Directors

Stephen Bacso BSc, MBA – President & CEO
	Mr. Bacso holds a Science degree from the University of Western Ontario, and is an MBA graduate from the University of Western Ontario's Richard Ivey School of Business. In 1996, he founded PixStream Inc., a company that built and marketed digital video networking equipment for the global telecommunications industry. As President & CEO from 1996-1999, he led the company through the selling of a minority interest to Newbridge Networks Corporation (Now Alcatel), and also raised financing from strategic and institutional investors. PixStream was acquired by Cisco Systems of San Jose, California, in 2000 for $544M.
From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Bacso served as President and CEO of ObjectSoft Incorporated, a developer of multimedia computer software and hardware products. Mr. Bacso led business and product planning for the company's leading-edge multimedia products and directed the research and development of multimedia and networking. He also provided product and market expertise to third party companies involved in acquisitions of multimedia computer companies.   Mr. Bacso has worked on US military projects in both engineering and leadership roles. The engineering projects included the US Army's Light Helicopter (LHX), and the US Air Force Advanced Tactical Fighter (F22). He led project teams focused on advanced design of 3D computer graphics and video displays for pilots. He also worked on technical feasibility and business concept projects to move that same technology to commercial markets.
Bruce M. Antonello, HBc, MHA, CHE - VP of Business Development
	Mr. Antonello holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) from Carleton University and a Masters in Health Care Administration from the University of Ottawa. Mr. Antonello held senior portfolios with the Ottawa General Hospital and the Ontario Ministry of Health prior to being appointed President and CEO of St. Mary's General Hospital in December of 1982, a post he held until the spring of 2004. Among his most significant achievements while CEO of St. Mary's were the creation of the St. Mary's Regional Cardiac Centre and the approval of the Hospital's $100M capital redevelopment.
Mr. Antonello has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Hospital Association, as a board member and chair (1995-98) of the Catholic Health Association of Ontario, as an Ontario Director on the Board of the Canadian College of Health Services Executives (from which he has the designation, Certified Health Executive) and as Ontario representative on the Board of the Catholic Health Association of Canada. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the St. Mary's General Hospital Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors of KidsAbility, a children's development centre and member of the Grants Committee of the K-W Community Foundation. Mr. Antonello is a member of the Kitchener Conestoga Rotary Club, where he served as President in 1996-97. In 2004, Mr. Antonello received the Diocese of Hamilton, Medal of Honour, in recognition of his 21 year tenure as President and CEO of St. Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener.
Dr. Gerard Shoemaker, HBSc, MD, FRCPC
	Dr. Shoemaker is currently a practicing cardiologist and is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario in London. He has a clinical interest in cardiac rehabilitation and is a Co-Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Program at the London Health Sciences Centre.
His primary research interest is in pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Shoemaker is Co-Director of the Southwestern Ontario Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic and Research Lab. Dr Shoemaker has been involved in numerous clinical trials evaluating new therapies for pulmonary hypertension. He is a frequent guest lecturer on the topic.   As well as running a busy clinical practice, Dr. Shoemaker is active in the undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programs at the University of Western Ontario. He regularly lectures to students at all levels and is a student tutor for the medical school problem-based learning modules.   Dr. Shoemaker began his academic career at the University of Waterloo receiving his Honours BSc in Kinesiology. He went on to pursue graduate studies and his medical degree at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Dr. Shoemaker completed his training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Western Ontario.
Dr. Andrew K. C. Wong, MSc, PhD
	Dr. Andrew K.C. Wong, a world-renowned engineer-scientist, has made pioneering and significant contributions to the multi-facet fields of knowledge based systems, machine intelligence, computer vision and intelligent robotics. His outstanding track record in knowledge and technology transfer business continues to bear significant impact on healthcare, biomedical and engineering applications.
Dr. Wong holds a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University; and a B.Sc (Honours) and an M.Sc. from the Hong Kong University. He is an IEEE Fellow for his contribution in machine intelligence, computer vision, and intelligent robotics.   Dr. Wong currently is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus (Systems Design Engineering) at the University of Waterloo where he is also an Adjunct Professor of the School of Computer Sciences and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He was the Founding Director of the renowned Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Laboratory (PAMI Lab) and a Distinguished Chair Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (00-03).   Dr. Wong is a founder, and retired director (93-03) of Virtek Vision International Corporation. Virtek is a publicly traded company and is a leader in laser vision technology. He was president of the organization from 1986 to 1993 and later served as Chairman from 1993 to 1997. In 1997, he co-founded Pattern Discovery Software Systems Ltd. and has served as Chairman ever since.
Mr. Thomas K. Hunter, HBA, LLB
	Mr. Hunter received his law degree from the University of Western Ontario and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1988. He also holds an honours degree in Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University. A partner with Gowlings since 1995, Mr. Hunter practices in the area of corporate, commercial and technology law as head of the firm's Waterloo Region Business Law Group. His particular areas of focus include assisting startup and growth oriented companies, mergers and acquisitions and all aspects of equity and debt financing. Mr. Hunter was lead Counsel in the creation of PixStream Incorporated in 1996 and led the divestiture transaction of PixStream to Cisco in 2000 for a sale price of $544 million Cdn.
Mr. Hunter is actively involved with Communitech (Waterloo Region's Community Technology Association), the Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship at Wilfrid Laurier University, and is a member of the Advisory Council for the Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology at the University of Waterloo. Mr. Hunter is a frequent guest lecturer on matters relating to mergers, acquisitions, financing, corporate governance and startup enterprises.   Mr. Hunter is the Chair of the Waterloo Region Catholic Schools Foundation and serves on the Nominating Committee of St. Paul's United College at the University of Waterloo. He is also a member of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee and on the Board of Governors of St. Mary's General Hospital, and serves as counsel to the Kitchener-Waterloo Counselling Services Inc. He is a member of the University of Western Ontario Waterloo/Wellington Business Club, the Conservative Business Association of Kitchener-Waterloo, the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Venture Capital Association.