People: ARISE Technologies Corporation (APV.TO)

APV.TO on Toronto Stock Exchange

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9 Feb 2010
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Harder, Peter 2009 Chairman of the Board
Heinrichs, Vern 2009 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
MacLellan, Ian 2009 Vice Chairman of the Board, President - PV Cells Division
McCollam, Douglas 55 2009 Chief Financial Officer
White, William 2009 Executive Vice President
Wolfe, Marilyn Vice President - Human Resources
Zijlstra, Sjouke Vice President, General Manager, ARISE Germany
Dawkins, Jeff Vice President, General Manager - PV Silicon Technology Division
Lu, Richard 2007 Vice President - Business Development
Waters, Chris Vice President - Strategic Business Development
Alexander, Harold 1998 Director
Merwald, Hal 1998 Director
Johnston, David 2006 Director
West, Garry 2008 Director
Currie, Peter 57 2008 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Harder, Peter Mr. Peter Harder has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of ARISE Technologies Corporation. He is a Senior Policy Advisor to Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. Prior to joining FMC, Mr. Harder was the longest serving Deputy Minister in the Government of Canada. First appointed a Deputy Minister in 1991, he served as the most senior public servant in a number of federal departments including Treasury Board, Solicitor General, Citizenship and Immigration, Industry and Foreign Affairs and International Trade. At Foreign Affairs, Mr. Harder assumed the responsibilities of the Personal Representative of the Prime Minister to three G8 Summits (Sea Island, Gleneagles and St. Petersburg). Mr. Harder also served as Co-Chair of the Canada China Strategic Working Group.
Heinrichs, Vern Mr. Vern Heinrichs serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of ARISE Technologies Corporation. He resigned as Chairman of the Board of the company with effect from November 12, 2009. He is a businessman and a professional Engineer. Upon graduating from the University of Toronto with a B.Sc. and MBA, he worked for Shell Oil’s economics department for five years. He then joined a mortgage consulting and brokerage firm, and after five years left to join one of his clients, the Toronto based developer Orlando Realty Corporation as Executive Vice President. Since 1973 he has worked internationally. In Denver, Colorado he, together with partners, undertook the development of several residential and business parks including the Denver Tech Center. Mr. Heinrichs moved to London, England in 1991 and has been on corporate boards of eight technology based companies in Canada, USA, England, Holland and Switzerland. These companies include Specialty Technical Publishers, Intelex, Ingenuity Works, and Intertrans Logistics Solutions.
MacLellan, Ian Mr. Ian MacLellan serves as Vice Chairman of the Board, President - PV Cells Division of ARISE Technologies Corporation. He has 31 years experience in sales, engineering, venture capital, acquisitions, running two public companies and is a Canadian solar energy expert. He graduated from Ryerson Polytechnical University as an Electrical Engineering Technologist. He then spent ten years with Motorola, Hewlett Packard and Oracle in various technical, sales and management positions. In 1989 he founded Creation Venture Capital Corporation which made several successful investments, mostly in electronic manufacturers and then sold his interest in late 1995. In 1996, he consulted for Solar Design Associates, a world leader in solar energy and for a related company, Advanced Energy Systems where he became the Chairman of the Board. In 1997, he started ARISE.
McCollam, Douglas Mr. Douglas McCollam has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of ARISE Technologies Corporation effective November 23, 2009. Mr. McCollam is a senior financial executive who was most recently Chief Financial Officer at Corel Corporation. Prior to joining Corel, Mr. McCollam was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nordx/CDT. Mr. McCollam also spent more than 15 years in progressively senior management positions with Northern Telecom, including Vice President of Finance and operations for the company's Caribbean and Latin American markets. Mr. McCollam holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Commerce-Honors Finance from Concordia University.
White, William Mr. William ("Bill") White has been appointed as Executive Vice President of ARISE Technologies Corporation. Prior to joining ARISE Technologies in 2009, William ("Bill") White was President of E.I. DuPont Canada Inc., an enterprise with approximately 1,000 employees and annualized revenue of approximately $1 Billion in Canada. Mr. White joined DuPont Canada in 1974 and held a number of progressively senior management positions, including Director, Global Operations and Director, Global Marketing, Sales and Consulting Solutions, until his appointment as President in 2006. Mr. White holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. He serves on the Board of Directors of MaRS Discovery District in Toronto; he is Chair of the Advisory Committee for Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University; and a Director of the Sustainable Chemistry Alliance - Canada.
Wolfe, Marilyn Marilyn E. Wolfe is Vice President, Human Resources of ARISE Technologies Corporation. She brings with her more than 25 years of senior HR experience in the manufacturing technology sector. Prior to joining ARISE in 2008 she was the Vice President of HR, Global Operations at ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc., a global manufacturing automation company serving the needs of multinational customers. Marilyn is responsible for the delivery of the full spectrum of HR services including employee relations, EAP services, benefits, compensation, recruitment, occupational health and safety, as well as all practices and policies. Marilyn has served on the Boards of Conestoga College, United Way and Skills Canada and has a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation.
Zijlstra, Sjouke Sjouke Zijlstra is Vice President and General Manager, ARISE Germany. He has spent 35 years in the electronics and photovoltaic (PV) industries, working for a variety of international organizations in Europe. Prior to joining ARISE he held for 10 years progressive management positions at Shell Solar operations in Germany and The Netherlands. Sjouke is responsible for managing ARISE’s new 80MV cell production plant in Bischofswerda, Germany.
Dawkins, Jeff Jeff Dawkins is Vice President and General Manager, PV Silicon Technology Division of ARISE Technologies Corporation. He has spent 28 years in the electronics industry, working predominantly for Intel and HP. He has 21 years of progressive management experience, including four years as a division general manager. He is responsible for all aspects of the PV Silicon Technology Division, including the announced Silicon Feedstock Project.
