Richard Hazell, Chairman
With more than 20 years experience in the financial industry, Richard Hazell is President of RCH Capital Ltd., where he advises both private and public firms. Richard was a founding member of a leading Canadian merchant-banking group in the 1980s, ultimately becoming president of the group’s TSE-listed parent company.
Steve Barrett, President and C.E.O.
Steve Barrett is a successful entrepreneur with a track record for building teams, operating systems, and strong vendor and customer relationships. He is a general manager with strong operations, sales and marketing skills. Mr. Barrett founded one of Canada’s largest prepaid phone card entities, which was later acquired to become AT&T Prepaid Card Company.
Graham Warren CMA, Chief Financial Officer, Director
Graham Warren has 20 years experience as a financial executive and consultant in the environmental, resource, biotech, manufacturing, service and software sectors. Mr. Warren was the chief financial officer of Umedik Inc. and was Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Med-Tech Environmental Limited, a subsidiary of Stericycle Inc. Mr. Warren currently is a director of two other public companies: director of Exile Resources Inc. (TSX-V:ERI) and also leads the audit committee of Hanfeng Evergreen Inc. (TSX:HF).
David Ito, General Manager
David Ito has over 15 years experience in the security and life safety industry, most recently in the Kantech Systems Inc. division of Digital Security Control, a Tyco company. His expertise is in sales, product development and marketing.
Andy Stein, VP Business Development
Andy Stein is an accomplished technology solutions developer with over 20 years experience and is the co-inventor of PowerCart™, a battery powered wireless workstation for the retail, logistics and health care industries. Mr. Stein has developed many successful programs which leverage wireless and battery-powered technologies. Prior to PowerCart, he was Sales Manager for On Power, responsible for the Retail Sector where he developed the mobile workstation concept. Previously he was the Canadian Area Director for Datatec Industries, an early leader in wireless technology, which delivered technology implementation for clients with multi-unit locations.
Paul Buchanan, Project Director, ActiveMine™
Paul Buchanan has over 20 years experience in helping companies evaluate, select, support and successfully implement new technology in both Canada and Australia. Paul has a Masters Certificate in Project Management and has directed national technology rollouts for some of Canada's leading retail and retail technology companies including The Hudson's Bay Company, Pharma Plus Drugmarts, Canada Post Corporation, Staples/Business Depot, Canadian Tire Corporation and IBM Canada.
Fu Lim, Manager, Product Development
Fu Lim is a seasoned field engineer who has developed and managed technology systems for over 25 years. A highly experienced designer in the areas of Fire Alarm and Life Safety systems, he possesses expert qualifications in the fields of microelectronics, RF and computer networks/programming.
William R. Johnstone LL.B, Corporate Secretary, Director
Bill Johnstone is a partner and the Practice Leader of the Securities Law Group at Gardiner-Roberts, LLP. Bill has expertise in Securities, Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Governance. Mr. Johnstone is a director of the Canadian Listed Company Association and is a member of the Ontario Securities Commission Small Business Advisory Committee. In addition to acting as counsel to various junior public companies, Mr. Johnstone is an officer and/or director of several TSX Venture Exchange listed public companies.
Jon Pereira P. Eng., Director
Jon Pereira is a successful entrepreneur and is the co-founder of Olympic Circuits, a leading printed circuit board manufacturer. Jon successfully sold his company to Dynamic Details Inc. and is now its Vice-President of Operations. Mr. Pereira has extensive experience in leading the growth of manufacturing systems and operations.
Cameron Sturgess, VP Sales
Cameron Sturgess is a senior sales and marketing leader with over 20 years of success in the high technology/communications field. Mr. Sturgess has worked in both sales and general management at tier one companies such as Openwave, Juniper Networks, Cisco Systems and IBM, as well as start-ups and early stage companies such as Casero, Visual Defence and Netzentry. His experience includes senior-level sales and business development responsibilities, both in North America and in international markets.
Peter Baranowski, Director of IT for ActiveMine™
Peter Baranowski has expert qualifications in technology integration and major project deployment, network engineering, hardware and firmware development; developer of web-based SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems, and web-based enterprise collaboration.
John Steckley, Director of Production
John Steckley has 25 years experience in managing business solutions for projects in the high tech and industrial marketplace. John was Co-Founder and CEO of PowerCart Systems Inc., a manufacturer of wireless industrial-grade products. Before joining the Active Control team, John was the director of business development and sales for a startup design-build company manufacturing custom enclosures and fixtures for the pharmaceutical and high tech industrial markets. John has extensive experience in industrial product design and AutoCAD. He was the original designer for the PowerCart product line and for Steckley Consoles, a line of professional broadcast and editing consoles.
Terence Donnelly, Director
Terence Donnelly is a senior partner and technology practice leader at Mandrake, Canada's largest privately held executive search firm. He has over 20 years experience in managing the selection of top performing talent for major multinational and Canadian corporations. He is a Director and Chair of the Compensation Committee of Atlantis Systems Corp (TSX:AIQ), an advisory board member of the Manta Group, and a Director of the Right to Play Foundation Canada.
Peiwei Ni, Director
Peiwei Ni is President of Wesbridge Capital Corporation. He advises Chinese businesses seeking to go public and raise funds in North America, among them Hangfeng Evergreen Inc. (TSX:HF) and Migao Corporation (TSX:MGO), where he serves on the board of directors. Mr. Ni also assists Canadian-based companies in China, helping many of them win large international contracts. A graduate of the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China's elite business school, Mr. Ni is fluently bilingual and bi-cultural.
Terry Orr, Controller
Terry Orr has 19 years experience in financial roles in the healthcare, retail and gaming sectors. Terry was instrumental in the success of a leading gaming software provider, where revenues increased from $4M to $50M. The company was named one of “Canada’s 50 Best Managed” companies. Terry brings extensive expertise in cost management, process development and administrative structure.