Wilhelm C.

Kast

P. O. Box 1964, Nipomo, CA 93444 - Tel. 603 501 8688 - wkast@bridgeroad.com

BIOGRAPHY
From his operational, management and entrepreneurial experience and success in business,
government and international relations, Wilhelm has developed a sharp eye for swift but
cautious problem solving and implementing needed change and growth, often under adverse
conditions.

He has extensive operational and management experience and expertise in the Manufacturing,
Health Services, Renewable Energy and Information Technology Industry.

That expertise, his public sector background and his access to business and political
networks in the United States and the European Member Countries, are utilized by U.S. and
international companies and government agencies.

He joined Bridge Road Research, LLC, an international advisory company, in 2001 as Senior
Consultant and Managing Director.

Prior to joining Bridge Road Research, LLC he held executive and operational management,
sales and product development positions with:

Cross Cultural Leadership Forum

Chair of the Executive Board
International Executive Development and Work-force Training Institute/Foundation
based in Heidelberg, Germany

DPCS INTERNATIONAL INC

Director of Business Development
Project Management, Marketing Services and PR Organization

FORUM COLORUM ITALY s.p.a. and SANOFI-AVENTIS GERMANY GmbH

Executive Vice President and COO
Advanced Technology Industrial Coating Systems for Automotive OEMs and T-1
Suppliers

Realtime-Datapro Corporation
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Data Base Information Management Provider

Computer Usage Corporation

Regional Vice President
IBM Operating Systems Co-Development

Volkswagen AG
Systems Development Engineer
Automotive OEM
In addition, Wilhelm served in the public sector as:

Chair of the State of Michigan International Trade Authority - MITA (1992 through
1997), leading the rebuilding and expansion of the State of Michigan, Department of
Commerce International Trade Development and Foreign Reverse Investment
Programs.

Member of the U.S. Department of Commerce Committee on Small and Minority

Business for Trade Policy Matters, where he participated in the development and
implementation of innovative international trade programs for mid- and small-sized U.S.
companies.

Co-Chair of the US automotive industry’s committee on NAFTA (North American Free

Trade Agreement)

President Ronald Reagan in 1986 appointed him to serve as one of two Presidential
Delegates to the National White House Conference on Small Business.

Wilhelm is a frequent lecturer and speaker at universities and trade organizations.

He currently serves or has served on the board of the following organizations:

- Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

- German-American Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-West, Chicago, IL
- Hospice of South East Michigan (Treasurer), Farmington Hills, Michigan
- International Visitors Bureau Detroit and South East Michigan (Chair)
- James Beard Foundation, New York, NY
- Michigan State Chamber of Commerce, Lansing, Michigan
- Executive Board, National Presidential Finance Committees Reagan/Bush and Bush/Quayle
- Oakland County Business Roundtable, Pontiac, Michigan
- World Board of Governors of the USO, Washington, DC

Wilhelm is a founding member of the Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills, Michigan.

He graduated from the Federal Academy of Commerce of Austria and the Master Program for
Speech and Communication at the University of Detroit.