Corporate Officers

Joseph N. Ritorto -- Founder and President
Mr. Ritorto has more than 30 years experience in the real estate industry encompassing over one hundred million square feet of commercial property. He has worked as an operating engineer in the 1960s and advanced to executive vice president in charge of management and operations of two national management and leasing firms. He also serves as consultant to various institutional clients. Mr. Ritorto's education follows accordingly, from licensed operating engineer, certified welder, asbestos handler license, RPA and licensed real estate broker, to obtaining a Master's degree from New York University. His experience and education covers all disciplines in the real estate industry. He has dealt with environmental issues for many years as a representative of independent and institutional property owners, assuming responsibility fr structuring asbestos projects up to $50,000,000, and has developed handling procedures that drastically increased efficiency and reduced exposure.

W.J. Kowalski, PE, PhD -- Executive Vice President
Dr. Kowalski is one of the foremost experts on technologies for the control of airborne diseases and the design of immune building systems for bioterrorism defense. He has performed extensive research into the design of UVGI systems, filtration systems, dilution ventilation, and has worked on several development air and surface disinfection technologies including pulsed light, photocatalytic oxidation, and ozone. He has published numerous articles dealing with the problem of microbial contamination and lectures around the country on bioterrorism defense and related disease control topics. His recent book, Immune Building Systems Technology, published by McGraw-Hill, has been widely acknowledged as a seminal work that has brought critical engineering and scientific information into the hands of designers and researchers around the globe. A list of citations and copies of published articles an be provided on request. Dr. Kowalski is also a research associate at the Pennsylvania State University's Indoor Environment Center where he continues to conduct research into immune building systems and aerobiological engineering technologies.