VendTek Systems Inc. Bios for Board
Martin Parent – Chairman of the Board
Mr. Parent is a graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal, BBA and a graduate of the MBA program at the University of British Columbia. Mr. Parent is a senior executive with over 15 years experience in the consumer packaged goods and Wireless Telecom industries. Since 2003 he has worked for Cadbury Adams, the largest Confectionery organization in Canada which markets and sells gum, chocolate and candy products, and a division of Cadbury Schweppes PLC. In 2005 he was appointed Vice-President, Marketing Total Confectionery and Seasonal. In July 2008 he was appointed Vice- President of Sales for South East Asia.
Prior to Cadbury Adams, Mr. Parent was with Microcell Solutions, a wireless communications company that launched the first Canadian branded PCS service called FIDO. FIDO was recognized as the #1 Brand in the PCS category until purchased by Rogers Communications in 2004. From 2002 -2003 he was Vice-President, Fido Sales & Distribution where he was responsible and accountable for the achievement of a National Business Plan across all channels of distribution and all user segments, through a team of 600 individuals.
Doug Buchanan, President & CEO, Director
In addition to being the President and CEO of VendTek Systems Inc. and Now Prepay Corp. Mr. Buchanan was a co-founder of VendTek. Mr. Buchanan has been a member of the Advisory Board of Intele-Card News (an important trade journal in the prepaid telecom industry for North America) since 1999. He was a co-founder of RAD Robotics and Automation Development Corporation in 1987, and Director from 1987 to 1990. Mr. Buchanan also worked at HA Simons as a Consulting Engineer 1987 to 1991. Mr. Buchanan holds an MBA from Simon Fraser University, a degree in Mechanical Engineering from UBC, and a Diploma of Technology from BCIT.
Shane Meyers, Director and Member of the Audi Committee
Mr. Meyers has more than 20 years of experience in the capital markets working in various positions including Portfolio Manager and Vice President. He worked at Bolder Investment Partners from 2001 until April 2009. While at Bolder, he was the Portfolio Advisor for both the Canadian Small Cap Resource Funds and Accretive Flow Through Limited Partnerships from 2005 to 2009. Mr. Meyers resigned from Bolder in April 2009 to pursue personal interests.
Garth Albright, Director and Chairperson of the Audit Committee
Mr. Albright has more than 30 years of progressively senior experience in financial reporting, accounting, regulatory compliance, equity capital markets, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, and IT operations. He has served as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Gemcom Software International Inc., the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, since 2003. He previously held senior financial positions with a number of public and private companies including Peace Arch Entertainment Ltd., Cannect Communications Inc., Shoppers Drug Mart and Cominco Engineering Services Ltd.
Mr. Albright is a seasoned executive with a successful track record of leading global companies through significant periods of change, while driving profitability, growth and operational excellence. He is a Certified Management Accountant and a director of the British Columbia Technology Industry Association.
Ian McKinnon, Director and Chairperson of the Corporate Governance, Compensation and Nomination Committees
Over his 30 year career, Mr. McKinnon has developed a reputation for driving business performance and creating stakeholder value. He currently provides consulting services to technology company executives covering a broad range of management and leadership topics. Mr. McKinnon was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of TSX-listed Certicom Corp from 2002 to 2007. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer for a number of public and private software companies, including TSX-listed Promis Systems Corporation from 1995 to 2000. Between 1981 and 1994 he held various sales and senior management positions in both Canada and Singapore with Digital Equipment Corporation.
In 1998 and 2005 he was a winner and finalist, respectively, of the Ernst and Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ recognizing his contributions to Promis Systems Corporation and Certicom Corp.
Mr. McKinnon is a member of the Board of Directors of TSX-listed Constellation Software, Alt Software, and Mash Media, and a past director of TSX-listed Allstream, Promis Systems and Certicom. Mr. McKinnon is a graduate of McMaster University and attended the INSEAD Business School Advanced Management Program.
Gordon Glenn, Director
Mr. Glenn has 35 years of corporate management experience in the healthcare, government information technology and transaction processing industries, including 20 years at the Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer level. He is experienced in all facets of executive management of public companies including strategic planning, organizational development, budgeting and forecasting, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, public offerings and investor/analyst relations (U.S. and Canada).
Mr. Glenn joined SXC Health Solutions Inc. ("SXC") in June 1998 as President and Chief Executive Officer and was named Chairman in 2006. When he joined the company, SXC was an unprofitable Canadian-based, software company with $8 million in revenue and a market capitalization of less than $10 million. Today, the Chicago-based company is a pharmacy benefits management and healthcare information-technology (IT) company publicly traded on the NASDAQ (SXCI) and the Toronto Stock (SXC) Exchanges that generates more than $1 billion in annual revenue. Mr. Glenn completed his tenth year as CEO with SXC posting a revenue run-rate of more than $800 million, strong earnings and cash flow, and a solid balance sheet. He increased SXC’s market capitalization sixty-fold to more than $600 million since taking over as CEO. During his tenure he sourced, financed, closed and integrated three successful acquisitions of U.S. companies that expanded product/service offerings and increased EPS, yielding improved investor interest.
David Wright, Director
Mr. David Wright has more than 17 years of capital markets experience. From 1998 to 2008, he was an Equity Research Analyst with BMO Capital Markets, most recently as a Managing Director providing investment recommendations regarding North American Software and IT Services companies. Prior to joining BMO, Mr. Wright was Director of Research and Executive Vice President at Marleau, Lemire Securities Inc. where he managed a team of analysts and their associates. He was also a member of the Executive Management Committee that oversaw the brokerage firm’s sales, trading, research, corporate finance and retail operations. Throughout his analyst career, Mr. Wright was regularly recognized as a top-ranked analyst in ratings surveys by StarMine Corporation, Brendan Wood International, and Greenwich Associates for overall performance, earnings forecasting accuracy and stock picking ability.
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