Cyclone’s leadership includes innovators, inventors and operators from diverse backgrounds. Their strong technological, marketing, operational and financial expertise has the company well-positioned to bring the Cyclone Engines to market successfully.

Harry Schoell, Chairman and CEO, is a life long entrepreneur and technology visionary. Harry is a native Floridian, born in Miami, and a third generation inventor and engineer. Harry has worked for years to realize his dream to create an environmentally-friendly engine, and has two patents issued and 11 patents pending on the Schoell Cycle Heat Regenerative External Combustion Engine, now called the Cyclone Engine, as well as many other patents pending on the engine’s components in the U.S. and internationally.

Harry is well versed in all facets of manufacturing procedure, including, appropriate foundry protocol, castings, machining, production design & manufacturing, and plastic and fiberglass laminates. In the 1960's, he participated in thermal dynamic testing on Rankine Cycle Engines which ultimately led to the creation of the Cyclone Engine. Harry also has extensive experience in designing, inventing and building unique boat hull designs and patented marine propulsion systems, through Schoell Marine, a company he founded in 1966 and still operates today, which provides design innovation to the marine and other industries.

Since founding Schoell Marine more than 40 years ago, Harry successfully built that company and its reputation based on his original ideas, highly trained engineers, skilled drafts people, and prototype and production specialists. Schoell Marine covers all facets of contemporary boat design and manufacturing. His inventiveness has resulted in over 40 specialized patents and patent applications, and Harry is known throughout the marine industry for his genius and is highly sought after for his knowledge and expertise. He is always thinking ahead and “outside the box”.

Harry also patented a Jet Drive System and a trimmable surface drive, as well as a “Ground Effect Craft” that would gently glide above the water using surface effect as the medium. Harry also holds patents on a lightweight yet powerful, compact internal engine that he designed and built in 1990.

Harry has won the Engineer of the Year Award and Designer of the Year Award from Vapor Trails Magazine. He has also been presented with four different Innovation of the Year Awards from the NMMA (National Marine Manufacturers Association): one for a multi-hull boat design, one for a surface drive propulsion system, one for marine engine conversion, and a final one for a stepped hull design. All designs were patented in recent years. Harry belongs to SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers), the ASME (American Society of Marine Engineers), and The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.
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Frankie Fruge, serves as COO and Director of Cyclone. She has been with the company since its inception in 2004 in the role of General Partner and Director of Administration. Frankie is in charge of the daily operations and financial concerns of the Company.

Frankie has worked with Harry Schoell since 1995, serving in multiple administrative, operational and financial positions with Schoell Marine. Between 1999 and 2003, Frankie was President of Propulsion Systems, Inc., a company that developed and sold marine surface drives; and then CFO of Pulse Drive Inc., between 2003 and 2005, a company also in the marine propulsion field. Prior to her career in marine-based engine technology, Frankie spent over 10 years as an operating engineer for several oil refinery companies in Louisiana, including Conoco, and eight years as an auditor for Ernst & Ernst (the predecessor company to Ernst & Young). Ms. Fruge is also a certified industrial firefighter.
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James Landon serves as Director of Cyclone. He is a CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). As President of Landon & Associates P.A., Mr. Landon has been the company’s accountant of record for over four years. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and its Business Valuation and Forensic & Litigation Services Section, a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants and its Valuation, Forensic Accounting and Litigation Services Section. He is also a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Mr. Landon has considerable experience in the manufacturing world, holding positions for several companies over the years as vice president of operations, vice president of finance and administration, chief financial officer and president. Mr. Landon received his Bachelor of Engineering Science from The Johns Hopkins University, and his Master of Science in Administration with a concentration in Business Financial Management from The George Washington University.

Rick Simmons, Vice President.  Mr. Simmons brings to the company over 30 years of experience in managing business growth, including building Av-Mar, Inc., a marine product manufacturing and installation company that he founded and grew to a multi-million dollar business, and two successful mortgage companies. Mr. Simmons has over 10 years of commercial project installation experience.
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Michael Hodgson serves as Cyclone’s Chief Engineer. He has been working with Harry Schoell since 1980 as Chief Engineer and Designer of Schoell Marine, designing and constructing ships from drawing board to finished product. Mr. Hodgson’s expertise includes all aspects of engine design and mechanics.
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Christopher Nelson serves as General Counsel of the Company. Mr. Nelson has been corporate counsel for Cyclone, assisting in all aspects of its business since July 2007, including: public securities filings, financing, business plan drafting, licensing and joint venture agreements, public relations and marketing review, and general corporate matters.

