Management Team

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.

Roy Dalton, Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Dalton joined RuggedCom in 2004 and is the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dalton spent four years in California during which time he served as Treasurer of Internet Pictures Corporation and VP Finance of Zinio Systems Inc. Mr. Dalton participated in the initial public offering of Internet Pictures Corporation in the United States in August 1999.
Prior to his work in California, Mr. Dalton spent almost 10 years in several full time financial consulting roles with IBM Canada Inc., assisting the company with divestitures, business integration and litigation support. Mr. Dalton is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto.

Clive Dias, Vice President, Operations.
Mr. Dias joined RuggedCom in 2001 and is currently the Vice President of Operations responsible for manufacturing, material management and day-to-day company operations.
Mr. Dias has over 25 years experience in mechanical design and manufacturing in the electronics industry and is the inventor of record of a number of patents related to the mechanical and electrical design of protection relay devices for the electric utility
industry. Prior to joining RuggedCom, Mr. Dias was the Manager of Mechanical Design/Drafting/Manufacturing Test for General Electric’s Power Management division
where he oversaw the partial outsourcing of manufacturing to over-seas locations and the creation of various manufacturing work cells. Mr. Dias holds a Mechanical Engineering Technologist Diploma from the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, and is Six Sigma trained and certified.

Roger Moore, Vice President, Engineering.
Mr. Moore joined RuggedCom in 2002 and is currently the Vice President of Engineering.
Mr. Moore has over 15 years of experience in the electric utility industry and substation automation. Prior to joining RuggedCom, Mr. Moore was a project manager for General Electric’s Power Management division where he developed advanced protective relaying systems and substation automation technology. Mr. Moore is the inventor of record of several patents related to advances in communications and protective relaying technology and he is also an active member of the IEEE. Mr. Moore holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree, majoring in computer science and physics, from the University of Toronto.

Joe Gould, Vice President, Sales – Americas
Mr. Gould joined RuggedCom in 2003 as a Sales Engineer, quickly moved into the role of Business Development Manager for the transportation systems and electric power markets then the Director of Sales — USA. He is currently serving as Vice President, Sales — Americas, covering both North and South America. Mr. Gould has over 30 years experience in the Information Technology and Networking Industry, of which 15 years were spent in a management capacity in the areas of information technology and networking management. Prior to joining RuggedCom, Mr. Gould spent three years as an independent consultant designing networks and performing security audits. Before that, Mr. Gould was employed as a Senior Network Consultant with 3COM Corporation and with Foundry Networks, Inc. as a Systems Engineer.
Mr. Gould holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from the University of Florida and has earned multiple industry certifications from both 3COM Corporation and Cisco Systems, Inc.

Emiliano Marquesini, Vice President, Sales - International
Mr. Marquesini joined RuggedCom in 2004 as a Regional Sales Manager covering the European market and he was the first RuggedCom employee outside of Canada and USA. Mr. Marquesini has over 15 years experience in automation systems for industrial and electric utilities applications. Before joining RuggedCom, he has held positions with: a multinational OEM (IMPSA/ICSA) as a SCADA and software team leader engineer, where he gained considerable experience in automation and monitoring within the Oil & Gas, Hydro Power and Industrial Controls sectors; Schneider Electric Singapore Automation Systems division, where he started as a Senior SCADA Engineer and then moved into Project Management responsible for multi-million dollar projects; Schneider Electric UK where he held a variety of senior commercial roles (Sales Manager, Key Accounts Manager, Business Development, etc) for EMS and DMS solutions for electrical utilities in Europe and Latin America; and just prior to RuggedCom with Schneider Electric e-Business corporate team as International Program Director. Mr. Marquesini is originally from Argentina where he obtained his degree in Electricity & Electronic Engineering.

G. Pino Porciello, Vice President, Marketing
Mr. Porciello joined RuggedCom in June 2005 and is the Vice President of Marketing responsible
for both product and brand marketing as well as strategic planning and product management. Mr. Porciello has over 15 years experience in industrial automation and the electric utility sector. He has held senior technical and management positions for several early stage technology companies, including Katlyn Controls, Dantec, and Handshake Interactive Technologies. Prior to RuggedCom, Mr. Porciello was a Product Manager with General Electric Multilin, with commercial responsibility for several key product lines. Mr. Porciello holds a joint MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management and Schulich School of Business as well as Masters and Bachelors of Applied Science degrees in Systems Design Engineering from the
University of Waterloo.

Jonathan Azarcon, Director of Global Services & Support
Mr. Azarcon joined RuggedCom March 2006 and is currently the Manager of Global
Services & Support. Mr. Azarcon has over 10 years of experience in telecom networking and has held several senior engineering and management roles at a number of telecommunications companies including Alcatel, Sprint Canada, Optel, and C1 Communications. Prior to joining RuggedCom, Mr. Azarcon was a Professional Services Consultant with Alcatel from 2001 to 2006. Mr. Azarcon holds a Diploma in Architectural Technology and Telecommunications from Centennial College and holds numerous telecommunications certifications including Alcatel Certified Business Network Professional (ACBNP) and Alcatel Certified Switch
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