Who We Are
About MelRok
About MelRok
MelRok LLC provides its patented Energy IoT Technology and Platform as a Service (PaaS) for commercial and industrial enterprises, energy service companies (ESCOs), OEMs and utilities. MelRok was born in Orange County, CA. MelRok is based out of Reno, NV, with engineering offices in Orange County, CA.
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Steve Tovey, Chairman
Alan Boyce
Michel Kamel
Jay Alexander
Jay is a successful Hedge Fund Manager and entrepreneur whose focus is on Business Development and trading derivatives.
Our Team
Our Team
Brandon Foster
Cloud Plant Manager
Mostly what I do at MelRok is maintain all of the Cloud infrastructure; keeping it up humming along, up to date and secure. If something is not working (note from management: this never happens), I’m usually the first person to get called. I also work with our developers to ensure they are able to build, test and deploy their code as fast as they can write it.
Lani Moscardon
Data Artisan And Pixel Perfectionist
Confused by my position title? Allow me to clarify 🙂 I am a full-stack software engineer with a focus on front-end. My job at MelRok is to ensure our users’ data is presented as beautifully and as organized as possible! As far as home life, I’m a dog lover and somehow the proud owner of 4 cats. I also go by “Lani Moo” because I love cows! That being said, my ideal pet would be an angry 6-inch tall miniature minotaur that sits on my lap and plays fetch (note from management: HR will not allow this).
Nguyen Tran
IoT Pipeline Architect
At work, Nguyen spends most of his time making sure MelRok can collect IoT sensors data fast and reliably. He also makes sure that the MelRok Cloud can control and remotely configure the IoT devices on demand base on customer strategy. On Monday, he might work on customizing Linux to work with MelRok hardware. On Wednesday, he might be working on C++ to create a high efficiency data collector. At the end of the week, he might be working on Java, Scala, AngularJS to create WebUI interfaces for the embedded device. If he is not doing any of these, he is properly wandering somewhere on the beach.
Michel Kamel, Ph.D.
CEO, ex-Rocket Scientist
I started MelRok a few years back and am still as passionate and excited about the opportunity as when I was pulling all night’ers in my garage. I have the best career I could have dreamt of: When in the office I spend my days with a team of highly skilled and fun to work with friends. While on the road, I spent time understanding customer challenges and working with them on finding and implementing solutions. I have a Ph.D. in Thermal Sciences (I was blowing things up in college) and I actually was a rocket scientist working on launch vehicles -hence my famous quote: ‘Managing energy in buildings should be simpler than managing satellites in orbit’! Weeknights and weekends I spend time with my wife and 3 children trying to instill in them my passion for gardening, fishing, hiking, road trips and camping.