Erica Starr, Interim CEO

     Erica Starr attended Liberty University and earned her degrees in Strategic Intelligence and International Relations.  Her academic and early career focus was on Government and Homeland Security, Counter-terrorism, Intelligence Analysis, Deception Detection and Counter Intelligence operations.  

She is a member of Phi Sigma Alpha and the Strategic Intelligence Society.

    Erica later moved into the business realm where she founded her own Branding and Marketing agency. In that role she branded and marketed many businesses that went on to become very successful. Through this agency she was approached by David Sattler, former CEO and Founder of Marstecs. David offered Erica a position as Chief Marketing Executive and she accepted. Together, they laid the foundation for Marstecs as it is today, positioning Marstecs to be the world's leading Green Hydrogen Technology company. 

      With David Sattler stepping more into the role of Energy Engineer and Innovator, he asked Erica to take the Interim lead of Marstecs, and she gladly accepted. 

     David Sattler earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1985 from the University of Cincinnati, and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1986 from Texas A&M University, specializing in Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer with practical applications - the way energy moves and transforms. These applications included: Design and Management of Energy Systems, Power Generation, and building energy use.

     His vast and international work experience began as a Junior Engineer at Beckjord Power Plant, a coal fired power plant from 1981 to 1985. Then he was a Contractor of BMS installations for Staefa Control System internationally where he designed, project managed, installing, and writing code from 1987 to 1995. Next, he Designed and Project Managed HVAC Projects as a Consulting Engineer. This entailed mechanical services design and with project management from 1995 to 1997. Additionally, he managed a Consulting Engineering Firm from 1997 to 2013 as owner of Sattler Consulting being engaged in BMS, HVAC, LEED Building Design, Energy Systems, and Procurement for various large clients’ portfolios. Finally, from 2017 to present David has been working as National Energy Manager ($1.2 B utilities) at Cushman and Wakefield, Verizon Account, designing over $370M of Energy conservation measures for the client.