Kevin Almen, President/Co-Founder

An entrepreneur with over 20 years engineering experience in R&D, quality, process, tooling and new business development. During his 16 years at HP's Printing and Imaging business unit he managed the R&D Ink Delivery Systems (micro-fluidics) Futures team, Ink Supplies Product Quality Engineering Team, lead new business development, as well as worked as a process and tooling engineer. As a manager and engineer, he led the development of next generation print supplies and hand-held printing from the conceptual stage through early development. He led the development of an after-market printer cleaning kit (software and hardware) with over 20 million units produced. He also managed and designed processes and tooling for high volume print cartridge assembly. Prior to HP, he started his own engineering contract services business, designed missile control systems for aerospace, designed fixtures/tooling, and worked as an inspector in the disk drive industry. In addition to Pesaro Technologies he is part owner of www.thebarnyardgifts.com an on-line retailer.

Kevin has a B.S.M.E with a minor in Material Science and has experience with Fortune 500 companies, start-ups and has started a number of his own businesses. He has been issued over 18 U.S. and international patents.

Michael J. Mullally/Co-Founder

Engineer and manager with over 25 years of experience in automation, machine design, and management. Mike has worked for both Fortune 500 companies as well as start-ups. His vast experience includes design and development of automated assembly equipment, process development, R&D and quality system development (ISO 9000) for Hewlett-Packard's Printing and Imaging Group. He has also designed and developed automated robotic systems for the electronics and disk drive industries while at Intelledex. As well as designed and developed automated inspection devices for the oil and nuclear industry at Sigma Research Inc.

Mike has a BSME, MBA and has his Professional Engineer Registration in the state of Oregon.

Wayne Traina/Co-Founder

Wayne is a designer with over 30 years experience as a process development engineer, tooling designer and technician in inkjet printing, portable computers, LCD's and wafer fab. He is a highly skilled mechanical designer with 18 years experience in tooling design and equipment sourcing including metrology, high speed assembly, and test equipment. He has designed tooling and developed multiple high speed assembly processes including inkjet fluid fill process, thermal adhesive joint assembly and hermetic seal parts testing. His expertise in leak test technologies includes pressure decay and helium trace gas analysis.

Wayne's career began at HP as an operator/technician and eventually worked his way into the engineering ranks. While at HP he was considered an "expert" in CAD design and taught corporate classes in CAD. He holds 2 issued U.S. and international patents.