Alycia Goody, James Commodore, Jonathan Golden - former Corporate Counsel for BTU and/or QGEN: background info and their roles in the BTU and/or QGEN "story"

Another work in progress [Note: postings WILL eventually be completed with hyper-links to appropriate references].

James Commodore

Based on publicly available information, James Commodore plays an absolutely critical role in support of some of BTU's (Wael Al-Mazeedi's) litigation against his former employees.

Mr. Commodore authored a very "interesting" affidavit (soon to be included in this blog) supporting Mr. Al-Mazeedi's - BTU's lawsuit against Mr. Betancourt.  Also, although probably not a big issue in itself, it is interesting that the Notary Public present when Mr. Commodore stated that his affidavit was "Sworn to under the pains and penalties of perjury this 14th day of January, 2009." was none other than Ms. Christina Stephens, Mr. Al-Mazeedi's ever-present administrative assistant.

Link: James Commodore CV from LinkedIn

Jonathan Golden

Also of interest (based on public info.), Jonathan Golden was a lawyer at WilmerHale that worked on BTU's (Wael Al-Mazeedi's) Meiya Power Company transactions and then left or was let go by WilmerHale.  Subsequently, he was hired and worked for BTU for 11 (eleven) months or so until he left or was let go.

Link: Jonathan Golden CV from LinkedIn

Meiya Power Company
Mr. Golden's involvement in the BTU sale of Meiya Power to Standard Chartered is mentioned in the "Selected Merger and Acquisition Transaction" section of the following document:

Link: Jonathan Golden experience: BTU sale of Meiya Power to Standard Chartered

Alycia Goody 

Alycia Goody may not have even realized this but she is still the Registered Agent of RECORD for BTU Holdings (USA) Inc.

Link: Alycia Goody: Registed Agent for BTU Industries Holdings (USA) Inc.
Link: Alycia Goody CV from LinkedIn

Christina Stephens and BTU Ventures, BTU Industries, QGEN, etc. More to Come

upcoming information on a person that is seemingly KEY to much of BTU / QGEN.  She is his administrative assistant (and a seemingly devoted one at that).

from DEFENDANT BRIAN MURPHY’S ANSWER TO COMPLAINT (Murphy litigation)

"The defendant admits that on September 23, 2009 he reviewed surveillance video showing BTU employee Christina Stevens [sic] preparing a listening device that was then used by BTU CEO Wael Al-Mazeedi to conduct illegal audio surveillance of Mr. Murphy during a meeting September 23, 2009. The defendant denies the remaining allegations in this paragraph."  (paragraph 19)

from JOINT STATEMENT OF THE PARTIES, section IV. Proposed Deponents (Murphy litigation)

"The defendant seeks to depose Wael Al-Mazeedi (BTU President); Christina Stevens [sic] (Secretary to Mr. Al-Mazeedi); Faisal Kahn (BTU Chief Operating Officer); and Jeffrey Kent (BTU Accounting Department)."

from DEFENDANT BRIAN MURPHY’S OPPOSITION AND MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF (Murphy litigation)

"These steps were designed to resolve the plaintiffs’ immediate concerns about any confidential or proprietary information that remained in the possession of Mr. Murphy, the plaintiffs’ former Manager of Information Technology, after he was terminated November 9, 2010. They were also designed to ensure that no party to the litigation had exclusive control over certain BTU documents that have been subpoenaed from Mr. Murphy by Martin Betancourt, who is a party to litigation with BTU in this Court."  [footnote 1]

[footnote 1]  "Mr. Murphy’s preference for securing evidence with the Court is well founded. On November 30, 2009 he notified the plaintiffs’ CEO, Wael Al-Mazeedi by letter of his claims against BTU of unlawful discharge, wage violations and audio surveillance in violation of M.G.L. c. 272, § 99. Mr. Murphy’s counsel later learned from BTU’s counsel (not counsel of record in this action) that digital video captured by BTU’s surveillance system on December 3—video which, Mr. Murphy will testify, shows BTU’s preparations to conduct illegal audio surveillance on Martin Betancourt—had been overwritten and no longer existed on BTU’s computers. Fortunately, Mr. Murphy had prepared a cd backup of the December 3, 2008 video surveillance while he was IT Manager at BTU, with responsibility for the surveillance system. That cd backup, which now appears to be the only surviving video evidence of the events on December 3, 2008, is among the materials Mr. Murphy deposited with the Court January 11, 2010."