Frank R. Atkinson brings to MACH Energy's Board over 35 years of experience in high-technology and venture finance. At present Frank is a Senior Strategic Advisor to The Trinity Group, a London private equity investment firm, an Advisor to Omazo Ventures, a Toronto venture incubator and a Senior Advisor to The Perreault Birmingham Group, a Palo Alto firm providing investment banking services to technology companies. Previously Frank had been a founder of the HMS Group which managed a series of venture funds focused on seed and start-up investments in the U.S. and the InterArab Investment Fund which made equity investments in the Middle East. Frank was the founder and first president of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists, the venture industry's first professional trade organization with a present membership of over 130 Silicon Valley venture firms.

Earlier venture finance experience includes executive and senior tenures at Continental Capital Corporation, Thompson Clive & Partners and Triad Venture Capital Corporation. Frank was also the founding Managing Director of Imperial Bank's Investment Management Group which made investments on behalf of clients in Latin America, Asia and the U.S. Frank holds a BA degree from Stanford University and a MBA from UCLA. Frank put himself through graduate school by playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos of the NFL.