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Jim Winslow, Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Pacific
Housing Systems, Inc. has been actively involved in the construction and land development industry as a general contractor, manufacturing / production manager, designer, engineer and inventor for over 20 years. Jim has served as a factory representative for both Valgaurdson Housing Systems and West Coast Housing Systems, manufacturers of factory-built/modular housing. In addition, he was co-founder for Tri-Concepts, a state approved manufacturer of factory built housing.
Since 1995, Jim has concentrated on the design, production and installation of helical anchor foundations in single and multi-unit projects in and around the Northern California area. During this time, he has developed a new galvanization and coating process for the anchors, as well as coupling device for ease of production, transportation, and installation. He has also perfected the installation monitoring process, utilizing an in-line software unit for test / measurement, ensuring that each anchor is precisely installed.
In addition to the foundation anchors, Jim has designed and developed the "Smart Floor" (manufactured off site to accompanying specifications, attaching quickly and seamlessly to the anchor foundation) as well as a "Smart Core" (a module built off site, and containing 85% of all electrical panel, HVAC, water heater, kitchen cabinets, and bathroom elements) products.
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Tom Richards, Co-Founder and President, most recently worked as the
head of business applications delivery for Simpson Strong Tie (NYSE:
SSD), one of the largest suppliers of connectors and anchor tie down home construction
products in the nation. Prior to Simpson, Tom worked for
Business Objects (NASDAQ: BOBJ), a large
software company specializing in business
intelligence applications, as VP of Business
Development, and Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), where he held a variety
of positions at both the division and corporate levels, including Corporate
Director over all partnerships and alliances worldwide. He started his business
career as a sales person for Wang in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1988.
Tom holds a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from the
University of Alabama, and an advanced certificate in Integrated Marketing
Management from the University of Southern California Marshall School of
Business/TI Virtual University. In addition to authoring two books, he has
written extensively and published numerous articles in the area of business
relationship management.
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Mel Kimsey started his business career in sales with American Hospital Supply Corporation, and
eventually became National Sales Manager of American Medical Optics, an intra-corporate endeavor.
He has extensive experience with start-ups including Unisurge, Inc. of Cupertino, CA, and most recently
Einstein Medical of San Diego, CA, a successful internet start-up. Prior to acquiring M.D. Resource, Mel
held corporate and executive positions at Sensor Technology, Inc. of Chatsworth, CA, and at Wang
Laboratories, Inc., of Lowell, MA.
Mel holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Upon
graduation and receiving his commission, he became an Airborne Ranger and a member of the U.S. Army
Special Forces. Mel also holds a Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University.
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Jason Peel brings to the CFO position more than 10 years of experience in the fields of finance and accounting, information technology management,
and operations advisory consulting. Prior to PHS, Jason was a partner at
Sibling Systems, an information technology company specializing in
financial software development and operations consulting. While at
Sibling, Jason led the design, development and successful rollout of financial and manufacturing software
geared to the building products industry in both the US and Canada. Before that, he was a senior
management consultant with Price Waterhouse Coopers, responsible for building relationships with and
providing financial consulting services to organizations across the US and France. His clients have
spanned the mid-market to global Fortune 500 companies.
Jason earned both a Bachelors as well as Masters of Accountancy (with honors) from Brigham Young
University, and is a Certified Public Account.
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Rich Treanor is a recently retired Network Engineer from the City of
Sunnyvale, California, where he supported the City’s heterogeneous
technical environment which included Novell, Microsoft and UPUX
servers. Rich has taught Computer Networking and Applications at the
post secondary education and Community College level. Prior to his work
at the City of Sunnyvale, Rich was a project manager for a Utah-based defense contractor, working
with proposal development, configuration management design and implementation.
Rich holds an MBA in Finance from California State University Hayward and a Bachelor’s degree from
Brigham Young University where, immediately upon graduation, was commissioned an officer in the U.S.
Navy. He went on to receive his pilots wings and, as a naval aviator, flew the A-6 Intruder aircraft
deployed aboard the carrier USS John F. Kennedy. Rich also served as Officer in Charge of The Naval
Aviation Engineering Services Unit at Moffett Field, California.
An air enthusiast, Rich is an instrument rated private pilot, and is building a Vans RV-7 plane in a private
facility.
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