Document:

Exhibit
10.9

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (“Agreement”) is
made effective as of June 15, 2007 by and between Open Energy Corp. (the “Company”)
and Aidan H. Shields (“Shields” or “Employee”) (individually, a “party” and
together, the “parties”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual promises set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

Position and
Responsibilities.

1.                                       Employment.  Employee began employment with the Company on
June 12, 2007, as Chief Financial Officer. 
Employee reports directly to the CEO of the Company.  Employee shall have the powers and duties
commensurate with such position. 
Employee’s precise responsibilities and job description are subject to
change at any time in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company.

2.                                       Outside
Activities.  Employee
shall devote his best efforts and substantially all of his business time and
attention to the business of the Company and performance of the services
customarily incident to such office and to such other services as the CEO or
board of directors my reasonably request.

3.                                       At Will
Employment.  Employee
will be employed on an at-will basis.  
Either Employee or Company may terminate the Employment at any time,
with or without cause.  The Company also
retains the right to transfer, demote, suspend or administer discipline with or
without cause and with or without notice, at any time.  The at-will nature of the employment
relationship may only be modified in a writing signed by Employee and the
Company’s CEO.

Compensation

4.                                       Performance and
Salary Review. Employee’s Full Compensation and Equity package will be reviewed
as part of a senior officer review during negotiations and on the completion of
a new round of equity or debt financing. In addition, during the first year of
employment, Employee’s performance will be reviewed six months after Employment
begins. Thereafter Employee will have a review on an annual basis by the CEO of
the Company. The Company shall base it’s Annual Salary, Bonus and Equity
recommendations for the Employee on a benchmark study versus similar roles,
experience levels and positions in the marketplace as well as the performance
of the employee and the economic circumstances of the Company.

5.                                       Base Annual
Salary.  The Company shall pay to
Employee an initial base salary at an annual rate of one hundred and seventy-five
thousand dollars ($175,000) in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll
practices. Salary will be adjusted pursuant to Section 4.

6.                                       Bonuses.  Employee will be entitled to participate in a
fiscal 2007-08 Incentive plan to be designed and approved by the CEO and the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors. In the absence of a fiscal 2007-08
Incentive Plan, The Company and Employee will define a fiscal 2007 performance target
to be mutually agreed by August 31, 2007. 
The amount of the bonus will be based on the attainment of a fiscal 2007-08
performance target and based on

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the performance of the Company and the
Employee. Additionally the Employee will be entitled to participate in future
fiscal year incentive plans with performance conditions to be agreed.

7.                                       Equity
Compensation.  The Company
shall grant an initial 500,000 options under the terms of the 2006 Equity
Compensation Plan which shall vest quarterly over a three year period .  In addition the Company agrees to review the
Equity package of the Employee as part of a senior officer review during
negotiations and on the completion of a new round of equity or debt financing.
Employee will be entitled to participate in Future Equity grants minimally on
an annual basis from the date of hire or any other occasions such as a
significant refinancing or on ad hoc basis as recommended by the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors.

8.                                       Withholdings.  All compensation and benefits to Employee
hereunder shall be subject to all federal, state, local and other withholdings
and similar taxes and payments required by applicable law.

Expense Allowances and
Fringe Benefits.

9.                                       Fringe Benefits.  During his employment, Employee shall be
eligible to receive and participate in all standard fringe benefits generally
made available to other executive employees when and as he becomes eligible for
them, as such benefits may be determined, changed, or rescinded from time to
time by the Company

10.                                 Vacation
Accrual.  Employee shall be eligible to
accrue paid vacation each year from the date of employment in accordance with
the Company policy.  The vacation accrual
will be subject to a maximum accrual, or cap, of five (5) weeks.

11.                                 Education Time. The Company
agrees to reasonably support the Employee’s time commitments in his pursuit of
an Executive MBA from the University of Southern California in La Costa, CA.
The Employee will not be in the office on every alternate Friday beginning August
31st, 2007 for a
period of 21 months.

12.                                 Expense
Reimbursement.  The Company
shall reimburse Employee for any and all expenses reasonably incurred by the
Employee in the course and scope of Employee’s duties and which are
substantiated in accordance with Company’s reasonable policies and procedures.

13.                                 IRC Section
409A.  To the extent that this
Agreement or any part thereof is deemed to be a nonqualified deferred
compensation plan subject to Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and
guidance promulgated thereunder, (i) the provisions of this Agreement
shall be interpreted in a manner to comply in good faith with Section 409A of
the Code, and (ii) the parties hereto agree to amend this Agreement, if
necessary, for the purposes of complying with Section 409A of the Code promptly
upon issuance of any regulations or guidance thereunder; provided that any such
amendment shall not materially change the present value of the benefits payable
to Employee hereunder or otherwise materially and adversely affect Employee, or
the Company or any of the Related Entities, without the written consent of Employee
or the Company, as the case may be.

