John Gabriel
Mr. Gabriel, President, Chairman of the Board, CEO and CFO of Oculus Ventures Corporation, a public entity traded on the TSXV, has extensive experience in start-up and turn-around business initiatives, founding BBG Equity, BBG Management Corporation and Performances SQA in the past five years. With Acerra Learning, a division of Algonquin College of Applied Arts & Technology, where Mr. Gabriel was the Sales and Business Development Manager, from 2001 to 2002, he oversaw an increase of sales revenues from $200,000 to over $3 million within a six month period. Subsequently, as Strategic Management Consultant with BBG Management Corporation, Mr. Gabriel was engaged by Acerra to develop a strategic positioning plan which facilitated the acquisition of Acerra by CrossOff Incorporated (subsequently renamed Nexient Learning Inc. in 2006) in March, 2005.
From 2000 to 2001, as Vice-President, Business Development, for Creative Shack Productions, Mr. Gabriel was also the catalyst to the sale/vertical integration of Creative Shack to Mitel Networks Corporation in October 2001. John has experience with regulatory compliance and Sarbanes-Oxley which was gained as a Program Manager with Computer Sciences Corporation for Pratt and Whitney Canada (A United Technologies Company).
Mr. Gabriel has experience with regulatory compliance and United States Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which was gained as a Program Manager with Computer Sciences Corporation for Pratt and Whitney Canada (A United Technologies Company), under which project Mr. Gabriel managed the implementation of a set mission critical technical documentation business applications that interfaced with financial and core corporate systems.
Mr. Gabriel graduated with from Ottawa University in Canada with a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in Honours Economics. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration in from Dalhousie University in Canada.
Robert M. (Bob) Bryniak
Mr. Bryniak is the Chief Executive Officer, owner and founder of Golden Sands Management Consulting that specializes in the provision of operational and due diligence services to public and private sector firms in power, water and environment industries.
The Company’s client list includes:
- One of the largest infrastructure funds in the Region
- Canadian-based firm in the energy renewable business establishing operations in Dubai
- Major European based water and waste water company establishing operations in Middle East
- Major power and water companies in the Sultanate of Oman
- Power and water authorities in the Middle East
- Major international technical consultancy firms involved in power and water projects in the Region
Mr. Bryniak has over 30 years experience in the power & water utility and environmental sectors, including 8+ years international business experience, with 5+ years in the Middle East . He held executive level position at Ontario Hydro & Ontario Power Generation, at one time the largest electric utility in North America with $8 billion in annual revenues at the time. His last position was Vice President, Generation Services and Comptroller for Non-Nuclear side of the business, where he managed over $500 million capital budget program & 1,300 employees. He was also CFO and signing officer for Ontario Power International
Mr. Bryniak was also CEO of a publicly traded company on TVX – Environmental Waste International for over 2½ years. This was a turnaround situation, as the company was near bankruptcy. He was appointed as Board member & raised over $2 million via private placements, taking the stock from 8 cents to $1.25.
In 2003, Mr. Bryniak came to the Middle East to establish Oman Power & Water Procurement Company in Sultanate of Oman, and to become the Company’s first CEO as part of major electricity restructuring process in Oman. He led management of over $250 million annually in electricity and water sales via independent power and water projects throughout the country
In 2005, Mr. Bryniak established Palm Water in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and became the Company’s first CEO. He closed water and waste water sales of $1.5 billion (capital projects) within the first year of the company’s operations and secured debt financing of over $200 million via local financial institution. He also negotiated JV Projects with Macquarie Group and General Electric, securing over $75 million in equity, and launched one of the first Independent Waste Water Projects in the Middle East . The waste water project was awarded “Water Deal of the Year” in 2007 by Global Water Intelligence.
Dave Croucher
Mr. Croucher has executive and senior financial management experience with public and private companies in various high technology fields. Mr. Croucher is the former Chief Financial Officer to Liponex Inc., a cholesterol drug development company list on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). He currently acts as CFO to Chemaphor Inc., a nutraceutical and drug development company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Croucher served as Director Finance, for World Heart Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of medical (heart assist) devices listed on the TSX and NASDAQ National Market. Prior to World Heart Corporation, Mr. Croucher was Director Finance for Akara Corporation, a telecommunications equipment start-up company that was acquired by Ciena Corporation in 2003. Mr. Croucher served nine years in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, working in Canada and the United States, focusing on publicly traded and start-up high technology companies.
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