{"id":7308,"date":"2022-11-10T17:34:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T22:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teslasciencecenter.org\/staging\/?page_id=7308"},"modified":"2023-04-10T12:58:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T16:58:53","slug":"board-members-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teslasciencecenter.org\/staging\/board-members-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"
The TSCW Board drives our mission forward with their experience, perseverance, and passion. They are innovators in education, business, technology, science, and philanthropy who oversee the organization\u2019s efforts to restore Nikola Tesla\u2019s last remaining laboratory into a global science center and museum. We invite you to learn more about them and the unique strengths and experience each one contributes.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bianculli went on to form the Emerging Business Office at Motorola to explore new opportunities adjacent to the core businesses. At the time of the Zebra Technologies\u2019 acquisition of Motorola Solutions\u2019 Enterprise Business in 2014, Bianculli transitioned the Enterprise segment of Motorola\u2019s CTO team to Zebra and was subsequently appointed as CTO of the new combined organization in 2016. The CTO team has driven the key tenets of Zebra\u2019s Enterprise Asset Intelligence vision which led to the formation of a new software business that today contributes over $200M of annual revenue.<\/p>\n Bianculli has been granted over 20 U.S. patents and is a Motorola Distinguished Innovator and Science Advisory Board Associate. He was recently named one of the Top 100 Leaders in Technology 2021<\/a> by Technology Magazine.<\/p>\n Bianculli holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic University, NYU. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the School of Engineering for the New York Institute of Technology. <\/div>\n <\/p>\n Our Board of Directors The TSCW Board drives our mission….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7308","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nMichael Russo – President<\/strong>
\nMichael Russo is a lifelong resident of Long Island, growing up and raising his family in Dix Hills. A graduate of NYIT Old Westbury \u2013 Architecture, he began his interest in architecture working as an intern for local firms at 14 and throughout college.\u00a0 Today, he a managing partner\/director of\u00a0 his own firm, specializing in historic preservation, commercial development, hospitality, …
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\nJanice Scherer – Secretary<\/strong>
\nJanice Scherer is an environmentalist, planner, philosopher, designer and wellness advocate dedicated to the betterment of society. Janice is a first-generation American of Italian and Croatian descent. She was born and raised on Long Island and has a deep passion for preserving and regenerating the local…
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\nEdward J. Fred – Treasurer<\/strong>
\nEdward J. Fred was named the Chief Financial Officer of Taronis Fuels, Inc. in December 2020. He is also the principal and founder of EJF Consulting and TEE Enterprises, which are managerial consulting firms. Recently, he was the CEO & President of Origo Acquisition Corp., an investment vehicle designed to bring a privately-held company to the public marketplace…
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\nHe opted to leave after the company was acquired by the Northrop Corporation in 1994. He joined CPI in early 1995, and worked his way up the ranks, holding the titles of Controller, Secretary, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer along the way. He has been written up in the Wall Street Journal, Newsday, The Long Island Business News, and Crain\u2019s New York Business, and Forbes, American Executive and Inc. magazines. He\u2019s also had articles published in the Journal of Management Development and Updating Your Company\u2019s Strategy.
\nIn June of 2005, Ed was recognized as the Ernst & Young \u201cEntrepreneur Of The Year\u201d in the Manufacturing category for the New York Metro region, and again in 2009 was named a national finalist for this award. Additionally, under Ed\u2019s leadership, CPI was named the #9 \u201cUp and Coming Small Business in America\u201d by Forbes magazine, as well as #99 in its \u201c200 BestRun Small Companies\u201d issue, and the #47 company in the Fortune Small Business issue of \u201cTop 100 Fastest-Growing Small Companies.\u201d During 2004, Ed was named the Long Island Association\u2019s \u201cEntrepreneurial Advocate\u201d and the Hauppauge Industrial Association named CPI its \u201cSmall Business of the Year.\u201d CPI grew under Ed\u2019s leadership from $8 million in revenue to $89 million at his retirement.
\nEd was a member of the American Stock Exchange\u2019s and NYSE\u2019s Listed Company Council which advised the exchanges on the needs of smaller listed companies. He has also had the privilege and honor of ringing the opening or closing bell for the exchanges on four different occasions. Ed also served on the board of Interlink Electronics in Camarillo, CA from 2010 – 2014, as a board member and its audit committee chairman. Most recently he was a member of the board of directors of TOMI Environmental Solutions and was part of its audit committee.\u00a0 In the six years since his retirement from CPI, Ed has been involved in real estate investment, has been a partner in a fast food establishment, and was the CEO of a publicly-listed investment vehicle. He has also performed business consulting services for some small Long Island businesses.
