J.Paul Haynes
Mr. Haynes is the COO of Coreworx Inc. (www.coreworxinc.com ), which is a subsidiary of Acorn Energy, Inc.,(NASDAQ: ACFN). Coreworx is a fast-growing software solutions firm specializing in document control and workflow management for mega capital construction projects in the energy industry. Prior to joining Coreworx, J was a Managing Partner at Omazo Ventures, which focuses on developing early stage software firms in the enterprise B2B segment. Before Omazo, J led Medshare through rapid growth, which included financing, team building and strategic growth planning. He was previously President & CEO of ECM vendor, EVER America Corporation, which was acquired by Versa in February, 2006.
A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Haynes founded his first venture in 1988 which grew into one of Canada's largest local government software suppliers. Through the course of its growth, it won many awards including Deloitte's Fast 55. Always maintaining a balance between technical and sales and marketing strategy, Mr. Haynes successfully evolved his organization and raised multiple rounds of venture capital as well as orchestrating several M&A transactions, including taking a division public on the TSX Venture Exchange.
In the past five years, Mr. Haynes has presented at numerous industry conferences in North America and abroad on topics ranging from customer/citizen service to enterprise content management. Mr. Haynes holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Guelph and is a Professional Engineer with the Professional Engineers of Ontario.
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John Kemp-Welch
John joined BDC Venture Capital in January 1997. He has over twenty one years of investment management experience with early stage technology companies. From 1987 to 1997, John held progressively senior investment management positions at Innovation Ontario Corporation, a venture capital firm involved in early stage technology investments. In that role, he worked closely with the board and management of over thirty early-stage technology companies. From 1981 to 1986, John was an investment manager with the Ontario Energy Corporation, which invested in a variety of oil, gas, and energy-related technology companies. John Kemp-Welch holds Bachelor degrees in both Economics and Geography from McMaster University.
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Paul A. Kent
Paul A. Kent is the President and CEO of the Greater Halifax Partnership, the catalyst for economic growth and confidence in Greater Halifax.
Paul has over 30 years of experience at executive and senior management levels, in both the public and private sectors. Previous positions include Senior Vice President, Bell Aliant, Chief Operating Officer, xwave and Senior Vice President of Strategic Consulting, Fujitsu Canada.
A natural collaborator, Paul builds lasting relationships and thinks long-term. He believes in the power of partnership, and in embracing, rather than avoiding, risk. His enthusiasm and belief in people and the community in which he lives is contagious, and he loves a challenge.
Paul is a Fellow of the Canadian Information Processing Society, a Certified Management Consultant, a Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and has twice been named one of Atlantic Canada's Top 50 CEO's by Atlantic Business Magazine. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Saint Mary's University in Halifax.
Paul is an active member of the local business community. For six years he served as a Director at Nova Scotia Business Inc., the Province's business development agency. Currently, he is a Director at AnyWare Group, Saga Investments and the Maritime Tidal Energy Corporation.
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Robert Lalonde - Chief Executive Officer
Robert Lalonde is Chief Executive Officer of AnyWare Group. With a strong track record of driving sales growth in high technology companies, Mr. Lalonde is responsible for directing the strategic vision of the company as well as establishing growth strategies for AnyWare Group's portfolio of powerful remote access solutions including ROAM (Role Oriented Access Management) which is now implemented in 80 hospitals throughout North America.
Over more than 20 years, Mr. Lalonde has demonstrated strong execution skills, a proven ability to lead companies through high-growth periods and a track record for driving shareholder value at technology companies, including Hummingbird Communications, Delano Technology, Fusepoint Managed Services and Pano Logic.
Rob has a multi-discipline background including sales, marketing, product strategy and corporate development functions. He has completed MBA studies at York University's Schulich School of Business, holds a degree in computer science from Laurentian University, and has studied finance, mergers and acquisitions at Harvard.
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Yves Parent, P. Eng
Mr. Parent was one of the original founders of the company in 2000 and is currently serving his third appointment as director after a 5 year absence from the board. He has spent his entire 16 year career in the Information Technology sector, across a variety of industries. Most of Yves' career has been spent in the telecommunications sector but he has also spent time in manufacturing and health care. As one of the original founders, he was AnyWare Group's first Vice President of Finance and instrumental in taking the company to over 3 million dollars in revenue, achieving profitability in its first year of existence. Having spent years employed at AnyWare Group, Yves now advises the company on technical and financial matters.
Yves has a mix of corporate work experience and entrepreneurship, having founded three other ventures, the first of which launched in 1994 and the most recent of which is now the main object of his focus.
Mr. Parent holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick and is a registered member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick.
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John Swan, President, Swan & Associates Inc.
John is President of Swan & Associates Inc,. a consulting group specializing in marketing and technology solutions as well as organization turn-around and re-engineering. He was also a founding member of the Exigen Group, headquartered in San Francisco where he was responsible for global partnerships and account development.
His experience covers a career of 30 years of marketing and Information Technology management in the technology, telecommunications, and petroleum consumer industries. Before developing Swan & Associates Inc., John held CIO and executive management positions in Irving Oil Ltd., a privately owned, multibillion-dollar Canadian petroleum refiner and marketer. His responsibilities included overseeing information technology and corporate re-engineering projects for operations, as well as managing the US subsidiary, Irving Oil Corporation. Prior to that, John was actively involved in the development of a very successful application service provider (ASP) business catering to the legal, insurance, and financial services for the New Brunswick Telephone Company.
John has been a board member of Anyware Group since 2004.
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