Mr. Nelson has practiced law in Florida for over 13 years and since 2001, he has served in a general corporate counsel role for many start-up, early stage and established businesses seeking financing, acquisitions and general growth management counseling. Such companies recently include Dental Practice Management, a $4 million medical management company based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; UMT International, a $5 million industrial machine manufacturing company, based in Dania Beach, Florida; and InfoLink, a $6 million information services company in Miami, Florida.

Between 1997 and 2000, Mr. Nelson was an associate with Greenberg Traurig PA, and between 1995 and 1997 an associate with Akerman Senterfitt PA, both in Miami, Florida and both in their corporate and securities practice divisions, representing NYSE and Nasdaq companies such as AutoNation, Republic Industries and Wackenhut. Mr. Nelson received his BA from Princeton University and JD from University of Miami School of Law.
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Wilson McQueen serves as Marketing Manager of the company. Previously he served Cyclone in a consulting role since 2005.  His responsibilities include: developing and implementing marketing strategies; licensee presentations and evaluations; coordinating Cyclone’s presence at conventions and trade shows; and communications with potential licensing and strategic partners.

Mr. McQueen began his career back in 1972 by founding the first dive shop on the tiny island of Saba in the Netherland Antilles.  This business continues to produce income for the Island and has become a top diving destination for sophisticated worldwide travelers. During his 25-year stay in the Caribbean, Wilson went on to create the first successful high-speed inter island ferry service between the islands of French St. Maarten and the British island of Anguilla.  Through creative marketing strategies and a high demand for this service, this inter-island ferry business spawned several other services that run between the two islands.  This idea has grown to a multi-million dollar tourism service and has helped put the island of Anguilla on the map.
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Allan "Brownie" Brown an engineer whose experience spans over 56 years in the marine industry where he has developed propulsion, hydraulic, electrical and exhaust systems for some of the best known names in the business. Over the years, Mr. Brown has served as: Director of Product Development for Cigarette Racing Team; President and CEO of Cougar Marine, which built powerboats that won 33 consecutive offshore races including 12 World and National Championships; Director of Product Development for Stainless Marine; Project Engineer for Gentry Transatlantic on the “Gentry Eagle,” a 113’ mega-yacht that held the transatlantic speed crossing record; Product Development Consultant for Teleflex Marine; and General Manager of Donzi Marine.

Mr. Brown is widely regarded as a mechanical genius. Pete Smythe, Editor of Motorboating Magazine, wrote: “Brownie is generally considered to have more engineering moxie than anyone else in the high performance boat business.” Hotboat Magazine wrote that “Brownie’s experience in the business is second to none, with almost 50 years of high performance expertise in building, driving and designing every part of a raceboat.” Powerboat Magazine called Brownie a “mechanical wizard”.
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Travis Love is an Engineer for the company, currently specializing in the Waste Heat Engine project. By training and education, he is a mechanical engineer with hands-on capability and knowledge of design and graphics programs including AutoCAD and SolidWorks. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Florida Atlantic University, and an AS in Drafting and Architectural Design Technology from Florida Community College, Jacksonville, FL. He is a Member of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, AutoCAD User Group International, and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
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Board of Advisors
The Company, from time to time, adds members to its Board of Advisors. These individuals are comprised of distinguished scientists, engineers and businessmen whose experience, knowledge and counsel help in the development of the Company and its technology.  Currently, the Board of Advisors is comprised of:


James D. Crank, a retired engineer with Lockheed and one of the foremost experts on automotive steam engine systems.  During his long year career with Lockheed, Mr. Crank worked in senior research positions on many important projects, including: engine development for the Ground Vehicles Department, primary battery systems for the Triton II missile, battery systems for the Hubbell Space Telescope, heat shields for the Mercury and Apollo space systems, and dynamic solar and nuclear space power systems for SDI. Mr. Crank was also a Research Engineer for the Stanford Research Institute where he worked on explosive cladding of materials for cylinder construction in Porsche and Mercedes-Benz, among other projects.

