Mr. Edward Nixon Chief Executive Officer Edward Nixon has spent the last several years of a illustrious career pursuing the responsible use of natural resources around the globe. After receiving his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Duke University and North Carolina State, he embarked on a successful career in which he has worked for and served as an advisor to several cutting edge companies in the field of earth science. He is president of Nixon World Enterprises, Inc., in Seattle, Washington, and Chairman of the North American Mining Group in Redondo Beach, California. Edward Nixon is the author of the new book “The Nixons: A Family Portrait”.
John Wong Director Founder of North American Mining Group, iron ore and iron mines; pioneered the computer industry in Taiwan manufacturing key boards, power supplies and cases. Led the efforts for several US technology companies establishing manufacturing base in Taiwan and China from the 70’s thru the 90’s. Spearheaded a major communications company entry into the China cell phone market and launch e-commerce TV show with China Central Television. John earned a Mechanical Engineering degree from San Diego State University with post graduate studies in International Business from University of California San Diego.
Paul Lu Director Mr. Lu is a certified public accountant in the United States. He is also an independent director of Astro Corp., a company listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange; director of Bright International Group Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; the chairman and director of Green Power (Baoding) Limited, a business involved in renewable energy. Mr. Lu is a managing director of Twin Oaks Capital LLC. Mr. Lu holds a MBA degree from California State University at Los Angeles.
Paul Shike Vice President Founding partner of North American Mining Group, iron ore and iron mines. Mr. Shike has experience with several projects in the steel and iron ore business including evaluating partnerships for US based steel production capabilities. His experience includes founding SFB, a company that imported products from Europe to the US and he led the sales efforts across the United States. Mr. Shike was a founding member of the Access Motorsports team, an IndyCar team with driver, 1999 IRL Champion, Greg Ray. This experience exposed Mr Shike to high-level design and materials use as well as developing sponsor relationships with several Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Shike has been involved in the technology business including selling services for EDS and software sales for companies including Oracle and Cadence Design Systems, the leader in the semiconductor and electronic systems design software sector.