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DAVID MCAUSLAND Chairman
David McAusland is a senior corporate strategist, advisor and lawyer who has recently joined the law firm McCarthy Tétrault as a partner. Previously, Mr. McAusland was Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of Alcan Inc. where he provided leadership on its worldwide mergers, growth strategies, major transactions and capital investments. Mr. McAusland currently acts as director of Cogeco Inc./Cogeco Cable Inc., Cascades Inc., and Khan Resources Inc. He has served as Chair of the Reform Implementation Council for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Mr. McAusland is also involved with several not-for-profit organizations: he is a director of the Montreal General Hospital Foundation and Chairman of the National Circus School Foundation. Mr. McAusland received his B.C.L. in 1976 and his LL.B. in 1977, both from McGill University.

   
 

NEIL D. ARNOLD Director
Mr. Arnold has over 35 years of experience in public company finance and general management. Most recently, he served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of WHX Corp., a public holding company for primary industrial businesses. He also served as Group Finance Director of Lucas Varity, PLC, a public company providing components and systems to the global aerospace and automotive industries with revenues in excess of $7 billion. Prior to that Mr. Arnold was Chief Financial Officer of Varity Corporation (previously Massey-Ferguson Ltd.). He has served as a director of Lucas Varity, and WHX Corp. At present Mr. Arnold is a Director of Pembroke College Foundation of North America Inc. Mr. Arnold earned a B.A. in Engineering Science from Pembroke College, Oxford University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK).

   
 

ANTHONY CAPUTO Director
Mr. Caputo is the Chief Executive Officer of ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. As an experienced senior executive he brings a solid track record of over 25 years of delivering performance, growth and value creation in technology, manufacturing and service environments. Most recently Mr. Caputo served as Corporate Vice-President, President and COO of L-3 Communications, and prior to that he was the President and CEO of Spar Aerospace. Mr. Caputo holds a Bachelor of Technology in Engineering from Ryerson University and a Master of Science in Organizational Development from Pepperdine University.

   
 

MICHAEL E. MARTINO Director
Mr. Martino is a founder and principal of Mason Capital Management LLC. Mr. Martino began his investment career at Oppenheimer & Company where he was responsible for risk arbitrage research; he ended his tenure at Oppenheimer as Executive Director, Risk Arbitrage. He began his business career at GE Capital Corporation where he held positions in information systems and business analysis. He was formerly a director of Spar Aerospace Limited, a publicly-traded aerospace company. Mr. Martino graduated from Fairfield University with a degree in Political Science and earned a Masters in Business Administration in Finance and International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

   
 

GORDON E. PRESHER Director
Mr. Presher is a uniquely qualified entrepreneur, possessing expertise in both the automation technology and solar industries. He is the Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Solar Sentry Corp., a seed-stage developer of innovative monitoring equipment for the solar energy industry. Prior to Solar Sentry Mr. Presher was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ormec Systems Corp., a factory automation firm specializing in precise motion control. He began his career as a controls engineer at Eastman Kodak Company. Mr. Presher holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Math from Houghton College, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Rochester.

   
 

NEALE X. TRANGUCCI Director
Mr. Trangucci has been an officer of Mason Capital Management LLC since November 2005. During that time, he served as the CEO and Chairman of Silicon Global Corporation. Prior to joining Mason, he was Chief Executive Officer of WHX Corp. Previously, Mr. Trangucci worked for Neuberger Berman, and before that time spent eight years in workouts and bankruptcies with Continental Illinois Bank and Salomon Brothers. He has been a director of WHX, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. and Wheeling-Nisshin, Inc. Mr. Trangucci holds a Bachelor of Science from Bucknell University and a Masters in International Affairs and Finance and Banking from Columbia University.

   
 

DARYL C. F. WILSON Director
Mr. Wilson is the President, CEO and director of Hydrogenics Corporation, a Canadian public company and hydrogen technology provider. Prior to joining Hydrogenics he was VP Manufacturing and Operations with Royal Group Technologies and Zenon Environmental Inc. Preceding that he served on the senior management team of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada. Mr. Wilson has been National Chair of the Environmental Quality Committee of the CMA. Mr. Wilson holds an MBA in Operations Management/Management Science from McMaster University; a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto; and has obtained a Chartered Director designation (C.C. Dir.).

   

 

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