Board of Directors
Policies, direction, and strategy.
These executives lead dynaCERT into a positive, environmentally friendly future.
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R. Wayne Hoffman
Chairman
Mr. Hoffman has served as a member of the Corporation's Business Advisory Committee since October 2007. He is a Chartered Accountant and business executive with one of America's finest companies, Deere & Company, a corporation that is customer driven and places a heavy emphasis on quality and teamwork. He served as Vice-President, Finance at John Deere Limited for 25 years and President of John Deere Credit for over 8 years. As well, Mr. Hoffman spent two years in Deere & Company’s Business Development Dept. responsible for mergers and acquisitions. In his public service, Mr. Hoffman is volunteering as Treasurer of Christians For Israel, Canada, responsible for Planning and Development.
Jim Payne
CEO, President
Mr. Jim Payne is a Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of dynaCERT. Mr. Payne also serves on the board of directors of a charitable organization, “Lindsey Villages for Families with Autism”, and on the board of directors of a junior Canadian oil producer, Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. (TSXV: SOIL), which is committed to be at the forefront of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) in the future. Mr. Payne is also Director and Chief Executive Officer, and overseeing his sons in the running of their privately held construction, consulting, project management and real-estate development companies operating in the GTA and surrounding areas. Mr. Payne also serves on the advisory board of Sparta Capital Ltd., a TSX-V listed company seeking investment in energy-saving technologies, and the advisory board of Connect Church (an affiliation of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada). Mr. Payne graduated from St. Clair College in Construction Engineering, Project Management and Estimating in 1974. He has over the years completed multiple business management and leadership courses and has a Certificate from the TSX-V for completing their course “Managing a Public Company”. He has successfully built and managed his own private companies for over 40 years. This provides Mr. Payne with years of experience in accounting, business leadership, and the legal aspects of governance. Over the last decade, Mr. Payne has taken his natural networking skills and built on them to create strong team dynamics that lead to success and generate movement. With a strong leadership presence, Mr. Payne is leading dynaCERT in a way that has helped to streamline corporate activities, generate growth, form new partnerships, and bring the corporate vision to a reality.
Richard Lu
Director
Richard has more than 25 years of global experience developing and implementing
business strategies for organizations in North America, Europe and Asia. He has extensive experience in
the energy industry.
He was the President of Sky Solar (Canada) Ltd., and a Managing Director at Sky
Solar Holdings Co., Ltd.
Richard was the VP of Business Development at ARISE Technology Corporation,
where he was instrumental in securing its long-term supply chain funding of close to $1 billion
dollars.
Richard also previously held the position of Chief Conservation Officer and VP of Toronto
Hydro Corporation, where he developed and executed a sweeping portfolio ($110 million) of Conservation,
Demand Management and Distributed Energy programs and was instrumental in creating an energy
conservation culture in Ontario. Prior to that he was the Vice-President of Environment, Health and
Safety, ensuring Toronto Hydro Corporation’s commitment to providing a safe and healthy workplace for
employees and the strategies for achieving sustainable development and growth are successfully
met.
Richard
has held senior positions with Enbridge Gas Distribution, Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., and
Dillon Consulting.
Jean-Pierre Colin
Executive Vice President & Director
Mr. Colin is a corporate strategy consultant to high-growth publicly listed companies. He has been a recognized senior securities industry executive and effective investment banking professional providing financing and mergers and acquisitions services to numerous prosperous issuers in Canada. As a result of his extensive financial background throughout his career, he has been called to lead teams of corporate finance professionals at national securities dealers, such as Richardson Greenshields, JP Colin Securities, Deacon Capital, Octagon Capital and Desjardins. He has also served as a high-profile corporate board director and C-suite executive of numerous public companies, often chairing audit committees, compensation committees and corporate governance committees, including with Premier Gold Mines; Wolfden Resources, sold to Zinifex for over $350 million; Virginia Gold whose Eleonore property was sold to Goldcorp for over $ 1 billion; and, Pelangio Mines, the former controlling shareholder of Detour Gold, one of Canada's largest gold mining operations.
Robert K. Maier, MBA, P.ENG
COO, Chief Engineer
Robert Maier is a Mechanical Engineer who has spent over 30 years building machinery and technology companies. He served as president of MKG Inc., Kaperal Corp, and Semco Technologies which are all Ontario Companies. He was also the COO of MTA, a coal-mining equipment manufacturer in Pittsburgh. In addition, he has served as VP Manufacturing for Skyjack Inc. and VP and director for Puma Engineering. All these companies developed and manufactured technology locally and shipped the products worldwide. Since 2011 he has been the President of SPS North America.
