Board of Directors
Albert Contardi, Director
Mr. Contardi is a consultant/adviser with over 15 years of legal, investment and capital markets experience. He is currently President of Generic Capital Corporation, a Toronto based exempt market dealer. Mr. Contardi’s expertise involves advising and structuring corporate finance transactions in the mining, tech and bio-tech sectors to maximize the value of projects/assets. He has been called to the Ontario Bar and is a graduate of Queen’s University Law School
Ron Patterson, Chairman and Director
Mr. Patterson is a technology and financial services entrepreneur with 30+ years experience. He has wide ranging experience working with growth stage companies as either an operator, investor, or lender. He is co-founder of Accur8 Software Solutions, a software development company based in the United States and is an active Special Advisor to the Technology Lending Group of a Schedule I Canadian Bank. Ron previously co-founded MMV Financial, a specialty finance company that provided debt financing to technology companies across North America.
Greg Patterson
Greg Patterson has been working in agriculture and an advocate for best agriculture practices and sustainability for over 35 years. He has strong ties in the Canadian agriculture community as the founder of A&L Canada Laboratories, the largest full-service agriculture, environmental, cannabis and plant disease laboratory in Canada.
Roger Dent
Mr. Dent graduated from Queen’s University with a B. Comm. in 1983 and an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1987. Mr. Dent currently is CEO of Quinsam Capital Corporation and is a director of a number of corporations including The Tinley Beverage Company Inc. and ACUITYAds Inc.