Corporate Management

Justin Holland is a Senior Operations Executive with expertise in Integrated Business planning and Supply Chain management covering multi-site operations, global supply chain integration and P&L management. Mr. Holland brings +20 years of demonstrated excellence in strategic planning, demand planning and class A manufacturing from the high tech/electronics, food, and pharmaceutical industries including Pepsi Canada, General Mills, Apotex, and Christie Digital.

Brent Harris founded Eguana and is an inventor of the Company's core technologies. Mr. Harris first led the commercialization of the Company's products and then its early sales. He is now responsible for Eguana's global operations. Brent graduated from Queens University in Ontario in Applied Science with a focus on power and control systems and began his career as an instrumentation engineer on international midstream oil and gas projects.

Hansine Ullberg is a Chartered Professional Accountant and Chartered Accountant, with over 20 years' experience in the energy services, software, mining, and accounting industries. Ms. Ullberg started her career with Ernst & Young LLP and has served in several finance and accounting positions, with global and entrepreneurial companies. Ms. Ullberg has a breadth of experience in financial reporting, operations, compliance and corporate governance. Ms. Ullberg enjoys giving back to the community by volunteering and serving on some not-for-profit boards.

Daljit Ghotra leads Eguana’s engineering team and is accountable for Eguana's development program, product designs, and technology strategy. Drawing on nearly 20 years of power system development experience spanning various applications including cellular base stations to PV inverters to energy storage systems Mr. Ghotra applies his strong understanding of power control design topologies, system applications and end user requirements to deliver industry leading distributed energy storage solutions.  He holds an MSc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan.

Andreas Rückemann joined Eguana Technologies from Mercedes Benz Energy in 2018 and is responsible for Eguana's European business through its subsidiary Eguana GmbH.  Dr. Rückemann has 25 years of international experience with a focus on sales and establishing long-term partnerships in large corporates as well as SMEs, including companies such as Evonik Industries, Heliatek and Mercedes Benz Energy.

Warren Gray joined Eguana to lead the company's expansion into direct sales of solar and storage systems in the Australian market.  Mr. Gray brings a broad and diverse skillset managing similar businesses across Australia in the solar, energy efficiency, and air conditioning markets with vast experience on both the dealer and manufacturer side for Carrier Air Conditioning. Mr. Gray is responsible for scaling Eguana's operations for growth in Australia, including building the company's internal and partner networks nationwide through its subsidiary Eguana Pty Ltd.

Mr. Powlick has been an active venture capitalist since 1995 in Silicon Valley and in Europe. He is currently a Partner at Astanor Ventures, a global impact investor across the agrifood value chain. Previously, he co-founded Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures and was head of the Strategic Investments and Acquisitions Group for Intel Corporation in Europe and the Middle East.

Michael Carten has more than 25 years national and international experience in the energy industry most recently as Senior Vice President Corporate and Government Finance for Nesbitt Burns. Prior to that he was a senior partner with Bennett Jones one of Canada's leading energy law firms. He has represented some of Canada's largest energy companies has been an advisor to both federal and provincial governments.

Karen Hayward is an author, international speaker and a Managing Partner and CMO with Chief Outsiders, where she is responsible for building and supporting a team of world-class marketers. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Karen matches mid-market CEOs and Private Equity Portfolio managers with the best-fit Chief Marketing Officers to help accelerate top line growth. Her book “Stop Random Acts of Marketing” takes the learnings from her previous experience as a VP in both Sales and Marketing and shows mid-market CEOs how to build a strategic growth plan in the digital age to deliver compelling ROI.