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Advisory Board
- John Ramsay - Partner with Gowlings Lafleur Henderson
- Ken Netzel - Past-President of Kenonic Controls
- Brian Craig - Principal of Adventure Capital
- Paul Crilly - Past-President & CEO of Norex Exploration
John Ramsay
John is a partner in Gowling Lafleur 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.
