Management

Dr. John S. MacDonald O.C.,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dr. MacDonald has 38 years of experience in a number of industries, including energy, aerospace, information and PV technology industries. He is currently serving on the Canadian Department of National Defence Science Advisory Board and the Task 8 of the Photovoltaic Power Systems Program of the International Energy Agency, an international team studying the feasibility of very large-scale photovoltaic power systems. Dr. MacDonald was a member of the APEC Business Advisory Council from 1998 to 2003 and was the Canadian member of the APEC Eminent Persons Group from 1993 to 1995. He also served as a member of the Science Council of Canada, the National Research Council of Canada, and the British Columbia Premier's Advisory Council on Science and Technology.
Dr. MacDonald is a co-founder and the former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd., one of Canada's leading aerospace and information technology firms. He is a former professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT") and the University of British Columbia ("UBC"). Dr. MacDonald has been awarded eight Honourary Degrees and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He earned his Ph.D. from MIT in 1964, a Master of Science from MIT in 1961 and a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia in 1959.

George L. Rubin, MSc, CFA
President and Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Rubin has four years of experience in the financial industry and six years of experience in the PV industry. Mr. Rubin was employed in the area of corporate finance at Goepel McDermid Inc. and at Yorkton Securities Inc. where he participated in a number of public and private fund raising and merger and acquisition activities. Mr. Rubin received his diploma (Master's degree) in Physics from Moscow State University in 1997, his diploma in Financial Management from British Columbia Institute of Technology in 1998 and a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from the British Columbia Institute of Technology in 2005. Mr. Rubin is a CFA charterholder.

Dr. Leonid B. Rubin,
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Rubin has over 40 years of experience in the area of natural sciences, with particular expertise in photovoltaics, photochemistry, photobiology, applied optics, material science and electronics. He currently serves as the Canadian representative to the International Electrotechnical Commission's working group on sun concentrator systems.

Dr. Rubin is professor of biophysics at Moscow State University who took early retirement in 1993. He has extensive experience in international technology transfer transactions and has published more than 250 articles and papers in scientific journals, including Photochemistry and Photobiology, Journal of Luminescence, Journal of Applied Spectroscopy and Proceedings of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He has invented numerous technologies, 21 of which have been patented and primarily relate to solar energy conversion. He has also acted as a consultant to an international patent attorney firm. Dr. Rubin received his Masters of Physiology with a Specialization in Biophysics from Moscow State University in 1963 and received his Ph.D. in Biophysics from Moscow State University in 1967.

John E. Stonier, C.A.
Vice President Finance

Mr. Stonier is active in the renewable energy community and has over 20 years experience in senior financial and entrepreneurial roles in the telecommunications, Internet and alternative energy sectors. He currently serves as a director of the B.C. Sustainable Energy Association and the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association. Mr. Stonier was a co-founder of GT Group Telecom Inc. and has held senior financial positions with Call-Net Telecommunications Ltd., Westel Telecommunications Ltd., and Infosat Communications, Inc. Mr. Stonier received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Licentiate in Accounting from the University of British Columbia in 1980 and 1984, respectively, and articled as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG LLP.

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