NetGain Motors, Inc. Members

 

John Emde John Halblieb
George Hamstra Karl Klein
John Spooner Jaime Viehweg
Kevin Zak

 

 

John Emde

John is the owner of a precision machine shop specializing in carbide cutting tools. During the past forty years, He has been involved in many venues of racing. John is a very active member if the FVEAA, and for the last twenty years, has been involved in the conversion, design and fabrication process of many successful EV conversions. John recently led the conversion effort for Ford sponsored, Triton College Ford Ranger Conversion. Send email to John.

 

John Halbleib

John is a partner in one of the world's largest international law firms based in Chicago. He has years of experience in corporate law, finance and has a keen understanding of the new global economy. John is also one of our resident celebrities - you may have seen him on pages 117-120 of "People Magazine", January 22, 2001, or highlighted in "The American Lawyer" December, 2000 or heard about some of his work on "60 Minutes". Send email to John.

 

George Hamstra

George owned and operated a now publicly traded computer distribution company with annual sales exceeding $40 million and a software development company, which he sold to a Fortune 500 company. He has an extensive computer technology and business administration background. Having worked for Bell Labs for more than 14 years, George has extensive experience related to UNIX computer systems security and performance, as well as artificial intelligence. Send email to George. George's personal home page.

 

Karl D. Klein

Karl's background is in sound system design and automotive technology, managing multiple crews of service technicians, parts management and inventory control. His passion in life is auto racing,. He has the enviable "job" of driving BAD AMPLITUDE. Send email to Karl.

 

John Spooner

John's racing career spans over 25 years and is our chief design engineer. John is a renowned fabricator and mechanical engineer who has consulted on many new products for John Derre Corp. before starting his own consulting and development company. Send email to John.

 

Jaime Viehweg

Jaime has experience in software design and development and has worked for Lucent Motors and consulting firms. Jaime has significant expertise in network and UNIX systems administration, and Web development as well as being well versed in business software development. He has even written one of those annoying "Press-one-for-blah..." systems. Send email to Jaime.

 

Kevin Zak

Besides his work with NetGain Motors, Inc., Kevin also owns a privately held technology company that specializes in high-tech, energy efficient lighting systems. He has an extensive background in marketing and promotions, having previously owned a marketing company responsible for multi-unit retail promotions in the Chicagoland area. Kevin cut his teeth in retail with 13 years of management experience in sports marketing and as a site manager for a major retail drug store chain with total P&L responsibility for a $9 million unit. Send email to Kevin.