Management Profile: Alchemy Enterprises, Ltd.

Jonathan R. Read, President and CEO
Mr. Read is an experienced brand manager, international developer, and international licensor. He began his professional career in 1976 as a Regional Manager of Specialty Restaurant Corporation, CA, operating a theme dinner house throughout California. He then became Managing Director for a group of international Companies based in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore ranging from hospitality interest to manufacturing and real estate. From 1984 he was the Chairman and CEO of Shakey’s International a worldwide restaurant chain with operations in the U.S., Southeast Asia, Japan, South America, Mexico, Europe and the Caribbean, which he sold in 1989. From 1986 to 2003, In 1986 Mr. Read founded Park Plaza International (Park Inn International/ Park Plaza Worldwide) and served as Chairman and CEO from 1986 to 2003. He expanded Park Plaza from 4 hotels into a global hotel group. He built, owned, operated, managed, and franchised hotels across the U.S as well as in: England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Hungary, Austria, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Poland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, New Guinea, Vietnam, Japan, Tahiti, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Lebanon, Jordan, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Brazil. Mr. Read sold the companies to Carlson Hospitality and Golden Wall Investments in 2003.


Howard A. Foote, Chief Technology Officer
In 1994, Mr. Foote enlisted in The United States Marine Corp., and served as a jet mechanic and plane captain for A-6E Intruders. Mr. Foote is qualified as a pilot in 25 different types of aircraft, including Russian military fighter aircraft and RAF military aircraft as well. From 1989 - 1992, Mr. Foote was privately educated by the world leading Aeronautical Engineering Professor, Svenn Ridder of the Swedish Institute of Technology. It was here where Mr. Foote worked on an advanced flying wing design in Swedish wind-tunnel facilities, to successfully design an advanced flying wing configuration vehicle; the vehicle used Microwave Power Transmissions to power the aircraft instead of conventional fuel. Mr. Foote received a patent for this unique aircraft design. The configuration is considered state-of-the-art, even after 12 years since test completion. He has been contracting with Jet Propulsion Laboratories-NASA since 1991. Mr. Foote holds many patents for advanced aircraft design, complex systems architecture, orbital power stations, and electric fuel cell technology. Mr. Foote has become one of the most progressive aeronautical engineers today.


Elliott Winfield, Executive Director, Worldwide Business Development
Mr. Winfield started his professional career in 1970, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Design, and Masters Degree program in multimedia design. Since then, his professional career grew into entrepreneurship in a diversity of industries worldwide. Mr. Winfield has owned and operated companies including fine art gallery, professional placement agency, medical security company, publishing company, Internet development companies, Mortgage Company, and automobile brokerage. Mr. Winfield has lived in Europe , and as a strategic business development expert, has negotiated large international transactions. He has experience in international banking, corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, manufacturing, financing, and application of new technologies. Mr. Winfield will use his efforts to bring new energy solutions and advanced technologies to the power and transportation industries, and to facilitate the successful corporate growth, and world positioning of the Earth Energy Industries group of companies.


James Gaspard II, Executive Director, Commercial Transportation Industries
James Gaspard II has a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science, and JD and MBA from University of Texas School of Law. Mr. Gaspard is a licensed Attorney, State Bar of Texas, has interned for Chief Justice Thomas Phillips and Justice Raul Gonzalez of the Texas Supreme Court, and was Editor-in-Chief of Texas Journal of Business Law. Mr. Gaspard’s business experience includes Vice President Transportation Sales for Air Serv Corporation where he presented over $200 million of strategic acquisition opportunities, Vice President Sales & Marketing for Champion Bus, Inc., and for Neoplan USA Corporation, built up confirmed orders exceeding $800 million, Vendor Programs Manager in new vendor leasing division of Capital Associates International, Inc., Senior Account Manager Amplicon, Inc., and self employed in real estate business, purchasing, leasing and selling single family homes. Mr. Gaspard currently serves on the Board of Directors of Trailways Transportation System, Inc., Board of Advisors of Quality Rail Services, LLC and Board of Directors of Canyon Point Villas, from 1998-2000. Mr. Gaspard is an expert, public speaker, and published author on the subjects of a new intermodal transportation system with vehicles that combine passengers and freight, creating paradigms in the transportation and commercial trucking industries, Industry articles on reducing transit operating expenditures and subsidies available for the transit industry. As an inventor, Mr. Gaspard invented the Intermodal Expeditor, a vehicle designed to transport both passengers and standard intermodal freight containers and “Dynamic Scheduling”, a business process patent.