\nEd received his Master\u2019s degree from Hofstra University in May of 2002, when he graduated with honors from the University\u2019s inaugural Executive MBA program, and in November of 2004, he was honored by his undergraduate alma mater, Dowling College, as its 2004 \u201cAlumnus of the Year.\u201d
\nThe community activities that Ed has been involved in are Island Harvest (on the Board of Trustees), the Tesla Science Center, volunteering at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital, The March of Dimes, the Sid Jacobson Community Center, 1 in 9 Breast Cancer Action Coalition – Hewlett House (co-founder of a golf outing that has raised nearly $600,000 for this cause), the Salvation Army, the Coalition Against Child Abuse & Neglect, the Children\u2019s Sports Connection and The Cradle of Aviation (former Chairman of the Board of Trustees). Ed has two sons, E.J., who graduated from the University of San Diego, and Tanner, who attends Michigan State University. <\/div>\n
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\nMary Daum, PhD – Board Member<\/strong>
\nMary Daum first learned about Nikola Tesla and Wardenclyffe when TSCW president Jane Alcorn spoke at a local civic association meeting. Active in civic affairs, she initially joined the board of TSCW to work on saving Tesla\u2019s laboratory and making people aware of the eminent, but now nearly forgotten, scientist who had lived and worked in the community…
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\nMary is proud to be a member of the small but mighty team who worked for more than a decade to save the unique but almost-unknown piece of history that is Wardenclyffe. There is still lots of work to be done, but there is one thing in particular that she hopes to achieve. As a quilter, she would like to make a quilt depicting Tesla\u2019s laboratory and iconic tower, to commemorate in a humble way a man of worldwide importance.
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\nDavid Madigan – Board Member<\/strong>
\nDavid Madigan joined the Board to help in the effort to save the Wardenclyffe site. His interest in Nikola Tesla and Wardenclyffe came from living in the Shoreham community and growing up with tales of the famed inventor from neighbors and friends of his family who had interacted with Tesla during his time there.This interest was further piqued by his grandparents\u2019 connection to Tesla…
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\nEugene Genova – Board Member<\/strong>
\nGene Genova\u2019s involvement with the Tesla Board came about through the enthusiastic recruitment in 1996 by Board president Jane Alcorn. With a 33 year career teaching earth science, he found that his background and interests naturally gravitated toward Tesla’s work and ideals.\u00a0 His role on the Board of Directors currently includes being on the…
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\nJane Alcorn – Board Member<\/strong>
\nJane Alcorn got started in the project to create the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe after learning about Nikola Tesla from a neighbor while living a block away from the laboratory! With a background including degrees and experience in education, creating a science learning center is one of her priorities, and acknowledging Tesla\u2019s contributions to modern society and science are part of that passion…
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\nShe is proud of the progress being made to bring recognition to Tesla, and to establish the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, which will be the culmination of a more than 30-year effort to bring education, history, science, innovation, and civic pride together in one place for the enrichment of society. <\/div>\n
\nMargaret Foster, PHD – Board Member<\/strong>
\nNikola Tesla’s laboratory was well hidden behind overgrowth in 2000, when Margaret Foster learned that she had driven past the laboratory for years on her way to work.\u00a0 From her background as a physicist, she had known about Tesla’s work, and she found compelling the project to acquire the property and restore the lab as a centerpiece for a science center. She joined the board of the Tesla Science Center in 2000…
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\nMitchell Maiman – Board Member<\/strong>
\nMitch, President of IPS, has more than 45 years of experience in successful product development. As President and co-founder of IPS, Mitch along with his partner, Paul Severino, have built a large, multi-functional product development team serving many tier one clients including.\u00a0 Motorola, Google, Verizon, Tyco, Leviton, Anheuser Busch, L3 Communications, Pepsi, Steinway and several divisions of Danaher Corporation as well as numerous smaller clients…
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\nJudy Murrah – Board Member<\/strong>
\nJudy Murrah is Chief Information Officer at Applied DNA Sciences, a leader in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-based DNA manufacturing that enables in vitro diagnostics, pre-clinical nucleic acid-based therapeutic drug candidates, supply chain security, anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft technology.\u00a0 Her team is responsible for IT (internal and commercial software development) and business operations. Previously, at Motorola, Judy led IT program management, …
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\nJudy serves on the Middle Country Library Foundation Board, the Tesla Museum Education Advisory Board, and Stony Brook University\u2019s Center for Corporate Education Advisory Board. She was Co-Founder of ConnectToTech, a non-profit organization recognized by Computerworld magazine and the Long Island Imagine Awards for inspiring students to engage in STEM education and careers, the inaugural winner of the LISTnet \/ Long Island Center for Business & Professional Women Diamond Award recognizing women leaders in technology, an honoree of the Long Island Software and Technology Network, and a two-time recipient of the Top 50 Influential Women of Long Island award. Judy has been named co-author on 15 patents, published numerous articles in trade and business media, and has appeared on local and international television.
