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FirstGrowth Exploration & Development Services Corp.
Gil Schneider - President
(604)484-5761
President's Message
President's Message to Shareholders
August 01, 2007
Management & Directors
Gil G. Schneider
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Member of the Audit Committee
Mr. Schneider began a career in management consulting in 1977 as Regional Sales Manager of Versa Services, one of Canada's largest service management organizations. Mr. Schneider left Versa Services, a Toronto Stock Exchange listed company with revenues in excess of $500,000,000 and 15,000 employees, in 1992 as the Vice President of Western Canada Sales. In 1992 Mr. Schneider pursued a consulting career and was Vice President of Operations of Restauronics, a national food service management company owned by the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Versa Services. In 1993 Mr. Schneider negotiated the purchase of the Community Care Purchasing Group and assumed the position of General Manager. This group was a network of health care agencies in the Province of British Columbia partnering to share their best strategies for improving service quality and cost performance. In 2000 Mr. Schneider sold his interest in the Community Care Purchasing Group to ARAMARK Corporation and signed onto a five year consulting contract as Manager, New Business Development, which has now concluded. While at ARAMARK Mr. Schneider was instrumental in negotiating a contract with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority valued at over $100,000,000. In 1999 Mr. Schneider became President of VentureCorp Capital Inc., a venture capital pool corporation listed on the then CDNX, which was subsequently transformed into Bioteq Environmental Technologies Inc (TSX-V: BQE) ("Bioteq"). Mr. Schneider has subsequently resigned from that position but retains an equity position in Bioteq.
*ARAMARK Corporation has annual revenues in excess of $10 Billion dollars. It has recently been taken over b y a group of investor funds, prior it was a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company has over 280,000 employees & does business in 19 countries.
Vern V. Stromkins
Chief Financial Officer and Director
Mr. Stromkins has 40 years experience in the banking and financing industry. He formerly provided consulting services to G & F Financial Group, a Credit Union with assets of approximately $1 billion. Mr. Stromkins has specialized in the sourcing, identification and financial analysis of new mid-market commercial businesses with growth potential and in real estate financing. He has also been responsible for preparing innovative financial packages for business with strong potential. He has previously worked for Toronto Dominion Bank, Business Development Bank, Traders Group Ltd. and the Royal Bank of Canada. Mr. Stromkins also has investments in a number of private companies. In 1999 Mr Stromkins became Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of VentureCorp Capital Inc., a venture capital pool corporation listed on the then CDNX, which was subsequently transformed into Bioteq. Mr. Stromkins subsequently resigned from that position but retains an equity position in Bioteq.
Bill G. Calsbeck
Director, Member of the Audit Committee
Mr. Calsbeck brings over 25 years of capital markets and micro-cap experience to FirstGrowth. Bill began his career in Banking and Trust services and after several years moved into the Human Resource field providing consulting services to clients such as the Vancouver Stock Exchange, Expo 86, MDA, and several major financial institutions. His duties extended from executive recruiting and board Member selection to financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, and capital raising.
Bill brings a great deal of diverse experience to FirstGrowth, having been involved in a wide variety of industries such as Oil and Gas, High Tech, Biotech, and Communications, and in raising hundreds of millions of dollars for client firms, both in equity and in capital market buying.
Bill's focus for FirstGrowth is on areas such as market awareness, liquidity and communications.
Key Management & Operations Personnel
Leonard Van Betuw
Director, CEO Kinetex Inc.
Mr. Van Betuw has extensive geophysics experience over a period of 16 years with a focus based approach on providing exploration economics and management. After graduating with a BSc in Geophysics from the University of Saskatchewan in 1987, he began his career as a field service technician with Veritas Geophyical, currently known as Veritas DGC. Later he joined Western Geophysical in Western Canada and Venezuela where he was part of a regional management team in Venezuela with Pioneer Exploration. He also held a senior management position with Airborne Resource Development. From his management experience gained at Veritas, Western Geophysical, and Airborne, he founded NRG Services and served as President and COO for five years before selling the business to his partners. In 1998 he co-founded Kinetex Inc. Mr. Van Betuw has extensive field experience in over one hundred projects in numerous locations around the world. His technical background includes integrated quality control, 3D seismic survey design, data processing and seismic modeling. His extensive practical experience in economics and management provide a strong basis for Kinetex Inc.
Andres Hernandes
Mr. Hernandes possesses extensive experience in the geophysical industry with the past 5 years being focused on crew management and project development. Andres's background is founded on his five years at Western Atlas International of Houston, Texas. During this time he underwent extensive training in the areas of Management and safety. His practical experience began in Venezuela his country of origin and expanded to Argentina, the United Emirates, Algeria, Mozambique, and Canada. Cofounder of Kinetex Inc. Andres holds the position of General Manager. Prior to his appointment at Kinetex Inc. he was providing contract services to NRG Services International where he was the key to the project management for Scimitar Hydrocarbons in Mozambique and its other international projects. He was also Project Manager for Pebercan in Cuba. His extensive oral and written command of both English and Spanish provide him with an ability to make clear and concise operational recommendations and decisions.
Dale Harrison
Mr. Harrison heads up technical support. He has 10 years of field experience as an instrument operator while conducting crew supervision provide us with a high level of confidence with regards to Dale's dedication and capabilities. Dale has extensive Vibroseis experience and presently holds the position of Crew Manager. He was trained by Geo-X Systems and has worked both in Canada and internationally. Kinetex is confident in providing consistent quality crew support in the areas of crew supervision, instruments and electronics. Dale presently is continuing his training in the areas of management theory and conducting language courses in Spanish.
Darryl Armstrong
Mr. Armstrong is the Senior Instrument Operator, principle in charge of the execution of data acquisition services with Crew 101. Darryl is an electronics graduate with additional extensive industry training. He has attended training from Input Output Inc. of Houston, Texas as well as Pelton Company of Ponka City, Oklahoma. His 7 years of experience provides a strong foundation while he continues to develop his skills in the areas of digital theory as well as practical knowledge of seismic theory and quality analysis.
Hermes Martinez
Mr. Martinez is the Chief Technician in charge of heavy equipment. Hermes has over 25 years experience in the Geophysical Industry. He is trained as a diesel mechanic and has extensive background and training in the areas of hydraulics, vibroseis theory and electronics, as well as the scheduling and maintenance of heavy equipment. Hermes for the past 5 years has worked in Canada, the United States, and Venezuela. He provides Kinetex with a strong foundation in the area of short hole drilling operations and vibroseis operations with a hands on leadership approach and commands a working knowledge both written and spoken of Spanish.
