Curtis VanWalleghem MBA, BASc, PMP

Chief Executive Officer, Board Member

Curtis is CEO of Hydrostor, a leader in the compressed air energy storage market. Prior to Hydrostor, Curtis was Sr. Manager in Deloitte's Corporate Strategy Consulting Practice where he advised and consulted for some of the top energy companies globally. He has also held positions at nuclear generator Bruce Power and wind developer Environmental Electric Company.

Cameron Lewis

Founder & Chief Technology Officer

With nearly 15 years of manufacturing experience of oil-field production equipment in Alberta, Mr. Lewis has worked directly with all types of process equipment meeting all types of needs both domestic and abroad. He has prior experience with a number of start-ups including Delaney Energy Manufacturing, Chadco Canada, Armadillo Card Company, and most recently Environmental Electric Company, developing wind farms in Ontario.

Jon Norman MASc, P.Eng

PRESIDENT & COO

Jon is professional engineer with nearly 20 years experience in the power industry, environmental sector, management consulting and government. Jon previously held senior roles at Brookfield Asset Management, most recently as VP responsible for regulatory policy and government relations across North America for the power and utilities business. In earlier roles he served as project manager for environmental operations and held senior roles in government, where he led grid and networks policy development in Ontario as well as interjurisdictional negotiations. Jon holds an interdisciplinary master’s degree in engineering and economics from the University of Toronto.

Andrew McGillis MSc, P.Eng

VP Engineering & Projects

Mr. McGillis is a coastal and marine engineer. He has more than 10 years of experience working as an engineer in the marine sector, including project management, coastal process investigations, and design. Most of his past work involves site investigations and engineering design of marine structures such as revetments, breakwaters, harbours, offshore wind turbine foundations, and scour protection. He is now focused on managing the design and engineering process at Hydrostor.

Alex Fuentes BASc, MBA

VP Business Development, Marketing & Alliances

Alex has over 17 years of professional experience, including 2 years leading business development and marketing for a global utility-scale solar developer, and over 8 years in renewable energy and corporate sustainability with Bullfrog Power. Prior to that Alex held various engineering and project management roles with companies such as Siemens-Westinghouse, Honeywell, Apotex and Husky Injection Molding Systems. Alex holds a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

Ray Boland

Chairman of the Board

Ray is a corporate advisor who has been engaged at the CEO and COO level to implement corporate change and effect business transitions, particularly to small and medium sized corporations. He is also a senior advisor with the MaRS Discovery District, where he advises on the commercialization of innovation and provides ongoing support for a number of early-stage companies. Previously, he was a Managing Director of Corporate and Investment banking with RBC Capital Markets in New York, and was also head of the Chicago based RBC Global Automotive Business. Born in Dublin, Ray has studied international relations and economics and has a MBA from Trinity College Dublin and holds the ICD.D Designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Tom Rand

Board Member

After a number of years as a successful software entrepreneur Tom now focuses his efforts on carbon mitigation. He's active in Cleantech venture capital, technology incubation & commercialization, and public advocacy. Tom is Managing Partner of the privately-backed MaRS Cleantech Fund, a Senior Advisor at the MaRS Discovery District and sits on the board of a number of clean energy companies and organizations. Tom has two books under publication: Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit (early 2010) and Walking the Frog (Fall 2014). Tom holds a BSc in electrical engineering (U of Waterloo), an MSc in philosophy of science (University of London and LSE) and an MA and PhD in philosophy (U of Toronto) and is an Action Canada Fellow.

Curtis D. Bartlett

Board Member

Mr. Bartlett is a founding Partner of Lorem Partners. He has over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur and manager, private equity investor and investment banker. Mr. Bartlett is currently a founding director of Parex Resources Inc., a TSX listed oil company based in Calgary with operations in Colombia, which has grown from a start-up to over $2 billion of market capitalization. He is also a founding director of Gravity Renewables, Inc. a private Boulder based company focused on consolidating small hydro power facilities in the United States. Mr. Bartlett has been involved in the start-up, growth and sale of more than a dozen companies in the energy sector. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from Queen’s University, and received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Toronto. Mr. Bartlett served as a Trustee of Queen’s University, and holds the ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Ron Miller

Board Member

Mr. Miller was a co-founder of MHI Energy Partners (2001), a private equity investment firm which then rebranded itself Lorem Partners in 2012. Mr. Miller has extensive experience in strategic and corporate finance matters for both privately held and publicly traded entities including originating, valuing, structuring and negotiating acquisitions, dispositions, and, conventional and non-conventional financings. Mr. Miller is currently a board member of Parex Resources Inc., Rhino Legal Finance Inc., Redress Risk Management Inc., and JDRF Canada; he is also a board observer of Gravity Renewables, Inc.

Mr. Miller holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (1987) from the University of Alberta and has also obtained his Chartered Professional Accountant (1990) and his ICD.D (2009) designations.