Elemental Knowledge Goals

Elemental Knowledge was founded in January of 2007. In addition to creating technology for the payment and security industries, Elemental Knowledge has an additional goal to raise awareness of children with Learning Difficulties (LD). Both goals are built into the corporate name. A great start for early intervention and identifying LD is Schwab Learning.

Founder

Doug Yeager

Founder of Elemental Knowledge LLC. Prior to EKI, Doug served as Director of Contactless Technologies at SIRIT Technologies. SIRIT designs, develops, manufactures and sells RFID reader devices. Doug's responsibilities included engineering, development and testing of new and strategic products in the 13.56 MHz (high frequency) band. Prior to SIRIT, Doug founded and was president of TradeWind Technologies. TradeWind Technologies designed, developed, manufactured, and sold RFID readers in the 13.56 MHz band. TradeWind's main product was an SDIO RFID reader that was sold and used as an attachment to PDA's or mobile phones. TradeWind was acquired by SIRIT Technologies of Toronto, Ontario in April of 2006.

Prior to TradeWind Technologies, Doug founded Yeager Automation, a software company focused on providing CNC controller software to home users and hobbyists wanting to use their generic PC to run CNC machinery or other uses for motor control. Doug also served as an application engineer on the MATRIXx modeling software product at WindRiver Inc. Doug also served as a project engineer with Sandia National Labs in Livermore, California after completing his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida.

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Advisors

Steve Wozniak

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak, helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple's first line of products, the Apple I and II, and influenced the popular Macintosh. For his achievements at Apple Computer, Steve was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honor bestowed upon America's leading innovators. In 2000, Steve was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for Technology, The Economy and Employment for single-handedly designing the first personal computer and for then redirecting his lifelong passion for mathematics and electronics toward lighting the fires of excitement for education in grade school students and their teachers. Steve holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Elliot Lowen

Mr. Lowen has served at Wells Fargo Bank for the last 26 years. He is currently managing the Wells Fargo Wireless Group. Prior to this, Mr. Lowen has been involved with Wells Fargo Bank in many roles including Equity Investments, Internet Banking, and Strategic Planning. Mr. Lowen managed Wells Fargo's Private Equity Investments, including leading, BOD, placements, syndications, and managing Wells Fargo's portfolio through the sever business cycle. He developed, managed and ran operations for Wells Fargo Business Gateway, a web based online solution for small businesses. Mr. Lowen managed the acquisition of Bank of America's Personal Trust Business and conversion to Wells Fargo. Prior to Wells Fargo Bank, Mr. Lowen worked for Anderson Consulting and Data Point Corporation. Mr. Lowen graduated with his BA from the University of California Berkley in 1974 and his MBA from the University of California Berkley Hass Venture Capital program in 1995.

Adam Landrum

Adam Landrum is the President of Merge, a seven year-old Greenville, SC based web development firm. As a former Arthur Andersen consultant, Landrum integrates his consulting background of working with high-tech public clients in the Southern California region and brings that experience to established companies looking to maximize the web for their organization. Landrum developed Merge's Digital Strategy approach which focuses on the most important aspect of developing a web project: the business objectives and how to accomplish those objectives for our clients. Landrum is a Clemson University graduate, graduating Cum Laude in Accounting.