Management Team

NHI’s executive team consists of seasoned business professionals with extensive experience in technical sales, engineering services, consulting, and information technology.

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Dr. Bernard L. Palowitch, Jr. is a Founder and the CEO of Not Hot Industries, LLC. He also serves as an Engagement Director for some of NHI’s major clients. He has 25 years of consulting and project management experience. Dr. Palowitch is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM).

Prior to founding NHI, Mr. Palowitch founded Iknow LLC, a knowledge management consulting firm, and Incoda Corporation, a custom software development and technology consulting company. He currently holds executive management roles in both companies.

Mr. Palowitch was a Senior Partner in Ernst & Young’s management consulting practice. At E&Y, Mr. Palowitch sold and directed client assignments at many of the leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies.

Mr. Palowitch was Corporate Director—Business Reengineering at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. In this role, he initiated, planned, and directed strategic and process reengineering projects across the company. Mr. Palowitch began his career at McKinsey and Company, where he was a Senior Project Manager. At McKinsey, he led numerous consulting engagements at clients across many process, assembly, and technology-based industries.

Mr. Palowitch received a Doctor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Management from the Sloan School at M.I.T. He received undergraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering and Economics from the University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Palowitch has performed over 120 consulting assignments across all industry sectors and project types. His clients have included Pfizer, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, DaimlerChrysler, Merck, Pharmacia, GlaxoSmithKline, British Petroleum, Roche, Detroit Edison, PPG Industries, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, and Shell Oil Company.

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Mr. Sam Eldanaf is a Founder and the Managing Director of Not Hot Industries' global operations . Mr. Eldanaf is highly successful at identifying and closing enterprise accounts, developing long-term client relationships, and delivering business results. He has over thirteen years of sales and business consulting experience.

Prior to founding NHI, Mr. Eldanaf was a Senior Account Executive at Vignette Corporate, a leading provider of enterprise content management software. Mr. Eldanaf was an Executive Sales Consultant at Mediasurface. In this role, he helped organizations reduce costs and risks involved in building and maintaining web initiatives, implementing e-Commerce strategies, and creating brand loyalty programs.

Mr. Eldanaf was the Founder and Managing Principal of IT Essential, LLC, a professional services and business consulting firm. In this role, he planned and directed several multi-national projects in the U.S, Europe and the Middle East. Mr. Eldanaf also held senior sales positions at MCI Worldcom and at IKON Office Solutions.

Mr. Eldanaf received a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business from Post University. He is fluent in English, Arabic and French.

Mr. Eldanaf has successfully sold products and services to leading companies around the world, including Air Express, DSL.net, EBM Industries, Emcor, ESPN, Fuji Medical, The Hartford, Johnson & Johnson, Lincoln Financial, MasterCard, Merck, Pepsi, Pitney Bowes, Readers Digest, Skandia, Snapple, Staples, Waterbury Hospital, Women’s Health, Xerox, Yale Hospital, and Yankee Candle.

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Mr. David Cain is the Vice President for Human Resources at Not Hot Industries, LLC. In this role, he is responsible for finding, recruiting, and staffing the highly skilled, experienced individuals who make up NHI’s consulting staff around the world. He as over 40 years of diverse business and consulting experience. For the last 14 years, he has been increasingly focused on the Human Resources areas, including candidate sourcing, recruiting, screening, hiring, and personal development. He also has expertise in marketing, customer development, and internal and external communications.

Prior to joining NHI, Mr. Cain held several senior management positions, including Vice President of FSP Corporation, a mid-size federal government contractor, and Assistant Vice President of Cigna. His recent consulting clients include Sarnoff Corporation, Schlumberger, Kyocera-Mita, and Merck.

Mr. Cain authored more than 300 articles for and about business in McGrawHill, Prentice Hall, Hearst Publications, and numerous independent magazines and newsletters throughout the United States and the Pacific Rim. Mr. Cain is a graduate of Rutgers University and is active in the New Jersey Technology Council.

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Mr. Rob Saydah is the Acting Controller for Not Hot Industries, LLC and a Senior Partner at the accounting and consulting firm of Malesardi, Quackenbush, Swift & Company, LLC (MQS) in Englewood, NJ. At MQS, he is responsible for delivering client services in the areas of auditing and accounting, corporate and individual taxation, estate planning, and general business consulting. He is directly responsible for approximately 150 privately held companies and approximately 200 individual tax clients. In addition, he assists boards of directors to establish operating procedures and financial controls. Mr. Saydah has been with MQS for more than 20 years.

Prior to joining MQS, Mr. Saydah was an Audit Manager with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company (currently KPMG). He was responsible for audits of both public and private companies.  In addition, Mr. Saydah was a senior audit training instructor for the various Peat Marwick offices throughout the United States.

Mr. Saydah received both a Bachelor of Science degree and an MBA degree from Lehigh University.  He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New Jersey.