ABOUT US

Hubert Lau

President & CEO

As an award winning "Tech" Entrepreneur", Hubert Lau has grown several successful technology companies. He has worked with more than 1000 organizations in North America, Asia, and Europe to maximize business opportunities. He achieves these goals through "Collaborative Economics". This means understanding the respective motivation and inspiring everyone to work toward social and financial success. The focus is always the triple win - you win, I win, and our communities win.

Hubert volunteers his time as a Member of Edmonton Mayor's Advisory Council on Business Growth and Opportunities; as the Executive in Residence at NAIT; as a Director of the Hong Kong Canada Business Associations; and as a Director of the China Canada Business Association.

In 2023, Hubert received an Honourary Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. 

William Harper, CPA

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Harper obtained the Chartered Accountant (CA) designation after graduating from the University of British Columbia with a B.Sc. degree, and currently is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) of British Columbia. Leveraging his previous experience, over the past four years, Mr. Harper has worked as the CFO for multiple public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange across a broad spectrum of industries. He brings to TrustBIX a wealth of public company compliance and financial reporting expertise.

Adam Morand

Chief Technology Officer

Adam Morand has served as a Director of the Board and Chief Technology Officer since November 13, 2023. Mr. Morand is an Entrepreneurial Technologist with experience in capital markets and business operations. Mr. Morand additionally serves as an Independent Director for Energy Plug (“PLUG”) on the CSE. Mr. Morand served as an officer of MGN Technologies Inc. on the TSX; and an officer of CYOP Systems on Nasdaq. Mr. Morand has founded over 60 corporations serving in a myriad of officer and director roles since the 1990’s bringing significant business acumen to TrustBIX.

Edward (Ted) Power

Chairman of the Board

Ted Power was the former President and CEO of ViewTrak Technologies Inc. He is also an entrepreneur, who has implemented traceability technology solutions in the structural metals industry and works with many of the largest pipe, valve and fittings companies in the world. As the President and CEO of Trace Applications Inc., he has applied many of his proven strategies and learnings from his other company into ViewTrak. Power earned a Marketing Management Diploma from the Northern Institute of Technology (NAIT) and often presents at conferences regarding Traceability solutions in the metals industry.

Hubert Lau

President & CEO

As an award winning "Tech" Entrepreneur", Hubert Lau has grown several successful technology companies. He has worked with more than 1000 organizations in North America, Asia, and Europe to maximize business opportunities. He achieves these goals through "Collaborative Economics". This means understanding the respective motivation and inspiring everyone to work toward social and financial success. The focus is always the triple win - you win, I win, and our communities win.

Hubert volunteers his time as a Member of Edmonton Mayor's Advisory Council on Business Growth and Opportunities; as the Executive in Residence at NAIT; as a Director of the Hong Kong Canada Business Associations; and as a Director of the China Canada Business Association.

In 2023, Hubert received an Honourary Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. 

Lap Sing (Andrew) Kao

Director

Lapshing Kao (Andrew) has been the Chief Financial Officer of Hanbo Enterprises Limited, an apparel supply chain management company. He is primarily responsible for the group’s finance, information technology, and administrative functions. In 2014, he managed the IPO project of Hanbo group which was successfully listed on the mainboard of the Hong Kong Exchange. He is also one of the founders and major investors of InnoBlock Technology Limited, a startup company providing blockchain solutions in supply chain traceability, customer loyalty program and data security. Andrew has been working in the auditing and accounting profession for more than twenty years including former Big Eight audit firm and Hongkong listed companies in apparels and luxury goods. Andrew holds professional accounting and finance membership at the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, and the Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong. He is also Project Management Professional which is widely-recognized professional qualification in the IT Industry.

Nathaniel Mison

Director

Mr. Nathan Mison is a Founding Partner and President of Diplomat Consulting. As the former Vice President of Government Stakeholder Relations and Fire & Flower, he was one of the first employees of the company, helping guide it through legalization and into its place as Canada's largest independent cannabis retail company. Mr. Mison is the co-chair of the National Cannabis Working Group for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and co-chair of the Ontario Cannabis Policy Committee for the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. He is also the founder and former chair of the Alberta Cannabis Council and the International Cannabis Council with the International Chamber of Commerce and BIAC of the OECD. Mr. Mison is on the Executive Board of the FyreFly Institute and and is the former President of the Edmonton Valley Zoo Development Society. 

Adam Morand

Director

An Entrepreneurial Technologist passionate about innovation and industrial localisation of all basal human needs. Lifetime goal is to see economically viable technologies creating a global abundance of food, energy, clothing, shelter, clean air, and fresh water. Imbued with an innate need to improve, seek efficiencies, create, build, and solve puzzles; every day is an opportunity to do good.  Three decades of experience building companies, teams, and technologies across myriad industries from gaming to energy to agriculture to banking.

Jerry Bouma

Chairman of Advisory Board

Jerry Bouma is an experienced management consultant in the agriculture and food industry.

Jerry is also a Director with AFSC (Agriculture Financial Services Corporation); Director with AVAC as Chair of the Investment Committee; Chair of The Little Potato Company Advisory Board; and Chair of the Transition Board with Northlands.

David Schuster

Past Chairman of the Board

David was a founding partner of Adroit Investment Management, an independent Alberta-based investment portfolio management firm, and grew the firm from zero assets to $1.25 billion. Adroit was acquired by the Canadian Western Bank.

Jason Pincock

Past Chairman of the Board

Jason is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Logican, an advanced technology manufacturer with clients from defense, energy, healthcare, and contract manufacturing.  Jason has been a CEO and Executive level leader in Alberta for over two decades. His background includes roles in operating large and complex healthcare organizations, technology and biotech, and experience supporting and developing startup and scale up platforms

Tom Ogaranko

Advisor

Tom brings a proven 25-year track record of success to his many leadership roles and is currently a director for the Canadian Accelerator and Incubator Network as well as on the Advisory Board Member for TechConnect.

Tom has advised the Governments of Canada, France, and Provincial Governments on innovation policy and has been involved in structuring the Three Crown Agencies involved in research, innovation and technology development.

Tony Barlott

Advisor

Tony’s broad industry experience in leading and building organizations includes CFO of Reliance Group of Companies; President & CEO of Creative Door Services Ltd; and CFO of ZCL Composites Inc., a TSX-listed public manufacturing company with operations in North America, Europe and Asia.