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Confidentiality,
Intellectual Property and Company Policies

14.                                 Confidentiality.

(a)                                  In addition to
his duty to preserve information protected by the attorney client privilege and
the work product doctrine, Employee shall not, during the term of this
Agreement or at any time thereafter, impart to anyone or use any Confidential
Information or Employee may acquire in the performance of Employee’s duties,
except as required by law.  Employee will
hold in complete confidence and not disclose, produce, publish, permit access
to, or reveal any information and material which is proprietary to Company,
whether or not marked as “confidential” or “proprietary” and which is disclosed
to or obtained by Employee, which relates to Company’s business activities (“Confidential
Information”).  Confidential Information
shall not include any information which is publicly available at the time of
disclosure or subsequently becomes publicly available through no fault of Employee
or any of its agents or employees.

(b)                                 Employee shall
take all reasonable measures necessary to protect the confidentiality of the
Confidential Information and to avoid disclosure or use of the Confidential
Information, except as permitted herein, including the highest degree of care
that Employee utilizes to protect Employee’s own confidential information.  Employee shall promptly notify Company in
writing of any disclosure, misuse or misappropriation of Confidential
Information which may come to Employee’s attention.

(c)                                  Disclosure of
Confidential Information is not precluded if such disclosure is in response to
a valid order of a court or other governmental body of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof; provided that Employee will first give notice to
Company and make a reasonable effort to obtain a protective order requiring
that the Confidential Information be disclosed only for limited purposes for which
the order was issued.

(d)                                 Employee shall
not disclose the Confidential Information to any third party without first
obtaining Company’s written consent and shall disclose the Confidential
Information only to its own employees having a need to know.  Employee shall promptly notify Company of any
items of Confidential Information prematurely disclosed.

(e)                                  Employee agrees
that Company’s Confidential Information has been developed or obtained by the
investment of significant time, effort and expense and provides Company with a
significant competitive advantage in its business.  If Employee fails to comply with any
obligations hereunder, Employee agrees that Company will suffer immediate,
irreparable harm for which monetary damages will provide inadequate compensation.  Accordingly, Employee agrees that Company
will be entitled, in addition to any other remedies available to it, at law or
in equity, to immediate injunctive relief to specifically enforce the terms of
this Agreement.

(f)                                    The obligations
set forth in this Paragraph 12 and its subparagraphs shall survive expiration
or termination of this Agreement.

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15.                                 No Solicitation.  Employee agrees that during Employee’s
employment and for a one year period after the termination of said employment,
Employee will not solicit for hire any current employees of the Company.

16.                                 Assignment of
Inventions.  Employee
agrees that during the Term that all inventions that are developed using
equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secrets of the Company, or result from
work performed by Employee for the Company (collectively “Assigned Inventions”),
will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and are hereby
irrevocably assigned by Employee to the Company.

17.                                 Assignment of
Intellectual Property Rights.  In addition to the foregoing assignment of
Assigned Inventions to the Company, Employee hereby irrevocably transfers and
assigns to the Company: (a) all worldwide patents, patent applications,
copyrights, mask works, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights in
any Assigned Invention, and (b) any and all “Moral Rights” (as defined below)
that Employee may have in or with respect to any Assigned Invention.  Employee also hereby forever waives and
agrees never to assert any and all Moral Rights Employee may have in or with
respect to any Assigned Invention, even after expiration or termination of this
Agreement.  For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Moral Rights” mean any rights to claim authorship of an Assigned
Invention to object to or prevent the modification of any Assigned Invention,
or to withdraw from circulation or control the publication or distribution of
any Assigned Invention, and any similar right, existing under judicial or
statutory law of any country in the world, or under any treaty, regardless of
whether or not such right is denominated or generally referred to as a “moral
right.”

18.                                 Work for Hire.  Employee acknowledges and agrees that any
copyrightable works prepared by Employee during the Term are “works for hire”
under the Copyright Act and that the Company will be considered the author and
owner of such copyrightable works.

19.                                 Return of
Materials.  On
termination of the Employee’s employment for any reason whatsoever, the Employee
agrees to deliver promptly to the Company all files, forms, brochures, books,
materials, written correspondence, memoranda, documents, manuals, computer
disks, software products and lists of any nature whatsoever pertaining to the
business of the Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries in the possession
of the Employee or directly or indirectly under the control of the Employee and
not to make for his personal or business use or that of any other person,
reproductions or copies of any such property or other property of the
Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries.

20.                                 Human Resources
Policy and Procedures. 
Employee agrees to review and abide by personnel policies as well as any
Employee Handbook issued by Company. 
Employee understands that Company has the right to modify or rescind any
policies and procedures for any reason and without notice, except the policy
regarding at-will employment.

