Roger Brain recently retired as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Refining after a 31-year career with TeckCominco. At TeckCominco he also oversaw the R&D department where they developed battery technology. Roger has an MBA and BaSc in Chemical Engineering. He also serves as a board member for the North Shore Credit Union.
Blair Simonite is Vice President, Finance & Operations of ACL, a Vancouver based software company. He has over 25 years of diverse operational leadership experience with companies ranging from start-ups to multinational firms such as Duke Energy and Honeywell. Blair holds an MBA from Simon Fraser University, an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia, and is a registered Canadian professional engineer.
Mark Johnston spent 22 years at Intel Corporation, holding recent positions of General Manager Communications Sales and Marketing for Asia Pacific, Director Global Marketing for the Cellular and Handheld Group, and Director World Wide Technical Sales and Support. His efforts have helped make Intel a top player in both the communications infrastructure and cellular handset silicon markets worldwide.
James Dean is CEO and founder of dpoint. James was former President of Greenlight Power, a Clean Energy Technology company which he grew to $27 million in sales. Prior to that he was a partner with KPMG Consulting.