Crista Shopis, President, worked as senior engineer and department manager at Taitem Engineering and has significant experience in mechanical engineering and energy studies. Crista led the team that built and tested the Synairco model, assembling much of the unit herself. In 2009, Crista was designated one of the "40 Under 40" outstanding young engineers by Consulting and Specifying Engineer Magazine.

Founded Taitem Engineering in 1989. Taitem’s core business is consulting services, with annual sales approaching $3 million. Prior to that, he worked for 7 years at Carrier Corp. where he designed air conditioning equipment. He holds nine patents from this work and led the development of TREAT, a computer programs used for energy auditing. In 2005, TREAT was awarded the prestigious national R&D100 award as one of the 100 most significant new prod

Charles was CEO and co-founder of biotech company Adenios and previously led chemistry start-up Novomer. At Novomer he managed the growth of the company from 2 to 25 FTEs, closed over $6 million in private investment and negotiated multiple joint ventures. Novomer was named one of the world’s 50 most innovative companies by MIT’s Technology review in 2010. He currently serves as a member of the Board for the Alliance for Manufacturing and Technol