\nJudy earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Rhode Island and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School.<\/div>\n
\nCharles Bonomo – Board Member<\/strong>
\nCharles Bonomo was named MSC Industrial Supply Co.’s Senior Vice President and CIO in August 2011 from Vice President and CIO, a position he held since 2007. From 1999 through 2007, Charles was with Arrow Electronics, Inc., where he held various roles, including Vice President of Infrastructure and Operations from 2006 to 2007, and Vice President and Chief Architect from 2003 through 2006…
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\nPreviously, Charles was the Director of Clinical Technology at Mount Sinai Medical Center from 1996 to 1998, rising to Vice President and Chief Information Officer of NYU Health System in 1998. Prior to 1996, he held various positions of increasing responsibility at J.P. Morgan in the United States and Europe, and at Grumman Aerospace Corp., where he designed and tested software for the F-14D Tomcat aircraft.
\nCharles holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, as well as both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in computer science from Hofstra University.<\/div>\n
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\nRichard Gearns, PhD – Vice President<\/strong>
\nRichard Gearns, a New York State Regents and AP Physics Teacher at Sachem High School East in Farmingville, earned his Masters of Science in Physics Education from Buffalo State College. Richard recently received his Doctorate in Science Education from SUNY Stony Brook.\u00a0 His research interest is in …
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\nIn the classroom, Richard strives to create \u201caha!\u201d learning moments within his students by facilitating student-centered inquiry learning experiences. He specializes in making demonstrations from inexpensive materials and his classroom has been affectionately called \u201cthe junkyard\u201d by his colleagues. Richard was appointed a New York State Master Teacher by Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2014.
\nRichard has been a member of the TSCW board since 2007. He is founder and organizer of the Teslamania teachers\u2019 conference where classroom teachers present, with flair and showmanship, their best physical science demonstrations to other educators in the field. He enjoys spending his time with his wife and young daughter. When time allows, Richard likes beekeeping and tinkering with his Lister engine.<\/div>\n
\nEllen Deutsch – Board Member<\/strong>
\nEllen Deutsch has more than 20 years of senior leadership experience, including as a Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAIN), a leading natural and organic food and personal care products company in North America, Europe, and India. During her more than 20 years at Hain, Ms.\u00a0 Deutsch also held a variety of senior leadership executive roles, including SVP\/Global Technical Services and Chief Sustainability …
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\nPeter Klein – Board Member<\/strong>
\nPeter Klein is the chief investment officer & founder of ALINE Wealth. He is a published author of a technical work which speaks volumes of a career immersed in analytics and the science of investing.\u00a0 To this deep financial wisdom, he adds considerable acumen in philanthropy, helping clients navigate family trusts, institutions and non-profits.\u201cThere is nothing I love more than helping clients propel their business,\u201d he says.
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\nMichele Dean – Board Member<\/strong>
\nMichele Dean joined Suffolk Federal Credit Union (SFCU) as President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2020. She has been in the financial services industry for over 30 years Prior to joining SFCU, Ms. Dean served as Chief Strategy Officer at Jovia Financial, with responsibility for lending, operations and corporate strategy and served as Chair of the Board for various affiliated subsidiary companies…
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\nThomas D. Bianculli – Board Member<\/strong>
\nTom Bianculli serves as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Zebra Technologies. In this role, Bianculli is responsible for the exploration of emerging opportunities, coordinating with product teams on advanced technology development, product and solutions strategy and inorganic investment. Bianculli started his career with Symbol Technologies, Inc. as part of the data capture solutions business. …
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