Don E. Hawkins* - Chairman & CEO

Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Graduated from Harry E. Wood High School in Indianapolis. For three summers, worked as a Page in the United States Senate for Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Vance Hartke in Washington D.C.

For three years worked in the offices of Senator Birch Bayh in Washington D.C. For one and half years, attended Ben Franklin University in Washington D.C. Served in the United States Marine Corps for three years. Served in Vietnam for 21 months.

Employed with Eli Lilly & Company for three years as a manufacturers helper. Self employed under own name for 12 years as a business, marketing and telemarketing consultant helping various individuals and companies in Indiana get started.

In 1982, formed Hawkins International Systems & Services Corp. to build and market a computerized information directory that was installed in various supermarkets in Indiana and New York.

In 1984, started importing tanning, health and fitness equipment from Europe. Also built a telemarketing operation, selling only tanning equipment, parts and supplies in New York City.

In 1988, that telemarketing room expanded into a marketing and telemarketing operation for telecommunications services. At its peak, had over 40 people calling on businesses for local and long distance telecommunications services in New York City.

In the fall of 1992, with offices in the World Trade Center, was first introduced to the "Plasma Waste Destruction" concept. Tried unsuccessful to find a location to build the first facility in several states on the East Coast and Texas.

In the summer of 1995 returned home to Indianapolis. In December 1995 formed Hawkins Industries, Inc. and introduced this technology to Indianapolis. Since returning home, has searched for all the right businesses and the right individuals that could be brought together, to build a new and unique business opportunity. Formed HI Disposal Systems to build the first commercial medical and hazardous waste facility in the world, utilizing plasma pyrolysis technology for the destruction of man's waste products.

Thomas A. Damberger, Ph.D., CEM* - President & COO

Thomas Damberger held the Energy Specialist position at Kaiser Permanente in the Southern California Region from 1988 until late 1996. He was responsible for 16 million square feet of hospitals, medical office buildings, and offices with an energy budget of almost $42 million dollars. He holds a Master of Public Administration from San Diego State University, Life Teaching Credentials in Fire Science and Public Administration and is licensed as a General Building Contractor in the State of California. Mr. Damberger is also about to complete a Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences at Walden University.

Mr. Damberger a Certified Energy Manager, is an active member in the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), San Diego Chapter and Association of Professional Energy Managers (APEM), Los Angeles Chapter. He was selected as Energy Manager of the Year in 1993 by APEM, in 1992 by AEE (Region 5) and Energy Engineer of the Year in 1994 by AEE (Region 5). Kaiser Permanente received a corporate award in 1993 for Outstanding Corporate Environmental Achievement from the National Environmental Development Association, and in 1994 they received a Clean Air Award from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) for Mr. Damberger’s work in energy and the environment. In 1996, Mr. Damberger received the Clean Air Award for Environmental Stewardship from AQMD for his nine-point plan. In October of 1996, the United Sates Department of Energy bestowed Special Recognition for Outstanding Contributions in Promoting an Environmentally Sustainable Energy Future for his plan titled Energy, The Environment and the Kaiser Plan.

As Energy Specialist for Kaiser Permanente, Mr. Damberger was responsible for the development and implementation of lighting retrofit projects, permitting of a plasma-arc system to treat medical waste, flexible-fuel-buildings, water conservation projects and a third-party contract to install fuel cells at multiple sites. Kaiser Permanente is the worlds largest private user of fuel cells, employing distributed resources in what is known as "electrons by pipe". Each fuel cell also reduces annual emissions by over 2,000,000 pounds when compared to a contemporary process.

Mr. Damberger was responsible for obtaining commitment for over $2,000,000 from outside sources for various energy projects. He was also responsible for natural gas transportation during the deregulation era of the natural gas industry saving Kaiser over $135,000 annually. This coupled with other energy savings brings a total annual net revenue of over $5,000,000 to the bottom line.

In September of 1996, Mr. Damberger joined HI's Team. Since then, he along with Mr. Hawkins, have been spearheading HI's first commercial plasma-energy project in Indianapolis that will convert pharmaceutical, medical and hazardous wastes into a synthetic-reuseable gas and a vitrified (glassy) slag.

Oren E. Embry - Vice-President of Facilities Management

Oren (Woody) Embry has over twenty-five years of management experience, culminating in directing, as Chief Executive Oficer, a grass roots Medical Service Corporation, start-up; including private financial placement, "IPO" on NASDAQ, organization, sales/marketing, and successful operations.

Mr. Embry's management history includes:

Completed a turn around contract of a medical service company, that required staffing, sales and marketing, clean up of operations, and sale of the business.

Researched, identified and started-up a national company in the medical service industry, directed the Initial Public Offering (IPO) effort for the listing of the company on "NASDAQ".

Directed the operation of four (4) medical service facilities located in major metropolitan areas. This included staffing, training, and employee relations.

Managed the application and subsequent public hearings for numerous environmental and operating permits.

Negotiated the purchase of various medical service companies, nationwide.

Directed the construction effort in a 36 month nuclear power plant outage ($75 million project).

Dr. Marlin Springer, Ph.D.

Dr. Springer holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, an MS in Ecology, a BS in Biology, and an AS in Engineering Technology.

Dr. Springer is President of PEAT, inc., Huntsville, Alabama, and for the past six years has directed a team of engineers and scientists who research, develop, test and evaluate the use of plasma energy in thermal treatments of hazardous wastes and materials. He is co-author of a patent for an Apparatus and Method for Treating Hazardous Waste, based on plasma energy technology.

Dr. Springer has over twenty-four years experience in business operation, test designs, environmental studies and management. Dr. Springer operated a consulting company for seven years that researched and studied environmental health and safety issues associated with mining and power plants, military facilities, agricultural and forestry practices, and chemical manufacturing. He served for five years as Regional Director for an environmental research company in New Mexico, and as Department and Project Manager with BDM Corporation for five years.

Nelson S. Slavik, Ph.D.
Executive Vice-President of Med-Environmental, Inc.

He holds a B.A. in Biology (Kalamazoo College) and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Microbiology (University of Illinois). He served on the faculty of the Department of Health and Safety Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and as the Biological Safety Officer for the campus. Nelson has been a faculty member for programs on hospital environmental safety sponsored by the American Society for Hospital Engineering of the American Hospital Association (ASHE) since 1984.