Kationx

Mr. Cox discovered the cationic technology incorporated into the unique, proprietary, and disruptive performance that define Kationx products; and, he is the company’s principal investor. Mr. Cox’s career has spanned the energy, chemicals and aerospace sectors. This experience includes oil & gas drilling and production operations; process engineering design, equipment prototyping and manufacturing; process plant and aerospace business turn-arounds. He has successfully listed a company, and he’s successfully launched/exited a number of start-ups. Mr. Cox has twice attempted a PhD: in Geobiology (GWU) and Geology (University of Bucharest), though he does have a Master’s earned at University of Texas at Austin (’84) addressing remote sensing applications for exploration geology. Mr. Cox is an active community volunteer. He currently serves on the Board at Marine Resources Council of East Florida, Inc. (a citizen-science NGO), with past service on other boards and commissions. He is a retired U.S. Navy reserve officer with 25 years of honorable service.

Mr. Jackson serves as Chief Financial Officer of Kationx. Jackson holds an accounting degree and MBA from the University of Memphis. He has served in accounting and management positions for nearly thirty years, including CEO and CFO of public and private positions and large company controller positions.

Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Paul E. Laura has considerable executive, technical, marketing, sales and business development experience in the domestic and international markets. He has a 35 year career including 12 years on assignments overseas with Lubrizol (subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway) and Witco Corp. Under his leadership during an 8 year overseas assignment, Lubrizol received an award for UK exports. He also received on behalf of Witco Corp an award from El Paso Industries for the technical assistance provided for their high pressure polyethylene process extending the life of their compressors which operated at 40K psi. As VP of Operations, Master Chemical achieved a significant milestone where 30% of their total sales were represented by new products providing significant profitability improvement. Currently, Mr. Laura contributes a significant amount of his time to Florida environmental causes and is a board member of Indian Riverkeeper, Hutchinson Island Preservation Initiative and Marine Resources Council. In the past, he has also participated on projects with the Smithsonian at their marine station on Hutchinson Island, Florida. Currently, he assisting in a phytoplankton study of the Indian River Lagoon as part of a University of Florida Extension project. Mr. Laura has an undergraduate degree in science (BS) from St. John’s University, New York, New York and a graduate degree in Science (MS) from University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Michael is a determined and passionate director who has previous startup knowledge by launching a production company in New York. Afterward, for the past 8 years, Michael has traveled and worked independently by building his client base in multiple markets with his production and marketing skills. His work has been published in magazines, art shows, and digitally displayed at the Louvre in Paris, France. Since joining Kationx, Michael has helped bring the company into the 21st century with his team by creating new content, branding and social media marketing. Michael graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design, building his team with alumni who also share the same high standard in design, animation, marketing and production that will set Kationx apart from the competition.