Xollai’s management team consists of its four principal founders aided by an experienced board of governors and trusted advisors.

Founders

Robert Malecki – Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder
Mr. Malecki is responsible for Xollai’s strategic direction, as well as its technology and general business development efforts. Mr. Malecki is a 6 year veteran of the US Air Force as a cryptological linguist and intelligence analyst.  He is a graduate of the Defense Language Institute and holds a degree in Arabic.  He has worked with Raytheon in developing the Field Exportable Training Simulator (FETS) that is used to train and prepare operators before going on missions. Mr. Malecki finished his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of St.  Thomas where he helped develop and is a co-inventor of an autonomous landing system for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).  He developed the proprietary algorithms for Xollai’s UAS landing system (patent pending). Mr. Malecki has held Top Secret clearances as high as TS/SCI, TK&G.

Anthony Giang – Chief Financial Officer, Co-Founder
Mr. Giang is primarily responsible for maintaining the financial records of the company. Mr. Giang is also the secondary programmer, systems integrator and general troubleshooter. His strict attention to every detail to the minutia qualifies him for these duties. Mr. Giang’s experience includes working at 3M in the Software Electronic Mechanical R&D laboratories.  He has developed code for embedded systems as well as created physics models for simulations and other applications. Mr. Giang has experience delivering products which not only meet, but often exceed expectations – within budget and deadline constraints. Mr. Giang is a magna cum laude double major graduate of the Electrical Engineering and Physics programs at the University of St.  Thomas.

Lue Her – Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder
Mr. Her is the primary programmer responsible for developing firmware and software for the various hardware components. Mr. Her is intimately involved with hardware selection and integration. He has an extensive software development background, and is familiar with many programming languages, including Java, C/C++, Python, and LabVIEW. Mr. Her was the chief programmer for the autonomous landing project. Mr. Her’s leadership experience includes being a past president of his local student IEEE chapter. Mr. Her is a magna cum laude graduate of the Electrical Engineering program at the University of St.  Thomas.

Ryan Thompson – Chief Operating Officer, Co-Founder
Mr. Thompson is responsible for day to day operations and coordinating with customers and suppliers. He is in charge of determining customer requirements and ensuring that they are met. Mr. Thompson has extensive knowledge of various 3D modeling programs, including SolidWorks and 3D Studio Max. Mr. Thompson has worked with UAS in the development of an autonomous landing system with Xollai.  He helped develop the custom control systems for the autonomous landing system. His remote control experience piloting a number of different RC planes gives him an expertise in fine tuning the simulation physics models to ensure accurate flight behavior. Mr. Thompson is a double major in Music and Electrical Engineering at the University of St.  Thomas.

Board of Governors

Krzystof (Kris) Burhardt, Ph.D.
Kris Burhardt is a Partner in Clotho and Associates, a firm specializing in the identification, assessment and financing of technical and business ventures.  He also is the Chairman of the Board of Analysts International Company.  Prior to this, he was Vice President for Technology at Honeywell Inc. and Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at Honeywell International from May 1998 to August 2000.  Prior to that, he was Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Imation Corporation for three years after it was spun off from 3M.  Dr. Burhardt served in various executive positions with 3M from 1971 through 1995.  From 1985 until 1995, he was Vice President of Research and Development Information, Imaging and Electronics.  He is a director of Analysts International Corporation and Adventium Labs.  In addition, he is a member of the advisory boards of several universities, venture start-up companies and government research organizations. He has been associated with numerous universities on a worldwide basis serving on Advisory Boards, driving industrial and university R&D cooperation as well as sponsorship of international programs.

Jeff Jalkio, Ph.D.
Dr. Jalkio has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. He was one of three co-founders of CyberOptics (NASDAQ: CYBE).  He was with CyberOptics from 1984 until 1997 with responsibilities that ranged from designing the original products to customer negotiations and eventually Vice President of Research.  In 1997 Dr. Jalkio decided to leave industry and return to the University of St. Thomas where he recently served as Chair of the School of Engineering.  Dr.  Jalkio’s publications include 9 patents, 25 peer reviewed technical publications, 3 book chapters, 8 articles in the industrial press, and 43 conference presentations

Greg Mowry, Ph.D.
Dr. Mowry has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. He has been involved with the founding of several businesses.  He was the founder of Mowry Engineering, co-founder of PDG Imaging, and co-founder of Avanti Optics.  Dr.  Mowry’s experience covers many different disciplines of science.  He has served as director of engineering at Seagate Technology where he planned, proposed, and led Seagate’s first optical storage business unit.  In 2001 Dr. Mowry started teaching and has been a member of the full time faculty at the University of St.  Thomas School of Engineering from 2003 until present.  He continues to involve himself with industry and the pursuit of alternative forms of energy.  Dr.  Mowry has been granted 40 patents with another 2 pending. He has more than 24 publications and several presentations in 4 different fields of study.

Robert Malecki
Mr. Malecki is Xollai’s Chief Executive Officer. His biographical information provided above.

Advisors

Dave Eike
Mr. Eike is currently an executive with Shavlik Technologies, which specializes in software solutions that simplify very complex network security challenges. Prior to joining Shavlik, Mr. Eike was the President of FilterLogix, a web filtering technology company, where he was responsible for day-to-day operations, the company’s strategic vision, and overall corporate development. Mr. Eike also spent over 16 years with the Hewlett-Packard Company, in a variety of roles – and prior to leaving, was responsible for HP’s corporate resellers, which was a $400M business. Mr. Eike also has extensive experience in helping start-ups, and is a visionary, experienced executive, with exceptional sales, product management, professional services and business development expertise. Mr. Eike holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing from the University of St. Thomas.

Charles (Chuck) Buehler, Ph.D.
Chuck is a 32 year retiree from 3M where he served as Technical Director of various Divisions of 3M including pioneering and leading 3M’s European Laboratories in Germany.   He has headed up laboratories dealing with electrical, tape, medical and printing products in addition to long range research in the Corporate Research Laboratory.  Dr.  Buehler is a graduate of St. Thomas University (B.S.) and Michigan State University (Ph.D.).  Dr.  Buehler has a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry.   He is a member of the Minnesota District of SCORE and routinely advises entrepreneurs and business owners regarding starting and growing their businesses.