Thomas Quinn, E-Fuel President and CEO, Cofounder
Motivated to provide consumers with a fuel option that is environmentally-friendly, inexpensive, accessible and superior to gasoline, Thomas Quinn helped create the world’s first home ethanol system.  The E-Fuel MicroFueler produces organic fuel so consumers can reduce their dependence on fossil fuels and fuel cars from their homes.  Quinn says the MicroFueler “eliminates the two main impediments to ethanol production – the reliance on corn as a feedstock and the difficulties of distributing ethanol.”
Thomas Quinn has over thirty years of leadership experience originating some of the world’s most technologically-advanced companies.  Every business he worked with was listed among America’s top 100 high tech companies.
Quinn acted as President and CEO of Gyration, Inc. – a company that revolutionized the electronics industry with its motion control technology.  Quinn solicited $40 million in equity financing and received multiple patents in the areas of inertia gyro and human motion translation. Under Quinn’s leadership, Gyration partnered with Nintendo – the largest game console manufacturer in the world.  As a result, Gyration is the patent holder of the Nintendo® WiiTM controller. 
The combination of Quinn’s extensive computer technology experience and his entrepreneurial spirit allowed him to establish Samsung Information Systems America (SISA), a servicer of memory storage products.  Quinn grew the company’s revenue to $200 million.
Before working at SISA, Quinn was the cofounder and president of Novell, Inc., the country’s first local area networking for computers.  Under his leadership, Novell attained a 60 percent profit margin and revenues escalated to over $1 billion.

Early in his career, Quinn helped develop the first microprocessor interface hard disk drive in the industry at Seagate Technology.

Floyd Butterfield, E-Fuel VP of Biofuels, Cofounder
In collaboration with Thomas Quinn, Floyd Butterfield founded the E-Fuel Corporation in 2007.  Butterfield helped develop the technology to create an efficient ethanol micro-refinery system.  According to Butterfield, using sugar rather than corn in the fermentation process boosts E-Fuel’s efficiency up to six times over corn ethanol.
Butterfield has over twenty-five years of experience as an ethanol scientist and geophysicist in the biofuel industry.  His work in the alternative fuel field has earned him numerous awards, including winner of the California Fuel and Alcohol Plant Design Competition.
Prior to E-Fuel, Butterfield was the Director of Engineering and Manufacturing and board member for Diversified Ethanol, a public ethanol manufacturer.  He designed the Butterfield Closed Cycle SystemTM that is used throughout the world.  This was a stepping-stone as he continued to pioneer modular ethanol plant design and manufacturing. 
Wanting to expand the services he offered clients, Butterfield founded FSB Energy.  This allowed him to provide design, construction and operational consulting services to the biofuel and geothermal industries. 
Aspiring for a greener environment, Butterfield founded and became the Chief Operating Officer of Curbside Container Company (CCC). CCC manufactures economical recycling containers for paper products.  At CCC, Butterfield developed six patents related to recycling containers. 
Butterfield initially entered the agricultural industry as CEO of FSB Farming, a cultivator of carrots and tomatoes for large packing operations.

He obtained a B.A. in Geophysics from Occidental College and attended Colorado School of Mines Geophysics Masters Program.