Matthew C. Flemming is our Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, and Chairman of the Board since June 2011. Mr. Flemming has served as a director and was Chief Financial Officer previous to June 2012, since April 2002. From June 1999 to March 2001, he served as Chief Executive Officer of WorldByNet, Inc. a Houston, Texas based privately held Internet company. From January 1994 to May 1999, Mr. Flemming served as Chief Executive Officer of FARO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held specialty products company. From May 1991 to December 1993, he was a Series 7 licensed financial advisor with Eppler, Guerin and Turner, a regional investment banking firm in the southwest. Mr. Flemming received a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from the University of Houston. Mr. Flemming is a former restructuring officer of Excalibur Holdings, Inc., Excalibur Aerospace, Excalibur Steel, and Excalibur Services, all former direct or indirect subsidiaries of our company, prior to their respective filings for bankruptcy protection. Mr. Flemming also currently serves as a Board member of a privately-held media company.

Mr. Chickering served as our President and Chief Executive Officer until May 11, 2011. Mr. Chickering was appointed to President and Chief Executive Officer on October 8, 2008 and became a director of our Company on September 12, 2006. From 1976 to 1999, Mr. Chickering held various positions with Daniel Industries and Daniel Valve Co., including Executive Vice President, Vice President of Sales and Marketing 1984-1988, and President of Daniel Valve Company from 1988-2003. In 1999, Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) purchased Daniel Valve Company. Later it was sold to SPX Corporation (NYSE: SPW) in 2002. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Chickering was Vice President of Development for SPX Valves & Controls, a division of SPX. Daniel Valve Company is a global manufacturer and marketer of valves for applications such as pipelines, loading and unloading terminals. From 1962 to 1976, Mr. Chickering was the Regional Manager for the eastern U.S. and Saudi Arabia for General Valve Co., a company that manufactured and marketed an expanding plug valve for pipeline service, which now is a part of Cameron International. Prior thereto, Mr. Chickering served three years as a petroleum officer in the U.S. Air Force and was a petroleum engineer with Humble Oil, a company that was subsequently acquired by Exxon. Mr. Chickering received his B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1957. Mr. Chickering was the Chairman of the Valve Manufacturing Association in 1998. Mr. Chickering was also the Pipeline Committee Chairman of the ASME Petroleum Division in 1990 and the Chairman of the Petroleum Division Executive Committee in 1996.

Mr. Womack has been the President of Gulf Equities Realty Advisors, Inc., a diversified real estate portfolio management company, since 1986. He has also been the Chairman of Fairway Medical Technologies, Inc., a medical device company and a portfolio company of the Baylor College of Medicine Venture Fund since 1996. From 1969 to 1978, Mr. Womack was the managing partner of a local and later national CPA firm. He has served on the Board and as Chairman of the Houston Angel Network and on National Committees of the Angel Capital Association. He is and has served on the Board of Directors of several public companies and currently serves as Audit Committee Chair and Director of our Company. Mr. Womack is licensed as a CPA and holds other professional licenses. He is a Director of SHAPE, The Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication as well as numerous startup companies.

Mr. Mulliniks is President of AES Water Solutions, one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, and became a director of HII Technologies, Inc. upon closing of our acquisition of AES Water Solutions on September 27, 2012. Mr. Mulliniks is a petroleum engineer with over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Mulliniks co-founded AES Water Solutions to support oil and gas companies' initiatives in horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing and the related water transfer needs for that market. Mr. Mulliniks has been the President of The Phoenix Group LLC, an oil and gas consultancy since 1998. During this time as a consultant, he served as Vice-President of Engineering for Reichmann Petroleum Corporation, where he was in charge of the development of the North Texas Barnett Shale during 2002 to 2006. From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Mulliniks was Vice President of Oil and Gas Operations for Devonian Resources, Inc., an independent oil and gas company, primarily working unconventional reservoir including the Devonian Shale and Coal Bed Methane. Mr. Mulliniks has been responsible for the operation of over 200 oil and gas wells located in West Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, and Texas. He was also previously employed with Geo-Assets Inc. as a Petroleum Engineer in the evaluation of producing and non-producing properties. Mr. Mulliniks received his Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, and his Associates degree in Geology from Odessa Junior College, Odessa, Texas.

Since 1999, Mr. Newton has been the owner and operator of Siteworks, Inc., a manufacturer of cast stone for the construction industry. From 1997-1999, Mr. Newton was President and Chief Operating Officer Daniel Industries, a manufacturer and marketer of oilfield and industrial products (and previously an NYSE publicly traded corporation until its acquisition by Emerson in 1999). From 1987-1997, Mr. Newton worked at various oilfield divisions within CAMCO International, including as President of Reed Tool Company from 1996-1997 and Vice President and General Manager of Hycalog from 1993-1996. Mr. Newton served in various capacities at NL Industries in its oilfield services group from 1981-1987 and Chromalloy American Corporation from 1977-1980. Mr. Newton served in the United States Navy as a Lieutenant and is a Vietnam veteran. Mr. Newton received an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and a BA in Management Science from Duke University.