Elliot Strashin
Director
Dr. Elliot Strashin brings with him a wealth of experience across a number of industries. His involvement with public mining companies began with Maple Minerals Inc. from 1996 - 2001, where he served as a director. In April of 1999 he joined the board of Canadian Golden Dragon Resources Ltd. as Corporate Secretary and became President and CEO in January of 2000. He continues to serve Dragon under its new name, Trillium North Minerals Ltd., as CEO and President. Dr. Strashin is also CEO and President of Strashin and Sons Limited, a private real estate development company that specializes in LEED1 certified, green building. dynaCERT's plant and offices are located in one of these buildings. In keeping with his green focus, Dr. Strashin has also involved himself in green technologies as a co-founder of Ellsin Environmental Ltd., which has built a prototype tire recycling plant in Sault Saint Marie and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Environmental Waste International Inc. He is also a 50% shareholder and Chief Financial Officer of Puma Hydrocarbons Inc., a company whose purpose is to promote and generate sales for green technologies, including dynaCERT products.
Amir Farahi
Director
Mr. Farahi is Director of the company and government relations professional.
Management
Natural born leaders. Focused on creating partnerships and making a positive environmental impact.
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Jim Payne
CEO, President
Mr. Jim Payne is a Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of dynaCERT. Mr. Payne also serves on the board of directors of a charitable organization, “Lindsey Villages for Families with Autism”, and on the board of directors of a junior Canadian oil producer, Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. (TSXV: SOIL), which is committed to be at the forefront of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) in the future. Mr. Payne is also Director and Chief Executive Officer, and overseeing his sons in the running of their privately held construction, consulting, project management and real-estate development companies operating in the GTA and surrounding areas. Mr. Payne also serves on the advisory board of Sparta Capital Ltd., a TSX-V listed company seeking investment in energy-saving technologies, and the advisory board of Connect Church (an affiliation of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada). Mr. Payne graduated from St. Clair College in Construction Engineering, Project Management and Estimating in 1974. He has over the years completed multiple business management and leadership courses and has a Certificate from the TSX-V for completing their course “Managing a Public Company”. He has successfully built and managed his own private companies for over 40 years. This provides Mr. Payne with years of experience in accounting, business leadership, and the legal aspects of governance. Over the last decade, Mr. Payne has taken his natural networking skills and built on them to create strong team dynamics that lead to success and generate movement. With a strong leadership presence, Mr. Payne is leading dynaCERT in a way that has helped to streamline corporate activities, generate growth, form new partnerships, and bring the corporate vision to a reality.
Robert K. Maier, MBA, P.ENG
COO, Chief Engineer
Robert Maier is a Mechanical Engineer who has spent over 30 years building machinery and technology companies. He served as president of MKG Inc., Kaperal Corp, and Semco Technologies which are all Ontario Companies. He was also the COO of MTA, a coal-mining equipment manufacturer in Pittsburgh. In addition, he has served as VP Manufacturing for Skyjack Inc. and VP and director for Puma Engineering. All these companies developed and manufactured technology locally and shipped the products worldwide. Since 2011 he has been the President of SPS North America.
Carmelo Marrelli
CFO
Carmelo Marrelli, also known as Carm, is the principal of Marrelli Support Services Inc., a firm that has delivers accounting and regulatory compliance services to listed companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) and the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), as well as non-listed companies. In addition, Carm is affiliated with DSA Corporate Services Inc., a firm providing corporate secretarial and regulatory filing services to the junior capital market in Canada.
Jean-Pierre Colin
Executive Vice President & Director
Mr. Colin is a corporate strategy consultant to high-growth publicly listed companies. He has been a recognized senior securities industry executive and effective investment banking professional providing financing and mergers and acquisitions services to numerous prosperous issuers in Canada. As a result of his extensive financial background throughout his career, he has been called to lead teams of corporate finance professionals at national securities dealers, such as Richardson Greenshields, JP Colin Securities, Deacon Capital, Octagon Capital and Desjardins. He has also served as a high-profile corporate board director and C-suite executive of numerous public companies, often chairing audit committees, compensation committees and corporate governance committees, including with Premier Gold Mines; Wolfden Resources, sold to Zinifex for over $350 million; Virginia Gold whose Eleonore property was sold to Goldcorp for over $ 1 billion; and, Pelangio Mines, the former controlling shareholder of Detour Gold, one of Canada's largest gold mining operations.
Enrico Schläpfer
VP of Global Sales
Being Swiss, it is without question that Enrico is a winter sports enthusiast.
