Meet Our Executive Staff

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  Construction Manager  

Roger is currently employed with Con-Mech Contractors, Inc. as the President and CEO.  Roger oversees day to day corporate operations, as well as, construction management.

    In his work portfolio, Roger has over 42 years of construction, mechanical, and industrial maintenance experience.  He has been in construction management for 27 years.  Roger started his career working with his father as a brick layer and the father and son worked in their business for 15 years.  He has worked for Carolina Power and Light, Triangle Grading and Paving, and Burlington Mechanical Contractors.   

    Roger’s experience includes working on: power plants, construction and maintenance, road construction, commercial institutional and educational construction. Current clients include: University of NC system, Chapel Hill/Carrboro School System, Alamance/Burlington School System and various county systems.

    Roger’s education includes studying Psychology and Business at the University of NC at Chapel Hill, as well as, extensive on the job training.  He completed the Defense Contractor Academy in 2014 and regularly participates in continuing education and specialized services training and accreditation.  Roger maintains professional certifications in: MSHA, CMAA, and unlimited general contractor’s license.  

  Project Development and Marketing 

Herman is a strong leader, has excellent communication skills, competent, a strong team player, pays attention to detail, detail adherence for compliance in all regulated environments, as well as supervisory skills including hiring, scheduling, motivational training, and other administrative tasks. Herman has a strong focus in marketing activities and promotional strategies to attract new purchase business. He is proficient in establishing contacts through community, networking, and developing his reputation as a trusted financial advisor to customers and sources. As well as strong focus on startup businesses from conception, application and completion.

Herman background is very diverse, he has worked at First National Bank of PA, Burlington, NC as a Sr. Mortgage Loan Officer. While at Wells Fargo, he was a Home Mortgage Consultant. Herman has also worked with Citi Financial, and  Procter & Gamble. Herman attended North Carolina Central University.

  Executive Subject Matter Expert 

• Senior Operations Manager with 18 years’ experience in oil/gas, demolition, remediation, and nuclear industries
• Increased revenues in an oil/gas business from $17 million to $48 million in 4 years through consolidation and acquisitions
• Managed $180 million, 3-year project in Siberia, Russia and completed in 2.7 years
• Took an environmental remediation company from a negative cash flow position to $2.4 million by restructured operations and financial processes
• Engineered and negotiated multi-million-dollar acquisitions of numerous companies in United States and Canada
• Business Development Manager for small businesses resulting in 20 – 30% increases in yearly revenues
• 1st. Ethanol from Caribbean to the Mediterranean.
• Won awards for Zero Accident Performance, Business Management from the U.S. Department of Energy

CAREER ASSIGNMENTS
Founder
2011-Present
New Leaf LLC. Harriman/National &International
Started New Leaf LLC. an installation and operational support company for FreshTec. FreshTec, Inc. is an agricultural technology packaging systems business. FreshTec’s core branded technology, SmartPac™, is a complete system for the preservation and protection of fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers during extended periods of shipping and storage, using Modified Atmosphere & Active Packaging (MAAP) – The SmartPac System. FreshTec is the primary client. New Leaf does installations and oversight in the USA and Internationally.

Chief Operating Officer
2009 – 2011
Gulf Western Corp. - Nashville/New Orleans LA.
Co-founded company that supplies operations services and general labor to recycling companies. GWC was awarded a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with one of the largest recycling companies in the world. GWC helped Client pass MARAD inspections with zero deficiencies. GWC provides task based operational services, staffing and fuel recovery for Southern Recycling in the lower 9th ward New Orleans LA. Increased average workforce numbers from 22 to 50 in the 1st year. Maintains a 5 million GL and USL&H policy with Zero accidents in the 1st year of operation.

President 2007- 2009
Common Good LLC. – Harriman, Tennessee

Operations Manager 2004 –2005

  V.P. Land Acquisitions Manager 

Oscar Williamson is the President/Owner of Gallery Commercial Properties, Inc. and holds a real estate license in North and South Carolina.  Prior to starting his own real company, he was Vice-President of Site Selection and Acquisitions at Caldwell Banker Commercial-Sun Coast Properties for 11 years in Wilmington, North Carolina.  
 

    His other experiences include over 37 years in the technology and communication industries managing National and Regional Accounts for BellSouth, AT&T, US Robotics, Bay Networks and 3Com.  

    Also, during this time, he was Director of Operations for a medical startup company, Director/ Vice-president of Sales and Engineering for two Internet companies.  He is also a veteran having served 4 years in the US Army and US Army Reserve attending the rank of Specialist 5.

  V.P. Development Coordinator   

Duane up in the Finger Lakes area of New York. Graduated from Lansing High and Cornell University and moved to Venice Florida. After working for two years in Florida for the oldest family firm Reasoner’s, he moved to Rock Hill, March of 1979.

    Duane is a licensed registered Landscape Architect and a Residential Building Designer and have been in private practice since 1981. The great percentage of his professional time is devoted to the fields of residential architecture, commercial planning, landscape architecture with all the other environmental affiliations that go with designing on the land.  Duane has served in many different commissions locally and have served the York Soil & Water District from 1982 and a full commissioner since 1992 to 2012.

In addition to his practice, he works with his brother Dale on the Matt Christopher legacy as President of Matt Christopher Royalties, Inc.
In 2017 Duane was in the political arena and ran for Mayor of the City of Rock Hill.
The balance of Duane’s business time is divided between other volunteer positions as listed below.

     Duane had a Bachelor of Science, from Cornell University, 1977 and is continuing education of a minimum of 15 hours per year through various continuing educational venues for ASLA, AIA, and USGBC credits. 

  Interim CEO and acting COO 

​Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Oliver duCille of Hickory North Carolina first began providing business solutions, software, financial technology solutions development, and hardware design services to government and industry primarily on the Microsoft Windows platform on May 23, 1983 after graduating from Presbyterian College on May 8th of that same year with a Math-Physics Degree and what would have been a minor Computer Science had they had that designation. Within 6 months of that date, he was independently and individually servicing the beginnings of what would turn out to be thousands of small business clients.

Before landing at Exempt Inc. as a seasoned executive, Oliver amassed almost four (4) decades of business development and business management consulting experience as well as a keen understanding of delivering technology-based business solutions to a diverse clientele, which include banks, power companies, and the federal government agencies along with myriad other businesses from a variety of industries in the private sector.

He brings a strong focus on the areas of entrepreneurial finance & accounting and finance as well as startup and business growth. 

  CFO and  Board Member 

 Ronald currently works at North Carolina A&T State University as an Assistant Professor of Accounting and teaches in the Department of Accounting and Finance at NCAT. Ronald serves on committees, is the academic advisor for Freshman accounting students, and serves as faculty advisor for one of the Department’s student organizations.  As advisor, he is actively involved with business and accounting  professionals.   Ronald is a CPA in the State of North Carolina
    Ronald Campbell has 25 years of teaching experience at NCAT.  While at NCAT, Ronald has interned at Cargill, Inc., Union Pacific Railroad, and Illinois University (Fellow). These internships required that he present resolutions and/or recommendations to address issues that were currently on the companies’ agenda.    
     Prior to NCAT,  Ronald was on faculty at the University of Georgia and Oakwood College.  While at Oakwood College, he interned with the Army Corp of Engineers as a Procurement Specialist where  he conducted preliminary investigation to determine feasibility of additional computerization for the Procurement Division.    
    Ronald  earned a Ph.D. in Accounting from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.     
    Prior to Texas A&M, Ronald earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Ronald’s Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree is in  Business Administration with a minor in Accounting from Oakwood University (then College) in Huntsville, Alabama.