Mr. Ballantyne is a chartered accountant, and holds a B.A. in Economics from Waterloo Lutheran University. Mr. Ballantyne has over thirty years of senior management experience in finance and operations. Prior to joining Canlan he was Senior Vice President of an international, TSE 300 company with multi facility operations and with extensive acquisition activity.

 

Mr. Barker is a partner and founder of Kinetic Capital Partners, a private equity investment company with over $50 million under management. Mr. Barker has been active in the private equity field since 1986 and has overseen the execution of a number of early stage growth strategies, corporate turn-arounds and financial restructurings of portfolio companies.
Prior to the formation of Kinetic Capital Partners Mr. Barker was interim President and CEO of Canlan Ice Sports Corp. from 1987 to 2000. Prior to that he was the Vice President of Finance at Bartrac Holdings Ltd., Canlan’s controlling shareholder. Mr. Barker was an active director of Whistler Mountain Ski Corporation from 1988 to 1997. Mr. Barker has served as a director of a variety of companies in the fields of wood products, oil and gas exploration, waste management and manufacturing and has been a Director of the Company since 1986.

 

Mr. Allen is the President of Darmajac Holdings, a holding company with investments in telecommunications and other industries. Mr. Allen is a graduate of the University of Toronto and achieved his Chartered Accountant designation with Clarkson Gordon in 1974. From 1987 to 1995, Mr. Allen was President and Chief Executive Officer of CUC Broadcasting, a Canadian investment company with broad interests in cable television, telephony, broadcasting, paging, satellite-delivered programming and PCS. Mr. Allen also sits on the Board of Terago Networks and P.S. Production Services Ltd.

 

Mr. Barker is a graduate of UBC with Bachelor of Applied Science. He spent 1978 to 1986 with the Provincial Water Management Branch of the Ministry of Environment. Registered with the Association of Professional Engineers of B.C. in 1981 but has since given up professional designation. From 1986 onward, has been Vice President Development with Bartrac Holdings Ltd. and has been a director of Canlan since May of 1987.

 

Mr. Cohen has been a director of Canlan since June of 1999. Prior to retirement he worked as a financial service consultant for over 30 years. He holds a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Manitoba.

 

Mr. Pattison has been a director of Canlan since May of 1986. He holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard University.

 

Mr. St-Aubin has a Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences with a concentration in Management of Public Policy from the University Ottawa. He has 25 years experience in the competitive ranks of the sport of hockey and has been a leader in the ice rink industry since 1997. He began his career with Canlan as the facility General Manager in Oshawa and has grown through various positions to now lead Canlan Ice Sports as the President and CEO.

 

Mr. Gellard is a Certified General Accountant and joined Canlan as controller in 1996 after spending fifteen years working in public practice where he serviced a wide variety of audit clients. Following the successful financial restructuring of the Company in 2000, Mr. Gellard was made Vice President Finance & CFO.

 

Mr. Dickson has been a senior sports marketing professional for the past twentyseven years. He has extensive marketing experience with professional sports organizations such as the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs and B.C. Lions as well as operating a successful sports marketing consultancy prior to joining Canlan in 1999.

 

Mr. Faubert has been in senior management roles in the Resort and Hospitality Industry for thirty years and has worked with some of the largest resorts in Western Canada. He graduated with honours in Recreation Facilities Management and Resort Operations Management in 1978. He joined Canlan in 2001 as Facility General Manager at Burnaby 8-rinks and has advanced through various positions to now head up our North American operations.

 

Mr. Wu is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance from the University of British Columbia. Prior to joining Canlan Mr. Wu was a Senior Manager in a public accounting firm where he serviced a variety of clients in the real estate and services sectors.

 

Mr. Reynolds has over thirty-years of business experience in various sales, operations and management roles. He entered the Human resources field in 1987 and since that time has held various H.R. generalist roles, continuing to build human resources strength in many areas. His experience has been working with entrepreneurial, growth-oriented organizations, mostly in the service and retail industries and with multi Provincial locations.

 

Mr. Male graduated from Mohawk College and is a Certified Management Accountant. He has twenty-three years management experience in finance, sales and operations. Mr. Male joined Canlan in 2000 as Director Sales & Marketing for the Ontario Region and advanced through various positions to head our Eastern Operations.

 

Greg Porcellato has held senior roles in Facility, Recreation, Major events and Sports management in the Vancouver area. He graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Business degree in Organizational Behavior. Greg was the Facility Manager of the Pacific Coliseum, Pacific National Exhibition through to 2001. From there he took on the role of Manager of Information Centre, Volunteers and Event Planning for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Bid Corporation through 2003. His career with Canlan began as the General Manager of Burnaby 8 Rinks in 2003, promoted to Senior General Manager, Lower Mainland in 2006 and now in his new role as Vice President Western Operations.

 

Ms. Lichterman is both a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant, holding a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton University. She has thirteen years of experience in ice rink and recreational facility operations in both the United States and Canada. Prior to joining Canlan, Ms. Lichterman was a co-owner and Director of Operations of a consulting and management company based in the United States.

 

Mr. Dillon is a career marketing and sales professional with nearly twenty years experience, many of which were in a senior management capacity, providing sales and marketing leadership. Prior to joining Canlan, he gained valuable experience in a variety of industry sectors including packaged goods, consumer electronics, transportation and real estate. Mr. Dillon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University.