William Potter | Non-executive director
Bill has more than 40 years of experience in international investment banking, asset management, and early-stage corporate venture capital. He has held executive positions with Toronto-Dominion Bank, Barclays PLC, and Prudential Financial. He serves or has served on the board of directors of more than 20 public and private corporations in the U.S., Canada, Australia and elsewhere. He received a M.B.A. from Harvard University and a B.A. from Colgate University.
Lorne Clark | Director
Lorne is a transport, energy and environment consultant, former senior adviser to Beaumont & Son Aviation at Clyde & Co in London, ex-Canadian diplomat, and former general secretary of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Ambassador Clark spent 28 years in the Canadian Diplomatic Service as senior counselor at the Embassy in Washington, D.C.; minister-counsellor in Spain; ambassador to Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina; director general in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Canadian representative to numerous international conferences. He was elected vice president of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) Governing Council in Nairobi. Ambassador Clark was director of policy at the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and a partner in Environmental Associates, N.V. in Brussels. He has extensive experience in restructuring transportation companies and working with investment banking and other financial institutions, governments and private sector interests in preparing strategic plans, partnering and increasing the asset value of clients. He was educated at The Hague Academy of International Law, University of London, and McGill University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 2000.
Zenon Potoczny | Director
Zenon is president of the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce, the facilitator agency of choice for establishing, maintaining, and monitoring bilateral business relations, trade, and investment opportunities between Canada and Ukraine. He is also president of Shelton/Zhoda Petroleum, a junior oil and gas company registered in Sweden. The company is actively engaged in exploration and development activities in Ukraine. Previously he was president and CEO of Shelton Canada Corporation and managing director for Shelton Corporation Ltd., both involved in oil processing and marketing in Ukraine. Zenon was a process engineer and project manager for the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada. He holds M.B.A. and M.S. degrees from the University of Toronto.
Brad Belanger | Director
Brad has more than 20 years of international business and foreign policy experience and is an accomplished senior executive with proven project management and business development experience. He has led policy and program work assignments in the fields of change and innovation management, international financial analysis, economic development, and investment in competitive markets. He also has experience developing private sector initiatives related to business strategy development and implementation. He has worked internationally in the Canadian Diplomatic Service as Political Counsellor for South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia and Lesotho with a key focus of expanding bilateral relations, promote advocacy in support of Canadian government priorities, and enhance trade and commerce relations with Canadian companies. He holds a M.S. in Economics from the University of Waterloo and a M.B.A. from the University of Ottawa.
Brian Ferrier | Director
Brian has more than 20 years of international business and marketing experience, and over 10 years of market research experience. He has implemented the market entry of many early-stage technology companies, and has taught sales, marketing, and international strategy at various Canadian universities. He holds M.B.A. and B.A. degrees from York University.
Richard Rumpf | Senior Technical Advisor
Dick founded Washington, D.C.-based Rumpf Associates International and is a former acquisition executive in Navy Research and Development for the U.S. Navy Secretariat where he managed $9 billion of annual Navy Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) resources During his career-long involvement in Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) programs, he served on the board of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. He recently served as a consultant to the OSD Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise to assist with the establishment of the Robotics Technology Consortium and to develop the Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap for the U.S. Department of Defense. He received the Distinguished Executive Award in the Senior Executive Service from President Reagan, and the Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Award. He holds M.S. and B.S. degrees from the University of Colorado and a Diploma in Fluid Dynamics from the Von Karman Institute.
Ronald Laskin | President & COO
Ron is an accomplished executive with proven project management and business development experience at the Fortune 100 and start-up levels. He was routinely responsible for structuring complex international trade arrangements, global sourcing and supply chain management, strategic alliances and joint ventures. For the last 10 years, he has focused on the design and installation of integrated security systems for ports, military, and large government and commercial facilities. Ron received B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Drexel University.
David Pond | CFO
David has 30 years of financial services and investment experience working with global banks and financial institutions, including American Express Bank Ltd., Robeco Groep N.V., PineBridge Investments LLC, and Kidder Peabody & Company. He holds M.B.A. cum laude and B.S. degrees from Brigham Young University.
Jon Montgomery | CMO
Jon has more than 25 years of marketing consulting and market research experience, informing and guiding clients’ branding, communications, segmentation and innovation challenges across a range of industries. He is adjunct faculty in marketing, the University of Georgia. He holds a M.B.A. from Northeastern University and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Terry Butler | Director Asia & Australasia
Terry is currently a non-executive director of Sinetech Ltd. and corporate advisor to several private companies. His career in Australia and abroad spans 45 years across a number of business sectors in executive and senior management positions, including 25 years’ service with the Royal Australian Navy, attaining the rank of Commander. Terry is managing director and founder of ENRAMS Australia Pty. Ltd., and has held directorships and executive positions in defense, aerospace, biotech, business process outsourcing, online services, environmental engineering, and program management organizations. He graduated in Senior Leadership from the Britannia Royal Naval College and holds a Management Certificate from Greenwich College, a Project Management Diploma from the University of New South Wales, and a Business Performance and Management Diploma from Macquarie University.
Patrick Templeton | President Arrow USA
Pat has more than 30 years of experience in the corporate and government relations field. As a senior consultant to Washington, DC-based government relations firm Prime Policy Group Inc., he assists the firm’s U.S. and foreign-based clients in a variety of areas, including corporate policy and public perception. He has represented the interests of companies such as SAP, Volkswagen of America, DaimlerChrysler, Johnson & Johnson, Pitney-Bowes, and the University of Southern California. Previously, he had a government relations role with the law firm of Garvey, Schubert and Barer and prior to that was NASA’s chief of External Relations, responsible for the space agency’s international, commercial, educational, and public affairs operations. He received a B.A. from Georgetown