Mr. William Hurley, Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Hurley has over 30 years of experience working directly with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Foreign Militaries, and Domestic/International Industry Partners. His areas of expertise include: strategic planning, business development, product development, manufacturing management, test and evaluation, product assurance, and integrated logistics support. During the last 20 years Mr. Hurley has specialized in the development and manufacturing of night vision products including night vision goggles, lasers, thermal night sights, and a wide variety of weapon sights and targeting systems. Before his night vision career, he worked on numerous airborne radar warning and electronic countermeasure systems for the USAF, US Navy, and NATO countries.

Mr. Hurley was the President and CEO of Rochester Precision Optics in Rochester, NY. Mr. Hurley was instrumental in negotiating an asset purchase agreement from Kodak in 2005 and re-hired 25 of their key employees. Under his leadership, the business grew from startup of $2.0M in 2006 to over $33.0M in 2014 employing over 200 people in under 10 years. Mr. Hurley was also a key contributor and held a variety of executive roles at Insight Technology in Londonderry, NH which was acquired by L3 Communications in 2010. He was also a Program Manager at Sanders Associates in Nashua, NH which was purchased by Lockheed Corporation and is currently owned by BAE Systems Electronics & Integrated Solutions.

Mr. Hurley holds an MBA degree from Rivier College in Nashua, NH and a BS in Industrial Management from UMass Lowell. He has completed formal training and has expertise in the DoD Acquisitions process, Program Management, Quality Systems, and Lean Manufacturing. Mr. Hurley has received numerous service awards over his career including: New York Photonics Entrepreneur of the Year 2012, Certificate of Appreciation from 75th Ranger Regiment, Arrowhead Certificate of Achievement 3rd Brigade Combat Team 2nd Infantry Division, and Special Team Achievement Award for Acquisition Reform from Marine Corp Systems Command Quantico, VA.

Mr. David Zhang, Chief Financial Officer, CPA & CFA

David Zhang has more than 25 years of executive experience working with companies on capital raising, M&A, financial planning and growth strategies. Previously, David was a Managing Director of Reicon Global Advisors Ltd., a firm he established to advise established and start-up companies on growth and turn-around strategies in addition to operational issues. During his tenure with Reicon Global, David also acted as Senior Advisor to CEO and the board of Avon Products Japan, assisting the company to turn around its operations that resulted in the successful exit of its investors. In addition, David regularly advised early stage companies while guiding these companies through the different life cycles.

Prior to founding Reicon Global, David was the regional CFO for Standard & Poor’s, overseeing 3,500 employees across 11 countries and over $500M top-line revenues. In this role, he was responsible for all finance functions, strategic directions and operations of its credit rating, index and financial data businesses. David worked closely with local regulators to enhance the company’s overall governance and compliance structures. During his tenure with S&P, the businesses in China and India grew significantly. David was a member of the Asia Pacific Executive Committee and Risk and Compliance Committee.

Before S&P, David was the deputy general manager in the CFO office of Shinsei Bank, a commercial and investment bank with over USD 100 billion assets under management. In this role, David worked directly with executive office to execute strategic initiatives in areas of M&A, capital raising and investors relations. David played a key role in the $5.4B acquisition of GE Money and later on integrated the operations into Shinsei Financial.

Previously, David was Vice President of Finance at Lehman Brothers Asia headquarter where he oversaw the financial policies and was deeply involved in the deal structuring across various Asian markets. Prior to relocating to Asia, David spent over 10 years in auditing and later on in management consulting with Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young in New York. He worked with Fortune 100 clients in financial services, hospitality and consumer products industries and assisted with various business improvement initiatives, including projects in business transformation, financial system redesign and cost containment etc. David worked briefly as an M&A banker with Salomon Smith Barney before returning back to his consulting roots.

David obtained his MBA from the Wharton School of Business – University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his BBA in accounting from Baruch College, CUNY. He is a CPA and CFA charter holder.

Mr. Matthew Pembroke, Executive VP

Mr. Pembroke has more than 30 years of business development, product development and marketing experience in a wide variety of markets including the Defense, Medical and Commercial spaces. He has been a leader from strategic planning and execution in the executive board room to front line sales. He has successfully recruited and built highly effective sales teams as well as marketing plans and product launches. Half of his career was in the medical market with 8 years at St. Jude Medical selling pacemakers and defibrillators.

Additionally he sold catheter ablation equipment and a variety of disposable medical products for Daig and Sherwood Medical. Being a consummate professional, he was a winner’s circle performer, always delivering exceptional results. More recently in his 17 years with Rochester Precision Optics he helped the startup enterprise grow from $2M to $52M with double digit growth most years. At RPO as VP of Business Development and Marketing, Mr. Pembroke was responsible for growing sales teams, developing strategic marketing plans and contributing to the long term growth plans of the company. During his tenure his contributions were pivotal in securing $10’s of millions of dollars in DOD business working with prime contractors for the dismounted soldier for night vision products and thermal weapon sights with L3 Harris, DRS Leonardo, Elbit Systems of America, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Teledyne FLIR.

He earned a Bachelor’s of Science from SUNY Geneseo in Biology with concentrations in Physics and Chemistry. He was the President of his Fraternity and continues to contribute through the Alumni Advisory Board. He is also certified by the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology.

Ms. Paulina He, Sr. Consultant

Paulina He has over 15 years of experience working with a wide variety of domestic and international clients. She has a proven record of establishing and building relationships with customers and managing projects from concept to completion. Experienced in strategic planning, new business development and profitability improvement. Skilled in financial management, building cross-functional teams, communication and translation.

Prior to joining Boca Capital Group Ms. He was a Product Manager for Universal Photonics in Long Island, NY where she managed their optical glass business. She also worked at Rochester Precision Optics in Rochester, NY as an Account Manager and General Manager of their Shanghai office, Precision Optics (Shanghai) Trading Company. Prior to that Ms. He was a Product Manager at Unioriental in Beijing, China where she established and managed their optical component business.

Ms. He holds an Executive MBA from Rochester University’s Simon Business School and a Master Degree from Beijing Normal University. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese languages.