Chairman of the Board – Terry Cooke:
Terry has been serving his community for over 25 years. He was elected Chairman of the Region of Hamilton-Wentworth in 1994 and re-elected decisively in 1997. Under his leadership the Region gained recognition as an international leader in the formation of successful public/private partnerships. He was also the primary political champion of the amalgamation of Hamilton and its former area municipalities into the new City of Hamilton in 2001. Prior to his election as Regional Chairman, Mr. Cooke was elected 3 times as a City and Regional Councillor for Ward One in the City of Hamilton. Upon his retirement from political life, Mr. Cooke entered the private sector with his appointment as President and Chief Operating Officer for the Foxcroft Group of Companies which includes Fluke Transportation, Hamilton Terminals and Fox 40 International. During his 4 years leading the Foxcroft Group, the businesses enjoyed significant growth. Today Terry is President of Cooke Capital Corporation; a company that provides strategic advice in the fields of energy, technology and land development.

Sean Licata
Sean has spent his career introducing new products into the technology industry. With a diverse background in small and large organizations, Sean specializes in sales and marketing for new products. Sean has held senior positions at Nortel Networks and Sun Microsystems, and also was a founding member of Pirus Networks (a venture-backed storage networking company purchased by Sun Microsystems in 2002). Sean holds a Computer Science degree from the University of Waterloo, and an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Basile Papaevangelou
Basile has spent the first 25 years of his career with AlliedSignal (now Honeywell International). Basile served as Chairman of AlliedSignal Canada, President and CEO of AlliedSignal Aerospace Canada and Vice President and General Manager of AlliedSignal’s worldwide Aircraft Power Management Business. Basile has been a Chair with T.E.C. (The Executive Committee) Ltd. since 1998. As a T.E.C. Chair, he assists and mentors CEO’s and business leaders in attaining their ultimate professional and personal goals. He currently sits on a number of private company Advisory Boards. Throughout his career, Basile has participated in a number of technology start-ups as chairman and/or director and investor. In 1993, Basile earned his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University. He earned his MBA from the same school in 1983 and completed the Program for Senior Executives at IMB in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1995.

Jerry Kalata
Jerry is a business executive with over 25 years experience operating companies exceeding $100 million in revenue, possessing expertise in marketing, sales, operations and product development. He is a decisive leader with strong conceptual and strategic planning skills with a proven track record of consistently achieving results in a management capacity and is an effective motivator, problem solver and is dedicated to bottom line objectives. Jerry received his BA from the University of Toronto.

Jorgen Moller
Jorgen is President of Advanced Network Technology Corp (Canada) and is an IT security and computer network consultant. Since 1975, Jorgen has been engaged in the planning and designing of complex networks, applications and security systems for large corporations, institutions and government. Today, Jorgen’s focus is on identity management systems for internet based services, involved with public key infrastructure planning and implementations from the early releases of commercial products. Jorgen has a degree in Electronics and Telecommunications.