Meet The Team
We’re Fun, Social & Business Savvy.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT EXEMPLAR
I love working with a team of diverse professionals that are able to serve businesses impacting the communities around us.
AT EXEMPLAR | Work Smart, Have Fun – See Us At Play |
- Grow community, economic, environmental and national resilience — by creating multi-$M resilient infrastructure funded by savings and earnings by Resilient Adaptive Modular Microgrid Systems (RAMMS)(TM).
- Engage our expedited SBIR-derived contracts to provide EMP and cyber protected infrastructure.
- Creating more resilient local infrastructure from local energy systems to communications and food sources improves national security, environmental security, economic security and jobs.
CREDENTIALS
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B.A. Psychology University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign |
M.A. Medieval History University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign |
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LEADERSHIP
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Actively works with over 40 organizations to develop and offer Resilient Adaptive Modular Microgrids (RAMMS), the commercialized activities of IAN’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
THE REAL ME
- Father to three sons involved in the medical community
- Enjoys nature and walking through the woods
- Pursues and publishes topics in the roles of conflict resolution from ancient literature and history in their application to contemporary technologies, infrastructures, and policies
MORE TEAM MEMBERS

Christopher Marston, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer Exemplar Companies, Pbc.

Steven R. Monticone
Chief Operating Officer, Exemplar Companies, PBC

Joelle Paul-Cook, Ph.D.
Chief Human Capital Officer, Exemplar Companies, PBC

Katherine Brand
Managing Director, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Louis Amatucci, Esq.
Managing Director, Head of Securities Practice, Exemplar Law, LLC

Jeffrey Abramczyk
Managing Director, Regulatory Compliance Practice, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Mary Arnold
Senior Business and Lobbyist Consultant, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Eric Geppert
Managing Director Head of Corporate/M&A, Exemplar Law, LLC

Ryan Allison
Managing Director, Head of Flexpertise, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Andrew J Szabo, CFA
Managing Director – Tax Product and Life Sciences Practice, Exemplar Capital, LLC

Bob Hertz
Managing Director of Health Tech Commercialization, Exemplar Wellcare, LLC

Victor Garcia
Managing Director, Investment Banking, Exemplar Capital, LLC

Greg McDonnell
Senior Associate, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Fred B. Wilcon, Esq.
Managing Director – Corporate Department, Exemplar Law, LLC

Jessica Neihardt
Operations Manager, Exemplar Companies, PBC.

Michelle Trumble
Executive Assistant, Exemplar Companies, PBC.

Richard Feldman
FINOP, Exemplar Capital, LLC

Paul Haberman, Esq.
Special Counsel – Litigation, Exemplar Law, LLC

Chris Ashoff
Managing Director, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Roman Vayner
Trademark Counsel, Exemplar Law, LLC

Clifton Smith
B2B Strategic Partnership and CPA Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Troy Vanderburg
Digital Innovation & Capital Markets Consultant Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Brian Tucker
Marketing and Business Strategist, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

William Dodge
Fractional COO/CFO, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

David Loughran
Senior B2B Strategic Partnership Consultant Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Bill Hoop
Managing Director – Real Estate Distribution, Exemplar Capital, LLC

Susan Walker
Paralegal, Exemplar Law, LLC

Stephan Jan Meyers, Esq.
Specialty Counsel – Securities Compliance, Exemplar Law, LLC

Richard Strauss, Esq.
Vice President, Exemplar Law, LLC