Anthony Tiarks
Anthony John Phipps Tiarks has been our Chief Executive Officer since June 2011. Prior to joining Parabel, Mr. Tiarks was President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Aerospace, Inc., which he established in the United States in 2000 with the purpose of developing, certifying and delivering an entry level aircraft. Prior to starting Liberty Aerospace, Mr. Tiarks was Managing Director in London of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, a U.S. investment bank, Chairman of Tide Brokers Limited, a wholesale money broker, and Managing Director of Tide (U.K.) Limited, an international foreign exchange fund management group. Mr. Tiarks has a B.S. in Systems and Management from City University, London, United Kingdom.
Peter Sherlock
Peter Sherlock has been our Chief Operating Officer since July 2011. Between 1999 and 2011 Mr. Sherlock held the positions of Vice President, Product Development and Vice President/Chief Technology Officer at AuthenTec, Inc., a semiconductor, biometrics and security company. From 1996 until 1999 Mr. Sherlock established and directed the Raleigh (NC) Design Center for Integrated Device Technologies (IDT, California), a semiconductor electronics company. From 1990 until 1996 Mr. Sherlock held the positions of Vice President, Operations and Senior Vice President Business Development at IVEX Corporation, a real time visual simulation systems company, where he was recruited from the United Kingdom to work in the Atlanta, USA-based operation. From 1977 until 1990 Mr. Sherlock spent his early career with Ferranti Computer Systems in the United Kingdom. Mr. Sherlock holds a First Class BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Salford, United Kingdom.
James Dietz
James P. Dietz has been our Chief Financial Officer since July 2011, and served as our Vice President of Finance and Accounting from May 2010 to July 2011. From May 2009 through April 2010 Mr. Dietz served as Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Capital Holdings, LLC, an international private equity investor and developer, whose parent company is Tangshan Ganglu Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., a Chinese industrial company. Mr. Dietz has also served on the board of Global Income Trust (formerly known as MacQuarie CNL Global Income Trust, Inc.) a non-traded public real estate investment company, since his appointment as an independent director in November 2009. From May 2008 until May 2009 Mr. Dietz served as Vice President - Finance and Business Development for PACT, LLC, a real estate development company. From 1995 until December 2007, Mr. Dietz was with residential community developer WCI Communities, Inc., or WCI, and various predecessor firms, as its Chief Financial Officer. From 1993 to 1995 Mr. Dietz managed asset-backed financing originations for GTE Leasing Corporation (a subsidiary of GTE, a predecessor to Verizon Communications). He began his professional career in December 1986 joining Arthur Andersen & Co. where he advanced to manager, providing audit and financial consulting services to clients in the construction, real estate, healthcare and legal industries. Mr. Dietz earned a BA in accounting and economics from the University of South Florida in 1986. Mr. Dietz is a certified public accountant.