Advisory Board

Since its inception, Green Horizon Manufacturing LLC has been fortunate to have the guidance and expertise of leaders in the housing, finance and engineering industries as part of its Advisory Board.

Bill Drypolcher

Since 1979, Bill has been the President and Design Broker for Zephyr Real Estate, which has seven offices, and 250 agents serving San Francisco and its environs. Zephyr's gross sales revenue for 2007 was approximately $1,400,000,000.

Mr. Drypolcher has also been successful with IMC PRIME, INC., investing in, selling, and arranging second and third trust deeds for investors and homeowners. He has worked as a Broker Associate with Herth Realty, and as an Associate Broker and Realtor specializing in residential real estate sales.

Bill's experience also includes experience as a Mortgage Banker with Daly Mortgage Corp focusing on debt and construction financing for commercial and residential income property in California, and as a Specialist with Advance Mortgage Corp. arranging debt financing for commercial and income properties in Chicago, Illinois.

Mr. Drypolcher holds a M.B.A. from the American Graduate School of International Management, a B.A. in Management from Kent State University and has held a Certified Residential Broker (C.R.B.) from 1992 to present with the National Association of Realtors.

Some of Bill's other accomplishments are:

President - San Francisco Association of Realtors, 1987
Realtor of the Year - San Francisco Association of Realtors, 1985
Director - California Association of Realtors, 1985 to 1990
Director - San Francisco Association of Realtors, 1983 to 1990
Chairman - San Francisco Association of Realtors seventeen committee chairmanships, 1975 to Present
Mayor's Housing Task Force - San Francisco, 1989 to 1990
Commissioner - San Francisco Housing Authority, 1990 to 1993
Expert Witness - Testimony as to standard of care, custom & practice relating to real estate brokerage in California. Expert work includes consulting, depositions, arbitration (AAA, Jams & Jars); accepted as real estate expert in municipal, superior, and federal bankruptcy courts, 1986 to Present
Director - Swords to Plowshares, 1998 to 2003. A non-profit veteran's rights organization offering services to those in need.
Author and Spokesperson - Real estate, brokerage, and real estate finance topics and contributing author of proprietary standard forms for San Francisco Association of Realtors.

Veteran of military service from 1966 to 1970, U.S. Army, Officer in the Republic of Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. Bill was also an instructor at the U.S. Army Ranger School in 1970.

Vladimir Abramov

Mr. Abramov is the CEO/Owner of Wildwood Investments International located in San Francisco, California, focusing on investing and developing multiple properties and projects in San Francisco / Bay Area. Vladimir is also a CEO/partner of La Parrilla Grill, which operates 6 restaurants in the Bay Area.

Mr. Abramov was a consultant and advisor to Oracle Inc., advising top-level management and facilitating strategic decision making on partnerships, mergers, property acquisitions, and labor outsourcing for companies of over 45,000 employees.

Vladimir was the Founder/Co-owner of Florida Games International, LLC. He successfully operated KSI Corporation, a start-up software business of $100+ million in Moscow, Russia – launching the company while establishing and maintaining stable operations, as well as identifying and defining new joint business opportunities and partners.

Mr. Abramov is a faculty member at the San Jose and San Francisco Campuses of the University of Phoenix as a Professor in Project Management, Management, Marketing and Database Management. He was also an engineer and researcher for the Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia, researching alternative energy and engineering projects. He has published technical reports, presentations and patents while pursuing a Master's Degree. He also received the State Award for Academic Excellence.

Mr. Abramov holds a Master degree in Business and Economics from California State University, Hayward as well as a Master of Science degree from the University of High Temperatures, Moscow, Russia.

Spencer Stephens

Spencer Stephens brings over 25 years experience in technology and management to the advisory board. Starting in data communications as system engineer at the inception of the computer network industry, he has focused on the design and the innovative application of network systems. He has been a founder in high tech start ups, of which one went public and a second was acquired by 3Com.

His interests in the application of technology in the entertainment industry lead to him joining Walt Disney Television Animation as Vice President of Technology & Digital Production in 1997. There he architected the transition from traditional to digital animation and built a digital end-to-end virtual studio that brought together facilities in three continents.

Since 2002, he has been working as a technologist for Warner Bros, responsible for technology development and application across a broad range of digital content distribution and production systems. For two years he was General Manager of a $30M P&L division. This year, Stephens was named to the newly created position of Vice-President, Production Technology, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group. In this position, he is responsible for overseeing the creation, evaluation and implementation of cutting-edge technologies to create new digital infrastructures, procedures and workflows that will facilitate the production needs of the Studio’s motion picture and television productions. He will also continue his leadership role in overseeing the Warner Bros. Entertainment Group’s ongoing support of PEPFAR (The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief).

He serves as a member of the DVB Project Steering Board.

He has a BSc (1st Class Honors) in physics from the University of Sussex, UK and an MS in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. He was born in London and moved to California in 1982.

Rodrigo Santos

Rodrigo Santos is an innovative engineer who approaches any project from many different angles while making the development of durable and efficient structures his top priority. In 1977, he came to the United States from his native Ecuador to study engineering, and soon earned his Masters in Civil Engineering from Stanford University. As principal of Santos & Urrutia Structural Engineers Inc., he currently brings his 20 years of experience to the development of mixed-use spaces, office complexes, apartment buildings and hotels. He has collaborated with world-renowned architectural firms Stanley Saitowitz, Ace Architects and Arquitectonica on such acclaimed structures as the Mill Race Park in Columbus, Indiana, the Dixie Jordan House in Oakland, California and the Alpine Drive Residence in Beverly Hills, California.

In 2000, Mayor Willie Brown appointed Rodrigo Santos to the San Francisco Building Inspection Commission where he served as the structural engineering chair. In 2004, newly elected Mayor Gavin Newsom picked Rodrigo to helm the BIC as the body's president.

Rodrigo Santos has been active in community service projects throughout the city and especially in the Mission District where S & U makes its home. Rodrigo is a strong advocate of the Friends of the Urban Forest and the Coalition For Car Free Golden Gate Park. In addition, he has donated technical equipment and assistance to the York Street Community Center. Rodrigo is an avid marathon runner and has completed over 50 marathons in the last 10 years with a consistent under 3:15 Boston qualifying time.

Education:
M.S. Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1982
B.S. Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1981

Licenses and Appointments:
Civil Engineering, CA
Structural Engineering, CA
SF Building Inspection Commission, Structural Engineering Seat 2000-
SF Building Inspection Commission, President 2004-