Harvey Lunenfeld
Special Advisor

Harvey Lunenfeld serves as Special Advisor to the Vine Group. He is the President and CEO of Internet Corporation, President and CEO of U.S. Patent International, and a Member of the Board of Directors of Citizens for Affordable Energy. Mr. Lunenfeld started his professional career at Wheeler Laboratories. He is a forerunner in environmental protection, the development of environmental laws and regulations, has extensive management and interdisciplinary experience in both the public and private sectors, and in a wide variety of disciplines, intellectual property, patent prosecution, a pioneer in advanced technologies, energy, environment, water pollution control, water supply, internet and network technology, communications, highly sophisticated electronic systems, remote sensing, satellite and space technology, and ground water mapping, and has developed early search engine technology and one of the first internet e-commerce systems. Mr. Lunenfeld has directed high profile cases for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and has developed portions of major federal legislation. He is considered a national energy and environment expert and has negotiated with industry, including the oil and utility industries, managed large staffs for the U.S. Government, and awarded the prestigious Bronze Medal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Lunenfeld has contributed to water pollution control and water supply on a national, regional, and local level, and has directed and regulated the development of pollution abatement levels for more than 100,000 industrial and municipal facilities. Mr. Lunenfeld has been considered for several senior level positions, such as U.S. Government Deputy Assistant Secretary, Assistant Deputy Undersecretary and United Nations positions, and has been Special Advisor to senior level Government Officials. Mr. Lunenfeld directed technology forecasting, and conceived, formulated, selected, and simultaneously managed more than 30 highly advanced future technologies and next generation programs having an annual budget of $30 million. He managed the preparation of more than 1,000 technical reports by more than 1,000 employees, which resulted in the collection of $120 million from the U.S. Government within 10 months for Eaton Corporation. Mr. Lunenfeld holds Master of Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Civil (Environmental) Engineering degrees, both from New York University, and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from CCNY, studied toward Ph.D's in both areas, studied toward an M.B.A. at Adelphi U., Fine Arts at The New School, and Patent Law and Practice at the Practising Law Institute. Mr. Lunenfeld is registered and admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in patent cases, is a licensed professional engineer, has published numerous papers, holds a number of patents, prosecuted many patents, contributed to the development of national laws, regulations, and guidelines, and has received numerous awards and letters of commendation.