An asset to the NGRAIN Board of Directors, Robert (Bob) Lord, FCA is Chairman, and is responsible for overseeing the activities carried out by the NGRAIN Audit Committee. In addition to advising on accounting and financial matters, Lord consults on general corporate governance and corporate development issues.
Formerly Vice-Chairman of Ernst & Young LLP, Lord had a long and distinguished career with the firm and held several senior positions, including National Director of Accounting and Auditing Services, and Managing Partner of a Western Canadian office. Lord chaired the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) Task Force on Standard Setting in 1997-98. In 2000, he was appointed by the Government of Ontario to chair the Ontario Financial Review Commission. He also serves as a director of four public companies and two private companies, including NGRAIN.
Lord is a past chair of the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Greater Toronto, chair of the board of the University of Toronto Schools, and a director of the Toronto Rehab Hospital Foundation. Lord received an Honors Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and economics from the University of Toronto.
As CEO of NGRAIN Corporation, Paul Lindahl draws upon 20 years of experience in the high technology sector and has earned a reputation as a successful corporate builder with proven leadership expertise.
Prior to founding NGRAIN, Lindahl was President of Hewitt Rand Corporation, a computer hardware manufacturer, where he led and expanded the company's North American operations, and directed a merger with Seattle-based Merit Distributing Inc. Prior to Hewitt, Lindahl held a number of senior marketing and sales positions with IBM Canada, including the management of IBM's relationship with HSBC of Canada.
Lindahl holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in geotechnical engineering from the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Business Administration from Queen's University, where he received the Business School's 1986 Vicom Award of Merit. Lindahl is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization, and has been on the board of directors for community charities, including serving as Chairman of the HR Macmillan Space Centre. He also serves on the board of directors for the BC Technology Industry Association.
Terry Cunningham, an entrepreneur and seasoned technology business leader with over 25 years experience, brings to NGRAIN his vast knowledge of strategic planning, and mergers and acquisitions. As the founder of Vancouver-based Crystal Decisions in 1984, Cunningham grew the company over ten years into a global software business around its flagship product, Crystal Reports. Responsible for the strategic partnership with Microsoft and over 200 other OEMs, Cunningham made Crystal Reports the world's number one reporting tool.
After Crystal Decisions was acquired in 1994 by Seagate Technology, Cunningham became President of the newly formed subsidiary Seagate Software, undertaking eleven acquisitions in five years valued at more than $300 million, and building Seagate Software into a leader in the storage management industry. The result was a high growth, extremely profitable software company with 1,800 employees in 22 countries. In 1998, Cunningham put together a merger, combining Seagate's Network and Storage Management Group with VERITAS Software. He became the President and Chief Operating Officer of the new VERITAS, with approximately 3,500 employees and close to $700 million in revenue.
Since VERITAS, Cunningham has also acted as CEO of Coral8, Inc., an enterprise event-processing software company; and president and CEO of InfoGenesis, a maker of consumer-focused, guest experience management software for the hospitality and foodservice industries.
In March 2009 Cunningham rejoined Seagate as senior vice president of its Consumer Solutions Division and services organization (i365â„¢).
Terry holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo, and is an avid recreational pilot.
Lieutenant General Michael A. Hough (Ret.) has over 30 years of senior management experience with demonstrated dynamic leadership across a broad spectrum of challenges within the service, joint and coalition arenas. Before retiring from active duty in 2006, Lieutenant General Hough served as Deputy Commandant for Aviation, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, DC and was responsible for all planning, programming, resourcing, training, transition, and transformation for Marine Corps aviation. Lieutenant General Hough partnered with Department of Defense (DoD) in the construct of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) acquisition strategy and formalized the JSF international partner acquisition strategy and FMS policy, which is now the model for many joint service acquisition programs in the DoD.
Serving as Deputy Director of JSF Program and then the Director of JSF Program, Lieutenant General Hough directed the execution of the JSF Risk Reduction and Demonstration Phase. Lieutenant General Hough led logistics transformation in the DoD with the implementation of autonomic logistics and performance based logistics concepts in the JSF program and all Marine Corps aviation programs. He initiated and implemented innovative integrated training concepts, which saved billions of dollars in aircraft procurement costs. In addition, Lieutenant General Hough is the architect of the Marine Corps Aviation Campaign Plan 2015 and the primary player in the Naval Sea Basing Vision.
Enlisting into the U.S. Navy in 1963, Lieutenant General Hough has held a number of notable positions including flight instructor, ALO and Operation's Officer of BLT 2/9, Commanding Officer of VMFA-312 (F/A-18). In 1991, Colonel Hough served as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation until ordered in February 1992 to assume command of Marine Aircraft Group 24, Kaneohe, Hawaii. Upon completion of his tour in MAG-24 in February 1993, he was assigned as the Branch Head, Aviation Weapons Systems Requirements Branch, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, DC, where he was selected for promotion to brigadier general in January 1995. He served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Expeditionary Forces Programs, (Research Development and Acquisition).
General Hough's personal decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with one Gold Star, Meritorious Service Medal with two Gold Stars, Navy Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon.
