Steve Woolven
_PRESIDENT

Steve Woolven is President of Applanix Corporation. As a senior executive he has extensive leadership and management skills in the areas of product business development, marketing, sales and support, and research and development. His technical expertise covers a wide range of disciplines including inertial sensor/GPS technology, signal and image processing, sensors, and system design. He is a published author on a variety of technical topics including Aided Inertial Navigation Systems for Submersible Vehicles, and System Performance with Tightly-Coupled Inertial/RTK GPS Integration.

Steve holds the following academic qualifications:

• B.A.Sc. Division of Engineering Science, Electrical Option, University of Toronto
• M.A.Sc., Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto
• PhD, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto.He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and the Institute of Navigation (ION).

Blake Reid
_{EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT}

Blake Reid is a co-founder and the Executive Vice President of Applanix. He has over 30 years experience in high-tech business operations. As former Director with the Advanced Technology Centre Honeywell, Ltd., his broad-based technical experience covers systems control, estimation methods, inertial navigation/GPS integration, and motion compensation methodologies.

Blake is a registered Professional Engineer, holding a B.A.Sc., Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, and a Ph.D., Control Engineering, University of Cambridge.

• Member, Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario
• Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
• Member, Institute of Navigation
• Member, Engineering Advisory Board, York University
• Director, York Technology Association
  

Erik Lithopoulos
_{VP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT}

Erik Lithopoulos is a co-founder and Vice President of Business Development at Applanix Corporation. His focus is the potential use of integrated inertial technology for a wide variety of commercial and non-commercial applications. He has been responsible for developing new business since 1994. Since 2003 he has been concentrating his efforts in the defence markets.

Bruno Scherzinger
_{CTO AND VP ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY}

Bruno Scherzinger is the Chief Technology Officer at Applanix Corporation, where he is responsible for advanced navigation technology development, and the core navigation technology behind the Applanix product line of position and orientation systems. Prior to Applanix Corporation, Bruno was with Honeywell Canada’s Advanced Technology Centre, where he worked on military navigation systems development. He obtained his B.Eng. degree from McGill University in 1977, followed by M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in System Control Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1979 and 1983 respectively. Bruno has more than 15 years experience in GPS-INS integrated navigation systems technology, and has been a member of ION for 8 years and a member of the IEEE for 26 years. He currently is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Calgary’s Geometics Engineering Department, to which he was first appointed in 2001.

Peter Teixeira
_{DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION}

Peter Teixeira is the Director of Finance and Administration, and is responsible for all financial, administrative and contractual functions within the Company. His senior financial expertise with biotechnology and software-based organizations, has given Peter an acute perspective on the business needs of companies operating in the high-tech sector, and as such brings a valuable business dimension to Applanix. Peter holds an MBA from York University, a BComm from the University of Toronto, and has specialized in the area of entrepreneurial studies. He obtained his CA while articling with Coopers & Lybrand, and his corporate-level financial management expertise through previous appointments with Keycorp Limited and The Molson Companies.

Joe Hutton
_{DIRECTOR, AIRBORNE PRODUCTS}

Joe Hutton is the Director for Airborne Products at Applanix Corporation, where he is responsible for new business development and overall product direction for the airborne business.Joe has been with Applanix since 1991. He obtained his B.A.Sc degree in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto in 1989, followed by a M.A.Sc. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies in 1991. Joe has over 18 years experience in GPS-INS integrated navigation systems technology and its application to mobile mapping and surveying. He is a member of ION and is a licensed professional engineer in the Province of Ontario.

Peter Canter
_{DIRECTOR, MARINE PRODUCTS}

Peter Canter is the Director for Marine Products at Applanix Corporation and is responsible for new business development and overall product direction for the Marine business.Peter obtained his Master’s degree in Geographic Information Systems in 1980 from the University of Miami.  Subsequent to that he worked for 19 years on a wide variety of precise positioning projects for Western-Geco / Schlumberger in Houston Texas and Oslo, Norway.Peter has been with Applanix since 2002 and now has over 25 years of experience in Marine and Land positioning.  He is a frequently published authority in the field, with over 20 articles in print on various aspects of positioning.

Louis Nastro
_{DIRECTOR, LAND PRODUCTS}

Louis Nastro is the Director for Land Products at Applanix Corporation, where he is responsible for new business development and overall product direction for the Land business.

Louis Nastro joined Applanix in 2005. He earned his B.A. (Hons) from York University, M.A. in International Relations and Economics from McMaster University, and an M.Sc from the Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, University of North Dakota. Prior to joining Applanix Mr. Nastro served as Director of Strategic Planning for Vantage Consulting, an international business consulting company, from 2000 to 2005.

Louis has over 5 years experience in Land positioning, and is a frequently published expert with over 10 articles in print.  In addition he has over 8 years of technology marketing and product development experience with Leo Burnett International and Padulo Integrated.

Eric Liberty
_{DIRECTOR, SALES}

Eric Liberty is the Director of Sales at Applanix Corporation, responsible for leading our sales team in providing exceptional business-to-customer communication and sales services.  Furthermore Eric is responsible for the overall strategic sales plan for Mobile Mapping and Positioning Solutions.Eric holds an MBA from the University of Toronto.  Eric Liberty joined Applanix in October 2006 as DSS Product Manager.  Prior to joining Applanix, Eric had worked with Optech managing sales activity for airborne and land lidar systems.

Michelle Papanikolov
_{DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES}

Michelle Papanikolov joined Applanix Corporation in April 2003 as Director, Human Resources. Prior to Applanix Michelle was the Director of Human Resources for an international direct sales organization. She holds an Honors B.A. from York University and a CHRP (Certified Human Resources Professional) designation. Michelle has over 20 years of progressive human resources experience in direct sales, high tech, advertising and food industries.