Board of Directors
Dr. James A. St. Ville
Executive Chairman, CEO & President
Dr. St. Ville is the founder of Armor Designs Inc. and the creator of the VCM process. Dr. St. Ville has an MS in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego, an MD from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird University).
Non-Executives
Major General Alfred Valenzuela, (retired)
Non-executive Director
Major General Valenzuela served in the US Army for 33 years and has been assigned to 3 Corps and 6 Divisions. He was posted in Colombia, Turkey, Peru, South Korea, Haiti, Panama, Grenada, Kuwait, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Germany and Somalia. Highly decorated for valour and heroism, Major General Valenzuela has commanded at every level from Captain to Major General. He has created an educational foundation and gives monies to at risk children and awards scholarships to wounded US soldiers so that they can return to college.
John Cronin
Non-executive Director
John Cronin was appointed to the Board in January 2009. He spent over 17 years at IBM and became its top inventor with over 100 patents and 150 patent publications. He created and ran the IBM Patent Factory which was essential to helping IBM become number one in US patents and the team contributed to the start of IBM's successful licensing programme. Mr. Cronin has created both a unique ipCapital System® methodology for consulting as well as a world class licensing and transaction process. ipCapital Group represents the largest IP strategy consulting team in the world. John and his team have served over 500 clients since 1998, including over 10 per cent of the Fortune 500 clients and over 130 start-up companies. ipCapital recently completed an independent valuation report on Armor Designs Inc. John holds a BSEE and MSEE, and a BA degree in Psychology from the University of Vermont.
Mr. David Oliveira
Non-executive Director
David Oliveira is the owner of The Investment Center of Tanglewood ("TICOT"). TICOT is an independently owned branch of The Investment Center ("TIC"), a full service brokerage firm and member of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority / Securities Investor Protection Corporation. He has formerly held senior management positions with Klinger & Co., Inc, Oppenheimer & Co., Dean Witter Inc., Merrill Lynch and Waddell & Reed, Inc. Mr. Oliveira has held or currently holds securities licenses: Series 6, 7, 22, 24, 63, 65.