The Marvel of Spider Silk...

... From Science Fiction to science Fact

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Spidey Tek, Inc was founded as a Material Science Company by internationally recognized bio-materials science expert, Roberto Velozzi, and Randy Lewis, PhD., the first to determine the molecular structure of spider silks and one of the pioneers in producing spider silk proteins.

We are dedicated to bringing to the global market place products made with the strongest and lightest biomaterial known to man, Real Spider Silk.

Spidey Tek's Real Spider Silk Characteristics & Advantages

STRONGER

than Carbon Fiber, Steel, or Aluminum

TOUGHER

than Carbon Fiber, Kevlar, Steel, or Aluminum

LIGHTER

than Carbon Fiber, Kevlar, Steel, or Aluminum

LESS EXPENSIVE

than Carbon Fiber, Kevlar, Steel or Aluminum when mass-produced

MULTI DIRECTIONAL, STIFF, and FLEXIBLE

at the same time. Only material in the world with such qualities

HYDROPHOBIC
and HYDROPHILIC

NON-ANTIGENIC

SUSTAINABLE

SPIDEY TEK is Protected by International Patents and Trademarks

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The patents filed fully protect the mass-production of The Company’s core products and applications. These patents and claims of use are wide ranging as well as detailed. Spidey Tek holds three global trade marks. SPIDEY, SPIDEY TEK and ARACHNO.

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Corporate Information

SPIDEY TEK

Company Name

Spidey Tek, Inc

Founded

September 15, 2015

Locations

Headquarters:
2049 Century Park East Suite 2300, Los Angeles, CA 90067
Laboratories:
650 East 1600 North, North Logan, Utah 84341

Legal Counsel

Venable, LLP

Meet Our Team

The Experts Behind Spider Silk Mass Production

Roberto

Roberto Velozzi Jerez

Chairman and CEO

Mr. Velozzi is recognized and has been awarded as a world-class Inventor, scientist, artist, designer, and entrepreneur. He is regarded to be a true renaissance man. A natural problem solver/troubleshooter, always finding the best and most cost-effective solutions in multi cross/platform fields.

Mr. Velozzi is Gifted with the rare ability to combine his scientific intellect and artistic/design talents. Roberto has always been a maverick, accomplishing the impossible by combining these multi, cross-discipline talents to design and develop world class products. Roberto designed the Velozzi super car, lauded as one of the most beautiful automobile designs in the world.

This prompted Bayer Group, one of the largest chemical/material companies in the world, to contact Roberto and ultimately sign a global collaboration and licensing agreement to bring sustainable, environmentally friendly technologies to the world. This long-term relationship continues and supports Spidey Tek in the commercialization of spider silk technologies.

Education:

UCLA

Pre-Med

Honor student

Golden Key International Honor Society

 

UCLA School of Medicine

Honors Council

 

Accomplishments and Awards:

Winner of the international Michelin Design Challenge competition.

Designer of the Velozzi super car and the Spidey Bat drone.

Over 30 years of experience developing lightweight technologies and super biomaterials.

Mr. Velozzi, Spidey Tek Chairman/CEO was a Scientist-contractor at JPL-NASA, working in the power division, specifically fuel cell-related technologies.

Inventor/Patent holder on spider silk technologies.

Fluent in English and Spanish. Conversational Italian. Has worked in Latin America, Europe, and Asia, including China. Mr. Velozzi currently serves as the Chairman and CEO of Spidey Tek, Inc.

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Randolph V. Lewis, PhD

Chief Science Officer (CSO)

Dr. Lewis received his BS from Cal Tech in 1972 and his Ph.D. in 1978 from the UC San Diego. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology. He was on the faculty at University of Wyoming from 1980 until 2011. Professor Lewis joined Utah State University (USU) in 2011 as USTAR Professor of Biology. Professor

Lewis heads the Spidey Tek Science Team and is the Chief Science Officer for Spidey Tek. Dr. Lewis has published over 140 papers and 16 book chapters. He is responsible for eleven issued patents regarding the mas-production of spider silk. His Spidey Tek Team’s research has had grants totaling over $33 million. Dr. Lewis has been privileged to instruct 19 Ph.D. and 4 M.S. students and currently has seven Ph.D. candidates and 26 undergraduates in his lab.

