J. Kelly Edmison, Chairman of the Board
Mr. Edmison has been active in the Vancouver technology market
for the past 20 years. A graduate of the University of Toronto
and Queen's University, he practiced law for over 20 years.
Mr. Edmison spent his early career in Calgary and Hong Kong
before joining Ladner Downs (now Borden Ladner Gervais) in
1985, where he practiced securities and commercial law until
1995. Mr. Edmison then established his own practice focused
exclusively on representing Vancouver-based junior technology
companies. During the last five years of Mr. Edmison's practice,
companies represented by Mr. Edmison closed over 40 financings
and raised aggregate proceeds of more than $200 million. Mr.
Edmison has since ceased to practice law.
Mr. Edmison is currently a director of Pender Financial,
Radiant Communications Corporation (TSX-VE:RCN), IP Applications
Corp. (TSX-VE:IPX), Carmanah Technologies Corp. (TSX-VE:CMH)
and Icron Technologies Inc. (TSX-VE:IT). Mr. Edmison was Secretary
of ALI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ALT) and a director or secretary
of a number of TSX Venture and venture capital financed companies.
Robert D. Jull
Mr. Jull is a successful executive and entrepreneur.
He is currently active as a private investor after having
sold a company he co-founded, LinkAge Software to Microsoft
in 1997. Previously, he was a partner in the DMR Group (IT
Management Consultants) and as that company grew from 33 to
800 employees, he opened the Toronto and US offices. Earlier
he was with IBM Canada and as Manager of External Relations
was responsible for IBM/Government relations. Following graduation
from the Royal Military College he served in the Canadian
Navy as an Engineering Officer.
James D. Skippen
Mr. Skippen is President & CEO of Wi-LAN, and
a member of the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Wi-LAN
in June 2006, Jim held a number of senior management positions
with MOSAID Technologies. In 2003, Jim was appointed Senior
Vice President, Patent Licensing and General Counsel for MOSAID,
and was responsible for managing the company's highly successful
patent licensing program. While at MOSAID, he played an integral
role in helping the company distinguish itself as an intellectual
property powerhouse by leading the effort to license its patent
portfolio to many of the world's best known electronics companies
and successfully managing many large complex patent litigations.
Mr. Skippen has extensive legal experience, having practiced
technology law for many years in two of Canada's largest law
firms. Along with serving on the board of Icron Technologies
Inc., Jim is a member of the Executive for the Ottawa Technology
Law Group and a member of the Licensing Executives Society.
He is a former Chairman of the Toronto Computer Lawyers Group
and a former Vice-Chairman and Director of the Canadian Diabetes
Association. Jim is a frequent speaker at conferences and
has delivered numerous papers and articles concerning management
of intellectual property, patent licensing and technology
law.
Julian Elliott
Mr. Elliott brings over 25 years of experience in building entrepreneurial organizations and commercializing technology in emerging markets. His broad range of experience includes CEO and executive chairman positions at start-up companies in Silicon Valley, as well as Vice President and General Manager of Agilent Technologies, a spin-off of Hewlett Packard. At Agilent/HP, he founded the company's storage networking products business, growing it from inception into a highly profitable division.
Mr. Elliott's experience encompasses systems, component, and high-speed I/O technologies in a range of companies. He brings to Icron considerable experience in technology development and financing, including venture capital and M&A activities with both private and public companies. Mr. Elliott has also served on the boards and advisory panels of several venture-funded companies.
Mr. Elliott holds an undergraduate degree in Physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Robert Eisses
Mr. Eisses has more than twenty years of experience as an entrepreneur
and a key member of senior management teams at a number of technology
product and service companies. He transitioned to CEO of Icron Technologies
in September 2006 from the role of Vice President Sales and Marketing, which
he held since June of 2004 and during which time revenues grew over 45% annually.
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