Albert Wahbe
Chairman
Albert Wahbe has served as a Director since July 2006. Mr. Wahbe was previously Executive Vice President and Group Head, Global Transaction Banking at Scotiabank, where he led the evolution of e-commerce and e-banking to provide Global Business solutions. Mr. Wahbe was also CEO of e-Scotia, where he developed Scotiabank's Internet banking, e-commerce, wireless, telephone banking and smart card technologies for consumers. Prior to Scotiabank, Mr. Wahbe held several senior management positions in marketing and technology operations at IBM Canada. Mr. Wahbe completed the Harvard Graduate Business School Executive Program in 1998.
Gregory Milavsky
Director
Gregory Milavsky has served as a Director since April 2007. Mr. Milavsky has over 20 years of corporate finance, investment banking and private equity experience in Toronto, London, New York and Tokyo. He was Associate Director of Corporate Finance with CIBC Limited, Investment Banker with James D. Wolfensohn Incorporated, Senior Vice President and Director with Rothschild Canada, Chief Executive of Rothschild Quantico Capital, Managing Director and Group Head of Scotiabank Private Equity Investments and is currently Senior Managing Director of Canterbury Park Capital.
He holds an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and a bachelor of applied science degree in civil engineering from the University of Toronto.
Ravi Chiruvolu
Director
Ravi Chiruvolu has served as a director since July 2006. Mr. Chiruvolu runs Top Shelf Capital, a venture fund focused on increasing shareholder value for small cap public companies. Prior to this, Mr. Chiruvolu was a managing director at Charter Venture Capital, where he ran a $150m early stage fund. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Engineering from MIT. Mr. Chiruvolu is a leader in the venture capital industry as well as PIPE investing, and has written numerous articles in the Venture Capital Journal and spoken at several conferences on the topics.
Philippe Tardif
Director
Philippe Tardif has served as a Director since March 2007. Mr. Tardif is a partner at the law firm Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and specializes in securities law and capital markets transactions. He also advises on corporate governance matters and acts as advisor to special committees and boards of directors. A past member of the Securities Advisory Committee to the Ontario Securities Commission and a member of the Securities Law Subcommittee of the Ontario Bar Association, Mr. Tardif was called to the Ontario Bar in 1987
James Wigdale
Director
James ('Jay') B. Wigdale Jr. has served as a Director since January, 2005. Mr. Wigdale founded Lakefront Partners, LLC, a money-management firm, in 1998 and is the firm's Chief Investment Officer. Prior to founding Lakefront, he was senior VP of Institutional Sales and Regional Manager for Robert W. Baird & Co. Mr. Wigdale was also the VP of Corporate Banking from 1984 to 1990 at Barnett Bank, Inc. (now Bank of America). He holds a Bachelor of Science (Marketing) degree from Miami University of Ohio.
William Reed
Director
William Reed has served as a Director since August 2007. Mr. Reed is executive vice president for Hospital Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania (HSA of NEPA) d/b/a Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BCNEPA), and President and Chief Executive Officer of AllOne Health Group (AHG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSA of NEPA. Prior to joining BCNEPA, Mr. Reed held numerous management positions in healthcare provider organizations including Gentiva Health Services, Quantum Health Resources, and Geisinger Health System. Mr. Reed received his Bachelor of Science in business administration from Drexel University and his Master of Science in computer science from Rutgers University.
Khalil E. Barsoum
Chairman Advisory Board
Mr. Barsoum served 35 years at IBM which included senior management positions including Chairman and CEO of IBM Canada and IBM UK Holdings, as well as General Manager of the Global Communications Sector and a member of IBM corporation's Worldwide Management Council. He is a graduate of École Polytechnique of Montreal, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Montreal in June 2005.