Coda Octopus Group Inc (CODA)

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CDOC..CodaOctopus Group Inc.

Dr. Rolf Kahrs Hansen

Dr. Rolf Kahrs Hansen has been appointed as Director of Coda Octopus Group Inc., effective August 2, 2010. Dr. Rolf Kahrs Hansen has been the Chief Scientist at CodaOctopus Omnitech AS, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary and has been with the company since its acquisition by Coda Octopus in 2002. He is also one of the two (2) inventors of the Company’s patented solution which it markets under its trademark Echoscope® and which covers a method of producing a 3D sonar image that permits real time, three dimensional visualization of submerged /underwater environment. During this time he has also been a consultant for EuroSleep AS, Norway, an entity that manages several hospital departments specialised on obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment, as well as a consultant for MRA AS, Norway and MRA-Medical Ltd. UK. MRA produce and sell the ApneaGraph system for diagnosis of sleep apnea. Prior thereto he was a Managing Director and the Chief Engineer at OmniTech, a company that was acquired by the Company in 2002. In that capacity he was intimately involved in the development of acoustical underwater 3D sonar systems and the development and production of battery powered data acquisition system. He also is very involved in the Company’s patent strategy. Dr. Hansen holds a doctoral degree from the University of Bergen and a M.Sc. from the University of Trondheim, Norwegian Institute of Technology: Department of Applied Physics.

More Recently
In May 2012, Dr. Rolf Kahrs Hansen resigned from the Board of Directors to exploit his Sleep Apnea Technology. Dr. Hansen remains the Company’s exclusive subsea expert under a consultancy agreement and continues to be involved in our new generation of 3D products.

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Dr. Hansen was acknowledge in this 2010 article along with a few other current Coda Group members, Blair Cunningham CTO and Mike Agor USA/America’s Operations
http://www.insidegnss.com/node/2088#Baseband_Technologies_Inc_



Coda Octopus Products

Mike Agor
Currently Head of Operations USA/America’s Coda Octopus Products Inc.
Previously 27 yrs Captain US Navy
Operations and Tactics Division Head at the Office of Naval Intelligence 2001- 2003.
….more
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-agor/4/a8b/b93

Tom Barr
Operations Manager at CodaOctopus Products Ltd Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Operations Manager responsible for marine product manufacturing and global provision of technical support and field service
Previously Field Engineer (Bergen, Norway)
Schlumberger…..more
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/tom-barr/1a/a2b/521?trk=pub-pbmap

Billy Grant
European Director of Finance at CodaOctopus Products Limited
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/billy-grant/3/b99/aaa

Angus McFadzean
Research and Development Director at Coda Octopus Products Ltd
Co-founder of Coda Technologies (later to become CodaOctopus, now part of Coda Octopus Group Inc). Initially part of a small team that developed both hardware and software for sidescan and sub-bottom sonar data acquisition, display, processing and interpretation…more
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/angus-mcfadzean/41/666/387


Coda Octopus Colmek

Mike Midgley, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Midgley has over 35 years of business experience and expertise as a Certified Public Accountant. His vast expertise covers accounting and finance, having spent much of his career dealing with complex financial reporting procedures, payroll, auditing, tax and benefit management. Besides filling the office of CEO, Mr. Midgley is responsible for financial management and control of all business units owned by parent company "Coda Octopus Group". Previously he has worked for Skaggs Public Safety and was President & CFO at Covol Technologies.

In addition from linkedin
Mike Midgley..Developed and produced against a business plan that created substanial growth and cash for the company. Negotiated substantial contracts with DoD primes, that increased revenue to an all time high.
Completed a conversion to Sage 500, financial reporting and cost accounting software. Doubled employee count in the last year, to drive revenue.
In charge of the Group's financial reporting, including the foreign subsidiaries.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-midgley/69/368/524


Gary J.Rohrbaugh Jr., Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Rohrbaugh is responsible for executing Colmek’s expansion plans. He oversees the Program Management side of the Engineering Projects. Gary is responsible for sales strategy and business development, in securing new and key business accounts, and works directly with businesses to bring more operational depth. He also serves as the deputy to the Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Rohrbaugh has an extensive background in sales and operations. Gary recently sold his full service financial brokerage firm, a business he owned for 13 years. Gary earned a BA in Political Science and a Minor in Spanish from Brigham Young University and was selected to Pi Sigma Alpha and Sigma Delta Pi National Honor Societies. He also fenced on the BYU Fencing team, where he qualified for Nationals. Upon graduating, Gary served his nation in the United States Army throughout the U.S. and abroad as a Field Artillery Officer. Gary graduated in the Top 10% of the Army Field Artillery Officer Advance Course. He also was recognized as the Distinguished (Top) Graduate of Army Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense School. Gary earned his MBA from the University of Utah. Gary is married to his college sweetheart, the former Julie Marshall of Orem, Utah. They have 6 extraordinary children and he now resides in South Jordan, Utah.

Jason Martin, Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Martin manages engineering at Colmek and applies his extensive background in embedded systems, processor architectures, FPGA and CPLDs, Verilog and Xilinx tools. He is proficient in a variety of software packages including the GNU compiler and tools, Matlab/Simulink, Xilinx ISE, TI Code Composer, Solidworks, and Mathematica and routinely programs in C++, C and various assembly languages. Mr. Martin holds a BS in Computer Science from Utah State University and has several years of Electrical Engineering experience with the Center for Self Organizing and Intelligent Systems (CSOIS), developing software architectures for several classes of mobile robotic systems.

James Brown, VP Production
Mr. Brown has over 25 years experience in production and manufacturing and manages production and manufacturing teams at Colmek. As part of his responsibility he also manages subcontractors who are part of our material supply chain and manages our materials supply chain. Mr. Brown is dedicated to providing superior quality products and holds an Electronics Engineering Technology degree from Weber State University.

http://www.colmek.com/management-team.html



Coda Octopus Martech Management

Paul Baxter
Managing Director Coda Octopus MARTECH Limited
November 2006– Present (6 years 11 months)
Martech is a team of highly skilled innovators, engineers & technologists specialising in the design and manufacture of electronic systems for demanding applications. With a focus on special test equipment, product development and re-engineering, key customers include many market leading companies in the defence, aerospace and subsea sectors.

As Managing Director with CodaOctopus Martech (formerly Martech Systems), I am closely involved in customer-facing sales and marketing activities with a focus on business development, finding new opportunities for Martech's brand of high-end technology development. In addition, I undertake the day to day general management, and other plate spinning activities.
With a background in developing products for marine geophysical and subsea applications, I am closely involved in applying Martech's skills to new products for sister company Coda Octopus
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/paul-baxter/4/137/34a

More From Coda Octopus Martech website: People link
http://www.martechsystems.co.uk/who-we-are/people/

Added this to the Intro. As always things are subject to change. I’ve created this post to the best of my knowledge. Always do your own research/DD. 1c