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| About Us |
Da Vinci Emissions Services was founded in 2005 by Dr. Kent Froelund. It is a privately held company.
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Since its startup, Da Vinci Emissions Services has quickly established a dominant position in this increasingly
important market niche of automotive emissions testing.
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| We have successfully completed high-profile projects for future truck and gasoline engines at on-site locations. |
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| Mission |
Da Vinci Emissions Services assists internal combustion engine manufacturers in meeting upcoming exhaust gas
certification and warranty by providing a complete test solution for real-time oil consumption measurements.
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Da Vinci Emissions Services is unique in that it offers specialized testing services on-site
and anytime. Da Vinci Emissions Services has thus effectively collapsed time and space for the specialized real-time oil consumption
testing service. It is the hope that this strong differentiation in the marketplace will greatly stimulate
demand for real-time oil consumption testing services.
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| The company name has been selected in dedication to the Italian genius Leonardo Da Vinci, who was centuries ahead of his
contemporaries, and who provided outside-the-box engineering solutions. |
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| Directors |
Dr. Kent Froelund, CEO and President 
Dr. Froelund is a former Principal Engineer of Southwest Research Institute, and has over 15 years experience in automotive
engine lubrication and emissions testing and consulting. He is considered an industry expert in lubricant oil consumption
measurements and impact of lubricant consumption on emissions.
Dr. Froelund grew up in Denmark. He earned his M.Sc. from the Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany) and his Ph.D. from the
Technical University of Denmark (Denmark). He studied at numerous universities world-wide, and so was researcher at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology for almost a year.
Dr. Froelund has published about 15 technical articles, many of which made it into the eclectic SAE or ASME
Transactions. He is on the board of SAE Lubrication Award Committee.
He received three prominent awards from the Society of Automotive Engineers; One award for delivering a
distinguished oral presentation, one for top 10 out of 3,000+ SAE written publication, and one for top 10 out of
3,000+ SAE chairmen.
Hobbies include roadbiking, traveling, and investing.
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Martin McIntosh, Chief Technologist
Mr. McIntosh is a former Staff Technician of Southwest Research Institute, and has over 30 years experience in automotive
engine testing. He is considered an industry expert in developing complex testing equipment and testing setup.
Mr. McIntosh built the Da Vinci Lubricant Oil Consumption measurement system (DALOC-I), the Da Vinci Turbocharger Oil Supply system
(DATOS-I), and the Da Vinci Sample Train system (DAST-I), all of which are proprietary developments of Da Vinci Emissions Services.
Hobbies include race cars, hunting, and golf.
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David Wiederanders, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Wiederanders is the Founder and Chief Operating Officer of the company IPI GrammTech, Ltd., which is a small business located in San Antonio, Texas.
It provides a wide range of information technology (IT) products and services to government customer’s worldwide.
He has 40 years business experience, and over the years he has founded 20 companies in South Texas.
Mr. Wideranders grew up on Texas and showed early signs of being a natural entrepreneur.
He earned his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Early in his career, he worked in high-level positions for reputable IT companies, including IBM and DataPoint.
Hobbies and interests include flying both fixed and rotary wing aircraft and developing new business opportunities.
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