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The management team at Electric Cars of New York is made up of accomplished business development, automotive industry, and electric car specialists with decades of relevant experience. Senior staff are featured below.
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About Us
Eric Illowsky, President – An serial entrepreneur with a track record of launching new companies based on cutting-edge ideas, Eric Illowsky held executive positions in sales, marketing, distribution, operations and business development at major corporations for 25 years before founding Electric Cars of New York. Mr. Illowsky’s background includes all aspects of marketing, partnership and product development, new product and service introduction, and customer service. He was part of the senior management team which founded the SciFi Channel as an independent new venture - SYFY is now owned by NBC Universal and is in over 90 million cable and satellite homes. Illowsky was also involved early-on in the development of Comedy Central, PrimeStar (sold to DirecTV), and Broadway.com. From 1998 to 2007, Illowsky was President of Development for Hollywood Media (NASDAQ: HOLL), comprised of Hollywood.com and Broadway.com. At ECO-NY Mr. Illowsky is focused on sales, product management, marketing, alliances, operations, staff development, and finance.
Increasingly concerned with "green" issues, Mr. Illowsky resolved to pursue the developing electric car market in mid-2008, when regular gas prices in Westchester County, New York hit a high of $4.59 a gallon. Eric Illowsky holds business degrees from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of Management.
Vincent LaDuca, Project Lead and Facilities Manager -Vince has been the owner/manager of auto service stations in Chappaqua, NY and Pleasantville, NY for over 20 years, having worked as a mechanic for others immediately after his early formal automotive technician training. The geography of Mr. LaDuca's current facility includes some of the most affluent suburbs in the U.S.; his tenure in the community and his network of local relationships serves as the initial base of business for Electric Cars of New York. Mr. Laduca's 1 acre automotive service and production facility, the operating home of Electric Cars of New York, borders the Saw Mill River Parkway in Westchester County, NY. Vince hails from a “car family” - he started in the business selling used cars on his father’s lot when he was 14.
Frank Tako, Engineering Lead: Frank Tako is a master mechanic with 40 years of experience as an automotive technician, fleet service manager, automotive engineer and automotive technology innovator. Frank started his career in 1968 by serving as a U.S. Marine. A high-voltage expert, Tako learned about large-scale systems working on New Jersey PATH trains and the NYC Subway system. Frank spent 24 years with Mendon Truck Leasing in New York City, where early in his career he worked as a service tech specializing in heavy-duty trucks, before returning to Mendon years later as Fleet Service Manager charged with maintaining hundreds of Mendon's trucks. Frank's focus at ECNY is to devise specialty solutions catering to the vehicle designs of customer-brought vehicles. Frank is in charge of procurement, and supervises the technical staff.
Elliott Linczer, Vice President of Customer Relations - For the past 20 years Elliott Linczer has been President of New York Driving Safety Training Center, which teaches defensive driving to fleet drivers in and around New York City. In his course of business establishing driving safety training locations throughout the greater New York area, Mr. Linczer has become well-acquainted with the fleet managers within government and private institutions that are seeking reasonably-priced ways to “green” their own selections of highway-capable vehicles. Previously in his career, Linczer directed curriculum development, current education, staff training, and sales and marketing for vocational and technical schools. He is responsible for thousands of people having found new careers, and for over 250,000 persons formally trained in defensive driving. Mr. Linczer's educational credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Education from C.W. Post College, and a Masters in Educational Administration from New York University.
Ruben Estrada, Regional Director For Northern New York - Ruben Estrada has an extensive network of contacts in NYS and NYC government, and will afford ECericillNY access to key influencers and decision makers. Ruben has a broad background in government affairs, community relations, broadcasting, public relations, advertising, promotion, and media. As Vice President for Government Affairs for the Spanish Broadcasting System in New York City, Mr. Estrada helped that company grow to become the largest Hispanic broadcasting company in the NYC area. Ruben is currently Chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of New York State. ECO-NY will benefit by Estrada’s extensive personal network of contacts at village, town, county, city and state levels. Estrada’s other active affiliations include Board Member SUNY Orange Community College; Founder, City of Middletown Chapter/Orange County Guardian Angels Inc., and Board Member, Housing Opportunities for Growth Advancement and Rehabilitation Inc. (HOGAR). Ruben Estrada has a long list of similar credits dating back to 1976. text.
Art Vatsky, General Manager: Art Vatsky, P.E., is the Principal at Future Fuels Consulting and has been an engineer, a project manager, an inventor, a green auto blogger, a fleet consultant and most recently a college instructor for light duty vehicle systems. His career spans more than 30 years and has been concentrated in two areas: Jet aviation engine performance/emissions reduction and development of alternative engines and fuels to reduce emissions and the US dependence on imported petroleum. His recent work is concentrated in Bronx, NY where he splits his time between the Hunts Point Green Fleet Study and full time instructing at Bronx Community College. The Hunts Point market area contain three large fleet types - perishable food delivery, passenger transport and a wide range of vocational trucks. Art believes that the line between facility energy and vehicle energy has started to fade away. He wishes to combine the advances of improved on-vehicle efficiency with the benefits of utilizing the electric grid to displace fossil fuels. At ECO NY, the question Mr. Vatsky desires to address is “What are the smartest, safest ways to operate fleet vehicles with reduced cost/petroleum use/carbon footprint?”
