Board of directors
Kevin Huscroft, Chairman
Kevin Huscroft was a co-founder of PMC-Sierra, Inc. where he led product development from 1992 to 2002 and last held the position of vice president, research & development and chief technology officer. Prior to the founding of PMC-Sierra, Inc., Kevin held various engineering positions at MPR Teltech Ltd. and Bell-Northern Research Ltd. He has 25 years of experience in the development of semiconductor and communications systems.
Kevin holds both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia.
Geoff Catherwood, Director
Geoff is a Director in the Business Development Bank of Canada's Venture Capital Division. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has 14 years experience in industrial automation and process control. Prior to joining the BDC in 2001, he worked for a large multi-national industrial process control supplier. He brings diverse operational experience in the process automation industry including field service, system commissioning, engineering, management and sales. He currently administers BDC Venture Capital's "Advanced Technology" portfolio in Western Canada. This portfolio includes investments in companies that focus on Alternative Energy, Electronics, Advanced Materials and Clean Technologies. He is active on the boards of a number of early stage companies.
Geoff holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia and an Executive MBA from Simon Fraser University.
Peter Charbonneau, Director
Peter Charbonneau joined Skypoint in 2001 and is a principal of Fund II. Prior to Skypoint, Peter was a senior executive with Newbridge, where he played a key role during the company's period of extraordinary growth and success. He joined Newbridge in its early days as chief financial officer and over the next 13 years was promoted to the positions of executive vice-president, president and chief operating officer, and vice-chairman. He was also a member of the company's board of directors from 1996 until 2000. As the CFO of Newbridge, he led the company's successful cross-border IPO in 1989 and its second cross-border offering three years later. As vice-chairman, he focused on enhancing the company's relations with key external stakeholders. He also worked closely with the chairman and management team to chart the company's strategic direction. While at Newbridge, Peter was instrumental in establishing the company’s Affiliates Program and was involved in the funding of more than 40 affiliate companies. He represented Newbridge as a board member for many of these affiliates.
Peter is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. In June 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the Institute in recognition of his outstanding career achievements and leadership contributions to the community and his profession. Peter holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Ottawa and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario.
Dan Cordingley, Director
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Kevin Fielding, Director
Kevin joined Alta Berkeley in 2003 and has a 20-year track-record of building and managing companies in the semiconductor industry both in Europe and in the US. Prior to joining Alta Berkeley, Kevin held the position of President and CEO of ParthusCeva (NASDAQ: CEVA). He also led several successful high-technology start-up activities, including Parthus Technologies plc (NASDAQ: PRTH) which had a successful IPO on the LSE and NASDAQ in 2000, and the StrongARM microprocessor business, acquired by Intel (NASDAQ: INTL) in 1998.
Prior to returning to Europe in 1998, Kevin spent 10 years working on several high performance microprocessor businesses. He was the General Manager of the StrongARM business in Palo Alto, CA prior to its acquisition by Intel in 1998, and also worked on the original Alpha microprocessor for Digital Equipment Corporation. Before moving to the United States, Kevin worked on high-speed processor design for Philips BV in Eindhoven and in Dublin. He also spent four years working in the research labs at the NMRC (National Microelectronics Research Centre) attached to University College, Cork, Ireland.
Kevin earned a Master's degree in Business Administration in 1992 from Northeastern University, Boston. In addition he received both Master's and BSEE degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ireland at Cork.
Don Listwin, Director
A 25-year veteran of the technology industry, Don Listwin previously served as CEO of Sana Security and Openwave where he built the company into the worldwide leader in mobile Internet solutions. Prior to Openwave, Don was an executive vice president at Cisco Systems, where he oversaw business units totaling more than $12 billion in annual revenue.
Don is currently founder and chairman of the Canary Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to early detection of cancer, and also serves on the board of directors at Calix, Clustrix, Genologics, Isilon Systems, Stratos Bioscience, and the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors. Don has previously served on the boards of Openwave, JDS Uniphase, Redback Networks, TIBCO Software, E-Tek, and the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA).
Don holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering and an honorary doctorate of Law from the University of Saskatchewan.
Val Rahmani, Director
Val Rahmani is the CEO of Damballa where she brings over 25 years of customer-driven business and technical leadership. Prior to Damballa, Val served as General Manager of IBM's Internet Security Systems (ISS) division after IBM's $1.3 billion acquisition of the company. At ISS, she was responsible for the strategic direction, growth and integration of all ISS products, services and research into IBM's overall security offerings. Prior to ISS, Val held several general management roles within IBM, including multi-billion dollar hardware, software and services businesses. Her IBM experience includes UNIX, mainframe, telco, utilities, global wireless and media markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She also ran a strategy unit, where she focused on emerging markets, global alliances and services business models. Val was born in the United Kingdom and first came to the United States as Executive Assistant to Lou Gerstner, soon after he became Chairman and CEO of IBM. Rahmani is an accomplished speaker, keynoting security industry events such the RSA conference in 2008.
Val holds an MA and a Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University in England, and is a member of the British aerobatics team.
Daniel Rubin, Director
Daniel I. Rubin joined Alloy Ventures in 1999. From 1991 he was a co-founder of Artisan Components, the initial VP of Sales and Marketing and subsequently, the VP of Business Development through their initial public offering in 1998. Prior to Artisan Components Dan worked at Ultratech Stepper in many roles including Director of Product Marketing and Managing Director of Asian Operations. Dan is a director of CiraNova, Ensenda, Molecular Imprints, Nexsil and Gradient, and a board observer at Ellie Mae and Integrated Materials, Inc.
Dan received a BA in Physics from Pomona College (1982).
Bill Sayles, Director
Bill Sayles is the senior vice president and CIO at TELUS where he supports a national team of more than 2200 team members and is responsible for all aspects of TELUS’ IT delivery including strategy, architecture, delivery and operations. As CIO, Bill leads his team of IT professionals in the support of more than 1,200 applications, 4,400 databases and 10,000 servers for TELUS and external clients across the country.Prior to joining TELUS, Bill worked at Intel, where he held several progressive leadership roles across all aspects of IT, including both development and operations. Notably, while at Intel Bill was vice president of Finance and Enterprise Services, and general manager of Information Technology Core Systems Engineering.
Bill is currently the Chair of the Board of Advisors at Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. He also serves as board member for British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA).
Bill received his Bachelor’s degree from Portland State University and currently lives in Vancouver, BC.
Joe Timlin, Director
Joe Timlin is a Vice President of Investments at GrowthWorks Capital Ltd focused on software and infrastructure investments. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist in 1998 he was the VP Sales for a United States based hardware and instrumentation firm. Joe also serves on the Boards of Layer 7 Technologies, Sutus, ResponseTek Networks, and Bycast Inc.
Joe has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Queen's University and an MBA from the University of British Columbia.
