Board of Directors and Global Management

Betty-Ann Harland, Chairman of the Board and Founder, has 31 years of experience in a variety of senior management positions. Prior to joining our board, she was vice-president of Ameri-can Equipment Sales and Leasing. From 1988 to 1995, she worked in finance, insurance and sales consulting. Currently she is the COO of Ameri-can Equipment & Leasing Inc.

Sydney A. Harland, President and member of the Board of Directors has over 25 years of business experience, primarily in management of new innovative product solutions, in the railway, telecommunications, electrical utilities and mining industries. Mr. Harland is an entrepreneur who ran his own company, Ameri-Can Equipment Sales & Leasing Inc. for 20 years - until 2005. Between 1995 and 2000, Mr. Harland also worked on a consulting basis for Ontario Power Generation's technology lab where he was mandated to develop marketing and commercialization plans for OPG's specialized technology and customer service offerings. In 1998 he co-founded ARS Networks and served as chairman, president and chief executive officer on a consulting basis. ARS was a fully reporting publicly traded company that was engaged in the design and development of advanced railway communications and data management systems. He holds two patents and has been elected a member of the Canadian Institute of Marketing and the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association.

Edward J Gorman, Chief Financial Officer and Director of the Board has over 30 years of progressive experience in corporate finance, organizational development and strategic planning. In 1973 he joined Delloite Touche and in 1978 moved to Morrison Knudsen Corporation in Boise, Idaho, where he worked for almost 20 years in various executive positions, starting with the company as international legal and tax counsel he rose to become Chief Financial Officer And Treasurer. In 1995, Mr. Gorman joined American Ecology Corporation of Houston, Texas, a NASDAQ company specializing in nuclear, medical waste and hazardous waste disposal, serving first as a Chief Financial Officer and then President and Chief Operating Officer. In 1997, Mr. Gorman founded E.J. Gorman & Associates, a financial and legal consulting firm specializing in project financing, company start-ups and organizational development. He holds degrees of Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Oregon and a Post Doctorate (L.L.M.) in Law from New York University.

Robert Glassen, member of the Board of Directors served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives Staff, House Natural Resources Committee, Tallahassee, Florida. In 1978 he joined Dames & Moore, Boca Raton, Florida, as a Senior Geologist. In 1985, he joined O.H. Materials Corporation (OHM) as a Regional Manager. In 1990 he joined Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten US, Inc. (a company specializing in environmental and engineering consulting for the mining industry) as executive vice-president and chief operating officer. In 1993 he was recruited by Ogden Environmental where he was a vice president and general manager of their Oak Ridge, Tennessee office. In 1997, he joined SCIENTECH, Inc. where he served as a general manager of Grant Environmental, general manager of the Utility Security Services Division, and vice president, sales and marketing on assignment with Ontario Power Generation's Kinectrics subsidiary. From 2002 to present, he was president of Timberline Ridge Consulting, where he was a consultant to Enertech (a division of Curtiss Wright) identifying opportunities and executing nationwide sales of engineering and technical service to U.S. nuclear power plants. He holds degrees of Bachelor of Arts from Villanova University of Pennsylvania, a Masters degree from the University of Virginia and has completed post graduate studies in geology at Florida State University.

Arthur N. Kelly, member of the Board of Directors has 20 years of marketing, sales and management experience and is currently vice president of sales-North America for ELTEK Energy where he is responsible for the development and growth of all ELTEK Energy sales in the U.S and Canadian markets. He attended Concordia University in Montreal where he earned his bachelor of business administration degree. Mr. Kelly held various sales and management positions with Marconi Communications from 1988 to 2001 where he was responsible for sales of power generation and communication supplies to major North American communications companies. Mr. Kelly was a sales a manager for S.N.P Associates in France from 1986 to 1988 and also district sales manager for Pylon Electronics in Montreal, Quebec from 1985 to 1986.

Richard Proulx, member of the Board of Directors has a background in marketing and sales and presently is director of sales of Cash Acme, Canada, a division of Reliance Manufacturing, a world-wide Australian based specialty water valve manufacturer supplying its products to the commercial and residential building industry. Prior to joining Cash Acme, Canada, Mr. Proulx was North American sales manager for Reliance Manufacturing's product launch and North American distribution network. From 1998 to 2002, he was general sales manager of IIG Specialties responsible for introducing new industrial products to the North American market and managing U.S and Canadian sales operations for existing product lines. From 1985 to 1997, Mr. Proulx was president and founder of Terval Sales and Services, a plumbing and heating manufacturer's sales agency in Toronto. He received his C.E.T. in mechanical building sciences from St. Laurent College in 1974 and his diplomas in business administration from Vanier College in 1976.

Mark Hollingwoth, VP of Strategic Affairs is the founder of 5i Strategic Affairs, a management consulting firm specializing in leading and facilitating the strategic planning and implementation process for blue chip and promising start up companies. Recent clients have included the Government of Canada, Hydro-Quebec, Ivaco Inc., Kruger Inc., McGill University, Option Consommateurs, Setym International, and many other smaller companies and start-ups. Mr. Hollingswroth also lectures at McGill University where he teachers Strategic Management/Leadership, Technological Entrepreneurship and Technology Impact Assessment in several different faculties. He is the author of the book, "Growing People, Growing Companies", and has also had articles published in the Global & Mail and the Ivey Business Journal. Mr. Hollingsworth is responsible for market research and development.