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Having joined CAIRE in February 2023, Mario is responsible for the top-line overall growth and market share for the commercial gas generator AirSep business. He is a successful sales and marketing leader with 30 years’ experience selling compressed air and gas process equipment across a range of end markets including oil and gas, energy, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and industrial markets.

Mario holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Western New England University in Springfield, MA. He is fluent in Spanish, and has served as chairman and co-chair for the Nitrogen Generation Section for the Compressed Air & Gas Institute (CAGI). Throughout his career, he has held leadership roles with increasing responsibility including OEM Manager, Marketing Manager, Senior Business Development Manager and National Sales Manager.

Sonny leads the operations and supply chain functions for CAIRE’s global business, with locations in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. His experience spans nearly four decades with multiple international organizations, bringing operational leadership focused on a culture of continuous improvement, with strategic and tactical assignments in mergers and acquisitions, complex supply chains, and synergy alignment. He has been involved with industrial, respiratory, medical, safety products, lighting, and battery industries.

Sonny joined CAIRE in January 2022. He previously served as the Global Vice President of Avon Protection Systems plc, and prior to this held similar global roles with Honeywell, North Safety Products, and ABB. He holds a B.S. in Management of Industrial Operations, and is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Before joining CAIRE, Kurt was a member of the Board of Management and Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, at the French med tech company, Supersonic Imagine. He has lived and worked in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom and has vast knowledge and experience in global healthcare markets.

Kurt held multiple sales and marketing executive roles in large, medium and small medical device companies. He also has 10 years experience in the area of mergers and acquisitions, and was responsible for much of the integration activity while an executive at Philips Healthcare.

He studied Business Administration at the University of Washington and completed the Octagon Executive Program at Wharton Business School. Kurt relocated back to the US in 2020 after 20 years of overseas assignments.

Yoon Shin joined CAIRE in February 2022 as its General Counsel after more than 20 years of practicing as a corporate attorney. As General Counsel, Yoon is responsible for overseeing all legal aspects of CAIRE’s global business and serves as a strategic partner and contributor to the executive team.

Yoon has a diverse background practicing in New York, Hong Kong and Seattle. She has represented start-ups to Fortune 500 companies in various industries. Prior to joining CAIRE, Yoon was General Counsel at EchoNous, Inc., a KKR portfolio company pioneering in AI-driven ultrasound devices. Yoon is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School where she was a Dean’s Merit Scholar and Barnard College, Columbia University.

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Mr. Furusaki currently serves as Senior General Manager of Corporate Planning Department of Niterra Co., Ltd.,​ in Japan. He was one of the key players in their successful commercialization of oxygen sensors for vehicle emission control in Automotive and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for cleaner power generation with carbon dioxide, or CO2, reduction. He has led several cross-border alliances with his entrepreneurship throughout his career in Japan, and when he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of its U.S. subsidiary. Currently, he is also a board member of Spirosure, Inc., a start up for asthma care in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Furusaki’s personal driving principle in his work is to “make people breathe easier.”

Mr. Maeda has been with Niterra Co., Ltd., for over 36 years. He has expanded his role over this time, becoming General Manager, Sensor Planning and Engineering in 2012, and Procurement in 2013. He also has some international experiences in Europe for seven years and in the USA for five years. In 2016, Mr. Maeda became a Corporate Officer. And, in 2019, he became an Executive Officer.