The Utopya / ANDI team includes not one, not two, but THREE well accomplished and well respected powerhouse businessmen in Mr. Loudon Owen, Mr. Ilja Laurs, Mr. Darryl V. Green.
The presence of these three gentlemen clearly sets ANDI / Utopya apart from all other penny stocks.
Mr. Loudon Frank McLean Owen, B.A., J.D., M.B.A., served as the Chief Executive Officer at Posera Ltd. from October 23, 2015 to January 30, 2017. Mr. Owen served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Posera Ltd. since October 2015.
Mr. Owen is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of McLean Watson Capital. Mr. Owen oversees and guides all aspects of McLean Watson Capital's work and investment strategy.
Mr. Owen served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Echelon Capital Corp. since January 16, 2013.
Prior to that, he financed and advised Softimage for its growth from four to 250 employees to its IPO on Nasdaq in 1992 and the sale to Microsoft in 1994. He served as the joint Chief Operating Officer at Softimage Inc., from 1993 to its sale. He served as a co-investor and Advisor.
He founded a corporate law firm that specialized in representing growth companies.
Prior to that, he practiced corporate or commercial and securities law with a major Canadian law firm concentrating on merger and acquisition and technology financing.
He is an international businessman and lawyer.
His career spanned more than 25 years, during which he has both lead and actively participated in the growth of a host of successful businesses.
He serves as the Chairman of Quantec Geoscience Limited.
He served as the Chairman of i4i, Inc. and Dexit Inc.
He serves as Chairman of the Board of The Fight Network, Inc.
He serves as the Chairman of Vismand Exploration Inc.
He has been and Executive Chairman of Posera Ltd. since January 30, 2017 and its Director since June 21, 2006.
He served as the Chairman at Posera Ltd.(formerly, Hosted Data Transaction Solutions Inc.) from June 2009 to January 30, 2017.
He served as the Chairman of Hanfeng Evergreen Inc. since February 24, 2011 until February 1, 2014.
He serves as a Director of Blessings in a Backpack (Canada) and Protect our Kids Inc.
He has been a Non-Executive Director of Kilo Goldmines Ltd. since March 9, 2012.
He has been an Independent Director of Genesis Land Development Corp., since March 22, 2013.
He has been Non-Executive Director of Avesoro Resources Inc.(also known as Aureus Mining Inc) since May 07, 2014.
He has been a Director of Echelon Capital Corp. since March 7, 2007.
He has been a Director of Hanfeng Evergreen Inc. since February 24, 2011.
He serves as a Director of IVL Audio Inc., Vismand Exploration Inc., i4i Inc., and Quantec Geoscience Ltd.
He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Upstream Ventures Pte. Ltd. and SGEntrepreneurs.com.
He serves as a Director/Partner of Maclaine Watson & Co. Ltd; Owen Corporation; Anthem Media Inc; Know Rules Media Inc.;i4i Limited Partnership; McLean Watson Capital Inc; First Trinity Development Corporation; Communix Corporation; Tagit Canada Inc and Zeno Global Ltd.
He served as a Director of Khan Resources Inc. since August 20, 2015 until July 18, 2017.
He served as a Director of Amplus Communication Pte Ltd. He served on the board of Brookfield Development Corp. in the real estate industry.
He served as a Director of Ntegrator International Ltd. from October 2004 to April 24, 2014.
Previously, Mr. Owen served on the Boards of public companies including BPI Mutual Funds and Softimage.
He served as a Director at BF Realty Holdings Limited. He also serves as the Chairman of Mt. Sinai Hospital's Commercial Developments Committee.
He serves as the President of the Canadian INSEAD Alumni and the Upper Canada College Association Board of Governors.
His pro bono activities include several non-profit Boards and associations. He also co-founded the Canada Law Student Games. He speaks at many public events and forums.
Mr. Owen holds an M.B.A. from INSEAD in Fontainebleau in France; a J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto; an L.L.B. from Osgoode Hall; and a B.A. degree in Economics and International Relations from University of Toronto.
In addition, he also won a significant patent lawsuit against Microsoft a few years ago...
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp suffered a defeat on Thursday when the Supreme Court upheld a record $290 million jury verdict against the software giant for infringing a small Canadian company's patent.
Ilja Laurs is the Founder and CEO of GetJar, world’s largest open mobile application store. “European Manager of the Year 2011” by European Business Press Association, “25 European Tech Leaders” by Wall Street Journal, “Top 40 most influential people in mobile communications” by Informa Telecoms and Media, “10 Start-ups That Will Change Your Life” by TIME magazine and “Technology Pioneer 2011” by World Economic Forum are only a few of his numerous industry achievements. As a recognized thought leader, Ilja speaks on all major telecommunication conferences and is regularly quoted in CNBC, BBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and many other news sources. In February 2010, Ilja made the cover of the America's leading entrepreneurship magazine "Entrepreneur".
Since 2005, pioneering in the app store concept, GetJar provides app distribution to 500,000 developers, from one-man shops to brands like Google, Microsoft and Facebook. As of December 2012, GetJar distributes 750,000 mobile applications and has served over 3 billion downloads.
GetJar's virtual currency GetJar Gold, one of the best monetization solutions for Android developers, reached 75 million users in less than a year and is quickly becoming a dominant virtual currency in the mobile world.
Serial entrepreneur since 1999, Ilja has launched over 10 successful projects prior to GetJar, as diverse as Lithuania's largest hotel reservation system LithuanianHotels.com, mobile payments service MicroPay and mobile games studio Midas Mobile. Passionate about 3D photography, Ilja is also famous for his photoblog GeoGlance.com.
Mr. Darryl V. Green served as President of Domestic and International Franchising at GNC Holdings Inc. since November 2013 until September 2014 and served as its Senior Vice President of International & Domestic Franchising since October 2011 until November 2013.
Mr. Green served as Senior Vice President of Domestic Franchising at GNC Franchising LLC, a subsidiary of General Nutrition, Incorporated and GNC Corp. from August 2005 to October 2011.
He served as a Senior Vice President of Domestic Store Operations at GNC Holdings Inc. from July 12, 2011 to October 2011.
He served as Senior Vice President of Domestic Franchising of General Nutrition Centers, Inc. since August 2005.
Mr. Green served as Division Vice President of the Southeast of GNC from November 2003 to July 2005.
He served as Vice President of retail sales of General Nutrition Centers from June 1999 to June 2001.
From July 2001 to November 2003, he consulted in the supplement and nutrition industry.
Mr. Green served as Vice President of Retail Operations for the Southeastern United States for GNC from January 1996 to June 1999, and was the Director of Operations for the GNC NY City Designated Market Area from January 1993 to January 1996.
Mr. Green served as a Director of Ashlin Development Corp. (formerly, Health & Nutrition Systems International Inc.) since August 10, 2001.
