Mr. Biagi is the director of Biagi Management Group, LLC, a financial and consulting services firm specializing in mid-market companies. Mr. Biagi previously served as Chairman and CEO of Bank of America Texas and New Mexico. Mr. Biagi joined Meridian’s Advisory Board in May 2017 and serves as a financial advisor to the Company.

Mr. Rauser has been a lifelong resident of North Dakota. He grew up in Hillsboro, ND and graduated from North Dakota State University in 1979. With his agricultural and engineering expertise, he started Superior Manufacturing, LLC, a grain bin construction business manufacturing grain dryers, grain bins and all related accessories. Mr. Rauser has been intimately involved in many phases of the energy industry.

Michael Sawruk, an immigrant from Ukraine and a graduate of Lake Superior State College in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, has more than fifty-five years of experience in the energy, construction, real estate, telecommunications, information technology, and entertainment industries. He has held senior positions in the energy sector, most recently as Director of a major energy company, and has served as CEO of SMI, a major real estate development company, for the past thirty-five years. Mr. Sawruk has received numerous industry and civic awards, including the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the Outstanding Alumni Award from Lake Superior State College.

Mr. Smith is a member of the Board of Directors of Meridian Energy Group, Inc., and has over thirty years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry and related fields, having worked for such companies as Northrop-Grumman Air Combat Systems, Boeing Space Systems, McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft, and Hughes Helicopters. Mr. Smith attended Orange Coast College and obtained his Certificate in Residential Building, followed by a Certificate in Financial Planning from University of California, Irvine. Mr. Smith also has a BS in Electrical Engineering from University of California in Los Angeles.