Dennis Calvert is our President and Chief Executive Officer. He also serves in the same positions for BioLargo Life Technologies, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of BioLargo, Inc. Mr. Calvert was appointed a director in June 2002, and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2002, Corporate Secretary from September 2002 until March 2003, and Interim Chief Financial Officer since March 2003. Mr. Calvert holds a BA degree in Economics from Wake Forest University, where he was a varsity basketball player on full scholarship. Mr. Calvert also studied at Columbia University and Harding University. He was an honor student in high school with numerous leadership awards. He is also an Eagle Scout and an active leader serving in his local Church. He is married to his wife of 23 years and has two children. He is also an active coach in youth sports organizations in his home community.
Mr. Calvert has an extensive entrepreneurial background as an operator, investor and consultant. From June 2002 to September 2002 he served as president of Med Wireless, Inc. In 1998 he was a founder, president and board member of Utelecom Communications, Inc. where he led the acquisition of four companies and secured a line of credit for $7.5 million. The company sold its assets in 2003. He was an investor and served as a manager of Beep for Free.com, LLC beginning in the year 2000, a consumer products and technology related company. Mr. Calvert resigned as the manager of Beep For Free.com, LLC in June 2002 and the company ceased operations in December 2002. Mr. Calvert was a founder and chairman of ZZYZX Technologies, Inc., a company that designed and produced high tech equipment. ZZYZX was sold in 2001. From 1990 to 1996 Calvert served as head of mergers and acquisitions for Medical Asset Management, Inc., a company that acquired and managed medical-related businesses. During his tenure he participated in more than 50 acquisitions and served in numerous positions with the Company. Prior, he was a founder and officer of a medical recruiting and consulting firm named Merritt Hawkins and Associates from 1987 to 1990. Earlier, he was a top producing sales associate for a leading physician recruitment firm, Jackson and Coker, Inc. and served as a sales associate for Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Corp. from 1985 to 1986.
Email: Kenneth R. Code holds the position of Chief Technology Officer of BioLargo, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary BioLargo Life Technologies, Inc. He is the Inventor of IOWC’s technology. He holds the following Patents and Publications CA 2191928 Absorbent Compositions, CA 2201825, CA 2278959, US 6146725, US 6328929, AU 9851139, India: 2247/CAL/97, PCT (International): WO 98/24486 His Accreditations include: Purchasing Management Association of Canada, Level IV, Council for the Accreditation of Pharmaceutical Reps, APMR, American Biological Safety Association, Advanced Disinfections, Canadian Blood Services, 75 Donations.
Robert Szolomayer serves as the Director of Corporate Development for BioLargo Life Technologies, Inc. He is experienced in financing and entitlements for large scale Real Estate Development Projects and Assisting technology firms with funding and strategic partners. Previously, Robert was the Sr. Vice President of project management at Del Mar Pacific Group. From 1995 to 2000 he worked with Northrop Grumman, on a $1B military project as a key team member to complete the design, negotiations, development, and construction of this national security project. He has previously been involved as a consultant on major infrastructure projects providing financing and strategic partners in both Vietnam and China. He received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology from Cal State Long Beach.
Email: Jeffrey C. Wallace serves as the Director of Sales & Marketing. He has been active in the development and commercialization processes of Biolargo Technologies since 2000. Prior to his early retirement, 25 years, from the DuPont Company, he worked with multiple divisions, developed marketing and sales strategies for product launches, was involved in new acquisitions, managed a joint venture, profit and loss responsibility, and selling of business partnerships. Following his tenure with Dupont, he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for several medical companies responsible for turn around, acquisitions, integrations and new technology, including EFM Corporation which grew to $150mm and was eventually sold to the Marquette Company. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering and has been recognized as an Orange County, California Man of Character.
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Joseph Provenzano is our VP of Operations and has been a director since June 2002 and assumed the role of Corporate Secretary in March 2003. He began his corporate career in April 1988 as a Personnel Manager and Recruiter for First American Travel, a marketing company in Southern California. From June 1991 to September 1995 he worked as a technician within the Commercial and Residential security industry. From September 1995 to September 1996 he was employed by two major Southern California moving and storage companies as head of marketing. From September 1996 to April 2001 he owned a marketing company called Pre-Move Marketing Services (PMSA), offering advertising and direct marketing products for the moving and storage industry. From April 2001 to March 2003 he worked with Camden Holdings, Inc., an investment holding company to manage their mergers and acquisitions department, participating in more than 50 corporate mergers and acquisitions.
