Leadership Profiles

Vatche Artinian
Chairman and CEO

Mr. Artinian is a co-founder and the Chairman for the company. He has a total of 20 years of experience in the industry including successfully founding and selling two previous startup operations. Mr. Artinian has also developed and managed product lines at Allied Signal and Honeywell Corporations. Mr. Artinian holds a Masters in Business Administration from University of Southern California (USC), a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from USC, and a Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from California State Polytechnic University.

Ian Hart
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Mr. Hart holds a degree in Business Economics from UC Santa Barbara and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant. He obtained six years of public accounting experience at Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young) and at a West L.A. accounting firm. Mr. Hart has experience in mortgage banking managing a $40 million loan pipeline and as a financial consultant at Merrill Lynch responsible for $30 million in assets for corporations and high net worth individuals. For the last 9 years, Hart has held senior level positions in both Finance and Operations for public and private companies in their developmental stage or turnaround mode. He has extensive experience in SEC reporting, finance and accounting, strategic planning and operations.

Larry Hawkins
Director of Technology, High Performance Magnetic Bearings

Mr. Hawkins is a co-founder of Calnetix. Mr. Hawkins has 20 years of industrial experience including magnetic bearing systems and is recognized as an expert globally in rotordynamics and magnetic bearing system integration. Mr. Hawkins has worked for such companies as Rotordynamics-Seal Research Inc., Rockwell International, and Rocketdyne. Mr. Hawkins holds a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University, a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, graduating summa cum laude from Auburn University and has published numerous technical papers in the high speed turbomachinery field.

Shamim Imani
Manager of Business Development

Mr. Imani has over 10 years of experience in the industry developing energy related products. Mr. Imani has worked extensively with and led many developments including Flywheel systems, Turbo Chargers (automotive and marine), Expanders, Compressors and MicroTurbines. Mr. Imani holds a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CalPoly, Pomona) and has published numerous technical papers.

Adam Tapias
Director of Operations

Mr. Tapias holds degrees in Business Administration and Spanish from the University of Washington. He most recently held the position of Product Manager with Calnetix Inc. with the focus of launching products to market. Mr. Tapias has experience as a Program Manager for IMPCO Technologies, Inc. and was the Managing Director of the IMPCO Technologies Subsidiary in Mexico. Mr. Tapias has 9 years experience in several functions of various organizations including accounting, finance, procurement, logistics, distribution, process improvements, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, marketing, and sales.

Pana Shenoy
VP of Engineering

Mr. Pana Shenoy joined Calnetix in March 2009. He has over 20 years experience in the power industry and a solid track record in successful product launches. Prior to joining Calnetix, Mr. Shenoy was VP of Engineering for two years at Vycon. During his 11 year tenure at Leibert Corporation, a division of Emerson, Mr. Shenoy was Manager of Power Technology. From 1990-1996, Mr. Shenoy was Vice President of Engineering for Unison Technologies.