Mr. Slifkin founded StarTrak after extensive work developing a number of comprehensive wireless solutions for mobile applications. He has managed the company since its inception. He is responsible for leading the North American rail industry's definition, validation, and first successful deployments of wireless on-asset products for damage prevention, refrigeration transport, on-car weighing, and asset management applications. Mr. Slifkin has been developing remote monitoring and control systems since founding Elexor Associates in 1986, and has been developing and deploying wireless solutions (satellite and terrestrial) since 1990. He has several patents issued and pending on related technologies including rail-car dynamics, refrigeration controls and operation, and web-enabled information delivery applications. Prior to founding StarTrak, Mr.Slifkin was a co-founder of Elexor Associates, a consulting firm delivering products and solutions for remote monitoring and control applications. That firm delivered comprehensive solutions in numerous industries including oil & gas, nuclear power, aircraft development, water quality, chemical processing, food processing, medical, marine, automotive, and transportation (rail, truck, marine, and intermodal). Elexor Customers included Boeing, Westinghouse Nuclear, Pratt & Whitney, CPC-Best Foods, Betz Chemical, Phiboro Energy, JM Petroleum, and numerous others. Mr. Slifkin has previously been employed by,Hewlett Packard, Johansson Microwave, American Microsystems, and NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratories. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA.