The Beamz

Charles R. Mollo – Chairman of the Board

As President and CEO of Beamz Interactive, Charlie Mollo is responsible for the overall management of the company’s business strategy including development of product sales channels, marketing, finance and product development. As a highly successful business leader, Charlie has worked in a number of industries including wireless telecommunications, consumer electronics, computers, child care and real estate, growing privately owned entrepreneur start-up organizations into leading publicly traded companies. His management experience with mergers and acquisitions, financing, venture capital, strategic planning and technology, and his passion for music have earned him his role as leader and CEO of Beamz Interactive.

Prior to Beamz Interactive, Charlie held the position of President and CEO of Mobility Electronics (now iGo Inc.), a NASDAQ company focused on developing and marketing innovative products for the converging mobile electronics industry. Under his leadership, Charlie led the founding entrepreneurial team and raised over $100 million, including an IPO, PIPE and other financing. In addition, the company grew sales to an annual run rate of just under $100 million per year.

Charlie also helped build Alliance Communications Corporation in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. This wireless telecommunications company went from startup to just under $100 million in revenues, and was successfully sold to a NY Stock Exchange company at an excellent value in July 1992.

Other notable accomplishments include the management of a variety of venture investments including a $150 million Venture Capital Fund for Meadows Resources, and owner and manager at New Vistas Investments Corporation responsible for strategic development for a New Mexico real estate and investment company. It was through his experiences in venture capital and investments that he came to Mobility Electronics and Bright Beginnings Child Development Centers, where he helped build the number one childcare company in the state of New Mexico. Charlie has an MBA from the University of New Mexico, a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from Newark College of Engineering, NJ Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College.

Jerry Riopelle

As Chief Creative Officer, Jerry leads the content creation for the Beamz Interactive team and product development. As the visionary and inventor of the Beamz, Jerry has taken his 40+ years experience as an accomplished musician, songwriter and producer, and funneled it into the creation of one of the world’s most innovative new products.

Jerry started creating the Beamz music system in 2001 after many years of envisioning an instrument that could activate sound with laser beams. The inspiration for his invention came from a childhood memory being intrigued by and tinkering with the light-activated door announcer at his favorite local ice shop. With Jerry’s passion for making music, he envisioned an instrument that anyone could play, featured many dimensions of sound that always worked together no matter how you combined them, and would provide a new performance element for accomplished musicians like himself. Using his deep understanding of music and assistance from software engineers, Jerry worked daily for years to create the sophisticated, patented system that exists today.

Raised in Tampa, Fla. Jerry moved to Los Angeles to begin his music career in the 1960’s by learning the ropes of independent record production. After playing drums for the Hollywood Argyles he signed as a staff song writer for Screen Gems. Upon hearing a single Jerry had written and produced with Clydie King titled, “The Thrill is Gone,” Phil Spector hired Jerry as a staff writer and producer for Philles Records.

Jerry soon produced a Top 20 hit, “Home of the Brave,” recorded by Bonnie & The Treasures. He also produced top 40 singles for recording artists April Stevens & Nino Tempo and The Parade. That success earned Jerry a job as producer at A&M Records as well as a staff writing position at Irving Music. During that time he wrote and produced for The We Five, Brewer & Shipley, The Parade, Shango, and had songs covered by Herb Alpert, Leon Russell, and later, Kenny Loggins, Rita Coolidge, Meat Loaf and many others. During his years in Hollywood, Jerry also wrote numerous songs and musical pieces for films and television shows.

Richard F. Dahlson

Richard Dahlson is a senior partner at Jackson Walker L.L.P., a 300+ lawyer law firm headquartered in Dallas,Texas, and he also heads up Jackson Walker’s 140+ lawyer transactional practice group since 1984. The practice consists of private and public-company transactional work, including leveraged buy-outs, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and hedge-fund, private equity and venture capital financing.  Throughout his career, Richard has focused on the high-tech and telecommunications markets. He’s been involved in the start-up of over 100 businesses in these industries and has served as a Director/Manager of dozens of these companies.

Recognized by Texas Monthly as a “Texas Super Lawyer,” Richard’s practice focuses on the small- to mid-cap size companies market.  He has represented companies involved in transactions up to approximately $1 Billion, but his primary focus is on clients with an enterprise value of $20 – $150 million. Richard received his B.S.B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Minnesota, and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin.

Jeff Doss

Jeff Doss and Charlie Mollo have worked together since the early 1990’s at a host of different companies. As Founder, President and CEO of Hotwire Development, an industrial design and product development company, Jeff has built a solid reputation in consumer and mobile computing product markets. His firm has received many awards for the marketing, branding and product development of the Xbrand ergonomic computer products, and is currently a major arm behind the consumer retail channel market development and product development for Beamz Interactive.

Prior to Hotwire, Jeff worked as the Co-Founder, VP Product Development, Technology & Marketing for Mobility Electronics (now iGo), where he brought many innovative computer power, docking and accessories to market. In 1999, Mobility won Best New Technology of the Year at Comdex. Jeff was also responsible for developing the initial very successful RadioShack iGo product offering. Over an eight-year period, Jeff helped develop a range of consumer computer accessories including the Juice™ combo power adapter and in-car chargers. Prior to iGo, Jeff worked with Charlie Mollo at Andrew Corporation where he developed a variety of wireless telecommunication accessories, and he was the president and owner of Unitech, a wireless telecommunications power and accessories company.

Jeff graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance.

Tommy Gardner

Tom is the founder of Gardner Real Estate. As a commercial real estate entrepreneur, broker and investor since 1983, Tom seeks out opportunities to fund and invest in innovative technology.

After graduating college, Tom never intended to go into real estate. He received his securities license and went into the commodity futures business. A year later, he began a new career in real estate development and investment in Dallas. An amazing market when he began, Dallas quickly turned into one of the most depressed economies in the mid to late ’80s. Tom spent a lot of time working foreclosures, bankruptcies and restructuring deals – he sold all types of real estate, mostly with a restructuring component to them.

In 1993, Tom started Gardner Real Estate with a focus on entitlement work, repositioning land in growth areas for appropriate usage. Over the past 18 years, Tom has built a track record of doing creative deals in different market environments. He designed the Villa Pallavicini apartment community, which won the award for Architectural Excellence in the City of Chandler. As a musician himself, he has a passion for making music approachable for all to play. He is a stakeholder and believer in the Beamz product.

Tom has been a member of the ASU Sun Angel Foundation for 12 years, and was the Chairman of the SAF Committee from 2005-2007. The SAFC was the group responsible for staging large fundraising events on behalf of ASU’s scholarship athletes. Tom received a Bachelor of Science degree in General Business Administration from Arizona State University. He also holds a Real Estate Broker’s License in the state of Arizona.