Bill Niggemyer is President and Chairman of Universal Worldwide Industries, a company engaged in development and project finance worldwide with particular emphasis in Asia, whose recent projects include: LNG re-gasification plant for PLN (National Power Company of Indonesia) in Jakarta; 50MW power plant and feedstock supply for Indonesia; complete liquidation and re-allocation of 10MTPY gold mine/processing facility for Newmont Mining; sale and relocation of grinding and processing equipment from Boliden Mining (Spain) to a new gold mine in Mexico; and, disposal of an 18MTPY copper concentrator in the Arctic north of Sweden. In the past, Universal has engaged in trading and development in Russia, Turkey, Western Europe and South America as well as Asia. Mr. Niggemyer is also the CEO of Decko Products, Inc., an Ohio corporation, with operations in Sandusky and Fremont, Ohio, and the private-label manufacturer of icings, confections, and candy. Mr. Niggemyer holds a Bachelor of Science, Mining Engineering (with honors) from Michigan Technological University.