General Provisions.

21.                                 Governing Law
and Forum.  This
Agreement shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the State of
California.  Any disputes arising out of
Employee’s employment or this Agreement shall be brought in San Diego County,
California.

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22.                                 Severability.  If any provision in this Agreement is held by
a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the
remaining provisions shall nevertheless continue in full force without being
impaired or invalidated in anyway.

23.                                 Entire
Agreement.  This
Agreement contains all of the terms agreed upon by the parties with respect to
the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersedes any and all prior
agreements, arrangements, communications, understandings, documents or rules,
either oral or in writing, between the parties for the employment of Employee,
and contain all of the covenants and agreements between the parties for such
employment in any manner whatsoever. 
Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that no representations,
inducements, promises or agreements, orally or otherwise, have been made by any
party or anyone acting on behalf of any party which is not embodied in this
Agreement.  Any modification of this
Agreement will be effective only if in writing signed by Employee and Company’s
President.

	
  OPEN ENERGY CORP.

  	
   

  	
  Employee

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  David P. Saltman

  	
   

  	
  Aidan H. Shields

  
	
  Its:

  	
  President

  	
   

  	
   

  
							

 

 5Exhibit
10.10

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (“Agreement”) is
made effective as of June 15, 2007 by and between Open Energy Corp. (the “Company”)
and John E. Hart (“Hart” or “Employee”) (individually, a “party” and together,
the “parties”).

RECITALS

A.                                   Hart has served
as contract general counsel for the Company from September, 2006 through May
13, 2007, pursuant to a written engagement agreement.

B.                                     The Company
employed Hart full time as its General Counsel and Corporate Secretary beginning
May 14, 2007.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual promises set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

Position and
Responsibilities.

1.                                       Employment.  Employee began employment with the Company on
May 14, 2007, as Corporate Secretary and General Counsel.  Employee reports directly to the CEO of the Company.  Employee has the powers and duties
commensurate with such position. 
Employee’s precise responsibilities and job description are subject to
change at any time in the sole and absolute discretion of Company.

2.                                       Outside
Activities.  Employee
shall devote his best efforts and substantially all of his business time and
attention to the business of the Company and performance of the services
customarily incident to such office and to such other services as the CEO or
board of directors my reasonably request. 
However, Employee may continue to serve as an officer and director of
OMNI Rail Products, Inc. and its subsidiary OMNI Products, Inc. and to receive
compensation for that service from those entities.  He may also perform necessary legal services
for current clients to transition them to other counsel.  With the prior written consent of the CEO,
Employee may undertake legal or business consulting that does not conflict with
the interest of the Company or interfere with the performance of Employee’s
responsibilities to the Company.

3.                                       At Will
Employment.  Employee
will be employed on an at-will basis.  
Either Employee or Company may terminate the Employment, with or without
cause, by giving ninety days written notice of termination.  The Company also retains the right to
transfer, demote, suspend or administer discipline with or without cause and
with or without notice, at any time.  The
at-will nature of the employment relationship may only be modified in a writing
signed by Employee and the Company’s CEO.

Compensation

4.                                       Base Annual
Salary.  The Company shall pay to
Employee a base salary at an annual rate of one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars ($150,000) in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll
practices.

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5.                                       Bonuses.  The Company may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, pay Employee a bonus payment as may be determined by the Board of
Directors.  The fact and the amount of
the bonus will be in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion and based upon
the Company’s performance and Employee’s performance.

6.                                       Equity
Compensation.  The Company
may, in its sole and absolute discretion, grant Employee additional Equity
Compensation under the terms of the 2006 Equity Compensation Plan or outside
such plan.  The terms of any grant made
will be in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors.

7.                                       Withholdings.  All compensation and benefits to Employee
hereunder shall be subject to all federal, state, local and other withholdings
and similar taxes and payments required by applicable law.

Expense Allowances and
Fringe Benefits.

8.                                       Fringe Benefits.  During his employment, Employee shall be
eligible to receive and participate in all standard fringe benefits generally
made available to other executive employees when and as he becomes eligible for
them, as such benefits may be determined, changed, or rescinded from time to
time by the Company

9.                                       Vacation
Accrual.  Employee shall be eligible to
accrue three (3) weeks of paid vacation each year from the date of employment.  The vacation accrual will be subject to a
maximum accrual, or cap, of five (5) weeks.

10.                                 Expense
Reimbursement.  The Company
shall reimburse Employee for any and all expenses reasonably incurred by the
Employee in the course and scope of Employee’s duties and which are
substantiated in accordance with Company’s reasonable policies and
procedures.  It is understood that in
Employee’s case such expenses shall include, State Bar and other typical professional
association dues and meeting expenses, continuing education programs to
maintain professional licensing and competence. 
Reasonable expenses shall include travel between Mexico or Nevada and
California, based upon a schedule approved by the CEO.  Reasonable expenses shall also include a
rental car for transportation while in California.  Any airline travel must be coach class unless
Employee receives advance written approval from the CEO.

