Curtis Birnbach is President, Chief Technology Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Advanced Fusion Systems. Mr. Birnbach is an expert in electromagnetics, electron tubes, pulse power systems, materials science, manufacturing methods, intellectual property development, and a registered export agent. He holds 18 US Patents, 8 foreign patents and numerous patents pending. He has published papers with SPIE, IEEE, NASA, and EPRI. He has consulted and worked collaboratively with the Intelligence community, US Army, US Air Force and other industrial and non-governmental organizations.