Michaela C. Burke, Co-Founder

Michaela Burke is a co-founder of the Company and has been very active in the development of EPC's patent portfolio. Mickey is the Secretary of the Corporation and handles all corporate filings, taxes and everyday operations. She is currently responsible for the management of the Company's RoundMeUp program. In the past she operated the AutoGive program in supermarkets. She has a diverse background being an owner/operator of retail stores, an importer of consumer goods, a grammar school teacher and a TV entertainer in Japan. She is a graduate of Kean College and studied at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan and New York University (NYC).

R. Stephen Kamp, Consulting CFO

Steve Kamp has served as the Acting CFO for the Company's since its inception. He has advised the Company on multiple issues regarding the financing and operations of the Company. His experience includes corporate finance positions with Price Waterhouse, PaineWebber, and Merrill Lynch. Throughout his career he has initiated a wide spectrum of investment banking activities including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, equity offerings, public offerings, venture capital, and limited partnerships. Steve is a graduate of George Washington University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School in finance and marketing. He has also completed studies in electrical and mechanical engineering.

Michaela Forker, Consulting Marketing/Sales/Branding Executive  

Kaela has provided ongoing consulting services to EPC since its inception. Her professional career includes merchandising and sales management positions with American Pacific Enterprises and Ralph Lauren Footwear. As the National Sales and Marketing Manager (VP) for American Pacific, she was charged with responsibilities for marketing, corporate branding, and joint venture relationships. In her position, she was also responsible for marketing and selling the company's products to major national corporate accounts such as Federated, May Co., Mercantile, and Atkins, etc. Included in her sales responsibility was the negotiation of pricing and promotional support for all major accounts, as well as coordinating company and account advertising, in-store demonstrations and seminars. As a brand manager and joint venture designer, she introduced new products to buyers at trade markets, analyze projects, and plan seasons' business with accounts. In doing so she identified clients' needs and problems and created the needed solutions. Effective January 2008, she became Co-CEO of American Pacific. Kaela holds a Bachelor of Science degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Marketing and International Trade from the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC. She also studied at the American University of Rome.

Francis P. Clark, POS Merchant Consultant

Fran Clark has provided leadership, technical representation, and strategic planning for licensing the Company's products to the supermarket sector. His thirty-two year career in the supermarket industry includes being a store manager, regional manager, and VP of Store Systems in two top tier supermarket chains. He is recognized as an industry leader in strategic planning and implementation of various systems including scanning, RF and satellite technologies. He was an active participant in the creation of and subsequent installation of IBM Electronic Marketing. He was instrumental in bringing new technologies to the industry including Self Scanning, Electronic Shelf Labels, Integrated Scale Systems, In Store Laser and In Lane Thermal Printers. Fran created and subsequently chaired, for five years, the first IBM customer Focus Group for the Retail Industry. In addition, he has recently held the position of VP, Technology Solutions for the leading distributor of IBM POS terminals to the supermarket and retail sector. He holds a BS degree in Business Administration from Adrian College with Training and Development Certification from Fairfield University and a variety of technical programs from IBM, Microsoft, etc. 

Shawn Winters, Operations Manager

Shawn Winters provides technical consulting services. Formerly, he served as the Company's MIS Director and Webmaster. Using his technical skills he designed the EPC Network and implemented three versions of the EPC website. In addition to consulting for EPC, he was a senior programmer and webmaster for J&J Schatzi Corp., IT manager for theworks USA, Inc., and is currently an IT Consultant at S.T.F. Consulting. Shawn holds a BA in psychology from Rutgers University, a MBA from Monmouth University, and holds many technical certifications (MCSE 2000/2003, MCDBA, MCSA 2000.)

Mark Terry, EPC's Patent Attorney

Mark Terry has been prosecuting patent and trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for over ten years. As a recognized expert in patent and trademark law, Mark Terry is regularly featured in publications and journals.

Mr. Terry started his career as a software engineer in the Washington D.C. area and continued his career as a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He was a member of Technology Center 2700 and examined patent applications for a wide range of technologies including database access, data storage, database management systems and data display methods. As a Patent Examiner, Mr. Terry graduated from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Academy. Subsequent to his stint as a Patent Examiner, Mr. Terry worked as a patent attorney representing multiple Fortune 500 companies, such as Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company, Silicon Graphics, Inc. and MIPS.

He holds a B.S. degree in Physics and Mathematics from the College of Arts and Sciences from American University and a J.D. from the George Mason University School of Law. Mr. Terry is a member of the Florida Bar, as well as a member of the District of Columbia Bar. Lastly, Mark Terry is a member of the inaugural class of lawyers awarded Board Certification in the area of Intellectual Property Law by the Florida Bar.