11.                                 IRC Section
409A.  To the extent that this
Agreement or any part thereof is deemed to be a nonqualified deferred
compensation plan subject to Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and
guidance promulgated thereunder, (i) the provisions of this Agreement
shall be interpreted in a manner to comply in good faith with Section 409A of
the Code, and (ii) the parties hereto agree to amend this Agreement, if
necessary, for the purposes of complying with Section 409A of the Code promptly
upon issuance of any regulations or guidance thereunder; provided that any such
amendment shall not materially change the present value of the benefits payable
to Employee hereunder or otherwise materially and adversely affect Employee, or
the Company or any of the Related Entities, without the written consent of Employee
or the Company, as the case may be.

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Confidentiality and Company Policies

12.                                 Confidentiality.

(a)                                  In addition to
his duty to preserve information protected by the attorney client privilege and
the work product doctrine, Employee shall not, during the term of this
Agreement or at any time thereafter, impart to anyone or use any Confidential
Information or Employee may acquire in the performance of Employee’s duties,
except as required by law.  Employee will
hold in complete confidence and not disclose, produce, publish, permit access
to, or reveal any information and material which is proprietary to Company,
whether or not marked as “confidential” or “proprietary” and which is disclosed
to or obtained by Employee, which relates to Company’s business activities (“Confidential
Information”).  Confidential Information
shall not include any information which is publicly available at the time of
disclosure or subsequently becomes publicly available through no fault of Employee
or any of its agents or employees.

(b)                                 Employee shall
take all reasonable measures necessary to protect the confidentiality of the
Confidential Information and to avoid disclosure or use of the Confidential
Information, except as permitted herein, including the highest degree of care
that Employee utilizes to protect Employee’s own confidential information.  Employee shall promptly notify Company in
writing of any disclosure, misuse or misappropriation of Confidential
Information which may come to Employee’s attention.

(c)                                  Disclosure of
Confidential Information is not precluded if such disclosure is in response to
a valid order of a court or other governmental body of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof; provided that Employee will first give notice to
Company and make a reasonable effort to obtain a protective order requiring
that the Confidential Information be disclosed only for limited purposes for
which the order was issued.

(d)                                 Employee shall
not disclose the Confidential Information to any third party without first
obtaining Company’s written consent and shall disclose the Confidential
Information only to its own employees having a need to know.  Employee shall promptly notify Company of any
items of Confidential Information prematurely disclosed.

(e)                                  Employee agrees
that Company’s Confidential Information has been developed or obtained by the
investment of significant time, effort and expense and provides Company with a
significant competitive advantage in its business.  If Employee fails to comply with any
obligations hereunder, Employee agrees that Company will suffer immediate,
irreparable harm for which monetary damages will provide inadequate
compensation.  Accordingly, Employee
agrees that Company will be entitled, in addition to any other remedies
available to it, at law or in equity, to immediate injunctive relief to
specifically enforce the terms of this Agreement.

(f)                                    The obligations
set forth in this Paragraph 12 and its subparagraphs shall survive expiration
or termination of this Agreement.

13.                                 Human Resources
Policy and Procedures. 
Employee agrees to review and abide by personnel policies as well as any
Employee Handbook issued by Company. 
Employee

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understands that Company has the right to
modify or rescind any policies and procedures for any reason and without
notice, except the policy regarding at-will employment.

General Provisions.

14.                                 Governing Law
and Forum.  This
Agreement shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the State of
California.  Any disputes arising out of
Employee’s employment or this Agreement shall be brought in San Diego County,
California.

15.                                 Severability.  If any provision in this Agreement is held by
a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the
remaining provisions shall nevertheless continue in full force without being
impaired or invalidated in anyway.

16.                                 Entire
Agreement.  This
Agreement contains all of the terms agreed upon by the parties with respect to
the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersedes any and all prior
agreements, arrangements, communications, understandings, documents or rules,
either oral or in writing, between the parties for the employment of Employee,
and contain all of the covenants and agreements between the parties for such
employment in any manner whatsoever.  Each
party to this Agreement acknowledges that no representations, inducements,
promises or agreements, orally or otherwise, have been made by any party or
anyone acting on behalf of any party which is not embodied in this
Agreement.  Any modification of this
Agreement will be effective only if in writing signed by Employee and Company’s
President.

	
  OPEN ENERGY CORP.

  	
   

  	
  Employee

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  David P. Saltman

  	
   

  	
  John E. Hart

  
	
  Its:

  	
  President

  	
   

  	
   

  
							

 

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