Mr. Crank also has over 50 years experience in restoration, repair and driving of various steam cars, including the total redesign of the complete Doble crankcase assembly and cylinders for the Series E Doble steam cars (with 10 sets constructed), and the design and construction of the current speed world record holding steam car. He served as a consultant on steam car restoration to Harrah Automobile Collection, Nethercutt Collection, Jay Leno Collection, Stephen Finn Collection, and the Besler General Motors Chevelle steam car, among others; and a consultant to the State of California on the steam bus development program. He is the owner and president of Doble Steam Motors Corporation, and is currently working on a book about the history of the Doble steam car and its founding family.

 

Jerry A. Peoples, a retired NASA engineer with over 30 years service in the government’s most elite scientific divisions.  Mr. Peoples’ work with NASA spans over 30 years. Most recently, after the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Mr. Peoples was assigned to the Solid Motor Redesign Team, where he made major contributions to the design, fabrication and testing of the Double O-ring Interference Joint, which solved the O-ring burn problem. 

Mr. Peoples’ work at NASA also included participation on a governmental energy task force studying solar heating and cooling, ocean thermal electric energy conversion, and the Rankine Cycle as an alternative to the internal combustion engine. On this last subject, he published over 12 research papers on the design and operation of the modern steam powered automobile.

Early in his career, Mr. Peoples served at the Marshall Space Flight Center as project engineer responsible for thermal control systems for orbiting spacecraft such as the Hubble Telescope, HEAO-1, and Gravity Probe B. Prior to that, he worked at the Wright Patterson Air Development Center on the F-105 aircraft. 

 

Robert Edwards is a retired senior engineer from Lockheed Martin. Mr. Edwards served at Lockheed Martin for over 30 years, working on different projects including the Apollo Moon Project and other space programs. His area of expertise is in energy conversion systems, including thermoelectric, steam, internal combustion and external combustion engines. Mr. Edwards has also spent over 20 years working with experimental steam cars and other steam systems, and is an officer of the Mobile Steam Society in Tennessee. He has published over 40 scientific papers and now gives talks on the subjects of alternative fuels and heat transfer systems.  He holds a B.S. from the University of Tennessee.
 

George Nutz is technology consultant with almost 50 years experience working with external combustion and steam engines. He is the founder of Millennium Engineering Systems and Millennium Energy Systems, through which he has provided engineering guidance and expertise to multiple external combustion engine projects over the last twenty years.

Prior to consulting, Mr. Nutz was a staff research engineer at MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, part of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. While in residence, he designed hardware and control systems, as well as steam cycles and applications. He represented MIT-IL at the Department of Transportation Clean Air / External Combustion hearings, and wrote several proposal papers outlining a working steam system. During this time he also became involved with steam automobile and steamboat groups and worked on boiler and engine designs/modifications, including being part of the MIT team designing and building a steam powered automobile for Saab for the MIT-Caltech "Clean Air Car Race".

Prior to his time at MIT, Mr. Nutz spent nine years at Bendix Aerospace designing gyro and guidance equipment and test platforms, and working with optics and sensors. He served in the U.S. Air Force and received his mechanical engineering degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1959.
 

Thomas McAvity Jr. is currently Managing Director of NewOak Capital LLC, and a business consultant with extensive experience in derivatives and structured finance, investment management, asset-liability management, asset allocation, LDI, risk management, and quantitative analysis. Between 2000 and 2007 he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer and Strategist for Scottish Re Group Limited, where he built investment and asset-liability management processes and infrastructure supporting a growth in assets from $800 million to $14 billion. Between 1996 and 2000, he was Vice President, Asset-Liability Management with Allstate Life Insurance Company, where he enhanced risk-adjusted results of $40 billion of investment-driven fixed products. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Quantitative Research with Lincoln Investment Management, and Vice President, Quantitative Research with Alex Brown & Sons, Incorporated.  Mr. McAvity served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, and received his MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School, and BA magna cum laude from Yale University.