Management

Chris Gadula, President and C.E.O.
For the past thirteen years Mr. Gadula has focused his career on corporate growth opportunities, turnarounds and startups. Previously he was C.E.O. of Control and Metering, President of Beltronics and Transtel Communications, Senior Vice President of The Loyalty Group, and Executive Vice President at Avotus Software and Kasten Chase. His expertise in growing companies, including those publicly owned has resulted in significant value creation and shareholder return. Mr. Gadula has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry, having served as a VP at AT&T, Santel Communications and Siemens Canada. He has also served on the Board of Neuromolecular Inc. and The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
A graduate of the University of Waterloo, Chris was Co-Chair of the Department of Health Sciences 25th Anniversary Endowment Campaign and chaired the AT&T Canada United Way Campaign. Chris was the recipient of the Fr. Norm Choate Distinguished Graduate Award from the University of St. Jeromes in recognition of his work and contribution to the Catholic Community.
He was appointed to the first Board of The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health having served on the merger committee for the Queen Street Mental Health Center, The Clark Institute of Psychiatry, The Donwoods Centre and The Addiction Research Foundation where he had served on the board since 1995.
A native of St. Catharines, Chris and his wife Marie have one daughter Alexandra, and have lived in Toronto for thirty years.

John Zsolt, Co-Founder, Partner
With more than 15 years of solid experience in the commercial real estate industry, John has an excellent understanding of its productivity issues. He is an expert in space management processes, commercial building area certification, and leasing related marketing. John also has extensive knowledge of real estate based computer applications and their related systems. John has a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Manitoba and a Masters Degree in Architecture from Dalhousie University. John is highly active in the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) both in Toronto and internationally in the area of building area certification. He has published several articles on space management and has been called to speak in numerous conferences and trade shows.

Mikael Sandblom, Co-Founder, Partner
Mikael has several years of experience in creating a variety of software programs from small-scale single user tools to multi-tier web based applications. Further, his extensive real estate industry experience has resulted in a keen understanding of property management issues. This combination of skills and experience gives him the unique ability to analyze the industry's complex business processes and to develop intuitive and user-friendly software solutions that improve productivity. Mikael has a Masters of Architecture degree from Dalhousie University as well as an M.B.A. from the Rotman School at the University of Toronto where he graduated as a Bregman Scholar. He is a Project Management Professional certified by PMI. Visit Mikael's page.
Board of Advisors
Bill Biggar
Former managing director of Richardson Capital Ltd., president and chief executive officer of MI Development Inc. and executive vice president of Magna International Inc. Mr. Biggar is a director of Manitou Capital Corporation and Primaris REIT. Bill was also CFO of Cambridge Developments and a Senior Executive at Trizec Properties. Extensive experience in real estate acquisitions, development financing and management. B.Com and MBA, University of Toronto.
Richard Geurts
Richard has been a senior executive at a number of major Real Estate organizations including Oxford Development Group Inc., Lehndorff Property Management, Colliers International, Bramalea Inc. and Redcliff Realty Management Inc.
While Vice President at Lehndorff, Richard was responsible for all national office leasing for a portfolio of 12 million square feet.
As a Senior Vice President at Bramalea, he oversaw management of all office, multifamily residential, hotel and industrial properties across Canada. The portfolio contained 10 million square feet of office, 5 million square feet of industrial, 15,000 rental and condominium units and 1,500 hotel suites.
Richard founded Emerald Property Services Inc. in 1995, renamed the company Redcliff in 2002 and as President grew the company into a powerhouse through a series of astute acquisitions and internal growth. The company expanded into asset management, retail property management and urban infill development.
Richard is Chair of the facilities committee and Board member of Pickering College. He has also been active in fundraising for Prostate cancer research and Cheshire House.
Michael Whelan, P. Eng.
Michael is a Senior Real Estate Executive with extensive experience through out North America in all aspects of Real Estate construction, development, operations, leasing, and asset management. During his career he has been involved with some of the largest and most complex projects and transactions in Canada. He has served as a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager with the Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, one of North America's largest Real Estate organizations, having direct responsibility for all aspects of the $3.5 billion Toronto Portfolio, including the TD Centre and the Toronto Eaton Centre.
While at the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board ("Teachers"), Michael was responsible for the overall asset management of Teachers' Canadian Real Estate Portfolio, a $2 billion portfolio consisting of 46 properties encompassing 13 million square feet.
Michael has also played a leading role in the development of the Toronto Railways Lands, Canada's largest urban development. As a senior executive at CN Real Estate, he had direct responsibility for commercial development of CN's holdings in Ontario.
Michael is currently the Managing Director of the Delan Group Limited, a real estate consulting organization with expertise in investment, asset, development and operational management serving top tier Real Estate organizations across Canada. He serves on the Board of Covenant House, is a member of the Property Committee at Upper Canada College and has held leadership roles in a number of Real Estate industry associations including ICSC and NAIOP where he remains active.
Josef Zankowicz
Josef Zankowicz has over 20 years experience as a business and communications strategist in technology spanning software, Internet, and medical markets. He has worked with numerous start-ups and established companies such as Apple, Alias Research (now Autodesk), ATI (now AMD), Dupont, and Symantec. During his career Zankowicz has successfully defined new product categories and grown technology concepts into leading business and consumer brands. His award-winning campaigns with products such as pcAnywhere, WinFax, and PhotoSuite achieved global awareness through substantial trade and business media coverage.
Zankowicz's work with investors and financial analysts has supported over $700 million in private placements, mergers, acquisitions, and public offerings on the TSX and the NASDAQ. He currently sits as a board member and or advisor at a number of Canadian start-ups and is active with several technology investment firms in Canada and the United Kingdom.
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