Dr. Lewis and his Spidey Tek Team are focused on the total spider silk technology and its commercialization. They have done what no other group in the world has done, by identifying the genes for all six of the different silk types spiders can make. They have constructed synthetic genes that make these proteins in bacteria, goats, alfalfa, and silkworms. The goal of the Spidey Tek team’s work is to provide a method to produce materials custom-designed for strength, lightweight, and elasticity for many applications.
The Spidey Tek Team’s research has been featured in many international publications and has been featured on television programs on the Discovery Channels, PBS’ Nova, the BBC, Stan Lee’s Super Humans and the television drama CSI New York. Dr. Lewis is the Chief Science Officers and leader of the Spidey Tek research and Science Team.

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Justin

Justin A. Jones, PhD

CTO

Justin A. Jones, Ph.D. Chief Technical Officer Dr. Jones has worked with spider silk technologies for over 20 years. He came under the guidance of Professor Lewis, the Father of Spider Silk Technology, while studying at University of Wyoming. Dr. Jones accompanied Dr. Lewis to Utah State University where he received his Ph.D. Justin became a close associate of Dr. Lewis and developed into an integral part of the continuing work in bringing spider silk into the commercial realm.

Justin is key to executing industrial commercialization of the Spidey Tek proteins and fibers. As part of that effort, he has developed a series of breakthrough applications, such as the novel solubilization technique that has led to the development of completely aqueous fiber spinning as well as a suite of unique, non-fiber applications that could be widely used in both medical and industrial settings.

As a vital part of the Spidey Tek Team, Dr. Jones is currently focused on efforts to commercialize this exciting biomaterial and the production technologies required to mass-produce the various spider silks through the two key methods currently used by Spidey Tek. Justin serves as Spidey Tek’s Chief Technical Officer and works directly with Dr. Lewis.

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Jeff

Jeffrey J. Spira

President/COO/CFO

Mr. Spira is eminently qualified as the COO and CFO of large-scale companies and brings to Spidey Tek the skills needed to service the Company’s worldwide markets with a vast array of Spidey Tek products, technologies, and services. This is demonstrated in the fact that Jeff performed the same duties for a company supplying delicate, integral parts for the Big Three automakers in the US without a single return of any of the millions of parts sold and zero complaints on the company’s compliance and service.

Education B.S. in Engineering Technology from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, CA – 1990 Certificate in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing to ANSI Y14.5 – 1989 Certificate in SolidWorks 3D Modeling CAD – 2006 Certified PECB ISO/IEC 27001 Information Management Systems Lead Auditor – 2017 Certified PECB ISO/IEC 13485 Medical Device Quality Management Systems Lead Auditor – 2017 Management Capabilities Started up and run profitable manufacturing operations. Managed several highly creative inter-disciplinary technical teams to produce innovative, leading edge products.

Has managed all sales, revenue streams, accounting, and auditing of corporate financing at the highest levels. Sales and Marketing Experience Sold into the automotive, industrial, oilfield, marine, military, aerospace, and commercial markets. Sold in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia (Japan, South Korea, and China.) Engineering & Technical Skills Designed fluid power systems for aerospace, marine, automotive, mobile and industrial equipment. Designed specialty machines, automation, and computer / PLC controlled special manufacturing equipment including dedicated testing machines for a variety of products. Designed and developed tooling and fixtures including production and assembly tooling, plastic injection molding, automated mechanical and electronic assembly machines, PC board cleaning equipment, and water treatment systems. Fully familiar with the implementation of NIST-800-171 Information Security Management implementation & auditing.

International Experience Global thinker with experience in both purchasing and selling products in Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Expertise with export and import regulations, paperwork, banking techniques, worldwide marketing, and international supply chain management. Conversant in Spanish and Japanese.

