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Friday, 24 July 2009 15:28 Rita Lewis

Jonas McCord: Founder and CEO

a former Wall Street venture capitalist with hands-on CEO experience in manufacturing as well as international finance, is also a dual Emmy, Peabody, and special Academy Award-winning Director/Writer/Producer with over thirty years experience on stage, screen, and television.
As Executive Producer/Writer/ Director of multiple TV series and movies for television, McCord has supervised the production of over 100 hours of television, including Steven Spielberg’s award-winning film “Class Of ‘61” starring Clive Owen, and “Women Of Valor” starring Susan Sarandon.

As a feature film writer/director, McCord’s award-winning film “The Body” starred Antonio Banderas.
From 2001 until present, McCord has produced over five major feature films. The latest, “Ask The Dust,” was co-produced with Tom Cruise, starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek.

Prior to his career in Hollywood, McCord founded an injection molding company, Togs, to produce his patented fastener for the garment industry – was Vice President of Vogue/Butterick for American Can, worked on Wall Street with Charles Allen and Company on venture capital projects – and consulted for Fortune 500 companies on new business development.

Hans Schodel, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Biomac Systems, Inc. and CEO, Biomac GmbH

CFO of Biomac Systems and CEO of the Austrian subsidiary, Biomac GmbH, is a graduate of HTBL Ferlach.

He worked for the British army as a civilian gunsmith, before founding an interior design company in Munich.

Over the next sixteen years, from 1984 until 2000, Schödel’s design projects included factory interiors, motion picture film sets, and trade show displays. In 2002 Schödel founded a post-production company for television, as well as a production company for motion picture films.

David A. Shugarts, Director of Communications

Age 60, BA, MSc, combines more than 35 years in publishing with many years of experience in technical fields. He is a former vice president of Belvoir Publications, a respected publisher of aviation and marine magazines. Experienced in an array of enterprises, including gene sequencing, satellite telecommunications, streaming video over Internet.

James Carlisle, Senior Advisor

Mr. Carlisle is the co-founder of Graystone Capital Advisors. He has over twenty years experience in funding, marketing, designing, launching and running businesses. He has provided strategy consulting and/or invested in more than two dozen startups over the past decade. He brings to each relationship an uncommon ability for holistic, creative and goal-focused thinking – plus a wealth of problem solving experience in both global and start-up companies.

The History of Biomac

Thursday, 09 April 2009 19:43 Jonas McCord

Biomac Systems, Inc., the parent company of The Foundation, was incorporated in Delaware in 2007 to design and manufacture a system for a biometric “Smart gun,” a weapon that recognizes its owner or authorized user, including up to 11 users. The system was also intended to lend itself to the converting of existing handguns and rifles into “smart guns” with retrofit kits, as well as new gun production.

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 12 July 2009 09:58 )

Funding

Sunday, 05 April 2009 07:36 Jonas McCord

The Foundation seeks a maximum of 15 million Euro (calculated at 1EUR = 1.32USD to be $19,849,200) to capitalize a projected three-year R&D program needed to develop its smart gun technology. To do this, Biomac is using a unique approach to fundraising — applying the power of viral Internet marketing to attract many small donations from interested parties. This grass-roots approach ensures that the organization will be beholden to fewer large companies with vested interests in gun manufacturing or have a political axe to grind.

Should the R&D program win sufficient Government grants or subsidies, its budget could be reduced up to 50 percent. The Foundation has planned for this contingency by escrowing all donations until at least 1.5 million Euro is reached. This has been determined to be the minimum sum required to begin its R&D program. Should the 1.5 million Euro figure never be reached, the Foundation will donate all proceeds raised to the Save The Children Foundation. In addition, it should be noted that the funding of the Foundation’s R&D program will be a one-time affair, since its ongoing operations will create a stand-alone revenue source for the Foundation’s mission.

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Last Updated ( Saturday, 11 April 2009 18:04 )

Operations

Sunday, 05 April 2009 07:34 Jonas McCord

The Biomac Foundation is an international entity with operations in most of the world, including Russia and the Middle East. The Foundation is depending upon local peace authorities, such as police forces and government agencies to lead its retrofitting center management. This ensures that The Foundation's goal of universal biometric access controls on all weapons will become a reality.

Upon the successful completion of its R&D program, The Foundation functions will transition to the following:

Convert existing weapons into smart guns through global and regional retrofitting centers operated by the Foundation and/or its designees.
Manufacture the optical sensors and/or components necessary for the retrofitting of existing weapons.
License weapon manufacturers to use its technology in the manufacture of new weapons.

The price of retrofitting existing weapons will be kept economical for citizens to ensure compliance with future laws mandating the transition to owner-authorized weapons. Biomac, as a non-profit, can ensure reasonable prices by lobbying governments for consumer rebates through tax deductions, as well as government subsidies, where appropriate.

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 09 April 2009 19:42 )

Mission Statement

Sunday, 05 April 2009 07:32 Rita Lewis

The Biomac Foundation was set up to provide self-perpetuating funding

To aide and comfort victims of global violence from Dafur to Detroit, through profits generated from the retrofitting, manufacture, and licensing of its proprietary smart gun technology.

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