[SINCE 2021]
Engineering a Sustainable Future
Who we are: Tellapure, LLC is a U.S. technology company that develops and protects applications of ambient (low-temperature, atmospheric-pressure) plasma. Tellapure USA is the U.S. small business and prime contractor for its programs.
What we focus on now: three programs where the science, the IP position and a clear national need line up: water purification, the Plasma Battery and fertilizer nutrient recovery.
How we work: problems first, then science and patent diligence, then focused validation. (This reflects the problem-led approach in the August 2026 Strategic Reset memorandum and reads well to technical and investor audiences without describing finances.)
Mission statement (draft): “Turn proven cold-plasma science into protected, deployable solutions for clean water, safe energy storage and secure food supplies.”
Leadership
Richard P. Lawless
Jon N. Monett
John D.T. Gerber
Chief Executive Officer
Director, Board of Managers
Founding Member
Director, Board of Managers
Founding Member
Director, Board of Managers
Founding Member
Mr. Lawless is a U.S. Army veteran, former career Central Intelligence Agency officer, and former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs. He was a founding member and former Chairman of Modolabs, LLC (www.modolabs.com), a provider of mobile telephony application service, and Founder of U.S. Asia Commercial Development Corporation. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in International Finance from Bradley University School of International Studies and is a graduate of the Korean Language Program at the Defense Language Institute, Monterey Campus.
Mr. Monett is a U.S. Air Force veteran, an engineer by training with a 26-year career in clandestine Technical Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency. Retiring early from the CIA, he initiated two successful start-ups over an 18-year period, selling the second to Raytheon in 2008. In the same year, he founded the Quality of Life Plus program using undergraduate engineers to develop technology for wounded veterans and first responders. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Cal Poly and a Masters degree in International Transactions from George Mason University.
Mr. Gerber is currently Managing Partner of Four Points, a specialty investment group with more than $2 Billion of investment and capital transaction experience in the last 10 years across more than 60 real estate and venture capital investments. Mr. Gerber is also currently serving as a Director of two private, early-stage technology companies including FrontRow Sports (sports media) and Aggamin Pharmaceuticals (biotechnology) and as a Founding investor and Chairman of Atomera (NASDAQ: ATOM), a publicly traded semiconductor company named by Forbes in its 2022 list of America’s 100 Best Small Companies. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Princeton University, magna cum laude, and a Masters degree in Architecture from Harvard University.