• Sean Krakiwsky
    President & CEO, Founder

    • Nanalysis is Mr. Krakiwsky’s third tech start-up over a 20 year period, raising over $25M in equity funding for those companies. Previously he founded and built a high performance computing company called Acceleware (TSXV:AXE) providing software solutions to harness the parallel processing capabilities of multi-core GPUs/CPUs for the Electronic Design and Oil & Gas industries. Mr. Krakiwsky has an M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calgary, and was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings Hockey club in 1986 – he played in their farm system for two years, before going back to school in 1990.

    Heather Kury
    Interim CFO

    • Ms. Kury is a member of the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Accounting and History) from the University of Winnipeg.  She has over twenty years of experience helping both public and private companies improve their corporate strategy and operational excellence.  In her spare time, she enjoys spending time in the mountains with her family.

    Julien Mueller
    CTO

    • Mr. Mueller has 16+ years of experience in the NMR/MRI technology. After obtaining a diploma in electronic and system engineering from INSA Strasbourg, he started with RS2D in 2004, studying and designing RS2D's first NMR spectrometer solution. From here, he designed a custom MRI product using a superconducting cryogen-free magnet and high field NMR console. In 2018, Mr. Mueller released the 4th generation of NMR/MRI spectrometer, providing the latest FPGA technology to the whole magnetic resonance product profile. He enjoys fishing, hiking, playing music, photography, and sports. He was on the French university basketball championship team in 2002.

    Marc Tomlinson
    EVP, Services

    • Mr. Tomlinson brings nearly 30 years of extensive supply chain, operations, project management, and governance experience in government, nonprofit organizations, public companies, and international bodies. He earned his Political Science and International Relations degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and completed a related internship in Washington, D.C., shortly after graduating. He was instrumental in designing the first e-commerce application for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and successfully managed a Weapons System Partnership Committee representing 48 armed forces from 21 nations. Additionally, he led codification efforts for more than 70 nations utilizing NATO’s codification system. Most recently, Mr. Tomlinson directed global expansion and corporate operations for Alberta’s investment manager. In his leisure time, he enjoys exploring trails and mountains with his family.

    Neal Gallagher
    VP Engineering & Operations

    • Mr. Gallagher completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Calgary. He has over 15 years of experience in Computational Electromagnetics, Design for Manufacturability and CNC machining. He is responsible for product development, manufacturing, and many aspects of operations at Nanalysis. In his spare time, he enjoys Ski touring, Mountain biking, Hockey, and Golf.

    Dr. Susanne Riegel
    VP Marketing and Product Manager

    • Dr. Riegel has a M.Sc. from Dalhousie University in main group chemistry and a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary in Organometallic Chemistry. With over 14 years of NMR experience, she has worked in low-field NMR application development and validation with numerous research publications and presentations at international science conferences. She enjoys traveling, photography and being outdoors, whether that be golfing, running, biking or hiking.

  • Werner Gartner, Audit Committee Chair
    CMA and Technology Investor

    • Mr. Gartner has over 25 years executive/board experience with technology based businesses, including NovAtel Inc., Hemisphere GNSS Inc., 4iiii Innovation Inc, Psyko Audio Labs Inc. and Novariant Inc. He is a member of the A100, an organization composed of technology company founders and entrepreneurs focused on growing the Alberta technology sector. Mr. Gartner received a B.Sc. from Western University in Ontario and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto.

    Dr. Michal Okoniewski
    Acceleware, Chief Scientific Officer, Co-Founder

    • Dr. Okoniewski has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University, Gdansk, is a fellow of IEEE and is a Professor for Electrical and Computer Engineering Department with Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. Michal is a renowned expert in applied electrodynamics and RF/antenna engineering, with a proven history of developing leading-edge scientific solutions for the electronic, medical and energy industries. Michal has pioneered the field of hardware acceleration of computational electromagnetics, authoring over 350 technical publications and patents. His GPU accelerated FDTD solver, for example, revolutionized the engineering of electronic devices and are being applied to the energy industry for the production of heavy oils in unconventional reservoirs.

    Sean Krakiwsky
    President & Chief Executive Officer, Founder

    • Nanalysis is Mr. Krakiwsky’s third tech start-up over a 20 year period, raising over $25M in equity funding for those companies. Previously he founded and built a high performance computing company called Acceleware (TSXV:AXE) providing software solutions to harness the parallel processing capabilities of multi-core GPUs/CPUs for the Electronic Design and Oil & Gas industries. Mr. Krakiwsky has an M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calgary, and was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings Hockey club in 1986 – he played in their farm system for two years, before going back to school in 1990.

    Jonathan Ladd 
    Technology Executive

    • Mr. Jonathan Ladd is an experienced technology executive and former Chief Executive Officer of NovAtel Inc., a Nasdaq-listed GPS technology company acquired by Hexagon AB. He has a track record of scaling global technology businesses and brings extensive experience in capital markets, corporate governance, and strategic execution within advanced technology companies. He currently serves on the following boards: Takemetoit Inc., AgriRobot, Litus Inc., and is an advisor at Tall Grass Ventures. Mr. Ladd earned a bachelor's degree with distinction in engineering and is a member of Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society.

    Werner Maas
    Senior Executive

    • Dr. Werner Maas is a senior executive in the analytical instrumentation sector, having previously served as President of Bruker BioSpin Corporation and currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of Hudson Lab Automation. He brings deep expertise in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technologies, as well as global sales, marketing, and commercialization of scientific instrumentation. Dr. Maas holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Radboud University in The Netherlands, as well as several executive management designations from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Steven Feick
    President of Manvest Inc., part of the Mancal Group

    • Mr. Steven Feick is President of Manvest Inc., part of the Mancal Group. He has built on a track record of success to develop and grow a portfolio of investments in agriculture, finance, supply chain, infrastructure technology, energy efficiency and data analytics. As a former entrepreneur, he ensures that his operational and investor experience elevates the growth of the portfolio. He is an experienced investor and brings expertise in capital allocation, governance, and long-term strategic planning across private and public market investments. Mr. Feick holds an Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Queen’s University.

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