Our Management

Brian Hoekstra Chief Executive Officer and Management Director	Mr. Hoekstra has more than 25 years of professional experience including corporate management, strategic planning, intellectual property, and business development, as well as extensive technical expertise in lasers, optics, solar, LCD, semiconductor, and materials processing. From September 1999 until September 2009, he was Founder, President & CEO of Applied Photonics, Inc., a leading laser solutions provider for the flat panel display industry with an installation base located primarily in Asia. From February 1998 until September 1999, Mr. Hoekstra was Vice President, Technology at Accudyne Corporation, a semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer. From 1992 until 1998, he held various corporate and contractor positions specializing in licensing, marketing, technology transfer, and commercialization. Clients included the State of Florida, Disney, and NASA. From 1986 until 1992, he was Deputy Director of a NASA Commercial Center specializing in space-based crystal growth and a co-investigator on several space shuttle experiments. From 1984 until 1986, he was a leading researcher at the Air Force Materials Laboratory at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio and was the DoD technical representative for the International Space Station Microgravity Science Advisory Board. Mr. Hoekstra graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in physics in 1981, attended the U.S. Air Force Academy from 1977 until 1979, and has completed numerous professional military and continuing education courses. He was an independent director of Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS) from February 19, 2007 until December 21, 2009.
Mark Scott Chief Financial Officer Secretary and Treasurer	Mr. Scott has served as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of IA Global, Inc. since October 2003. At IA Global, Inc. he also served as President or COO from August 2005 to August 2009, and a Director from January 2004 to December 2008. Mr. Scott also serves as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of Visualant, Inc. since May 2010. He has significant financial, capital market and relations experience in public microcap companies, including executive financial positions in the United States including most recently Digital Lightwave; Network Access Solutions; and Teltronics, Inc. He has also held senior financial positions at Protel, Inc., Crystals International, Inc., Ranks Hovis McDougall, LLP and Brittania Sportswear, and worked at Arthur Andersen. As a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, he is a certified corporate director. Mr. Scott is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Ryuhei Senda Management Director	Mr. Senda has more than 25 years of professional experience including project and corporate management, strategic planning and business development, as well as management of investment funds. Mr. Senda was Director of Business Development of Applied Photonics, Inc., a leading laser solutions provider for the flat panel display industry from April 2004 to February 2009. Mr. Senda was the project manager of Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan from April 1992 to March 2004 and played key roles introducing and spreading 2D bar code in Japanese and U.S. markets. At the same time, he managed the investment fund for the next generation technologies funded by Mitsubishi Corporation and certain other major Japanese companies. Mr. Senda graduated from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan with a bachelor's degree of business in 1981.