Michael W. Pompay
President & Corporate Secretary
Mr. Pompay oversees the operations and strategic corporate development for MMFX Technologies Corporation and its subsidiaries. His managerial responsibilities include strategic planning, market development, finance, legal, and implementation of the business plan. The corporation’s prime directive is to expand the business through sales growth, strategic partnering, and technology licensing.
With senior-level management experience across multiple disciplines, Mr. Pompay joined MMFX in 2002. Since then, he has served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Registered In-house Counsel and Corporate Secretary, during which he specialized in negotiating complex strategic and financial business transactions.
Prior to MMFX, Mr. Pompay was Chief Financial Officer and In-house Counsel for Atopix Pharmaceuticals Corporation, an early-stage pharmaceuticals company based in California. That followed his tenure at Ayco Company, L.P., a major financial firm with offices nationwide, where he worked as a financial strategist for individual and business accounts.
Mr. Pompay holds a J.D. from Albany Law School – Union University and a B.S. in finance with an accounting concentration from Siena College.
Arthur W. Lupia
Chief Operating Officer
A respected leader in the steel industry for more than 40 years, Mr. Lupia leads all sales, operations and product development initiatives at the Company. He not only manages the company’s North American sales force, but also supports the integration of MMFX’s technologies into commercially viable products and solutions worldwide. In his role, he utilizes his deep knowledge of the steel industry, operations, steel making and sales.
Mr. Lupia joined MMFX in 2001 and served in several capacities, including Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Before joining MMFX, Mr. Lupia was President and CEO of Border Steel, a major producer of reinforcing steels for the U.S. market. During his 28 years there, he researched and implemented numerous methods for improving efficiency, providing value-added products, developing new products and reducing costs.
His professional resume also includes serving as a metallurgist at Colorado Fuel and Iron (CF&I) and at Concast, where he was responsible for starting up numerous continuous casting plants.
Mr. Lupia is active in several major industry organizations, and is a past President and director of the Steel Manufacturers’ Association. He has also served on the ISAC 7 Committee of the U.S. Department of Commerce and contributed significantly to the development of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Salem S. Faza, Ph.D.
Vice President of Engineering and Specification and President of MMFX Steel DMCC
Recognized for his groundbreaking scientific work in academic and industry circles, Dr. Faza heads all technical research & development operations at MMFX. In addition, he serves as President of MMFX Steel DMCC, where he focuses on expanding product sales and technology commercialization in the Middle East markets.
During Dr. Faza’s more than 25 years of experience in the concrete industry, he has specialized in conventional and advanced reinforcing products, and has been involved in the development and code acceptance of advanced reinforcing products nationally and internationally. His contributions to the Company’s engineering and specification efforts include leading the development and acceptance of the newest ASTM reinforcing bar specification for high-strength steel (ASTM A1035). Currently, Dr. Faza is coordinating code development for concrete designs with MMFX steel rebar.
As a member of the American Concrete Institute, Dr. Faza serves on the ACI 439 steel reinforcing committee. He is also an active member of the American Society of Testing Materials and serves on several of its committees, along with NACE International and the American Society of Civil Engineering. He has planned, supervised and coordinated all phases of application engineering, including research programs, at more than 20 institutions worldwide.
Dr. Faza holds a Ph.D. from West Virginia University in advanced composite applications in construction, with an emphasis on rebar for concrete application, design and analysis.
Amy Liu, CPA
Controller
Ms. Liu oversees corporate finance and accounting activities at MMFX. She maintains responsibility for all financial reporting and controls, forecasting, asset accounting and banking for the corporation and its subsidiary companies.
During her 20 years of experience, Ms. Liu has held senior-level finance positions for leading southern California companies involved in real estate, mortgage banking, and construction. Her expertise in financial and operational systems integration helped those firms achieve superior cost efficiencies and consistently strong ROI.
Ms. Liu served as Chief Financial Officer and Controller at Los Angeles County-based Air-Tec, prior to joining MMFX. The 40-year-old company designs, manufactures and installs commercial and industrial-grade systems in the western U.S. That followed a multi-year engagement at real estate investment and management firm Greenlaw Partners, where she served as Principal Accounting Officer. Her resume also includes Controller positions at Hanover Financial Company (a subsidiary of Marcus & Millichap Co.), as well as The Picerne Group.
After graduating with a BA from the University of International Business and Economics, P.R. China, Ms. Liu went on to earn her MBA in Accountancy at San Diego State University. Fluent in Chinese, she has also attended the University of California, San Diego, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.