James (Jim) McColgin is CEO Of Phase Change Energy Solutions.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in geophysics from Texas A&M University in 1973 and a master’s degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989. Mr. McColgin joined Conoco in 1973 and filled various assignments related to the company’s U.S. and international exploration activities. Jim became general manager of planning and administration for North American exploration and production operations headquartered in Houston in 1986, then moved to Calgary in 1989 as president of Conoco Canada Limited.  In 1991, again in Houston, he was made general manager with responsibility for reserve acquisitions and asset management for Conoco.  He became general manager of strategy and portfolio management for the company’s exploration and production segment in 1993.  Mr. McColgin was named president and general manager of Conoco Indonesia Inc. and moved to Jakarta in 1997.  In 2000, he was named president of Africa, Asia and Middle East for Conoco.  In 2002, Jim became president of ConocoPhillips U.S.A. Lower 48 and Latin American Region and became a corporate vice-president of ConocoPhillips Inc.   In 2003, he was named vice-president of Exploration, Global Gas and Business Development.  In this role he was responsible for the company’s worldwide new growth and reserve replacement activities.  In July of 2005 he moved to Singapore to become president of ConocoPhillips Asia Pacific Region which encompassed the company’s operations extending from China through Australia.  Jim retired from ConocoPhillips in 2008.  Mr. McColgin is on the board of directors for Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated, Inc. and is an active member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 

Jim brings extensive business development, operational, planning and global managerial experience to the company.

Byron Owens is the co-founder of Vesture Corporation.  He was raised on a farm in North Carolina and began his professional career serving in the United States Air Force. While there he learned a variety of technical skills, focusing on electronics. As a passionate entrepreneur, Mr. Owens’ ventures included founding Carolina Satellite, one of the first C-Band satellite television retail companies in central North Carolina.  During the early 1980’s he helped start a solar heat and domestic hot water manufacturing company and worked as an executive helping to incubate a printing company into a multi-million dollar enterprise.  In 1987, he co-founded Vesture Corporation, a leading provider of thermal-based products.  Under Mr. Owens’ leadership, Vesture pioneered a number of new technologies and unique applications. During the past 20 years the company has generated sales in excess of $100 million, and earned recognition along the way including a Fortune 500 company’s “best brand promotional launch” and “supplier of the year” awards.  Byron Owens is recognized in Who’s Who of American Businesses and is an accomplished inventor and recipient of over 20 U.S. and foreign patents.  He focuses his time on product innovations and maintains a core belief that we cannot stop improving and making our lives safer and more secure. 

Byron is taking the lead in converting ideas into final products that can be easily manufactured. He is responsible for product manufacturing and quality control as well as taking a very active role in new product development.

Jeff Cox is a veteran of the advertising industry, with over 30 years of experience in this field.  After college graduation with a degree in marketing and communication, Mr. Cox worked as creative director for two large advertising firms for nine years.  In 1984, he started his own firm, growing it into a multi-million dollar business with over 25 years of profitable operations. The firm specialized in marketing primarily to the home furnishings industry. Clients included home furnishing giants such as Lane Home Furnishings, Broyhill, Thomasville, Bassett, Henredon, Drexel Heritage and many other well-known clients.  Mr. Cox’s forte has been managing targeted promotional campaigns geared towards audiences of hundreds of millions in a cost-effective manner.  In 2005, Mr. Cox acquired an equity position in Vesture Corporation, joining forces with long-time friend and client Byron Owens.  Serving as Executive Vice-President / Secretary / Treasurer, Mr. Cox oversees the daily operations of the company, where his management skills provide guidance and direction in the manufacturing and financial aspects of the day-to-day operations.  His years of experience and wide-ranging knowledge of practical design application help in solving product design issues and contributes in providing solutions to the manufacturing processes.

Jeff brings considerable marketing, product development and practical manufacturing experience to the company.

Pete Horwath, earned a degree in Physics and Computer Science from Mary Washington University.  Mr. Horwath also earned on FAA Airframe and Power Plant license, a private pilot’s license and has applied for several provisional patents in the Aerospace, Security and Defense industries.  Mr. Horwath has a wide variety of entrepreneurial experience including owning and operating a successful construction company in Fairfax, Virginia where he became the youngest associate member of the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association.  He also started and sold a successful computer firm that was awarded several large contracts that developed computer systems for local school systems, several federal government agencies, as well as financial and medical software companies.  Prior to founding Phase Change Energy Solutions, Inc., Peter was Vice President of Operations at TG&C Associates, a consulting firm working on the development of innovative solutions in the Defense and Energy industries.

Pete is the innovator of using low cost, bio-based phase change materials in building applications and was responsible for the founding of Phase Change Energy Solutions.  Pete is actively involved in product optimization, testing, modeling and in developing new commercial uses for phase change materials.

Dixon Johnston, is a member of the board of directors of Phase Change Energy Solutions and a business advisor to the managers of the company. Mr. Johnson is currently the EVP of QuarTek Corporation. Mr. Johnston brings considerable executive level management experience in product development and commercialization derived from holding senior level positions with Proctor & Gamble and Clorox, including General Manager, Clorox of Canada, and most recently as President of Alba-Waldensian. He served as an Officer in the Navy during Vietnam. Mr. Johnston holds a B.S. degree in Economics from Northwestern University and an MBA in Finance from The University of California at Berkeley.

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