Malcolm Welch - Chairman
Malcolm Welch CTO & Principal, TAPO Ventures, LLC is an accomplished information technology executive who brings over 35 years of experience and a thorough understanding of the processes and a related technology issues to be faced in developing, deploying and managing IT organizations dedicated to delivering services in high performance environments.

As CTO for Aetna Insurance he was directly responsible for an $850 million technology budget as well as leading a technology staff of 500 people. In addition, he was responsible for promoting, encouraging and implementing company-wide IT privacy and security policy formulation, IT services strategy/structure and all Enterprise Architecture.

Prior to Aetna, he was Senior Vice President of technology consulting at Comdisco, Inc. In previous roles, he has worked in many different corporate environments from start-ups to large multi-national firms. At start-up USConnect Inc., he expanded the organization from its original six (6) firms to a constituency of 32 firms in the US, Canada and South America, giving USConnect the broadest geographic coverage of any national micro/network integration firm. The large corporate time included positions at Allied–Signal/Bunker Ramo Corporation, Honeywell Information Systems and National Semiconductor/Data Terminal Systems, Inc. In addition, Mr. Welch served as Chief Systems Programmer for the U.S. Army Command & Control Support Detachment.

Mr. Welch’s senior management experience has covered a broad diversity of business, management, technology and consulting skills. He possesses in-depth industry experience in Financial Services, Insurance, Telecommunications, and HealthCare. His senior management positions have covered business development, strategic planning, product management and product development.

Mr. Welch holds a dual Bachelor of Science degree in computer sciences and mathematics from the University of Illinois. 

Paul J. Aiello - Director
Mr. Aiello was appointed CEO of Opticon Systems, Inc. and President of its subsidiary PowerCon Systems effective October 19, 2009, bring9ng to Opticon Systems over 25 years of telecommunications, technology and energy related business experience. Immediately prior to joining Opticon Systems, Mr. Aiello served as Senior Vice President and COO of GoVertical Communications. Previously, Mr. Aiello served as Vice President of Sales & Business Operations for Progress Energy’s telecommunications subsidiary, Progress Telecom, and held various executive positions with Williams Energy’s Williams Communications and Wiltel business units, including Vice President of Global Sales, Vice President of Strategic & Government Accounts, Vice President of Outsourcing and General Manager. He has also held executive management positions at NEC, Intecom, Inc., and the RCA Corporation. Mr. Aiello holds a BA degree in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany.

Christino L. Perez - Director
Mr. Perez was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Director of OptiCon and its parent company, Hathaway Corporation, effective January 1, 2007. From September 2003 until the present, Mr. Perez has been self-employed as an independent consultant. Previously, Mr. Perez served as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director of Resolve Staffing, Inc., a publicly traded company from October 2001 until September 2003. From October 1999 to June 2002, Mr. Perez was employed by Baumann, Raymondo & Company, P.A., Certified Public Accountants, with primary responsibilities for development of accounting and auditing services to small publicly held enterprises. Mr. Perez earned a BA degree in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

Sam Talari - Director