team
We are assembling a highly innovative team to bring efficient energy storage, infrastructure materials and water filtration solutions to the modern day by combining old world energy sources (carbon) as a source feedstock in the production of graphene.
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Gregory Jensen
Chief Executive officer
Greg has over 12 years of legal experience focused on complex case management and litigation in both the public and private sector. He’s an experienced negotiator and litigator of high profile and precedent setting cases while serving on both active and reserve duty as a United States Marine Corps Officer and “JAG” over the past 12 years. Currently promoted to the rank of Major. Greg is a graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with Bachelors degree in Finance. Additional degrees earned from Indiana University with legal focus include: PHD (minor in law), JD (law) and LLM (international and comparative law).
Dr. Gerardine Botte, PH.D.
Chief Technical officer
Dr. Botte has over 21 years of experience in the development of electrochemical processes and advanced water treatment. She has served in leadership roles for the Electrochemical Society and is currently the Chair of the Electrochemical Process Engineering and Technology Division of the International Society of Electrochemistry. Dr. Botte also serves as the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. In 2014, she was named a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society for her contributions and innovation in electrochemical processes and engineering. She became a Chapter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2012. In 2010, she was named a Fellow of the World Technology Network for her contributions on the development of sustainable and environmental technologies. Prior to Texas Tech, Dr. Botte was University Distinguished Professor and Russ Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Ohio University, the founder and Director of Ohio University’s Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research, and the founder and Director of the Consortium for Electrochemical Processes and Technology – an Industry University Cooperative Research Center. Her entrepreneurial spirit has led to the commercialization of various technologies and has founded and co-founded various companies to help achieve this goal.
Josh Brumbaugh
Chief Financial officer
Josh is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Series 65 securities license with almost20 years of experience in public and corporate accounting. Josh is also currently an executive officer with the City of Noblesville Fire Department. His prior experience includes over ten years as a manager at Katz Sapper & Miller as well as significant accounting experience at Thompson Electronics, KPMG and Ernst & Young. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting, a bachelor’s degree in finance, and a Master of Professional Accountancy from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He has held his CPA designation since2004 and his Series 65 securities license since 2014.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mark Laverghetta
Chairman of the board, Member of Audit Committee and member of Compensation Committee
Mark has over 15 years of financial market experience holding various roles with several Wall Street firms. He has a history of successfully and efficiently translating corporate strategy, benchmarks, and financials to the investment community, while also working with members of the executive team to evaluate and define corporate strategy and financial direction. Mark has been successful in assisting in the integration of acquired assets into American Resources’ business model while analyzing the overall financial impact of such opportunities and operations. Mark is a graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics.
Gregory QUest Jensen, PH.D.
Director, CEO
Greg has over 12 years of legal experience focused on complex case management and litigation in both the public and private sector. He’s an experienced negotiator and litigator of high profile and precedent setting cases while serving on both active and reserve duty as a United States Marine Corps Officer and “JAG” over the past 12 years. Currently promoted to the rank of Major. Greg is a graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with Bachelors degree in Finance. Additional degrees earned from Indiana University with legal focus include: PHD (minor in law), JD (law) and LLM (international and comparative law).
Eugene Nichols
Director, Secretary, Treasurer, chairman of Audit Committee and member of Compensation Committee
Gene Nichols has served as a director of Novusterra since its inception. Prior to that he served as a director, secretary, and treasurer of Capax Inc. from February 2017 to May 2018. Capax Inc. went public, and in May 2018 reverse merged with Reborn Global Holdings Inc., a  wholesale and retail coffee sales business. Capax Inc. changed its name to Reborn Coffee Inc in the merger with Reborn Global Holdings Inc. From October 2013 to January 2017, Mr. Nichols served as the President and a member of the Board of Directors for NGFC Equities Inc. (“NGFC”) which merged with American Resources Corporation which currently trades under the symbol “AREC".  

Gene has over 30 years of sales, management, and marketing experience with a Fortune 100 company. He began his professional career in sales with Beecham Massengill in Bristol, Tennessee from 1972 to1976. From May 1976 until October 2002, he was employed with Abbott Diagnostics for 26 years holding various positions including sales executive, sales trainer, district sales manager and director advertising and communication. Gene has been an entrepreneurial business leader that has been involved in startups that he managed and expanded such as co-owner of an 18-hole golf club, banquet and restaurant facility and Managing Partner of a startup electrical consulting firm.
Goran Antic
Director, Member of Audit Committee and member of Compensation Committee
Mr. Antic has served as a director of our Company since its inception. He began his career with Getinge Sterilization factory (division of Getinge Group), a public company based in Sweden which is one of the largest medical supply companies in the world in 1990 as an assembler and then moved to the testing department of Getinge Group in 1995. He worked in that division till 1999 and then was promoted to be an international service engineer of Getinge Sweden which is another subsidiary of Getinge Group. In 2005, Mr. Antic was transferred to Getinge International branch in Miami, Florida as a service manager for Latin America and Caribbean islands. Mr. Antic began ECI-LATAM Inc. in April of 2014 with an agreement with Getinge International to serve the same client base through his own company, ECI-LATAM Inc. Mr. Antic had his education as an electronic engineer at Kattegat Institution in Halmstad, Sweden. Mr. Antic served as a director of Capax Inc., from February 2017 to May 2018. Capax Inc. went public by filing a prospectus with the SEC. In May 2018, Capax Inc., merged with Reborn Global Holdings Inc. in the business of wholesale and retail coffee sales in a reverse merger and changed its name to Reborn Coffee Inc as part of that merger with Reborn Global Holdings Inc., management taking over the management of Reborn Coffee Inc.