Roy Sunstrum has over 20 years of business and leadership experience, including several years at Director & Vice President levels in Nortel Networks & JDS Uniphase. Roy’s areas of focus during this time included component engineering, supply management and logistics, semiconductor operations and facilities management.

Roy has been active in the Ottawa Manufacturer’s Network Advisory Board for many years and acts in advisory capacities for numerous young technology companies. Most recently, he developed a course on world class supply chain risk management and offers this course in cities across Canada.

Damian Hanel has over 20 years of business experience including leadership roles in Nortel Networks in Hardware & Software Development, Quality, Product Assurance and Business Development (Japan). He played a key role in the reliability management initiative of the world’s first OC192 transmission system, which, at the time of its introduction, was the most reliable transmission system developed by Nortel Networks.

Prior to joining forces with Roy Sunstrum in March 2002, Damian worked with start-ups and young businesses in the Ottawa region establishing systematic approaches to development and
deployment processes.

Collectively, Damian Hanel and Roy Sunstrum have over 45 years of successful business experience in small, medium and large organizations and they draw upon a strong network of business and technical professionals that spans the globe.