He has learned there is no such thing as “I can’t” by implementing winter snow sport in the paraplegic
and mentally handicapped community. As a result, he brings forward the same mentality “nothing is
impossible” to his business protocol.
He is a seasoned brand development, sales and marketing
professional with over 20 years experience in multiple industries.
His exposure to various business
cultures, widely divergent professionals and his fluency in 5 languages ensures his comfort level in
global sales.
Before devoting his work full-time to dynaCERT Inc. Enrico has had key sales positions
in prestigious companies such as Nestle, Traxdata and Targus. In addition, he has served as Sales
director and COO in WorldConnect in which he was a business partner.
Khoa Tran
Director of Finance
Khoa Tran has over 20 years of financial reporting and accounting experience. This includes over 15 years in management positions in world class global businesses for manufacturing and service environments. Mr. Tran was previously the Director of Finance for a mid-sized manufacturing company and Controller for various mid-sized and Fortune 500 automotive and manufacturing companies with international offices. A driven finance leader, his major focus has been on operational optimization and efficiencies through lean methodologies and best practices. Mr. Tran has been volunteering as Treasurer for a religious organization in GTA for the last 18 years, being responsible for finances and planning.
Key Staff
Creativity, professionalism and team work brought together in an undeniable synergy.
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Juergen Hoer
Managing Director dynaCERT GmbH
A global executive with more than 20 years of experience in the consumer
products industry, Juergen has held roles with responsibility for national and international sales and
marketing, expansion, strategy and cost management.
Most recently Juergen served as CEO at
CaseBroker, where he led worldwide sales, development and production in China, and as Sales Director,
OEM for World Connect, where he developed and set up the sales team, as well as oversaw the
implementation of factories in China. Past positions also include his role as Senior Sales Manager,
EMEA for DICOTA with responsibility for the retail sales team, distribution, OEMs, e-commerce and
direct mail order.
Gurjant Singh
R&D and Product Development Manager
Gurjant Singh has a strong background in Mechanical Engineering. He graduated
from the University of New Brunswick with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering.
Mr. Singh has worked
for two large corporations as a Project Administrator including International Tractors Limited
(Sonalika), where he gained valuable experience in production, Quality Assurance and Six Sigma. During
his studies, Mr. Singh led a group of Engineering students who worked on an energy project to generate
electricity from friction. In addition, Mr. Singh worked on Carbon Footprint projects while pursuing
his Masters degree. Some other projects include vibrational analysis of tractor engine, industrial
lifting hooks and electro chemical micro-machining.
Keivan Kabkab
Production Manager
Rachael Deacon
Sr. Buyer
Rachael Deacon has a strong background in Administration and Sales. Her experience includes over nine years in Sales, Marketing, Branding, Administration, Operations and Project Management. Rachael has worked for industry leading companies including Safety Net Security/Domcor, Maple Tree Construction Ltd. and Home Depot. While at Safety Net Security, Rachael successfully led key projects, created and implemented strategic planning procedures and applied branding discipline. As a Sales Manager at Maple Tree Construction Company, she embodied the company culture and maintained high standards of client satisfaction.
Advisors and Consultants
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David Bridge
Technical Advisor
David Bridge is an innovative and high-performing professional with extensive background managing Engineering and Technology operations. He is an accomplished leader with extensive knowledge of restructuring and streamlining Engineering & IT to increase efficiency and to reduce cost. He has extensive knowledge of hardware and software design.
David has held senior technology positions at AMD, RBC, Virgin Mobile and at Blackberry. In addition, he has successfully launched 2 privately held start-ups. As a senior Technology leader, he helped launch Virgin Mobile in Canada helping it to expand from a start-up to a key competitor in the Telecommunications sector. In his position at Blackberry as a Director of Infrastructure, Architecture and Engineering, he led an international team of engineers through the product development lifecycle and facilitated product launch and ongoing client support.
Nancy Massicotte
Investor Relations
Nancy Massicotte is the President of IR Pro Communications Inc. She has been
involved in the investor relations/public relations field for over seventeen years, working with
companies in various sectors such as technology, telecommunications, bio-tech, oil and gas and
mining.
Ms.
Massicotte has developed excellent personalized relationships with brokers, investors, analysts and
newsletter writers. Her knowledge and experience enables successful communication to shareholders and
the investment community in a particularly comprehensive way. She has facilitated significant
introductions to strategic partners and successfully assisted in sourcing equity and flow through
financing ranging from $100,000 - $7M.
Ms. Massicotte provides additional exposure for her clients
through her social media channels, news dissemination channels and video interviews.