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With experience as an engineer, an executive, and a consultant in space and telecommunications, Expert brings a broad range of skills to his engagements. Prior to establishing his independent consulting firm, Expert worked for nearly 20 years in the satellite industry serving as the Vice President of Advanced Systems at a major satellite service provider, an Associate at Ascent Communications Advisors, L.P., and as a Senior Project Engineer at Hughes Space and Communications (now Boeing Satellite Systems). Expert can also draw from a wide range of experts throughout the industry to bring in the right resources for meeting a client’s needs.

Representative Roles:
•Assessed market value of Pegasus TV’s orbit slot licenses for an investment management firm
•Several engagements for GLG Council of Experts as investment advisor
•Evaluated patent portfolio of Hughes Network Systems for potential buyer
•Appraised values for successful satellite transponder financings for Viacom, Citibank, and other institutional clients. Analyzed market, modeled cash flows, evaluated technology development for satellites and television industry.
•Project leader for development of new Ka-band satellite delivered last-mile broadband access service to compete with cable modem and DSL systems. Managed system architecture design team, created business model, wrote business plan and directed outside market studies to assess cost basis of competing technologies and position international service offering. Led competitive procurement for $600M initial satellite system that led to award of long-term satellite construction contract.
•Led several satellite and launch vehicle competitive procurements resulting in awards of over $900M in contracts. Managed internal engineering evaluation team, created evaluation process, wrote proposal requirements, negotiated with vendors, represented company in negotiations, analyzed contract terms, worked with outside counsel, and prepared financial contract exhibits.
•Designed the payload of six satellites currently in service. Directed manufacturers and coordinated with regional sales executives to optimize limited resources on each satellite for serving television and telecom markets across five continents.
•Successful prosecution of several satellite and wireless technology patents.
•Led/team member of a number of planetary mission design studies and proposals


Expert Wolffhas been involved with a number of diverse entrepreneurial ventures since 2002. From taking an active management role to day-to-day operations, to writing software, to simply providing guidance, we will do what’s necessary to move a project forward. A sample list of ventures and has role in those ventures is listed below. Expert is also a member of the MindForce Consulting IP Team, a group of experienced project leaders that collaborates to determine the optimal strategy for developing a client’s intellectual property and then executing on that strategy.

Sample Companies:

Brookhaven Strategies LLC (current). Founding partner of Brookhaven Strategies, LLC, an NFA registered commodity trading advisory firm. Expert’s responsibilities have included ongoing strategy development, compliance, marketing, due diligence, and portfolio management since 2008. In addition to managing trading and financial operations, Expert built a commodity trading simulator for algorithm selection and portfolio construction and business accounting programs. He also wrote all company policies and successfully managed an NFA audit with no deficiencies. Company won April 2012 Barclay Hedge Top Ten Award for Diversified Traders Managing Less Than $10M.

DM Innovations (current). Expert is a co-founder of this gaming company specializing in novel video poker and other card games. His responsibilities have included building a PC based demonstration of several games, marketing, building a game simulator to evaluate the statistical outcomes of games, successfully writing and defending patent applications, and managing web site development. This work has led to the award of three patents and the successful sale of one of those patents.

Plastic Advanced Recycling Corporation (PARC). PARC, a waste plastic to fuel conversion startup funded by a wealthy angel investor, hired Expert to provide business strategy and evaluate the viability of a patented process for converting waste plastic into diesel fuel. To accomplish these tasks, Expert defined a market strategy, held a number of exploratory meetings with potential clients and partners, and created a cost-based business model of their patented conversion process which showed the challenges associated with the economics of running a plant with their process. He also recommended testing the fuel product by an independent testing lab to confirm results done earlier by an off-shore lab. These tests showed that the fuel produced was much dirtier than originally claimed by the inventor. As a result of the testing and economic evaluation, the investor decided to suspend development of the process.

Triad Biometrics. Strategy and marketing advisor to Triad Biometrics, a biometric security startup. In this role, Expert created contract templates, marketing materials, white paper, engineering specifications, wrote and successfully defended company’s patent applications, and developed web site content.

TMI Business Technologies. TMI contracted with Expert to market a patented new business card product. Expert placed the product for sale as one of the first office products offered on Amazon.com’s marketplace sold by a smaller company. In addition, he negotiated a Letter of Intent with a private label manufacturer to distribute the product through one of several client office supply firms.


Extensive coding in Microsoft Excel with VBA for business projections, reports, trading simulations, portfolio management, and more.

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