Advisory Board

Thomas Wells
Senior Partner Arma Partners

Arma Partners is an independent investment banking firm focused exclusively on corporate finance advisory services to Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) companies. Previously with Merrill Lynch, where he was a Managing Director and Head of Telecom Investment Banking for Europe, the Middle East & Africa, based in London. Prior to that Tom was a Managing Director in the European Telecom Investment Banking team at Citigroup. Before Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, Tom was Head of Corporate Finance for British Telecom. During his 15 years working within the telecom sector Tom has advised many of the leading operators on over $150 billion worth of transactions, including BT, O2, Cable & Wireless, BSkyB, Deutsche Telekom, TDC, TeliaSonera, Belgacom, KPN, Telekom Austria, Portugal Telecom, MTN, Bharti Airtel, China Mobile and MegaFon.

Tom began his career with Coopers & Lybrand, in Toronto and in London, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst after graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Queens University in Kingston, Canada.

Claude Germain
President and Chief Operations Officer, SMTC Corporation (NSDQ: SMTX), a global manufacturer of electronics based in Markham, Ontario

Claude Germain has served as a director of our company since 2009. Mr. Germain is also a principal in Rouge River Capital, an investment firm focused on acquiring controlling stakes in private midmarket transportation and manufacturing companies. Prior to SMTC, and from 2005 to 2010, Mr. Germain was EVP / COO of Schenker of Canada Ltd., one of Canada's largest transportation and logistics companies. As the former President of a Texas based third party logistics firm and a management consultant specializing in distribution for The Boston Consulting Group, Mr. Germain won Canadian Executive of the Year in Logistics. Mr. Germain holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Engineering Physics (Nuclear) from Queen's University.

L. Scott Thomson
Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Talisman Energy Inc.

Talisman Energy Inc. is an independent upstream oil and gas company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Talisman has operations in Canada and its subsidiaries operate in the UK, Norway, Southeast Asia, North Africa and the United States.

Mr. Thomson was previously Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Planning for both BCE and Bell Canada. In this role he reported to the CEO, overseeing the corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions and financial planning functions. Prior to joining BCE in 2003, Scott was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co. focused on M&A in New York and Toronto. Scott has an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA from Queen's University.

E. Christopher Stait-Gardner
Former Founder and President, Security Card Systems (now Giesecke & Devrient), former President of MasterCard Association of Canada

Christopher Stait-Gardner was founder and President of Security Card Systems until it was acquired by Giesecke & Devrient. After the acquisition, Mr. Stait-Gardner served as President of Giesecke & Devrient Canada until his retirement. Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President at the Bank of Montreal, Vice Chairman of Interac Association and President of MasterCard Association of Canada. Mr. Stait-Gardner currently serves as a director of both VRI Corporation and CENCOTECH and holds an Engineering Physics degree from the University of Toronto.

Daniel Rothberg
Partner, Miller Thomson LLP

Daniel Rothberg is a partner in the National Securities & Capital Markets Group in Toronto. Mr. Rothberg's practice focuses on corporate finance and securities matters, mergers & acquisitions, and general corporate and commercial law matters.

Mr. Rothberg has over 15 years of experience representing clients ranging from owner-operated businesses, start-up ventures to small and larger publicly traded companies. His experience includes initial public offerings, private placement transactions and stock exchange listings with a particular focus on companies listed or seeking listing on the TSX Venture Exchange and with exploration stage mining companies. He has also represented private companies and capital providers in connection with pre-IPO seed capital and venture stage financing transactions, restructurings, purchase and sale transactions, as well as acting for both borrowers and lenders in secured loan transactions of all types including establishment of bank credit facilities, project specific loan transactions, and asset based loan transactions.

Thomas G. Hierlihy, CA
Partner, KPMG LLP (Retired)

Thomas Hierlihy has more than four decades of experience in tax consulting with KPMG LLP and predecessor firms. Prior to his retirement from KPMG in 2003, he served as a partner for 31 years and as a member of its Corporate Tax Services Group. He is currently a Board member of Oakville Hydro Corporation, President of the Board of the Renascent Foundation and is a member of the Board of Regents of Mount Allison University where he also is Chair of the Audit Committee.

Mr. Hierlihy holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mount Allison University and is a Chartered Accountant.

Michael J. Green
Chief Executive Officer of ObjectSharp, former Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Visual Systems

Michael Green is the President and CEO of ObjectSharp, a company that specializes in providing .NET consulting and training services to corporate customers. Prior to joining ObjectSharp, Mr. Green founded Visual Systems Development Group in 1992 and grew the company to 125 people in 5 offices across Canada until he sold the company to IMR Global. Mr. Green holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Systems Design from the University of Waterloo.