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Dr. Thomas Mensah was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on January 25, 2007. Dr. Mensah is a world renowned inventor whose contributions have had national and global impact in the development and distribution of new age media. Specifically, Dr. Mensah’s work contributed to the replacement of copper wire cables with optical fibers; thereby enabling the launching of various Internet platforms such as DSL. Dr. Mensah holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Montpelier University (1978) and a Certificate in Modeling of Chemical Processes from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1977). He has held high level engineering positions at various US companies, including, Air Products & Chemicals (1980-1983) and Corning Glass Works (1983-1986). Additionally, Dr. Mensah joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1986 and led the program to develop the fiber optic reels used in the guided missile program until 1989. This effort led to the development of a system that was successfully deployed at missile speeds up to Mach 1 (the speed of sound). In 1992. Dr. Mensah founded and served as the chairman of Supercond Technology in Norcross, Georgia, which specializes in Aerospace and Communication products. Supercond Technology focuses on advanced structural materials development for supersonic US fighter aircraft such as the F-22. In 2004, Dr. Mensah became president of Georgia Aerospace Systems and continues to serve in this role today. Dr. Mensah is also a founding member of the Emerging Technologies section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He is the first and only black person to serve as the national chairman of the Materials and Engineering Sciences Division of the AIChE. He has edited two book volumes for the AIChE -- Fiber Optics Engineering (1987) and Superconductor Engineering (1992).
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