RES is a successful company due in large part to its board of incredibly talented advisors. This group of extraordinary business men and women has over a century of combined experience. The Board’s ability to provide perspective, clarity and direction has enabled RES to meet consumer demand and dominate market space. Experience, expertise and strategic suggestions offered by the Advisors is highly respected by RES’ senior leadership team. Resource Energy Solutions is proud to have a Board of Advisors that whole-heartedly believes in the company and is passionate to see its employees and products succeed.
Principal Advisors
Victor Lapointe, BA
Mr. Lapointe leverages his 20+ years experience in the oil and gas industry, as well as his time spent as President of Pajak Engineering, to mentor RES’s senior leadership team. Since retiring in 2005, Victor’s sales, marketing and customer relationship advice has proved to be invaluable to Resource Energy Solutions. Victor remains active in the business community by serving on the board of several oil and gas companies. He has also been involved in many industry associations including CAPP, PSAC as well as the Oilmen’s Association.
Allen Saurette, B.Sc
Mr. Saurette has nearly 30 years experience working in the technology sector, focused primarily on software solutions. He has spent 15 years providing reliable technology services for the end user client at two large oil and gas companies. Sales to distinguished companies like Mercedes-Benz, McDonald’s Corporation, Dunn & Bradstreet and Bank of Montreal attest to Al’s ability to develop compelling value propositions that appeal to the world’s elite. Al’s experience gained through his successful involvement in positioning start-up private companies for strategic exit opportunities has provided many valuable lessons learned for the RES management team. Al is also fondly regarded as the past Entrepreneur in Residence at Calgary Technologies Inc.
Jan Eden
Ms. Eden has lead 1,000s of business owners and their valued employees to realize heightened success for the last 20 years. In addition to providing sound leadership advice to RES’s senior management team, she spends her time successfully facilitating her business programs which include “Sales Experts in Training”, Setting Up For Success”, “CEO In Training” and “The Reality MBA Program”. Jan is also recognized for hosting her own weekly business reality talk show, “Business Talks”.
Robin Auld, MBA, PMP, P.Eng
Mr. Auld is an exceptional program manager, business entrepreneur and corporate strategist. He offers consultation and direction to the RES senior leadership team regarding market expansion, investor relations and growth potential. Robin has nearly 20 years experience developing business technology solutions and has been recognized for his exceptional ability at a national level.
Dr. Greg Luoma, PhD Chemistry, MSc Chemistry, BSc Hon. Biology and Chemistry
Dr. Luoma was the Chief Technology Officer at Canada’s largest defense company, General Dynamics. He provided technological assessments and expertise for GD's Corporate office to identify promising technologies and acquisitions for GD and its divisions. His technology strategies resulted in a successful program that produced over 15% in annual revenue and earnings growth, and attracted near $10M in annual co-funding from provincial and federal government R&D agencies. He also formalized and documented processes for technical submissions for the Scientific Research and Engineering Development (SRED) tax credit program for GD Canada. This led to annual tax savings of over $10M per year and earned a special status with Canada Revenue Agency.
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