Mr. Gregory L. Bafalis

Chief Executive Officer

As CEO, Greg Bafalis oversees the Company’s strategy, operations, and relationships. Greg brings more than 25 years of global experience in the energy sector where he has successfully closed, financed and operated over $3 billion worth of projects. Prior to joining Aurora Algae, Greg founded and served as CEO of Green Earth Fuels, LLC, where he was responsible for all aspects of the company and the management of four subsidiaries. He successfully raised $168 million in capital and grew the company from zero to $250 million in revenue in under three years. While at Green Earth Fuels, he directed the construction of a 90 million gallon per year biodiesel production facility and the development and implementation of an 8,000 acre palm oil plantation in Guatemala to supply the biodiesel production facility with feedstock. Previously, Greg was with El Paso Corporation, where he last held the position of Senior Managing Director – Americas and Europe Region, having overall responsibility for 14 power plants and two pipelines in eleven countries including the Dominican Republic. He lived in Brazil for seven years building and managing El Paso’s South and Central American business, and before that role served as Vice President of Business Development, European Region. Prior to El Paso, he served Mission Energy as the Executive Director for Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogen, successfully developing a 380 MW gas fired power generation facility in New York City. Before Mission Energy, Greg spent eight years developing waste-to-energy and waste wood fired power projects for Waste Management Co.

Mr. Brian L. Hinman

Executive Chairman

As Executive Chairman, Brian Hinman provides strategic and operational guidance to the management team, leveraging three decades of entrepreneurial successes. Brian is currently a Venture Partner at Oak Investment Partners, serving on the board of directors of portfolio companies focused on breakthrough “clean” technologies including Aurora Algae, eSolar, GreenVolts, NanoH2O, Phononic Devices, and Sundrop Fuels. Brian is the co-founder, and formerly the President and CEO, of 2Wire, a provider of broadband service platforms for the DSL market. Brian is also the co-founder, and formerly the CEO, of Polycom, Inc. (NASD: PLCM), the world's leading teleconferencing company. He is the also the co-founder and former VP Engineering of PictureTel Corporation (formerly NASD: PCTL). Brian has received multiple awards for entrepreneurship, including being named an Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2005. To catalyze entrepreneurship at his alma mater, he sponsors the Hinman CEO (Campus Entrepreneurship Opportunities) Program at the University of Maryland. Brian holds a B.S.E.E. summa cum laude from the University of Maryland, and an S.M.E.E. from M.I.T.

Mr. Scott McDonald

Chief Financial Officer

Scott McDonald’s 25-year history in planning and executing corporate strategy has helped to build and scale many successful startup and high growth companies. He has lead private and public company financings, mergers and acquisitions, financial restructurings, and system implementations as CEO of Castelle (CSTL), CFO and CAO of Conxion Corporation, CFO and COO of CIDCO Inc. (CDCO), and CFO of Integrated Systems Inc. (INTS). Mr. McDonald is currently a board member of the Paramit Corporation and Momentum Data Systems, Inc., and has previously served on the corporate boards of Octant Technologies, Inc., Castelle, Digital Power Corporation (DPW), and CIDCO Inc.

Mr. McDonald holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Akron and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

Mr. Matthew Caspari

Vice President, Business Development

Prior to founding Aurora Algae, Matthew Caspari was a management consultant with Cambridge Pharma Consultancy, where he provided strategic advice to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. His professional experience also includes time with Hana Biosciences, where he was involved in Business Development and Marketing, and with Bloomberg, LP, where he worked in Mergers and Acquisitions.

Mr. Caspari holds an MBA with a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business and a BS in Biochemistry from Georgetown University.

Mr. Guido Radaelli

Vice President, Engineering

Prior to founding Aurora Algae, Guido Radaelli worked for Casale Group, a leading engineering company located in Switzerland. He began in Casale's Process Engineering Department, where he developed expertise across all aspects of chemical plant design. Mr. Radaelli then gained managerial experience while leading Casale's R&D department. During his time at Casale Group, he led interdisciplinary teams, managed multi-million dollar R&D projects and cooperated with leading academic institutions and engineering companies.

Mr. Radaelli holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business and an MS with honors in Chemical Engineering from Politecnico of Milan in Italy.

Dr. Bertrand Vick

Chief Scientific Officer

Prior to founding Aurora Algae, Bertrand Vick’s doctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley focused on gene expression in complex eukaryotes. He developed deep expertise in protein biochemistry and molecular biology while gaining broad experience in cell culture, molecular genetics, antibody production and cell-based assay development. Dr. Vick also earned the Management of Technology certificate from the Haas School of Business. Previous to his doctoral research, he studied one-carbon metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and developed a biological method for producing a valuable industrial chemical.

Dr. Vick earned his B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Texas, Austin, where he graduated summa cum laude.