David has built a career as a leader in every role he has occupied over the last 45 years. He has held senior management positions in large corporate organizations and has also provided leadership in the startup ICT and energy sectors. In every role, he has grown the organization successfully by listening to his customer and using his can-do attitude and drive to find a “win/win” solution acceptable to all.
As the President and CEO of Atlantic Hydrogen Inc. (AHI), David has led the organization through multiple rounds of raising capital from private investors and strategic partners who support AHI’s vision of addressing climate change with technology solutions like the CarbonSaver. Under his leadership, AHI has raised $50mm from private and public sources including Emera, Shell, EnCana and from both federal and provincial governments.
David was the CEO of Unisys Canada, a subsidiary of Unisys Corporation for six years. Each year under his leadership the company achieved its’ assigned financial goals and objectives. He successfully built a strong management team by setting the example of focusing on the customer.
He has served on the Board of Directors of both not-for-profit and for profit organizations as a Director and Chairman. He has completed governance training programs from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Derrick holds a Bachelor of Science and a PhD both in Electrical Engineering. Prior to 2006, Derrick spent 5+ years working for Philips Medical Systems, a major medical MRI manufacturer in Cleveland, Ohio. He worked as a Senior Staff Scientist at Philips, developing new MRI techniques for their instruments.
His strengths included research, project management and product development. Derrick has led many major development projects for Philips and is a member of many industry organizations, such as the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Society of Core Analysts, and Society of Petroleum Well Log Analysts.
Derrick is one of the founders of Green Imaging Technologies, Inc. and currently serves as the Chief Technical Officer for the company. His technical knowledge serves as the backbone of new products being developed by GIT.
Derrick is currently the 2018/2019 President of the Society of Core Analysts.
Joelyn is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with an undergraduate degree from Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, QC. She lives in Moncton, NB and currently volunteers on one other Board – Capitol Theatre, Moncton (Director | Treasurer), Not-for-profit.
Joelyn has more than 15 years in the professional service environment with clients from multiple industries mostly in North America.
Currently, she is the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary at Blue Cross Life Insurance Company of Canada. Her focus is to develop and maintain the enterprise risk management framework and related strategies to effectively translate the risk appetite into informed decision-making practices, while effectively and efficiently identifying, preventing, detecting and mitigating non-compliance with set risk limits and applicable legislation. She provides guidance and timely communication with Regulators, Shareholders, Directors and Senior Management. She develops/maintains operational and outsourcing risk frameworks. Before joining Blue Cross Life, Joelyn was a Senior Manager of Audit and Assurance Services for PwC Canada.
Jeff has 20 years’ of industry experience with geotechnical instrumentation manufacturers and a global engineering design firm. He has a B.Sc.E. in Civil Engineering, a M.Sc.E. in Geotechnical Engineering, and a Diploma in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship from the University of New Brunswick.
Jeff currently holds the role of VP of Technology for a US based company with yearly revenue of $60M and is responsible for overseeing the development of new technology and products for geotechnical and structural monitoring of civil infrastructure.
Between 2016 and 2021, Jeff lead Measurand through a rapid growth phase by building a strong team of leaders across all areas of the company. He established a strong organization structure to allow the team to grow from 40 employees to over 70 while maintaining core values and strong culture. During this time, he worked closely with the owner through a company sale process which resulted in Measurand being acquired by a Private Equity Firm based in Los Angeles.
As a consulting engineer Jeff held several roles including; National Technical Lead for Numerical Modelling, Project Manager and technical lead for multidisciplinary projects in the mining and civil construction sector including; geotechnical investigations, instrumentation and monitoring, NI 43-101 mining studies, detailed design, construction, operations, dam safety inspections, dam safety reviews, and mine closure. He lead the numerical modelling analysis of several high profile projects relating to slopes, tailings dams, water dams, and coal combustion residual (CCR) facilities in Canada and the USA.