As a founder of Archivex Inc., Richard Ingram brings to NGRAIN his passion for growing businesses that deliver high returns on capital, while also contributing positively to society. With over thirty years of business experience, Ingram offers a wealth of knowledge and business acumen to NGRAIN.
After five years of International Development work in Latin America, Ingram co-founded Archivex in 1973. By 1999, he had led its growth to the rank of 4th largest office records storage company (and largest privately-held) in North America.
With the proceeds of the Archivex sale in 1999, Ingram has made concentrated investments in NGRAIN and two other private businesses. He also created a private foundation dedicated to advancing academic nursing in Montreal.
Ingram earned a B.A. Political Science and Economics (Honors), University of Toronto, and a M.B.A., Harvard University. Current board memberships include: Research Institute of the McGill University Hospital Center (investment and audit committee); Miss Edgar and Miss Cramp School Foundation (treasurer); and the two private companies mentioned above.
Christopher (Chris) Payne joins NGRAIN with over 25 years of private equity experience, investing in over 25 different technology companies in North America, including NGRAIN in 2007. In the two years since Payne became a founding partner of Genuity Capital Partners, he has helped the business grow to over $200 million in assets with investments in 12 portfolio companies, one third of which are technology-related businesses.
Prior to joining Genuity in 2005, Payne spent five years with CIBC Capital Partners as a Managing Director broadly responsible for a portfolio of investments including leading technology-related companies.
From 1997 to 2000, Payne worked as a successful entrepreneur, business leader, and investor in several early-stage technology companies based in Palo Alto, California. During the late 1980's, Payne spent over eight years working on Wall Street with Merrill Lynch and The Blackstone Group.
Payne holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) from Queens University, and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
General George A. Joulwan, United States Army (Ret. 1997), has had a career of exemplary military service and outstanding foreign policy experience. His final military assignment was as Commander in Chief, United States European Command (CINCEUR) and as NATO's 11th Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). As CINCEUR, General Joulwan conducted over 20 successful operations in the Balkans, Africa, and the Middle East. He established the first-ever strategic policy for U.S. military engagement in Africa, and orchestrated the State Partnership program linking American reserve forces from 23 states with the former non-NATO countries and newly independent democracies of Europe and the former Soviet Union.
General Joulwan was SACEUR during the most revolutionary period in the NATO Alliance since its inception. For 18 months he was the overall military commander and architect for NATO's successful operation in Bosnia and and was directly involved in establishing the Partnership for Peace program that now has 27 nations represented in the Partnership Coordination Cell at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium. As a direct result of General Joulwan's leadership, Russian and U.S. troops have been conducting operations together in Bosnia. This cooperation was the basis for the historic NATO-Russian Founding Act signed in May 1997 in Paris, ending the Cold War.
General Joulwan served 18 years in Europe and was the first SACEUR to command at every level in the Alliance. Most significant is that General Joulwan was a second lieutenant in Germany when the Berlin Wall was being built, and a lieutenant general commanding V Corps in the Fulda Gap when the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain were removed.
General Joulwan also served as the Commander in Chief of U.S. forces in Central South America (CINCSOUTH) where he was instrumental in bringing peace to El Salvador and democracy to Panama, professionalizing the militaries of Latin America and directing multinational and multi-agency operations to combat narco-trafficking.
In addition, he served two combat tours in Vietnam and served in the Pentagon as the Executive Officer for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was also Special Assistant to the President of the United States, and Special Assistant to the SACEUR, General Alexander Haig. General Joulwan is a graduate of West Point and holds a Masters of Arts in Political Science from Loyola University in Chicago.
Upon General Joulwan's retirement in 1997, former Secretary of Defense William Perry said, "General Joulwan is a warrior diplomat in the best traditions of General George C. Marshall." President Clinton said of General Joulwan that, "his efforts have built a foundation for a Europe that is safe, secure and democratic well into the 21st century."
An established leader in the 3D graphics industry, Dr. James D. Fleck was Chairman of ATI Technologies until its multi-billion dollar acquisition by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in 2006, and Chairman of AMD (Canada) until May 2008. Before ATI Technologies, Dr. Fleck was Chairman of Alias Research for five years, driving significant revenue growth that resulted in its acquisition by Silicon Graphics in 1995.
Holding a Doctorate of Business Administration from Harvard University, Dr. Fleck has taught and published extensively on business and government issues in major universities worldwide, including the Harvard Business School; the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Keio University, Tokyo; and INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
Dr. Fleck has held several senior positions with the Government of Ontario in Canada, including Secretary to the Cabinet. He is the emeritus M. Wallace McCutcheon Professor of Business Government Relations at the Faculty of Management, University of Toronto; a Senior Fellow, Massey College; and was awarded a degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa by the University of Toronto in June 2002. Additionally, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1997, and is currently Chairman of Business for the Arts in Canada and Chairman of the Minister's Advisory Council for Arts and Culture with the Ontario Government. In March 2009 Dr. Fleck was awarded the Governor General's Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the Performing Arts. Dr. Fleck is one of Canada's most active cultural philanthropists. For over 35 years, he has generously donated his time, expertise and financial support to numerous arts organizations across the country, enriching Canadian music, theatre, dance and literature.
