Terence is an alumni of the University of Illinois (UIUC) Materials Science and Engineering department with over 30 years designing and fabrication micro structures for electronics, semiconductors and various advanced packaging solutions.

Terence holds several patents in the area of packaging and several issued patents, which additional applications in review, related to CO₂ repurposing and improved fuel cell design.

He has singly published and/or been the collaborator (or cited reference) on a number publications ranging from advanced packaging, electrical test, fabrication and integration of microelectronics into various commercial, medical and military devices.

His expert understanding of fabricating 2.5D and 3D structures has placed his projects in customer solutions ranging from probes circling the earth and onwards towards the sun and outer planets, next generation automobile LiDAR, medical implants, and future high speed interconnect solutions.

Current project involves designing methods to improve seed germination and plant propagation for improved garden and nursery yields.

Started Cal Varner and Associates and has support a wide and varied group of more than 140 private businesses and entities including AT&T, Pitney Bowes, City of Austin, DFW Airport Board, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, GTECH Corp, Metropolitan Transit of Harris (Houston) County, Anheuser-Busch, and Pennzoil (Inc) among others.

Formerly served as Planning commission, City of Austin, a more recently served as a member of the Board on the Austin Revitalization Authority. . Served as s Director for JP Morgan Chase, Austin and currently a Board Member of The Austin Club.

Honors bestowed upon Mr. Varner include 1989 Texas Legislative Black Caucus Outstanding Texas Award and the group’s first ever Spirit Award. He was a two-year football letterman at Stephen F. Austin University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. He was named 2000 Stephen F. Austin Distinguished Alumni.

His passion includes raising Longhorn and Angus cattle previously operating BlacKnight Ranch.

Steve is an alumni of University of Illinois (UIUC) undergrad and Law Department.

Steve Holland is an SVP at T5 Data Centers with over 15 years of experience in the data center industry. As a member of the executive leadership team, Steve helped grow  T5 from a 30-person start-up to an industry leader with over 500 employees providing data center facility management services to Google, Microsoft, Meta, AWS, and Oracle.

Currently, he drives T5’s growth strategy and is responsible for new client acquisition. Before entering the data center industry, Steve was an attorney focused on corporate and real estate law.

Dr. Dean Levi received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990. He joined the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) as a postdoctoral research fellow, utilizing ultrafast laser spectroscopy to study how quantum materials enhance photo-electrolysis of water for solar production of hydrogen. He subsequently dedicated his 30-year career at the SERI / National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to advancing the science and technology of renewable energy.

In 2007, became principal investigator and group manager of NREL’s Electro-Optical Characterization group. In this role he was responsible for scientific leadership, project management, personnel management, grant writing, and reporting to NREL’s funding sponsors at the US Department of Energy, securing $27M in funding over the next nine years. In 2016, he was asked to take over management of NREL’s world-renowned Cell and Module Performance group, securing $8M in funding over the next three years. During his time as principal investigator and group manager, he led major advances in the accuracy of calibrations of solar cell and module performance, making NREL the most accurate photovoltaic calibration lab in the world.

Dr. Levi has published over 200 journal articles, conference proceedings, and scientific reports with over 7,500 citations and an H-index of 40.

Prof. Paul V. Braun is the Director of the Materials Research Laboratory, the Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering, and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. He also has a co-appointment as a Professor in Chemistry and is affiliated with the Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.

The Braun group focuses on the synthesis of materials with carefully crafted 3D nano- and mesoscale architectures which lead to emergence of new optical, electrochemical, and thermal functionalities. Recent priority research areas include materials for energy storage, advanced optics, chemical sensing, and the control of heat. Prof. Braun received his B.S. degree with distinction from Cornell University, and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois.

Stefan is a Supply Chain expert with 30+ years’ experience in manufacturing, sales operations, warehousing, engineering, and fleet operations in consumer products and beverages.

Stefan is the CEO of Partners 3PL located in the North East and West Coast, owned by Red Arts Capital. He’s a Board Member of Venice Beach Beverage a Company which he founded in 2019.  Stefan was the VP of Fleet Operations North America and Regional Vice President of Manufacturing for Coca-Cola Refreshments. Stefan held various positions as Director in the areas of Sales Operations, Supply Chain and Warehouse Operations at Coca-Cola Refreshments, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Group and Dean Foods.

Stefan currently serves on the board of directors at Reed’s Inc., and is an active board member on the Cisco Systems Global Manufacturing Advisory Board. He is also a past board member for the Gift of Life Foundation and Carson, CA Chamber of Commerce.

Stefan holds a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tuskegee University.

Bill have over 31 years of proven experience in large construction, utility and project management and engineering design services. Bill has led various commercial, public and private construction and utility management project exceeding $500M.

He has been the acting Administrator for the City of Columbus Sewage and Drainage. He achieved minority business and female business record engineering and construction goals for the Department of Public Utilities in Columbus, Ohio.

Bill’s responsibilities have included responsibility for the Safeguards and Securities Project, as well as facilities management for EG&G Mound Applied Technologies Mound Labs in Miamisburg, Ohio. Bill was responsible for several multi-discipline large construction projects in the St. Louis area working for Monsanto, St. Louis Parks Airport and the Bi-State Development Agency.

Bill is a profession al engineer with a BSBA in Industrial management from Franklin University, BSCE from Ohio State University and MBA from SIU-Edwardsville. Bill is a retired Lt Commander in the US Naval reserves

Nicole Holmes is an IT professional whose career spans more than 24 years in technology, systems administration, software development, process engineering, project and program management.  She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree and a Master of Science in Business Information Technology (MBIT) degree.  She has also designed websites, digital and print media for small businesses and nonprofits for over 25 years.    

She brings more than 25 years of experience in business strategy planning and implementation, product management, technology development, and leadership to our team.