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 MANAGEMENT & KEY PERSONNEL
Management & Key Personnel
The Company and ISL are operated by Mr. Robert Saunders
Robert Saunders, Chairman, CEO and President
Mr. Saunders has directed all research and development efforts at ISL since its establishment. After studying for his B.Sc. at the University of BC in the early 1970's, Mr. Saunders has worked exclusively in the aquaculture research and development field. His efforts have primarily involved designing and implementing innovative culture technology and methods for new aquaculture species in BC. Mr. Saunders has direct experience with managing projects similar to the type proposed, such as developing the hatchery technology for producing the Japanese scallop and the development of sablefish aquaculture.
Douglas C. MacLellan, Vice-Chairman
Since May 1992, Mr. MacLellan has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the MacLellan Group, Inc., a privately held business incubator and financial advisory firm. Since 2002, Mr. MacLellan was Vice Chairman and Director of AXM Pharma, Inc. (AMEX; AXJ). Mr. MacLellan is also a member of the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee of AMDL, Inc. (AMEX: ADL), a publicly held biotechnology firm. From March 1998 through October 2000, Mr. MacLellan was the co-founder and a significant shareholder of Wireless Electronique, Ltd., a China-based telecommunications company having joint venture operations with China Unicom (NASDAQ: CHU) in Yunnan, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia provinces. He is also a co-founder and, since May 1997, has been a director of Datalex Corporation, a Canadian-based legacy software solution provider. From November 1996 to March 1998, Mr. MacLellan was co-Chairman and an Investment Committee member of the Strategic East European Fund. From November 1995 to March 1998, Mr. MacLellan was President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of PortaCom Wireless, Inc., a company engaged as a developer and operator of cellular and wireless telecommunications ventures in selected developing world markets. Mr. MacLellan is a former member of the board of directors and co-founder of FirstCom Corporation (NASDAQ: FCLX), an international telecommunications company that operates a competitive access fiber and satellite network in Latin America, which became AT&T Latin America (NASDAQ: ATTL) in August 2000. During 1996, he was also the Vice-Chairman of Asia American Telecommunications (now Metromedia China Corporation), a majority-owned subsidiary of Metromedia International Group, Inc. (AMEX: MMG). Mr. MacLellan was educated at the University of Southern California in economics and finance, with advanced training in classical economic theory.
Michael Boswell, Director, Acting Chief Accounting Officer
Director and Acting Chief Accounting Officer.*/* *Mr. Boswell is a co-founder and member in TriPoint Capital Advisors, LLC, a boutique merchant bank focused on small and mid-sized growth companies and a co founder of the TriPoint family of companies. Mr. Boswell provides high-level financial services to start-up businesses and small to mid-sized companies. Mr. Boswell is also currently a director of Global Growth Acquisition Corp. 1, a Cayman Islands corporation. Mr. Boswell holds the Series 24, 82 and 63 licenses and is also Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer of TriPoint Global Equities, LLC, a FINRA member firm. Prior to the founding of TriPoint, Mr. Boswell had a number of executive positions focusing on business development and management consulting. Mr. Boswell also spent eight years as a senior analyst and/or senior engineer for various branches of the United States Government. He earned a MBA from John Hopkins University and a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Maryland.
Victor T Bolton, Director
Mr. Bolton founded a Mechanical contracting firm after graduating from college and evolved that firm into all aspects of the construction industry including building and raw land developing as well as extensive property management. Retiring from this business in 2000, Mr. Bolton now focuses time and energy towards the food manufacturing field.
Mark H. Elenowitz, Director
Mr. Elenowitz is a co-founder and managing director of TriPoint Capital Advisors, LLC. Mr. Elenowitz is responsible for the overall corporate development of the firm and assisting their clients with high-level financial services and general business development. In this role he provides high level advice regarding corporate finance, corporate structure, SOX 404 compliance, employee option programs and capital market navigation including providing advice as a member of the board of directors. Mr. Elenowitz integrates a strong, successful entrepreneurial background with extensive financial services and capital markets experience. Mr. Elenowitz has assisted in numerous companies in a "soup-to-nuts" process of preparing a company for the public markets, bringing them public and advising on an ongoing basis via board seats and executive positions to oversee further rounds of financing, strategic acquisitions and a broader investor market via a listing on "higher" securities exchange or market. Mr. Elenowitz is also currently a director of Global Growth Acquisition Corp. 1, a Cayman Islands corporation. From December 2002 to September 2005, Mr. Elenowitz was a board member of AXM Pharma formerly (AMEX: AXJ) He was also the senior managing director of Investor Communications Company, LLC (ICC), a national investor relations firm he founded in 1996. Through ICC, Mr. Elenowitz has developed ongoing relationships with other investment banking firms, market makers, and analysts. Mr. Elenowitz has worked with over 50 publicly traded companies providing the above mentioned financial consulting and strategic planning services. Mr. Elenowitz holds the Series 24, 82 and 63 licenses and is also CEO of TriPoint Global Equities, LLC, a FINRA member firm. Mr. Elenowitz is the recipient of several entrepreneurial awards and has been profiled in BusinessWeek and CNBC, as well as several other publications. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Business and Management, with a Bachelor of Science in Finance.
