Clark Swanson,
President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Swanson, 39, previously held an
executive position for SourceCode Technology Holdings, Inc., a global
software firm headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Mr. Swanson has
also served as Executive Vice President of Universal Studios based,
White Eagle Productions, and Director of Immedient Corporation, a
software services company headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Mr. Swanson holds a degree in Economics from Pepperdine University and
also graduated honors from the Graziadio School of Business &
Management with an MBA, emphasis in Finance.
Paula Kaner,
Chief
Financial Officer
Ms. Kaner is a Chartered Accountant
and currently holds an executive position as Chief Financial Officer
of Blackline GPS. Ms. Kaner was previously a founding officer and
director of IQON Financial Inc., a national financial services
organization. As a member of the senior executive team, over ten year
period, she successfully led and managed the growth of the
organization from a local, start-up mutual fund operation to a
national, multi-product line financial services organization with over
$4 billion in assets under administration. Ms. Kaner has also served
as a consultant and advisor to various organizations, working with
executive management teams in the development of their strategic
business plans and other initiatives.
Kevin Meyers,
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Meyers, 42, currently
holds the position of Chief Operating Officer with Blackline
GPS, after joining the company from his position of VP of
Operations at Imaging Dynamics Corporation (“IDC”), a publicly
listed company on the Toronto Venture Exchange. Prior to IDC,
Kevin worked as the VP of Operations for BW Technologies,
Ltd for 8 years. BW Technologies was formerly listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange before its acquisition by First Technology
(2004) and finally Honeywell (2006). Kevin was instrumental
in bringing new technologies in house to reduce cost and improve
margins on several of their product lines.
Brendon Cook,
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Cook, 35, was awarded a B.Sc. in
Geomatics Engineering from the University of Calgary. Prior to
founding BlackLine GPS Inc. in 2004, Mr. Cook worked for Calgary-based
CSI Wireless Inc. (now Hemisphere GPS Inc.) as its Product and
Marketing Manager and developed business relationships with various
international organizations. At CSI Wireless Inc., Mr. Cook managed
the company's precision product portfolio and was responsible for the
market analysis, generating market analysis, generating market
direction, defining new products, and assisted with managing the
company's product
development program.
Barry
Moore,
Vice President of Research and
DevelopmentMr. Moore, 43, currently holds
an executive position as Vice President of Product Development of
BlackLine. He has also served as Vice President of Product
Development for BW Technologies, Ltd., formerly listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange prior to its acquisition. Mr. Moore holds a
diploma in Industrial Design from Fanshawe College in London
Ontario.
Craig Swanson,
Chief
Marketing Officer
Chief Marketing Officer Craig
Swanson has a strong background in brand management, marketing, and
strategic differentiation, beginning with his re-branding of Gateway
Computers in 1989. He has worked with SONY to launch the PSP gaming
system and created cross-promotional advertising and marketing
campaigns for General Mills, as well as work with AT&T, NBC Universal,
ABC, Disney Consumer Products, Home Entertainment and their Jim Henson
and Baby Einstein brands on retail display, direct mail, couponing,
outdoor and on-pack advertising and promotions, as well as PPC, CPA
and other promotional strategies.
In addition, he has served as Creative Director for seven national
publications in the Lifestyle, Health, Business and Parenting
categories, as well as consulting work with an assortment of Fortune
500 and 1000 companies.
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