James Ketner - President/Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Ketner has over 32 years of experience as a Director and Chief Executive Officer of public and non-public corporations. Much of his professional career has been spent as a contract consulting engineer for Fortune 500 multi-national companies.  Mr. Ketner has a successful track record in directing public companies, securities law, domestic and international regulatory agencies, operations streamlining, maximizing productivity, and directing companies to achieve record profitability through increased efficiency and productivity with state of the art technology. Mr. Ketner is an 'Expert Witness', a Forensic Research Expert specializing in Public Companies, and experienced in litigation proceedings.  Mr. Ketner is a resourceful decision-maker who combines strong leadership and organizational skills with the ability to direct programs throughout the design and manufacturing processes, utilizing his extensive experience and expertise in high tech engineering and manufacturing environments. Mr. Ketner began his career as a Numeric Control programmer at General Dynamics. In 1991, Mr. Ketner embarked on his own as a consultant, and has since done Engineering and Operational Contractual Consulting for General Dynamics, The Carlyle Group, Pratt and Whitney, Boeing, Lockheed, Daimler Chrysler, Fiat, Honda Research and Development, Rockwell, Sikorsky, Embraer SP, Dassault/Falcon Jet, Gulfstream, and Bell Helicopter. Mr. Ketner has traveled extensively and is well versed in conducting business in North and South America.

William Cranmer - Director/Chief Financial Officer

William Cranmer brings 31 years of banking experience, primarily in oil and gas finance,  covering the entire stream of the oil and gas industry focused on both the public and private family owned companies as well  high to low net worth individual investors. His recent position was EVP and Line of Business Manager of Energy Finance for Cullen Frost Bank. Responsibilities included overseeing a $3Billion loan portfolio to the E&P, Midstream, Oilfield Service, and refinery businesses, both public and privately-owned. Managed a 25 member staff of bankers, petroleum engineers, and administrative personnel. Prior to Cullen Frost, Mr. Cranmer held the position of Senior Vice President – Energy Finance for Bank of Texas (BOKF). He built one of the largest and most profitable loan portfolios for BOKF ($up to $1B), primarily focused on the E&P segment. Prior to Bank of Texas, Mr. Cranmer held the position of SVP/ Director for JP Morgan Chase for 16 years. His responsibilities included both commercial banking and investment banking services, managing a $6B commercial loan portfolio and providing and supporting investment banking services including public and private debt markets (loan syndications, High Yield private and public bonds), equity markets, (IPOS and Follow-ons, 144a), mergers and acquisitions,  commodity derivatives, private banking services for high net worth ($1B plus) individuals and families including estate planning, family governance, succession planning, investments, etc. He began his banking career at First City, Texas in 1988. He holds a BBA from Texas Christian University.  NASD licensed Series 7 and 63. FAA licensed private pilot. Member of Dallas Petroleum Club since 1991.

Guillermo Pérez - Director/Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Pérez has a proven track record with over 15 years of experience designing, engineering and developing sophisticated products and business solutions for some of the most recognized companies in the United States, Mexico, and the EU. Mr. Pérez is a disciplined, focused individual, able to quickly recognize and understand a customer’s needs for complex computing environments, systems administration, and new software development. Mr. Pérez received his Bachelors in Computer Science in 2010, and received his MBA in 2020, U-ERRE, in Monterrey Mexico. Mr. Pérez is a Certified Red Hat Engineer, Certified Red Hat System Administrator, and received a Computer Vision Nano Degree from Udacity in 2020. Additionally, Mr. Pérez is a highly skilled expert in the following: Angular, Python, including pandas, NumPy, skikit, learn; Pytorch, Keras, TensorFlow, Computer Vision, OpenCV, YoloV3, Segmentation, Detection, Linux: Red Hat , Debian, Docker, Deep Learning: CNN, R-CNN, RNN, LSTM, AWS: S3, EC2, SageMaker, Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, RDS, AWS Rekognition, and is a Full-Stack Developer utilizing PHP, Mongo DB, MySQL, Apache, HTML5, Bootstrap, jQuery, Django and continues his professional development in these fields by staying current. Mr. Pérez has been a Software Developer, Unix Support Engineer, Linux Development Operations and Systems Administrator with such recognized companies like SAP, Aerotelecom, Alestra, and FEMSA.

Pietro Pagliaruli - Electromechanical Engineer

Mr. Pagliaruli is an Electromechanical Aerospace Systems Design Engineer. He has a Proven Track Record with over 30 years of Experience Providing Successful Contract Consulting for some of the most Recognized Aerospace Companies in the World.  Mr. Pagliaruli received an Associates Degree in Electronics/Computer Tech. from Frehab Institute Of Technologies in 1986 and an Aircraft Maintenance (Airframe & Powerplant) Certification in 1994 from ICS in Montreal, Quebec,.  He is an expert in CAD Software such as CATIA V4, V5, V6, Dassault’s CATIA 3DExperience and Siemens NX. Mr. Pagliaruli began his career as a Quality Control/Agent for Aircraft Wire Harness Installations in 1992 for Bombardier Aerospace, and has since provided Electrical Mechanical Design consulting for Wisk Aero, Bell Helicopter/Textron, Bombardier Aerospace, Fokker, Airbus, Lear Jet, Dassault Falcon Jet, and Gulfstream.  Mr. Pagliaruli and KTNR’s President and CEO Mr. James Ketner met on a contract with Dassault in 2006, and have worked together on several other successful projects since that meeting.  Mr. Pagliaruli speaks and writes fluently English, Italian, and French.