’s automation systems: control some of the nation’s largest refineries, pipelines and biotech production plants; safeguard the public and the environment at some of the largest chemical plants; and measure, reduce and mitigate air and water emissions in the most intensively regulated regional jurisdictions.

Dick Mangan built a company not only known for high tech expertise and successful project execution, but also for it’s employee and client loyalty. In an industry known for high employee turnover, Mangan’s employees average 5 times the industry seniority standard. Mangan’s clients, the nation’s largest refinery, chemical, pipeline and biotech operating companies, demonstrate their loyalty by repeatedly awarding >80% of Mangan’s work year after year without competitive bid. This combination of long time employees and long term client relationships has fueled almost 2 decades of continuous growth: Mangan has expanded to 150 employees, $30,000,000 in annual revenue, and a national footprint with offices from 7 offices from Southern California to Georgia. Dick also co-founded and remains a co-owner of: a refinery electrical construction company; a commercial grading, asphalt and concrete construction company; a distributor of industrial ethernet networking hardware and systems for the wind power and transportation industries; and a distributor of high voltage electrical equipment to the heavy process industries.

Kevin P. Pelletier is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Los Angeles based investment bank, Coastline Capital Partners Inc. (“Coastline”), the institutional finance division of Colony Park Financial Services, LLC, Member NASD and SIPC. Coastline Capital is a boutique investment bank specializing in private placement debt and other structured finance products, including PIPEs. Mr. Pelletier has ten years experience as an investment banker having arranged over $600 million in corporate and structured finance transactions for middle market companies. Previously, Mr. Pelletier held senior management level business development positions with divisions of global consumer goods conglomerates including Unilever Plc, Diageo Plc and InBev. Mr. Pelletier possesses NASD Series, 24, 7 and 63 Licenses. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Marketing from Husson College and is a member of its Alumni Hall of Fame. Kevin is President of the Weingart Center Partners, one of the largest homeless rehabilitation centers in the United States, serving Skid Row of Los Angeles.

David Michail is currently the principal of a premier AV®-Rated Media, Entertainment and Technology transactional law practice in Los Angeles, California. He is frequently retained as “consulting counsel” by several Entertainment law firms in Los Angeles, and represents both emerging market and Fortune 1000 clients in various IT and entertainment related projects. His practice niche includes an unique combination of New Media, Advertising and Marketing Law, Entertainment, Technology and Internet, Corporate, M&A and Business transactions.

David’s published articles, blogs and radio commentary have covered a myriad of business topics including user generated content, accessing capital, intellectual property, Internet privacy, interactive media and has covered leading cases in the convergence of technology and entertainment industries.

He is also a frequent guest speaker and panelist regarding various corporate, finance, internet, advertising and business related issues throughout Southern California. Additionally, Mr. Michail has been recognized by Los Angeles Magazine as one of Southern California’s top attorneys with its prestigious Southern California SuperLawyers award for 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Prior to forming his own law practice, Mr. Michail served as Rare Medium, Inc’s (NASDAQ: RRRR) West Coast Director of Legal Affairs, advising on all business and technology initiatives for Rare Medium’s Western US offices. David also served as Rare Medium’s Venture Manager for its $70 MM Institutional Venture Fund, underwritten by Bear Stearns and Apollo Capital. In his role with the LA venture capital office, Mr. Michail was responsible to evaluate financing transactions and performing corporate, business and legal due diligence on Internet-based investment opportunities.

Mr. Michail is on the Executive Committee of the Media, Entertainment and Technology Alliance, and is admitted to practice law in Virginia, the District of Columbia, California and Colorado. David is also licensed to appear before the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals (4th Circuit) and the United States District Court, Central District of California.

Lyle Gregory is the executive producer of an internationally acclaimed Talk Radio Show. He has produced the program for twenty years for ABC and CBS. In addition to his radio career, he is a producer, and executive consultant for a wide variety of radio, television, and live events. Mr. Gregory interfaces with national and international news makers from the President of the United States to world leaders in business, medicine, science and sustainable development as well as major television and film celebrities. He recently received his fourth Golden Mike Award from The Radio and Television News Association in Los Angeles. He has received numerous letters of recognition for his dedication to service and purpose-oriented programming focusing on issues such as the environment, global warming, sustainable building, education, homelessness, and health care. For his dedication to population education, The Population Institute in Washington D.C. presented Mr. Gregory with a special award that was presented to him by the King of Nepal. He was also a special advisor to Harper Collins in the publication of “A Day in the Life of Hollywood" as well as "Hands Across America," and “The Housing Now Project.” Mr. Gregory has a passion for sustainable building and is currently an advisor to GridPoint, Inc., a renewable energy storage company located in Washington D.C. and PermaCity Solar. Mr. Gregory believes these two companies will not only be very profitable but will lead the sustainable building industry and influence the development of homes and communities around the world.

Matthew B. Foster is the President and CEO of Ascent Solar Technologies. Mr. Foster is responsible for all aspects related to the financial and technical performance, operations, and SEC reporting activities for the company. After assuming this post in October 2006, Mr. Foster successfully guided the company to an Initial Public Offering that was completed in July 2006.

Mr. Foster has twenty-five years of experience in the development and acquisition of large and complex space systems. The first twenty years of his career were with the Lockheed Martin Corporation where his career progressed to Vice President, Business Development and Advanced Programs for the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. Mr. Foster resigned his position at the Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1999 to join ITN Energy Systems to lead the commercialization of several technology companies. MicroSat Systems was the first of three companies where Mr. Foster was one of the principal founding executives. Mr. Foster previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer for the Infinite Power Solutions Company, another of the technology start-ups that he helped to establish. He has his Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was the recipient of the Rensselaer Medal for Achievements in Mathematics and Science.

Herb Mendelsohn, Director of Residential Sales has been with PermaCity since its inception. Prior to coming to PermaCity in 2003, Herb was the Director of Sales for 3 Phases Energy Services as well as an outside Solar Thermal Consultant for Environmental Solar Designs. With his expertise in solar electricity, Herb consults homeowners and corporate presidents alike to join the solar evolution, helping America leave behind its addiction to fossil fuels. Herb has a BFA from SUNY Purchase, which he obtained in 1976. He is currently a member of the Building Industry Association (BIA), The Coalition for Clean Air, The Sierra Club and The Actors Fund.