Branham Group Inc.
Branham300 announced Pandell as one of Canada's top 250 technology companies.
The 3 Divisions of Pandell
Advisory Board
- John Ramsay - Past-Partner with Gowlings
- Ken Netzel - Past-President of Kenonic Controls
- Brian Craig - Principal of Adventure Capital
- Paul Crilly - Past-President & CEO of Norex Exploration
- David Mattinson - Past-President of HAZCO
- Keith Rockley - Vice President of HR/CR at Penn West
John Ramsay
John is a former partner in Gowling Henderson's Calgary office practising in the area of technology law, acting as counsel to closely held businesses throughout his career and, since 1977, to developers and users of technology, particularly computer software, John has been rated by LEXPERT as one of Canada's leading lawyers in intellectual property and in computer law. John has also been named in the 2002 Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada as one of Canada's leading experts in technology law.
After receiving a business administration degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1963, John attended the University of Toronto, where he received a bachelor of laws degree in 1966. He was admitted to the Ontario and Alberta Bars in 1968, and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1998.
A prolific writer, John is the author of the leading Canadian text, "Technology Transfers and Licensing" published by Butterworths, 1996; "Trade Secrets in Canada" (a chapter in Worldwide Trade Secrets, published by Clark Boardman), "Drafting Confidential Agreements in Canada", published in the Intellectual Property Journal, 1988. John was also co-author of "Shareholder Agreements" in the Alberta Corporations Manual. John has made numerous presentations, including: "Commercialization of Technology and Trade Secrets" to the NATO Science for Peace Workshop, Moscow, 2001; "Valuation of an Idea" to the Westlink Technology Commercialization Internship Program, April 2001; "On-Line Contracting" to the Informatics/Convergence Conference 2001; " Copyright" to the Technology Transfer Conference in Boston, 2001; and "Warranties in the Information Age" at the Best Practices Session of the 1999 and 2000 LES Annual meeting.
John is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Canadian IT Law Association, Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A./Canada) Inc., Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and the Computer Law Association (U.S.A.). John is also a member of the Editorial Review Board of les Nouvelles (he writes the regular book reviews), the Journal of the LES and the American Bar Association’s Information Security Committee. John was also Chair, Licensing Executives Society Summer Meeting 2001, and a former Vice President, Canada and Executive member of the Licensing Executives Society (U.S. and Canada), Inc.
Ken Netzel
Ken started Kenonic Controls over 30 years ago, a firm specializing in engineering and field services for industrial automation. As president, Ken built the company to over 300 people performing engineering and field services work around the globe. The sale of the company was completed to Emerson Process Management in 2002.
Ken's expertise includes business strategy, operations and people management. Now semi-retired, Ken spends most of his time working on his farm in Enderby, British Columbia.
Brian Craig
Brian Craig is a Principal of Adventure Capital, a privately held venture capital firm based in Calgary.
Brian has had operating roles in many high-tech companies in Calgary and is the former CEO of Solium Capital Inc., a publicly traded financial services firm based in Calgary. Brian has experience leading several successful start-ups and is a co-founder and director of privately held FX Energy, a Calgary-based oil and gas firm.
Brian is an investor and serves on the Board of several early-stage companies - public, private, energy and technology. He is a passionate architect of emerging businesses with the knowledge, experience and patience to help guide these fragile companies through their early life experiences. The clarity to succeed, the drive to win and the discipline to execute are all common attributes of the companies Brian associates with.
Brian is an engineer with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton).
Paul Crilly
With over 18 years of experience in energy service businesses, Paul has a track record of successfully growing companies into industry leaders. Recently as President and CEO of Norex Exploration Services Inc., Paul transformed a small western Canadian seismic operation into a North American business with over $110 million of revenue and a strong financial position. Having coordinated over $150 million in equity offerings, Paul combines a detailed knowledge of capital markets with extensive merger and acquisition experience. He also has a particular affinity to emerging technology companies having been active in the alternative energy and technology commercialization industries.
Paul sits on the Board of Tesla Exploration Ltd., a TSX listed company, and Xact Downhole Telemetry Ltd, a private drilling technology company.
Paul is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan.
David Mattinson
David is a Professional Engineer with over 25 years of experience in the heavy civil construction, environmental remediation, and demolition projects across Canada.
David is the former president of HAZCO Environmental Services Ltd. As one of the original owners, he helped grow the company from a small Calgary operation to Canada’s largest Environmental contractor with $500 million annual revenue and 1,600 employees. David is an advocate for strong team work and contributes his success to building a developing a team that is driven for growth, and having fun. A large part of the success was the ability to look for service needs of customers and challenging the Team to deliver a sound offering.
David sits of the Board of Canfrac Sands ltd., a private Alberta based company. Canfrac produces superior quality 20/40 and 40/70 fracturing sand used in conventional fracturing of oil and natural gas wells in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The Company’s sand deposits and processing facilities are located near Lloydminster, Saskatchewan.
David is also an active real estate developer with current projects in Calgary and Red Deer, Alberta.
Keith Rockley
Keith has over 25 years of Human Resource and Administration background with entrepreneurial and major oil and gas companies. His experience comes from working with companies that include Fluor Canada, Pembina Resources, Renaissance Energy, Husky Energy, Canetic Resources, and Penn West Exploration. He has been directly involved in leading significant merger and divestment activity throughout his career and brings a broad corporate cultural and change management perspective. His last positions have been as Vice President Human Resources and Corporate Resources with Canetic and Penn West.
Keith is a Certified Executive Coach (Royal Roads University), and currently sits on the Board of the Westside Recreation Society.