Communications Skills Writer of nine books, several dozen feature articles in consumer and trade publications, six technical papers, and countless brochures, catalogs, press releases, ads, manuals, training materials for technical businesses plus opinion editorial pieces appearing in major newspapers. Awards and Patents 1980 - Chemical Processing Industry Vaaler Award for a High Temperature and Pressure Seal Design. 1994 - Surface Mount Technology Vision Award for an Advanced Water Recycling Method. 1983 - Patent for redundant seal stacking technique. 1985 - Patent for a load sensing bolt. 1991 - Patent for an auto-throttle mechanism for military and commercial aircraft. 2011 - Four patents for a clean energy generating microturbine. Mr. Spira will manage the overall operations of Spidey Tek, as well as the Company’s financial dealings worldwide.

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Noriaki Miyata

Director of Business Development

Nori Miyata started his career from a transportation designer/clay modeler. At that time, it was still a 3D modeling/digitization process and it was a modeling method by hand processing. After that, following the wave of digitization to each industry, he learns and utilizes 3d software and digital process as soon as possible.

In 1998, as a consultant to PLM vendor PTC, he provided solutions for design/product development and mechanical design manufacturing phase to various industries and left significant results in client companies. After that, he will start his own company Eccion based on knowledge gained through consulting to the industrial field in 2004. Eccion covers the consulting service utilizing design data including industrial design and digital sculpt (Service and application development using CGI, VR, AR, MR visualization), and establishes innovative methods. Honda promoted the use of engineering data for marketing and made contributions such as reducing physical prototypes by applying it to catalogs, configurators, promotion video, etc.

He deals with a wide range of industries such as motorcycles, automotive, luxury watches, consumers, boats, and toys. In 2009 he held an exhibition at the Opera in Paris by his own digital sculpture. It embodied the fusion of art and digital / fashion. In 2015, he encountered Spidey Tek (Roberto Velozzi) and is doing funding and business development in Japan and Asia to spread Spider Silk which is an innovative material to the world. Mr. Miyata serves as Director of Asian Business Development, specializing in working with Japanese multi-national companies.

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Dr. Chivey C. Wu, PhD

VP - Head of Engineering

CAREER SUMMARY • 35 years of experience in teaching, research, services, consulting and engineering projects. • Taught over 30 different courses in aeronautics, mechanical engineering & renewable energy. • Developed 8 new courses in aeronautics, mechanical engineering & renewable energy. • Received over US$14M of grants and conducted/managed 18 research/education projects. • Co-established a NASA University Research Center and Flight Dynamics & Control Lab. • Co-Principle investigator for two record-breaking fuel cell-powered airplanes. • Co-designer of three award-winning solar-powered automobiles.

EDUCATION • Ph. D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1983. • M. S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1979. • B. S., Aeronautical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 1976.

PARTIAL WORK EXPERIENCE: • 1983-2018: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Los Angeles • Appointed Assistant Professor, 1983; Associate Professor, 1987; Professor, 1992. • Provided instructions and advisement in Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering programs: Undergraduate level:, Statics, Dynamics, Kinematics of Machinery, Engineering Mathematics, Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Aircraft Design, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Numerical Methods, Thermodynamics, Material Science, Computer-Aided Design and Analysis. Graduate level: Compressible Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fuel Cells. Laboratories: Engineering Measurements Lab, Strength of Materials Lab, Aerodynamics Lab, Fluid Mechanics Lab, Thermal Systems Lab, Fuel Cell Systems Lab, UAV Development Lab. Over 50 Master’s Theses, Senior Design and Independent Study projects. • Conducted Curriculum and Lab Development: Proposed new M. S. degree program in Aerospace Engineering (approved in 2009) Developed new courses in Aircraft Design, Flight Dynamics, Propulsion and Fuel Cell System Upgrade of courses in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Analysis (CAE) Supervisor of Aerodynamics Lab, Fluid Mechanics Lab, UAV Lab and Fuel Cell Systems Lab Developed grants to upgrade Strength of Materials, Fluid Mechanics, Thermal and CAM Labs. • Conducted research and curriculum development grants totaling US$14.4 million. • Served as Director, Multidisciplinary Flight Dynamics and Control Laboratory (2003-2010): Manage research projects funded by NASA and AFOSR and supervise student assistants. • Visiting Research Fellow, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. • Developed Aircraft Design course and introduced the use of the AAA software • Visiting Research Professor, Kobe University, Japan. • Summer Research Fellow, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA • Conducted wind tunnel experiments on transonic aerodynamics at National Transonic Facility. • Summer Research Fellow, DOE Lawrence-Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. Served as Faculty Mentor for students participating in summer research programs