Lu, Richard Richard Lu is Vice President, Business Development of ARISE Technologies Corporation. He has extensive experience in the energy market and was previously the Chief Conservation Officer and Vice President of Toronto Hydro Corporation. Richard holds an MBA from the University of Toronto, a Doctorate of Medicine (MD) from Tongji University in China as well as several other degrees.
Waters, Chris Chris Waters is Vice President - Strategic Business Development of ARISE Technologies Corporation. He has 13 years experience in business development, operational and sales roles. He held increasingly senior positions during his seven years at Research In Motion (“RIM”) where he helped acquire the carrier partners to launch the iconic BlackBerry brand. Prior to RIM, he worked at a boutique consultancy for 2 years where he helped clients with their funding and business development initiatives. He has also held various positions at CN Rail, IBM and Nortel. Chris graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with an Honours degree in Economics and went on to do his MBA at McMaster University.
Alexander, Harold Harold H. Alexander is Director of ARISE Technologies Corporation. He is a businessman and Chartered Accountant. After leaving public accounting he was chief management executive for The Muttart group of companies, a conglomerate in manufacturing, distribution, construction and finance. Since 1965 he has pursued entrepreneurial interests in distribution, construction, marketing and finance as a principal in Konvey Construction Company Ltd., Robintide Investments Ltd., Arquin Systems Ltd., and various real estate projects. He was a director of Pachena Industries Ltd. when CVHI/ARISE was the controlling shareholder (1993-1995).
Merwald, Hal Hal Merwald is Director of ARISE Technologies Corporation. He was the Chairman of the Board of Pachena Industries Ltd. (1994-1995) when CVHI/ARISE was the controlling shareholder (1993-1995). He was the national Executive Director of Young Life Canada and has been involved with various executive leadership positions with that organization since 1963. Hal has served as the CEO of Young Life in Brazil, United States and Canada. His experience internationally, leadership development skills and mentorship skills have made an important contribution to the leadership of the ARISE Board. Hal has a B.A. from Wheaton College and Masters in Divinity from Wheaton Graduate School.
Johnston, David David Johnston is Director of ARISE Technologies Corporation. He is an academic professional who began his career as Assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University (1966), moving on to a series of progressive positions at other Canadian universities prior to becoming the fifth President of the University of Waterloo in June 1999. He is the author or co-author of a number of books, including Cyberlaw (1997), Securities Regulations (1999), and Communications Law in Canada (2000), among many other publications. David has served on many provincial and federal task forces and committees and is on the boards of a number of companies and foundations. Among other accomplishments, he was the founding chair of the National Round Table on Environment and the Economy (1988-1991).
West, Garry Mr. Garry J. West has been appointed to the Board of ARISE Technologies Corporation. Mr. West was managing partner for Southwestern Ontario (2001 to 2006) for Ernst & Young LLP, responsible for the accounting firm's practice in Kitchener and London. From 1986 to 2000, Mr. West was a managing partner for Ernst & Young's Toronto North office, following which he was appointed people leader in the firm's Toronto technology communication and entertainment practice. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto, became a chartered accountant in 1974 and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 2006. In addition, Mr. West has served an interim chief financial officer for ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (October, 2007, to February, 2008), is a director and chair of the audit committee for a TSX Venture Exchange-listed company, BSM Technologies Inc. Mr. West has been active with a number of not-for-profit organizations, including serving as treasurer of Cambridge Memorial Hospital (2003 to 2007), as president of the Royal Canadian Golf Association (2007), president of the Ontario Golf Association (1999), former chairman of the Canadian Open Golf Championship, and is secretary of the Bayview Golf and Country Club.
Currie, Peter Mr. Peter W. Currie has been appointed to the Board of ARISE Technologies Corporation. Mr. Currie began his career at Procter & Gamble Inc., in Toronto, holding progressive financial management roles in the 1970s. He joined Nortel Networks (then known as Northern Telecom Ltd.) in 1979 as assistant controller. Taking on increasing responsibilities in audit and control functions, he was appointed vice-president, finance for Nortel's Canadian operations in 1987, and vice-president and controller for the corporation in 1991. In 1992, he left to become executive vice-president and chief financial officer of North American Life Assurance Co. He rejoined Nortel in 1994 as senior vice-president and chief financial officer, a position that he held for three years until becoming vice-chairman and chief financial officer of Royal Bank of Canada in 1997. During his time at the Royal Bank, Mr. Currie, in 2003, was selected as the CFO of the Year by the annual awards program that recognizes excellence in that position. He rejoined Nortel again in 2005 where through 2007 he led the undertaking to resolve the corporation's substantial accounting, reporting and regulatory issues, provided strategic counsel to the senior leadership team and chief executive officer, and was responsible for all worldwide accounting, financial planning, treasury, investor relations, merger and acquisitions, and real estate operations. Mr. Currie holds a Bachelor of Arts (economics) and an Masters of Business Administration (marketing and general management) from York University. He is a director of Affinion Group Inc., Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Canadian Tire Corp. and Intelius Inc., and is a member, board of governors, executive committee, and chair, finance and audit committee, at York University, for which he also is a director of York University Development Corp.

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Harder, Peter 0 0
Heinrichs, Vern 0 0
MacLellan, Ian 900,000 1,933,000
McCollam, Douglas 0 0
White, William 0 0
Wolfe, Marilyn 0 0
Zijlstra, Sjouke 600,000 1,032,000
Dawkins, Jeff 0 0
Lu, Richard 0 0
Waters, Chris 632,635 953,890
Alexander, Harold 0 0
Merwald, Hal 0 0
Johnston, David 0 0
West, Garry 0 0
Currie, Peter 0 0

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