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About US
Officers
Joel S. Ratner, Chairman / CEO
Richard Ford, President / COO
Brian Gibbons, Senior V.P. / Support
Richard
Warner, Executive Vice President - Carbon
Robert Yelin, V.P. of Science Technology
Gregory Ratner, V.P. of Manufacturing
David Halpern, Treasurer, Director of Compliance.*
Advisory Board
Joel L. Frank
Rebecca Fisher
Howard Somberg
BIOS
Joel S.
Ratner, Chairman / CEO
From 1960 to 1987, Mr. Ratner was President of Leeco Gas & Oil, a company that has drilled more than
1,000 oil and gas wells and developed a Texas pipeline. Mr. Ratner was also
responsible for the Real Estate Division of Leeco that was involved in the
development of 17,000 residential units. Mr. Ratner was instrumental in
completing transactions with Bayer Aspirin, General Electric Credit
Corporation, Westinghouse and W.R. Grace & Co. Mr. Ratner was a founding
director of the Capital Banks which are now part of Regents Bank. Mr. Ratner
was a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Miami Medical School’s
Mailman Center For Child Development. Mr. Ratner was a founding member of the
Advisory Board for the Adam Walsh Children’s Fund, which is part of the
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which is operated by the
U.S. Department of Justice. Mr. Ratner was the Honorary Chairman of the
National Republican Congressional Committee’s Business Advisory Council in
Florida and was awarded Florida’s 2003 Businessman of the Year.
Mr. Ratner is currently is a member of the Dean's Advisory Board of the School
of Engineering at Florida Atlantic University.
Richard C. Ford,
President / COO
Mr. Ford joined Rentar
Environmental Solutions, Inc. In April 2009 as Executive Vice President. Mr.
Ford joined Rentar after being the founder and CEO Puradyn Filter Technology.
He founded Puradyn in 1987. Prior to Puradyn, Mr. Ford was President of R C
Ford & Associates, a highly successful Insurance Agency.
Brian Gibbons, Senior
V.P. / CTO
Mr. Gibbons joined Rentar in 2004. Previously, he was Regional Director and
member of the Board of Directors for Stencilco. Prior to Stencilco, Mr.
Gibbons was Manager of Engineering for Husky Oil, President of Sundance
Petroleum Corporation and President of Video Connections Inc. Mr. Gibbons
also served as Vice President of a number of investment firms including
Franklin Lorde, Dickinson and Co., and Donald and Co. He received a bachelor
of science degree in engineering from University of Utah.
Richard A. Warner,
Vice President of Finance, President of Rentar Carbon, Inc.
Mr. Warner has been an Advisor to the Company since 2001 and joined the
Company in 2007 to direct the Company’s efforts with respect to building its
carbon emissions reduction business. He has over thirty years of experience
as an entrepreneur, financial advisor, business consultant and corporate
executive as well as substantial expertise in technology and carbon markets.
He founded and ran several successful companies. Mr. Warner was also CEO of
Saxonfiber, Director of Business Development of Ergomedics, Senior Vice
President of Business Development of Datamed and a Senior Advisor to
Fittipaldi Logistics. He received a bachelors of arts degree from the
University of Tennessee and attended the University of California.
Joel L. Frank, Esq.,
Advisory Board Member
Mr. Frank has been a Director of the Company since 2002. He is a partner in
the Pennsylvania law firm of Lamb McErlane, P.C., a firm that includes former
district attorneys, civil litigators and former Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Justice. In April 2005, Mr. Frank was appointed to the Pennsylvania Federal
Judicial Nominating Commission for U.S. District Court, Eastern District of
Pennsylvania and has also been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in 2005, 2006
and 2007 for general litigation. His federal government relations have been
instrumental in having the fuel catalyst referenced in H.R. 4546 – The
National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2003. Previously Mr. Frank was a
Partner at Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman in Philadelphia. He received a
bachelor of arts degree from the University of Delaware and a juris doctorate,
cum laude, from Delaware Law School where he served as an Editor on
the Law Review.
