Board and Officers

As President, Bruce is responsible for all Design and Construction Project Management services in the Americas for Johnson Controls. This group manages over $1 billion of construction projects annually. He also acts as a senior business development resource and integrates CM/PM responsibilities with other real estate, strategy, and operational services at JCI.

Bruce has more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry. Prior to joining Johnson Controls in 2000, he was President of Quantum Construction Specialists, a general contracting, construction management and owner's representation firm for institutional, hospitality, industrial, commercial, retail and corporate clients.

He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Administration from University of Wisconsin.

WAVE, a joint venture between Armstrong World Industries and Worthington Industries, is the worldwide leader in ceiling suspension systems.

Brian Patterson is General Manager of New Business Development for the Building Products Division of Armstrong World Industries.

Throughout his career, Brian has been deeply involved in the electronics industry, managing product engineering, sales, marketing, licensing & operations in both domestic and global assignments. Before joining Armstrong in 2003, he held senior positions with Kollmorgen Corporation, AMP Incorporated and Tyco International. He has several patents and patents pending in the fields of fiber optics and power/signal technology. He has also held guest professorships in business management at Long Island University and Susquehanna University.

In his role at Armstrong, Brian leads new business development efforts that bring the division together with like-minded partners in new collaborations aimed at improving commercial buildings, such as his work with the EMerge Alliance.

Paul Savage, CEO was an outside Director prior to joining Nextek December 2002. A graduate from Haverford College, his background includes Bond Trading at CS First Boston and risk management at Lehman Brothers before joining start-up operations of Caterpillar's dealership in Vietnam, V-TRAC. Based in Hanoi, Paul filled two roles as the Director of Customer Finance and Director of Marketing. He grew this green-field start-up to 87 employees, five offices and $22 million in sales in two years. This business was primarily back-up power systems from 20 kW to 2 MW. He is a founding member of the Emerge Alliance Corporation, a consortium aimed at promoting direct current (DC) power standards for buildings.

Paul is a member of the Board of Directors of Winrock International, a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources. He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, the largest individual investor in Nextek, and the organizer and coach for the team that operates the Company today.

Paula D. Ziegenbein is an Applications Marketing Manager with OSRAM SYLVANIA, Inc. In this capacity she is responsible for driving the integration of lighting application expertise into the sales process, through the development of advanced content for sales-focused product and application training. Paula engages with OSRAM SYLVANIA's product marketing, research and development and field sales and engineering groups, to drive the product innovation by bringing the voice of the customer input, industry and application expertise to the product development process.

In Paula's twenty years with OSRAM SYLVANIA she has held numerous positions in engineering, marketing and sales. She has a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire, where she also concentrated in Illumination Engineering and has served as an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Engineering Technology Department. Paula is active with the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), is Lighting Certified by the National Council for the Qualification of Lighting Professions (NCQLP) and is a United States Green Buildings Council (USGBC) LEED Accredited Professional.