U.S. Veteran-Owned & Operated Small Business 
We started in December 2010 as AIRMIKA, Inc., to empower the vehicle owner / motorist by creating consumer protection products and services.
We have two decades of high-level Washington experience working with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the National Academies of Sciences (NAS), The Transportation Research Board (TRB), the Government Accounting Office (GAO) and the U.S. Congress.
Our focus is providing cyber security to electronic-intensive automotive networks and thus offering consumer protection for millions of owners and lessees of passenger cars and light trucks. We hold several U.S. and international patents and have more patents pending.
Our products are assembled, packaged and distributed nationwide from Southern Pines, North Carolina. We created the new automotive market category called ONLINE ROADSIDE CYBERSECURITY (under construction and beta testing).
In Appreciation for your Generosity and Steering IAATI in the Right Direction. 72nd AnnualVehicle Crimes Conference Orlando, Florida USA 2024
Thomas M. Kowalick (Tom) Founder & CEO
Automotive Electronics Data Expert
Founder and president of AIRMIKA, INC. Tom Kowalick is widely recognized as a global expert on Event Data Recorder (EDR) technologies and Data Storage Systems for Automated Driving (DSSAD).
Tom has been central to the international privacy debate over EDR black box technologies for over twenty years.
Tom wrote FATAL EXIT: The Automotive Black Box Debate (Wiley) and six other books covering EDR standardization, legislation, and regulation. He was a member of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration EDR workings groups, created the NHTSA EDR research website, and was a panel member on the National Academies project studying EDRs.
Tom presented testimony to the National Academies study The Safety Promise and Challenge of Automotive Electronics and served as an expert witness for the Congressional Research Service CRS) and Government Accounting Office (GAO).
Tom contributed testimony to the U.S. House and Senate regarding the Toyota Sudden Acceleration (SUI) and the General Motors Ignition Key defects.
Tom is a Senior Member and Chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics (IEEE) Global Standards for Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorders (EDRs) IEEE-1616 and IEEE-1616a and IEEE-Std-1616.1): Data Storage Systems for Automated Driving (DSSAD).
Tom was a U.S. Army paratrooper and later a DOD GS-12 PACE Professor Afloat USS-NIMITZ CVN-68 from 1977 to 1982 while the world’s largest aircraft carrier participated in Operation Eagle Claw – the aborted attempt to rescue the American hostages in the U.S. embassy at Tehran, Iran.
Tom is a proud member of the Raeford D.Z. Class of 72 with 3000+ skydives.
Tom is also a Professor Emertius from Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst, NC, where he taught the history of the Holocaust (as a graduate of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem).
Tom wrote the course establishing HUM 170: The Holocaust in fifty-nine N.C. Community Colleges.
Tom is a runner, and his daughters Ariel and Kassia and son Michael are highly successful.
Dana Engelstad, CPA
CFO & Tax Principal
Office: 432.683.1835
Mobile: 432.413.3441
Dana.Engelstad@whitleypenn.com
More than 40 years of income tax and business consulting experience.
Advises clients on tax compliance and planning services, working with individuals and companies to improve their tax position.
Primarily serves clients in the Oil & Gas, Ranching, Hospitality, and Real Estate industries—extensive experience in Property & Casualty and Reinsurance industry consulting.
Began his Accounting career with Arthur Andersen & Company, Chicago, IL Tax Department. Dana P Engelstad & Company CPA was founded in Midland, Texas, in 1983 and merged with Johnson, Miller & Co PC CPA in 1989.
Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Currently serves as Trustee and President of the Permian Basin Foundation for Mental Health and Mental Retardation and serves as Trustee on the Executive Committee for the International Skydiving Museum & Hall of Fame, Fredericksburg, VA. Past Chair of the Midland Chamber of Commerce Leadership Midland Program, Past Treasurer and Executive Committee of the Midland United Way, and the Midland Chapter of the American Red Cross.
He earned his B.A. (English Literature) from The University of South Dakota, and B.A. (Economics)(cum laude), and a B.A. (Accounting)(cum laude) from North Carolina State University.
He served as a commissioned U.S. Army Officer (Viet Nam Era) 1971 – 1974.
Dana will serve as the principal deal-maker for AIRMIKA INC.
See the PARTNERS section of the site and contact Dana for B to B possibilities.
Dana is also one of the best competitive skydivers in the world and an Honorary U.S. Army Golden Knight.
Robert Van Arnam
Raleigh, NC P: 919.981.4055 F: 919.981.4300 rvanarnam@williamsmullen.com
A company’s technology and intellectual property rights are often its most significant assets. When those assets need to be protected or are threatened by litigation, Rob Van Arnam can help. He represents clients of all sizes from emerging technology clients and entrepreneurs to large retail and manufacturing companies and financial institutions by providing practical advice and business solutions. Rob is the chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Section, as well as a co-chair of the Data Protection & Cybersecurity Practice. He previously served on the firm’s board of directors.
Rob is an experienced intellectual property lawyer who focuses his practice on litigation involving patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. He has litigated high-stakes IP cases throughout the country and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), including through trial and appeal. He is adept at understanding clients’ IP assets and business goals and providing practical strategies to achieve those goals. Clients in a variety of industries, including software, telecommunications, life sciences, ag-chemical, firearms and financial services, have used Rob to help protect, license and grow their intellectual property, enforce their rights and defend against suits by competitors and non-practicing entities (NPEs).
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