Board of Directors

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The OMT Board of Directors includes individuals who bring strong backgrounds in financial, strategic management, and broadcast industry experience. Brief biographies of the board members are provided below.

Bill Baines, BSc, MBA – Executive Chairman
Mr. Baines is currently the President & CEO of AML Wireless Networks Inc.  Prior to this role, Mr. Baines has led in the success of several technology based service organizations including as President & COO of MTS Communications Inc. (Manitoba Telecom Services), President & COO of Norigen Communications Inc. and previous roles with Unitel Communications and Bell Canada.  Mr. Baines holds a BSc in Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and an MBA from the University of Toronto’s Executive Program.  Mr. Baines currently is Chair of the Board of The Manitoba Museum, and a member of the Board of the Associates (University of Manitoba – Asper School). Past community involvement includes the United Way Cabinet (London and Winnipeg), member of the Board of Winnipeg SmartCentre, various community focused organizations and several community based sports programs.

Laurie Goldberg, BComm (Honours), CA
Mr. Goldberg brings considerable depth in financial and business development experience to OMT. He is currently the President and CEO of People First HR Services Ltd., the leading HR consulting firm in its local market. Prior to joining People First, Mr. Goldberg held the position of Chief Operating Officer and Office of the President of Assante Corporation, a TSE listed company, and prior thereto was a Managing Partner with Arthur Andersen.

Mark Ahrens-Townsend, P.Eng, MBA
Mr. Ahrens-Townsend is Executive VP, Business Development for Liberstream, makers of a two-way video collaboration technologies. Mr. Ahrens-Townsend is a graduate Engineer and MBA from the University of Manitoba who has spent the past 20 years in the Engineering and Information Technology industries. He was most recently Executive in Residence with the Ensis Group, the President & CEO of Norsat International Inc., located in Burnaby, British Columbia. Mr. Ahrens-Townsend has worked extensively in the private sector for firms including Norsat, Infocorp Computer Solutions Ltd., IBM Canada Limited and Acres Engineering Consulting Services.

Stephen Pumple, M.Eng, MBA
Mr. Pumple is
Founder of AZCAR Technologies, a Fellow of Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE, the industry technical standards-setting body), and a member of the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers (AFCEE). With more than three decades of broadcast design and worldwide integration experience, Stephen is an author and speaker for a wide range of technical conferences and trade publications.

Harold Heide, B.Comm (Hons.)
ENSIS Vice-President, Investments

Harold Heide has over 26 years experience in financial and operational management positions. Between 1996 and March, 2000, the date upon which Mr. Heide joined the ENSIS Growth Fund, Mr. Heide served as the Director, Risk Management with the Manitoba Capital Fund Limited Partnership which provided mezzanine financing to both small and mid-sized businesses in Manitoba. He has held previous financial management positions with Monsanto Canada and Canadian Pacific, and was a licensed investment executive with the former Midland Doherty. Mr. Heide is a graduate of the University of Manitoba.

 



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