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Gary Bartholomew
Director
Gary Bartholomew, 49 - Mr. Bartholomew is a Director of the Corporation. Mr. Bartholomew has specialized in building financial services companies, both in the private and public sector. He has served three separate terms as CEO of CyberNorth Ventures Inc. ("CyberNorth"), a private investment company, initially from October 1992 to October 1998 and then from May 2003 to January 2004 and finally since February 2006. He has served as a director and consultant of High Point Merchant Ventures Inc. ("HPMV"), a private investment company since August 2003. He served as CEO and Chairman of Cervus Financial Group Inc. (TSX:CFG) ("Cervus"), a residential mortgage lender, from January 2004 to February 2006 through a management services agreement between HPMV and Cervus. He served as Chairman, CEO and a Director of Basis100 Inc. (TSX:BAS) ("Basis"), a developer of technology solutions for the financial sector from October 1998 to December 2002, at which point he resigned as CEO and remained as Chairman and a director until May 2003. CyberNorth and HPMV continue as operating entities. Basis and Cervus were sold to other organizations. Mr. Bartholomew holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo .
Howard Broughton
Director
Howard Broughton, 47 - Mr. Broughton is a Director of the Corporation. Mr. Broughton has identified and defined new business and acquisition opportunities in both entrepreneurial start-up and large corporate settings. He has developed corporate strategies, introduced new products to the marketplace, structured and executed the acquisition of companies/assets and divested non-core businesses. Mr. Broughton has been self-employed as a business consultant since September 2003 and has also been a director of HPMV since August 2003. He served as CFO of Cervus from January 2004 to February 2005 through a management services agreement between HPMV and Cervus overseeing the finance function from company formation and commencement of operations through taking the company public. While HPMV continues as an operating entity, Cervus was sold to another organization. Mr. Broughton holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of Waterloo and is a Professional Engineer. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Western Ontario and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder.
Jeff Patterson
CEO, CFO, Secretary and Director
Jeff Patterson, 56 - Mr. Patterson is the CEO, CFO, Secretary and a Director of the Corporation. Mr. Patterson has held leadership and other senior management positions in both public and private sector companies in Canada and USA with experience in developing and executing strategies, building strong management teams, acquisitions, divestitures, formal restructurings, designing and implementing new business models in mature industries and raising capital. He was a Director of and consultant to HPMV from August 2003 to April 2008. He served as Vice-President Mergers & Acquisitions of Cervus from January 2004 to June 2005 through a management services agreement between HPMV and Cervus. He served as President, Canadian Operations and Vice-President Mergers and Acquisitions of Basis from June 1999 to August 2003 and was a Director of Neotel International Inc. ("Neotel"),a provider of enterprise information technology, security and biometric identification products and services from June 2006 to October 2006 and was its interim CEO from September 2006 to October 2006. HPMV and Neotel continue as operating entities. Basis and Cervuus were sold to other organizations. Mr. Patterson is a Chartered Accountant and obtained his MBA degree at the Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto and his Bachelor of Arts (Mathematics) degree from the University of Western Ontario .