AWARDS AND ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS: • Distinguished Alumnus Award, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 2008. • Co-Principal Investigator, fuel cell-powered unmanned aircraft project to set International Federation of Aeronautics Category F5S world record in range (September 12, 2007). • Co-Principal Investigator, first fuel cell-powered unmanned aircraft to demonstrate fully controlled flight (August 26, 2006). • Faculty Advisor, First place winning team, NASA Titan UAV Design Competition, 2003 • Faculty Advisor, First place winner, DOE SunRayce USA Solar Car Competition, 1997. • Faculty Advisor, Third place finish, DOE SunRayce USA Solar Car Competition, 1993. • Faculty Advisor, Fourth place finish, DOE SunRayce USA Solar Car Competition, 1990. • Distinguished Professor Award, CSULA Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1992 • Distinguished Alumnus Award, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 2008. • Over 24 scientific articles published internationally. Dr. Wu will head the engineering department for Spidey Tek as the company expands into aviation and aerospace technologies and product-based solutions.

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Robert

Robert E. Santoro

VP - Product Development

Mr. Santoro is the owner of Santoro Special Vehicles (SSV), an Engineering and Consulting practice formed in 1998. During this 20 year period, SSV has partnered with other prominent engineering firms; Velozzi Inc., Spira Engineering Inc., Syncronetis Inc., CleanBlu Inc. and various Aerospace and alternate fuel companies.

The projects involved in these co-operations ranged from Propane Fuel applications to Marine and other transportation specific development programs. The end use of the engineering developed in these programs spans a wide array of applications; from Military needs, to materials development, prototype fabrication and other end-use implications. Prior to Santoro Special Vehicles, Robert served in various capacities involving automotive motorsports.

In the 17 year span beginning in 1981 to 1998, he became directly involved with many of the premier names and organizations in this close-knit fraternity. Bob’s resume became a punch list full of respected names such as Stroppe, McLaren, Gurney, Millen, Bernstien, Saleen and many others. As he grew in this profession he accumulated 4 Off-Road Racing championships, 2 Road racing Championships, 1 Bonneville speed record and 6 Indianapolis 500 mile races with a top finish of 6th place.

After four years of study in the field of Diesel Technology, Robert was one of a field of over 400 applicants for one of the coveted positions on the 6 man team join Ford Motor Company as an Experimental Mechanic After six years, Robert was recruited to the University of Santa Clara, California, as Research Associate in the Mechanical Engineering Alternate Fuels Program. These early exploratory projects at the University of Santa Clara funded, through the U.S. Department of Energy were highly productive and were the conceptual starting point of what we have today in E85 fuels and Biodiesel. Mr. Santoro is the head of prototyping and product development for Spidey Tek.

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Clifford V. Aaron, Esq.

V P -Finance-Investor Relations

Clifford V. Aaron, Esq. is a graduate of New York University School of Law with Juris Doctor and LL.M (Taxation) degrees, he is also a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and holds a general course certificate from the London School of Economics.

He has worked as international tax counsel and managing director of Paramount Pictures International and affiliates in New York, London, Amsterdam and Rome, and as a tax attorney for a major Wall Street law firm. He also served a total of twenty-four years as CEO/President and legal/tax counsel of financial services and mortgage companies Pinnacle Acceptance Corporation and Scott Acceptance Corporation in Portland, Oregon. Recently he has served as tax attorney of a large tax resolution company in Los Angeles.

Mr. Aaron is a long time member of the New York State bar and former member of the American Bar Association’s Section on Taxation. Mr. Aaron has had major responsibility for capital-raising activities of several early-stage private enterprises and “small cap” public companies engaged in telecommunications, biotech, financial services, and Internet operations. Mr. Aaron is V. P. of Financial and Investor Relations, as well as international tax planning for Spidey Tek.

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