About Us

The primary strength of any company is in its management team. The principals of EU Invest USA are well experienced and each offers specific skills that will greatly benefit the company

Stefan Babjak - Chairman & CEO

Stefan Babjak is an international entrepreneur and CEO/Chairman of EU Invest USA. Born and educated in Czechoslovakia, Mr. Babjak moved to the United States in 1986 and has been involved in numerous start-up businesses and international trade. He is a founding member and minority shareholder of the communications company, The Planetary Grid, Inc. representing the firm in Europe ventures

Iain Kevin Waite - International Marketing Director

Born in Canada and a resident of France, Iain is the director and co-owner of Waite Training & Fitness, a sport supplement and personal training company based in Paris. In addition to his own company, Iain also has an entrepreneurial background in import/export and commercial finance. He is well positioned to represent EU Invest USA, Inc. in international financial centers such as London, Frankfurt and Paris. He is currently completing his MBA in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Dawn Gammbell - VP International Marketing

Dawn Gammell has spent the last twenty-seven years marketing and selling manufactured products internationally. As a Product Marketing Manager, Dawn worked for Tech Data Corporation bringing high tech manufactures to the channel for worldwide distribution. For the past eight years, Ms. Gammell has worked in real estate investments and was a Multi-Million Dollar Producer in the Tampa Bay market. She has lived in Pinellas County for twenty-eight years where she continues to raise her family.

Todd Kessler - Director of Public Relations and Project Facilitator

A native of Ohio, Todd attended college at Ohio University, focusing on literature and government. After graduating, he moved to Wisconsin and started a construction company. He also became involved in the environmental politics of Lake Superior. Todd served as an environmental lobbyist for various groups and worked as an EPA grant administrator for the eleven Indian Reservations in Wisconsin. Todd currently holds a pilot’s license and a one hundred ton USCG captains license.

Larry Elliott - Director of Research & Development

Larry has had a storied career; from being a part of Ford's international race team to being an R&D manager at a snowmobile company to building a large marina and owning and operating a high-tech machine shop. A professional licensed builder and certified building inspector, Mr. Elliott began researching alternative building technology and his discoveries are about to set a change of course in the building industry. His technology has been studied by a PhD in mechanical sciences and has passed all building codes. The first patents on this technology were filed by Mr. Elliott in the late 1990's and other provisional patents are pending.

James J. Johnston - Vice-Director of Research & Development

Graduating from Gonzaga University, James began his career with the Boeing Company performing design and installation functions of Minuteman Missile silo and launch control facilities cable systems. Throughout his career, he has invented and patented numerous applications that have benefited large corporations and resulted in millions of dollars in profit. Mr. Johnston's current focus is product development in carbon fiber heating elements for the new building technologies that EU Invest will be marketing.

Jeffrey Ward - Director of Media & Production

A graduate of Columbia College-Hollywood, Jeffrey has extensive experience in the Film and Television field. He has held positions on the executive side of the entertainment industry, serving as Production Executive for Howard International Film Group and Vice-President of Creative Affairs for Sharmat Entertainment Associates, two Los Angeles-based companies. On the production side, Mr. Ward has been a writer, director and producer on feature films, television and video projects. He has taught media writing at the University of Tampa and has an extensive marketing background as well.

Kris Kranjec - Production Director/Media Specialist

Ms. Kranjec earned a degree at the University of Calgary focusing on producing, writing and directing. She has produced and directed numerous projects, including feature films, in Canada as well as the United States. Demonstrating her business leadership, Ms. Kranjec was also Operations Manager for eight years at GKD Industries, Ltd., a Canadian oil and gas manufacturing company. Active in the community, Ms. Kranjec was selected to be on the Advisory Board of the International Academy of Design & Technology (IADT) in Tampa, Florida.

Alena Banakova - Europe & Asia Representative

Alena Banakova is a minority shareholder in EU Invest USA, Inc. and is a vital component in the company's foreign business dealings. A resident of Slovakia, Ms. Banakova has her own consulting firm and frequently travels the world as a respected business entrepreneur. She is multi-lingual, including fluent in English, and has a diverse background in business, management, finance, art and science. Ms. Banakova is well educated, holding an engineering degree from the University of Zilina.

Curt Long - Director of Web & Internet Developments

Curt has a Bachelor of Science with a double major in Administrative Policy and Environmental Affairs from the School of Public & Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. He has been developing and designing web applications for over fourteen years and has experience within several industries including Finance, Government and Small Business.

Alain Limbo - Director Africa

Born in Cameroon (West Central Africa), Alain has lived almost a decade in each of the following three continents (Africa, Europe, Americas). A communications and journalism graduate from Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota, Alain earned his first career stripes as an assistant publicist, television production assistant, freelance journalist and event coordinator. Amongst the companies he has worked for: ATP World Tour (Professional Tennis), Octagon (Sports Marketing Agency Giant), Worldwide Tennis Circuit (Former Proprietor of The Senior Tennis Tour), and Television networks (USA Network and NBC).Alain is currently reading law with University of London, UK ( EU Law and Commercial Law). He is writing a legal paper entitled: "Legal Realism: The Future of African Constitutions".