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Dennis E. Marshall has been a director of the Company since April 28, 2006. Marshall has over 35 years of experience in real estate, asset management, management level finance, and operations-oriented management. Since 1981, Mr. Marshall has been a real estate investment broker in Orange County, California, representing buyers and sellers in investment acquisitions and dispositions. From March 1977 to January 1981, Mr. Marshall was a real estate syndicator at McCombs Corporation as well as the assistant to the Chairman of the Board. While at McCombs Corporation, Mr. Marshall became the Vice President of Finance, where he financially monitored numerous public real estate syndications. From June 1973 to September 1976, Mr. Marshall served as an equity controller for the Don Koll Company, an investment builder and general contractor firm, at which Mr. Marshall worked closely with institutional equity partners and lenders. Before he began is career in real estate, Mr. Marshall worked at Arthur Young & Co. (now Ernst & Young) from June 1969 to June 1973, where he served as Supervising Senior Auditor and was responsible for numerous independent audits of publicly held corporations. During this period, he obtained Certified Public Accountant certification. Mr. Marshall earned a degree in Accounting from the University of Texas, Austin in 1966 and earned a Master of Science Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1969. Mr. Marshall serves as Chairman of the Audit and Compensation Committees.
Gary Cox has been a director since May 2003. Mr. Cox has more than 14 years in the healthcare field as consultant to hospitals and medical groups. Since December 2005, Mr. Cox has been an executive search consultant with Management Recruiters International, an executive search firm specializing in the biotechnology industry. In addition, since 1995, he has also been providing search and consulting services to hospitals and clinics throughout the United States. Previously, Mr. Cox served for more than 10 years with firms in the United Kingdom in various executive recruiting, sales and marketing positions. He holds a technical degree in engineering from Leicester University in England. He was also a competitive athlete and played for a number of professional soccer (football) clubs in England in his early career.
Mr. Cox also serves on the Audit Committee, which was established by the Board of Directors along with the Compensation Committee. The Audit Committee meets with management and the Company's independent public accountants to review the adequacy of internal controls and other financial reporting matters.
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Food Safety Specialist- Joe Montecalvo,
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Steve Harrison- Dir. International Ventures
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Dennis Calvert is our President and Chief Executive Officer. He also serves in the same positions for BioLargo Life Technologies, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of BioLargo, Inc. Mr. Calvert was appointed a director in June 2002, and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2002, Corporate Secretary from September 2002 until March 2003, and Interim Chief Financial Officer since March 2003. Mr. Calvert holds a BA degree in Economics from Wake Forest University, where he was a varsity basketball player on full scholarship. Mr. Calvert also studied at Columbia University and Harding University. He was an honor student in high school with numerous leadership awards. He is also an Eagle Scout and an active leader serving in his local Church. He is married to his wife of 23 years and has two children. He is also an active coach in youth sports organizations in his home community..jpg)
Kenneth R. Code holds the position of Chief Technology Officer of BioLargo, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary BioLargo Life Technologies, Inc. He is the Inventor of IOWC’s technology. He holds the following Patents and Publications CA 2191928 Absorbent Compositions, CA 2201825, CA 2278959, US 6146725, US 6328929, AU 9851139, India: 2247/CAL/97, PCT (International): WO 98/24486 His Accreditations include: Purchasing Management Association of Canada, Level IV, Council for the Accreditation of Pharmaceutical Reps, APMR, American Biological Safety Association, Advanced Disinfections, Canadian Blood Services, 75 Donations. 
Charley Dargan holds the position of Chief Financial Officer of BioLargo, Inc. Mr. Dargan has been a member of the board of directors of InterSearch Group Inc, an American Stock Exchange-listed provider of search and advertising services for the Internet, since May 2006. Since January 2003, Mr. Dargan has served as founder and principal of CFO 911, a provider of operational and managerial expertise, specifically in accounting and finance, to middle market companies. From March 2000 to the present, Mr. Dargan has been the chief financial officer of Semotus Solutions, Inc., an American Stock Exchange-listed wireless mobility software company since January 2001. Mr. Dargan also served as a director of Semotus from March 1999 to July 2002. From January 2007 through November 2007, Mr. Dargan also served as Chief Financial Officer of Save the World Air, Inc. Mr. Dargan also serves as a director of 411 Web Directory, Inc. and Anchor Audio, Inc. Mr. Dargan received his B.A. degree in Government from Dartmouth College, his M.B.A. degree and M.S.B.A. degree in Finance from the University of Southern California.
Robert Szolomayer serves as the Director of Corporate Development for BioLargo Life Technologies, Inc. He is experienced in financing and entitlements for large scale Real Estate Development Projects and Assisting technology firms with funding and strategic partners. Previously, Robert was the Sr. Vice President of project management at Del Mar Pacific Group. From 1995 to 2000 he worked with Northrop Grumman, on a $1B military project as a key team member to complete the design, negotiations, development, and construction of this national security project. He has previously been involved as a consultant on major infrastructure projects providing financing and strategic partners in both Vietnam and China. He received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology from Cal State Long Beach.
Jeffrey C. Wallace serves as the Director of Sales & Marketing. He has been active in the development and commercialization processes of Biolargo Technologies since 2000. Prior to his early retirement, 25 years, from the DuPont Company, he worked with multiple divisions, developed marketing and sales strategies for product launches, was involved in new acquisitions, managed a joint venture, profit and loss responsibility, and selling of business partnerships. Following his tenure with Dupont, he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for several medical companies responsible for turn around, acquisitions, integrations and new technology, including EFM Corporation which grew to $150mm and was eventually sold to the Marquette Company. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering and has been recognized as an Orange County, California Man of Character.