Mr. Vamvakas is currently the Chairman and CEO of Greybrook Capital a private equity firm that invests in and operates private and public companies.
Mr. Vamvakas is also Chairman OccuLogix (NASDAQ/OCCX, TSX OC), a bio-sciences corporation, whose focus is the development and commercialization of treatments for age-related eye diseases.
Prior to being Chairman, Mr. Vamvakas lead the acquisition of the company and as CEO took the company public in 2003 raising more than $100M to complete its FDA trials and support its commercialization strategy.
Prior to OccuLogix, Mr. Vamvakas co-founded TLCVision (NASDAQ/TLCV, TSX/TLC) in 1993 where he served as President and CEO until 2003 and until recently as Chairman. During Mr. Vamvakas' tenure as CEO, TLC’s revenues grew to more than $300,000,000 as TLC opened or acquired more than 100 laser eye clinics, over 200 mobile laser sites, more than 250 mobile cataract locations and several ambulatory surgery centers. In the process TLC became the largest eye care service provider organization in North America. TLC's stock, listed on the TSX and NASDAQ since 1996, appreciated to over $1 billion during his tenure.
Mr. Vamvakas is actively involved in the management and operations of several Greybrook companies and serves as Chairman of Brandimensions Inc., Nulogx Inc. and Science with Vision.
Mr. Vamvakas has received many management awards from industry and his peers.
[+] Roberto Drassinower, CEO and President
As President and CEO, Mr. Drassinower is responsible for overseeing BrandProtect’s strategic direction and growth as the leader in online reputation management.
Mr. Drassinower brings to this role extensive leadership experience and the skills to drive this growing company.
Prior to joining BrandProtect, Mr. Drassinower founded DME Consulting Inc., a boutique management-consulting firm that advised on several acquisitions with aggregate revenues north of $200 million.
He also served as the CEO of SoftQuad Software Ltd., a company he acquired through a management buy-out in November 1998. SoftQuad went public in March of 2000 and was sold to Corel Corporation two years later.
Previously, Mr. Drassinower was president of Carolian Systems, a network management software solutions company.
Mr. Davidson has an extensive entrepreneurial background, having started several companies from scratch including Speedy Printing Centers with 32 locations across Canada. He currently is the owner and CEO of Nisim International a hair care products manufacturer with distribution in over 30 countries.
Mr. Davidson has a strong understanding of ecommerce and search engine optimization resulting from his success with Nisim International. Mr. Davidson sits on the board of several private companies and one public company Synergex, a 200 million dollar logistics business specializing in video game distribution.
Mr. Davidson also serves on several charitable and philanthropic boards
Mr. Canavan has over 20 years of leadership experience in the wealth management industry and is the current CEO of Assante Wealth Management, Canada’s leading provider of integrated wealth management solutions. As vice president and director, national sales at Fidelity, he helped grow $60 million in assets into $6 billion in four years and launched GT Global (Canada), which became the fastest-growing mutual fund company in Canadian history. Prior to joining Assante, Mr. Canavan was the president and CEO of Synergy Asset Management which was acquired by CI Financial in October 2003. He has won many industry awards and was named 'Person of Influence of the Decade' at the Canadian Investment Awards. Mr. Canavan is a member of the board of directors at the National Ballet of Canada and The Children's Aid Foundation.
Mr. Folk is the co-founder and managing general partner at Jefferson Partners, a technology venture capital firm. He has served on the boards of numerous private and public companies and has been instrumental to the success of Jefferson portfolio companies including Quack.com (acquired by AOL), iStar (IPO, acquired by PSINET), Wescam (IPO, acquired by L-3 Communications), Applied Terravision (acquired by CGI). Mr. Folk currently serves on the board of directors of TrueContext Corp.; Avotus Corporation; BorderWare Technologies Inc. and Natural Convergence Inc. He also co-founded, and is chair of eMagine, a national philanthropic initiative aimed to raise $1 billion in commitments from the entrepreneurial and investment community over the next decade.
Mr. Nickerson is the founder and CEO of iBinary LLC., a private technology research and investment firm. He recently completed both investing in and operating as CEO of OpenCola Inc., a collaborative search engine company (sold to OpenText Inc.), and CTO of ClearPulse Inc., a private research company developing non-invasive medical technologies and The DocSpace Company (sold to CriticalPath Inc.) along with several other start-up organizations. Mr. Nickerson also served as general manager of the Microsoft Network (MSN) in Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation, and was responsible for all e-commerce and consumer activities in Canada. Mr. Nickerson is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM).
Mr. Peck is responsible for defining and executing the financial strategy, as well as enhancing the quality and performance of the company's internal financial operations, human resources, legal, treasury, and related information systems. He has shared responsibility for developing and executing the overall business strategy, successful achievement of its financial objectives, and delivery of fair value to its shareholders.
Prior to joining Brandimensions, Mr. Peck held the position of Director of Finance for the Unisys Government Transformation Center. In this role, he was instrumental in designing, building, and managing an integrated service delivery, financial, and quality infrastructure that became the strategic backbone for the Unisys Global Public Sector business.
He has also served as the Senior Financial Executive for technology, manufacturing and distribution organizations throughout his 20-year career, with a solid track record of improving, solidifying and maintaining each company’s financial position, human resources management, treasury operations, and information systems.
Mr. Peck received his CA designation from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto