Jean-Pierre Soublière is the President of Anderson Soublière Inc., an executive-focused consulting corporation. Founded in 1996, the company has been an advisor to corporations such as the Merrill Lynch Investment Banking Group, JetForm, CGI, CivicLife.com, Dell Computer Corporation, Pearson NCS, Tempest Management, ActiveSystems, and FreeBalance. He was also the President and COO of Alis Technologies from January 1997 to January 1999. Previously, Mr. Soublière, a 19-year SHL Systemhouse veteran, served as President, SHL Systemhouse International.

Jean-Pierre is very active in the Ottawa region and in the high-tech industry. He is a member of several Councils and Boards. In 1998, he chaired the Canadian Federal Government's Ad Hoc Industry Advisory Committee on Electronic Commerce and he is currently a member of the Canadian E-Business Opportunities Roundtable. He graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in 1967, and received a Masters of Business Administration Degree from the University of British Columbia in 1971.

Thomas A. Foard is an Organizational Psychologist with considerable experience as both a member of and a consultant to senior management. Tom has a doctorate in psychology from the University of Louisville and is a registered Psychologist in Ontario and a member of the Canadian Psychological Association. He worked as a clinician briefly before moving to mental health management, in both the public and private sectors. Intrigued by the business and management aspects of these positions, he found an opportunity to combine training and experience by joining RHR International, an international firm of organizational psychologists. He moved from this position to become Vice President, Human Resources for COM DEV Ltd., and a small high-tech manufacturing company, and subsequently to the position of Vice President, Human Resources at Rio Algom Limited, a major Canadian mining company. He then transitioned to a training and development leadership role as the Executive Director of the Niagara Institute, an organization known internationally for its leadership training programs. Most recently, he has served as the Director of Rensselaer's Center for Professional Development where he worked to develop new programs reflecting the specific leadership needs in high tech and knowledge-based organizations.

Dr. Foard has worked with clients in a variety of related areas. He has been an executive coach, trainer, consultant in areas of succession planning and management development. His skills are applicable across a broad range of industries and his clients have included mining companies, manufacturing companies (including high tech manufacturing), communications, utility companies and health care organizations. He has written articles on the people side of mergers and acquisitions and ethics for executives.

Tom has a clear understanding of how organizations operate and what makes them more effective based on his management and consulting experience. He applies this understanding to provide direction for both the Institute and their clients. His work has included establishing management development systems, organization assessments, organizational development and change interventions as well as understanding and coping with the impact of cultural differences on business and management assumptions.

Neil Milton practices business law, with a particular focus on assisting small- and medium-sized technology-based businesses. He assists with matters involving corporate law, acquisitions, divestitures and financing, bankruptcy and insolvency, licensing, intellectual property, employment and all types of related commercial litigation.

His prior experience also includes public law, particularly in constitutional and aboriginal law, and workplace human rights, and he acts as counsel to a number of not-for-profit organizations, primarily with activities related to science education, and environmental issues.

Neil obtained his law degree in 1990 from the University of Toronto. He clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada, articled at Davis & Company, a Vancouver firm, and was called to the Ontario and British Columbia Bars in 1992. He received a Bachelor of Science in Physics from McGill University, and an International Baccalaureate from Lester B. Pearson College.