David Halpern,
Secretary, Treasurer and Director
Mr. Halpern has been a Director of the Company since the Company’s inception
in 1998. My Halpern was Cost Engineer for Stearns-Roger, Inc. of Denver,
Colorado, an international construction firm. Mr. Halpern served as Liaison
with The Import Export Bank for development of the Negev Phosphate Plant, one
of the largest industrial facilities in Israel. He was also Director of
Planning and Budget for Operation and Expansion for Ben Gurion University. He
received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Robert E. Yelin, PhD,
Director of Technology
Dr. Yelin has been a Consultant to the Company since 2001. He holds a
doctorate in Chemistry from the State University of New York at Buffalo, with
a specialty in Kinetics and Mechanisms of Reactions and received a masters in
Chemistry from Canisius College, focused in Analytical Chemistry
(Spectroscopy). Dr. Yelin has 30 years of experience as project engineer,
division director and principal with national and international environmental
engineering consulting firms. Dr. Yelin is a past President and Board Member
of a Multi-Disciplinary Environmental/Engineering Firm that was 15.0% owned by
General Motors. Dr. Yelin received a bachelor degree in Chemistry from the
University of Pennsylvania. He also organized an environmental services group
for Honeywell Corporation. Dr. Yelin is widely published. Mr. Yelin has been
working with the Rentar technology for seven years.
Gregory Ratner, Vice
President Production and Manufacturing
Mr. Ratner, son of Joel S. Ratner, grew up in the Ratner family businesses and
was extensively involved with the physical development and initial testing of
the RFC. Since inception he has been responsible for the manufacturing of all
prototypes and currently oversees production and distribution. He attended
Miami-Dade Community College.
Rebecca Fisher, Director
and Advisory Board Member
Ms. Fisher has 30 years experience in creative marketing and graphic design.
She has created and managed projects for Abbott Laboratories, DuPont
Pharmaceuticals, Ford Motor Company, Ivax, Pfizer, Merck, Upjohn and Parke
Davis. Ms. Fisher was educated at Western Michigan University and Wayne State
University. Ms. Fisher has won various prestigious awards for her work,
including national Addy awards. Ms Fisher is active in community activities
including the American Lung Association.
Howard Somberg,
Advisory Board and Vice Director of Science
Mr. Somberg's education is in analytical and surface chemistry. As president
of a consulting engineering company, he has designed, developed and
commissioned photovoltaic factories in China, Russia, India and the Middle
East. Mr. Somberg has over 35 years of experience in the technology field, and
has been associated with Spectrolab, Hughes Aircraft, Teledyne and ARCO. Mr.
Somberg has been assisting with the Rentar technology science for seven years.
HISTORY OF THE RENTAR COMPANIES
Our 50th
Year
The Rentar Companies were
initially incorporated in 1961 for the purpose of managing the assets and
technologies of Leeco Gas & Oil Company, the Ratner family businesses. In the
years since then The Rentar Companies have been involved in Oil and Gas
pipelines, Real Estate development and biotechnical research and development.
A partial sampling of the accomplishments of The Rentar Companies over the
past 50 years is as follows :
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Partial funding for
the University of Wisconsin development of the pharmaceutical, Warfarin (the
world’s most proscribed
anticoagulant/
blood thinner) commercially marketed under the name”
Coumadin”. After noting that the test animals
(rats/mice) were dying after the drug was administered, The Ratner (Rentar)
group created a retail product called D-con Rat Poison which became the best
selling rodenticide of all time, and was eventually sold to Sterling Drugs
(Bayer Aspirin).
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The Ratner (Rentar) group
has developed and built more than 17,000 homes in both high end and low end
price ranges. The Ratner (Rentar) companies have developed properties whose
population today totals almost 100,000.
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The Ratner (Rentar) group
has successfully developed and sold companies to General Electric Credit
Corporation, WR Grace, Sterling Drugs (Bayer Aspirin), Westinghouse and
other Fortune 500 companies.
The Rentar Environmental
Solution
project has focused upon the creation, patenting, 3rd party
testing, and marketing of the Rentar Fuel Catalyst. The Rentar Fuel Catalyst
is a remarkable technology which cost effectively addresses today’s pressing
need to manage fuel consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Rentar
family of companies have enjoyed great success and established wonderful
global business relationships by strictly adhering to an ethical policy that
stresses honesty and fair dealings at all times.
The Company’s executive
officers and directors include seasoned executives with substantial expertise
in the Clean Technology and Diesel Combustion Industry, as well as
demonstrated success in starting, managing and existing growth businesses,
while building equity value for shareholders. The following are summary
backgrounds of the executive officers and key employees of the Company.
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