Dr. Guy Bridgeman, Director.

Dr. Bridgeman is Senior Vice-President, Distribution & Transmission and Energy Services, EPCOR Utilities Inc., a company providing power and water to customers in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Dr. Bridgeman joined EPCOR Utilities Inc. in November 1995 as Director of Regulatory Affairs and served in that capacity for four years. From 1999 to 2002, he served in various senior planning and business development capacities within the company before moving to his current position. From 1989 to 1995, Dr. Bridgeman was a senior economist with the Alberta Government’s Department of Energy, focusing on oil and gas regulatory issues. He played a leading role in the province’s first round of electricity industry deregulation initiatives, introduced in 1996. Dr. Bridgeman holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Western Ontario, London.

Allan Brett, Director.

Mr. Brett has been the Chief Financial Officer of Aastra Technologies Limited for the past ten years. Aastra is a public company which develops and markets IP-based networking products, with annual revenue of more than $600 million and more than 1,700 employees. Mr. Brett is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators. Mr. Brett currently sits on the board of directors of J.J. Battle Enterprises Inc., a private business based in Toronto operating in the commercial construction industry.

Peter Crombie, Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Crombie has been a partner of Emerald Technology Ventures AG since April 2005. Mr. Crombie is responsible for leading venture capital deals in the fields of energy technology, materials and water. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of OPG Ventures Inc. (an energy technology venture capital fund owned entirely by Ontario Power Generation Inc.) from April 2001 to March 2005. Mr. Crombie currently serves on the boards of GrowthWorks Canadian Fund and GrowthWorks Commercialization Fund (both Canadian labour-sponsored venture capital funds). He also serves on the Investment Committee of Sustainable Development Technology Canada. Mr. Crombie has over 30 years of business experience working principally with high technology companies in financial, investment and senior executive roles. Mr. Crombie is a Chartered Accountant and has a Designation in Corporate Finance. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree form Concordia University, Montreal and a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University, Montreal.

J. Ian Giffen, Director.

Mr. Giffen serves as an advisor and/or director to technology companies and investment funds. Mr. Giffen is currently a director of MKS Inc., Corel Corporation Inc. and Descartes Systems Inc. Since 1996, Mr. Giffen has advised Helix Investments Inc. and XDL Capital Inc., both of which are private venture investment funds, and has served on the boards of a number of public and private companies in the past including Macromedia, Open Text Inc., Financial Models Inc., 724 Solutions Inc., Delano Technology Inc., Algorithmics Inc., DWL Inc., DPS Inc., Changepoint Inc. and MGI Software Inc. Mr. Giffen is a Chartered Accountant and has a bachelor of arts degree in business administration from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

Marzio Pozzuoli, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Pozzuoli is the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of RuggedCom.
Mr. Pozzuoli has over 20 years experience developing technology for the industrial process and electric power markets. Prior to founding RuggedCom, Mr. Pozzuoli was the Technology Manager for General Electric’s Power Management division where he was responsible for technology development and the successful introduction of major new product lines in the area of power system protection and control. Mr. Pozzuoli is the inventor of record of multiple patents related to advances in communications, protective relaying technology and automation technology. Mr. Pozzuoli is also an active member of the IEEE where he is involved with standards work as part of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Substations Committee Task Force. Mr. Pozzuoli holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Technology degree from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto.

C. Ian Ross, Director.

Mr. Ross is currently the chairman of the board of directors of PetValu Inc., World Heart Corporation, a director of Ontario Power Generation Inc., a director and chairman of the audit committee of Comcare Canada Limited and a director of eJust Systems Inc. Mr. Ross has extensive management and transactional experience having previously been the president and CEO of a number of paper product companies. Mr. Ross is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Dr. Harry Zarek, Director.

Dr. Zarek is President and Chief Executive Officer of Compugen Systems Ltd., one of Canada’s largest information technology companies, which he founded in 1981. With offices across Canada and a staff of 700, the company provides technology infrastructure solutions focused on medium and large corporations and governments. Dr. Zarek holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering Science and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Toronto and is an active investor and member of the board of directors of a number of early stage technology companies in Canada and the US.