Ian Fraser, Director
Since 1997, Mr. Ian Fraser has been President of Fraser Yacht Sales Ltd., a successful Yacht Brokerage located in Vancouver, B.C. Prior to establishing Fraser Yacht Sales Ltd., Mr. Fraser gained experience in sales and marketing both nationally and internationally as a yacht broker for two top brokerage houses in Vancouver. Previously, Mr. Fraser was worked as an advertising sales executive with Naylor communications from 1988 to 1990 and learned valuable communication skills while working with numerous trades including the Truck Logger's association, the I.W.A of America, and the B.C. Construction industry. He also operated as a commercial fisherman on the West coast working on commercial salmon fishing boats for the B.C. Packer Corporation over a 4 year period and gained valuable knowledge of the coastline of Vancouver Island and along the mainland from Victoria to the Queen Charlotte Islands. Mr. Fraser also acquired sea time and commercial shipping skills while working on the deck department of the B.C. Ferry Corporation based out of Horseshoe Bay during his early professional career and during the summer months while attending school in the early 1980s. Mr. Fraser also competes internationally on ocean racing yachts and has crossed the Pacific and sailed up and down the coast to Mexico on numerous occasions while racing and delivering racing yachts as captain. Mr. Fraser studied Business Administration at Simon Fraser University and Capilano College graduating with a diploma in Business Administration.
Darryl Anthony Horton, Director
Mr. Horton has been a businessman successfully involved in numerous construction and development projects for the past 35 years. He is the President, Manager and a Partner of Abbotsford Development Corporation and is currently managing a development project in Abbotsford, British Columbia called Eagle Mountain. Eagle Mountain is an upscale, master planned community of single family homes, town homes and commercial properties covering approximately 60 acres that is expected to be valued, upon completion, in excess of 200 million dollars. Prior to Eagle Mountain, Mr. Horton managed, owned and marketed numerous other residential and commercial projects including the construction of a 30 million dollar multi-function residential Intermediate Care Facility in La Jolla California. For 15 years Mr. Horton was a partner in a general contracting company that did various contracts with an average volume of about 25 million per year. In the 1970's, Mr. Horton was the Vice president of Community Builders, the largest single family developer in British Columbia. Mr. Horton is also the director of several other building and development companies in British Columbia.
Dr. Robert L. Rooks, Director
Robert L. Rooks, DVM, MS, has been Chief of Staff of VCA All-Care Animal Referral Center (ACARC) in Fountain Valley, California, since 1990. ACARC is the largest strictly referral veterinary center in the US. Dr. Rooks has a staff of over 20 veterinarians in the areas of surgery, critical care, internal medicine, oncology, dentistry, radiology and neurology. Their services include 24-hour critical care/emergency service, MRI and CT scans, color-flow Doppler ultrasounds, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, a complete orthopedic program including total hip replacements and joint reconstruction, cobalt radiation therapy, a complete neuro-diagnostic service, a kidney transplant program and a physical rehabilitation department and much more. He is the published author of over 100 journals, magazine and newspaper articles. Dr. Rooks is also the author of the book "Canine Orthopedics" published in 1997 by Howell Bookhouse. Dr. Robert Rooks completed his undergraduate studies at Iowa State University in 1978. He graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State. Dr. Rooks received his Masters Degree as well as completed his surgical residency at the University of Illinois in 1981. He is a Diplomate of both the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners.
Bruce Evans, Farm Manager
Mr. Bruce Evans has been involved in shellfish production since 1985. He successfully established an oyster business, employing methods of long-line and beach culture production. That business is still in operation today, producing 7,000 gals of shucked oysters annually and employing 3 full time people and 4 part time people. He moved to ISL in 1989. Mr. Evans was responsible for securing the leases from the Provincial government for this scallop grow-out project. He built the established long-line systems that currently produce scallops for ISL. Mr. Evans worked with a Japanese scallop farmer for two years in B.C. and spent a month working on highly acclaimed scallop farms in Japan. Mr. Evans holds a BS in Marine Biology from University of Victoria.
The other key employees include:
Shellfish hatchery manager Ms. Patti Greenham, algal hatchery manager Ms. Lesley Chapman, processing plant manager Ms. Lorraine Hopps, government liaison Ms. Barb Bunting and financial manager Ms. Lisa Vernon.
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