Leadership Team

James R. Fugitte - Founder and Chief Executive Officer. A 2001 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, he has over 30 years of CEO experience and served as Faculty Chairman for the Graduate School of Retail Bank Management at the University of Virginia. From 1986 to 2007 he was President and CEO of Fort Knox National Company as well as its affiliate, Fort Knox National Bank. During that period he managed three start-up businesses in the area of electronic payment processing including creation of the Department of Defense's largest payment provider. Mr. Fugitte has served as an advisor to the state on renewable energy and a Director of the Innovation and Commercialization Center for Central Kentucky.

Frederick J. Phillips – Founder and Chief Marketing Officer, is a seasoned general manager with 28 years experience in composites at Owens Corning. He was VP and General Manager of OC's $300 million global Thermoplastics Solutions business with operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. Throughout his career, Mr. Phillips has been responsible for large scale product development and commercialization of composite products for military, automotive and commercial markets. After Owens Corning, Mr. Phillips was president of American Operations for Oystertec PLC, a British company with new technology for the automotive and plumbing industries. He joined WIND ENERGY Corporation at its inception in April 2007.

Sean Brown - Founder and Chief Operating Officer, most recently was the Director of Kerry Bio-Science Global Process group and has over thirty years of technical experience across multiple business segments. He started his professional career in DOW Chemical Company in Freeport, TX where he was the supervisor of Management Training. At General Electric, he held various positions, most notably Site General Manager and Director, and General Manager of Manufacturing. At Owens Corning, he held positions of Vice President of Operations-Composite Systems Business, and VP of Environmental Affairs where he was responsible for all environmental matters for the corporation. Mr. Brown's responsibilities at WIND ENERGY Corporation include engineering, production, and installation.

Tracy Goss - Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, is an internationally recognized consultant who specializes in working with Chief Executive Officers and their senior management teams and whose clients have included Paramount Pictures, IBM, Chase Manhattan Bank, Reebok, Owens-Corning, Monsanto, Ciba-Geigy, and H-E-B. Ms. Goss is the author of the acclaimed management book: The Last Word on Power: Executive Re-Invention for Leaders Who Must Make the Impossible Happen and the Harvard Business Review article, "The Reinvention Roller Coaster: Risking the Present for a Powerful Future."

Thomas W. Colbert - Chief Financial Officer, has over thirty-five years of experience in Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial firms across a wide range of industries. His expertise is in strategic planning and budgeting, financial management, due diligence, capital and debt financing, acquisition negotiation and structuring, and financial analysis and costing. His professional career includes positions as president of Advance Distribution Services, Inc., president and founder of National Golf Suppliers, Inc. & Affiliated Companies, chief financial officer of C&H Capital Corporation, manager international acquisitions of Heublein International Foods Group, financial/marketing analyst of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, and corporate auditor of General Electric.