Tony
O'Hara, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. Tony is a co-founder of CaseBank
and serves in both executive and operational roles. As Chief Executive, he is
responsible for corporate and business development, and serves as Chairman
of the Board of Directors. As Chief Operating Officer, he is responsible
for the development and execution of the company's strategic plan, and all
day-to-day operations. Prior to co-founding CaseBank in December 1998, he
was President and Chief Operating Officer of Inex Corporation, a leading
Canadian developer of electronic commerce software for the Internet. His
thirty years of high technology experience includes telecommunications
engineering; software development and management with companies such as
General Electric and Bell Canada; executive management with ISG Technologies
and Algorithmics; and management consulting with emerging high-technology
companies including Border Network Technologies, a company that he helped grow
from initial funding through to its sale to Secure Computing Corp. for
US$215 million, and Inex Corporation, where as President and COO, he helped
develop the company from start-up to its sale to Infospace.com for approximately
US$50 million.
Phil
D'Eon, President and Chief Technology Officer. Phil is a co-founder of CaseBank
and the originator of its SpotLight product concept. In the role of President,
he is responsible for corporate and business development, and serves on the
company’s Board of Directors. As Chief Technology Officer, Phil is the visionary
for the company’s technological innovation and development, and serves on several
aerospace industry committees proposing future technologies and solution
architectures. Prior to founding CaseBank, he co-founded Atlantis Aerospace
Corporation in 1978, and for over 20 years developed a successful international
business in maintenance and flight simulators for the aerospace industry. It was
there that he originated the SpotLight concept in 1995. In 1998, he and
Tony O’Hara acquired the SpotLight technology from Atlantis and founded CaseBank.
He continues today to guide the innovation of CaseBank's case-based reasoning
technology and pioneer new applications. His thirty-five years of aerospace experience
includes eight years of hands-on aircraft maintenance, twenty years of technology
innovation and development, and seven years of executive management.
Carl
Solomon, Chief Financial Officer. Carl manages CaseBank's day to day financial affairs
and serves as Secretary to the Board of Directors.
He is responsible for overseeing the company's accounting, compliance with reporting
requirements and financing. With over 30 years experience in accounting, he has practiced as a
sole practitioner and as an audit partner at Thorne Riddell and then at Deloitte Haskins + Sells,
national accounting firms. He also brings 10 years' experience in human resources management as
human resources partner in accounting offices with over 80 people. Using his experience in
strategic planning, he led seminars on maximizing client profitability for audit partners and
managers throughout North America.
Mark Langley, Vice President,
Research & Development. Mark is a co-founder of CaseBank
and the architect of its SpotLight product family. In the role of Vice-President, Research & Development,
he maintains overall
architectural responsibility for all CaseBank software solutions, and for their integration with partners’
and customers’ systems. He manages all technical and personnel aspects of the company’s
software engineering capabilities. In addition, Mark serves on the management committee for
strategic planning and business development. Prior to joining CaseBank, he was a senior software
developer with Atlantis Aerospace Corporation, where he developed autopilot and turbojet engine
control software for unmanned air vehicles. He also conducted several successful research projects
on the applicability of artificial intelligence techniques for adaptive flight control systems.
Peter McLaughlin,
is the President of Greenbriar Holdings, a private company that invests in
a variety of technology companies. Greenbriar provided the seed capital
for the Company and has continued its support through the exercise of
options and convertible debentures. Greenbriar currently holds 30% of the
Company's issued and outstanding equity. Prior to his position at
Greenbriar, Mr McLaughlin practiced law with Baker McKenzie for 16 years.
René R. Galipeau, CGA,
is the Vice-Chairman and CEO of Nuinsco Resources Limited. He is a seasoned mining executive
with 34 years experience. Mr. Galipeau has held senior financial, marketing, and business
development positions with a number of gold and base metal mining companies in Canada and the
United States, and is a director of several public and private companies.