Mr. Devon Cranson is the founder and president of Cranson Capital, a boutique investment banking firm founded in 2006. He has deep expertise in all aspects of commercial financing, M&A and securities. He is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Chartered Public Accountant (CPA) and a licensed Mortgage Agent. He is a member of the Society of Management Accountants, the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), the Private Capital Markets Association (PCMA) and the National Exempt Market Association (NEMA).
Mr. Devon Cranson is President of both Cranson Capital Solutions Inc., a corporate finance and M&A advisory firm, and Cranson Capital Securities Inc., an Exempt Market Dealer. Under his leadership, Cranson Capital is a 5-
time winner of the Private Capital Markets Association’s Deal of the Year Award and recently ranked 49th on the Profit 500 fastest growing companies in Canada. He is on the Board of Directors of Points West Living LP, a seniors housing business in Alberta. He acts as the General Partner for three Toronto condo developments, a board observer to a high growth technology company and a Trustee of the Central Condominium REIT.
Prior to establishing Cranson Capital, he worked for a top tier Canadian chartered bank in their commercial lending division in Toronto. Prior to commercial banking, he founded and operated a sports business. He graduated from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, B.Comm Finance
NIALL FINNEGAN
Director
Mr. Niall Finnegan has over thirty-three (33) years of experience in the Canadian construction industry. He has held several senior leadership positions in the business. He was a Senior Partner at Helyar from 1986-2005. Many of his contributions during the time can be attributed to the successful creation of Altus Group Limited, Canada’s largest construction cost consulting and real estate development management company, where he held the role of President of Cost Consulting until 2011.
Mr. Niall Finnegan has a trusted history of success working for real estate lenders, developers and building owners. He has developed a solid understanding of lenders’ perspectives on real estate financing due to his extensive involvement with major lending institutions both in Canada and abroad. His experience spans all types of buildings and projects, including high-rise residential, office, hotel, retail, hospital, industrial, seniors housing and long-term care, casinos, roads and infrastructure. In 2011, he founded Finnegan Inc., a real estate development consulting firm. In 2014, he co-founded Finnegan Marshall Inc. He has developed a solid reputation built on knowledge, experience and trust. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and the Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.
Mr. Niall Finnegan has presented extensively for the past twenty-five (25) years at seminars for BILD, Insight, Urbanation, RICS and all major Canadian project lenders. He has also sat on various volunteer boards including Bishop Strachan School, Canadian Harmony Movement and the Georgian Peaks Club.
ANTHONY HELLER
Director
Mr. Anthony Heller is the President of Plazacorp Investments which he founded in 1981 with the vision of developing retail commercial real estate. Plazacorp Investments developed shopping centers during the 1980s, including several mixed-use commercial-residential projects. In the early 1990s, its focus shifted to the development of residential condominiums. He has thirty-five (35) years of experience in real estate developments and has initiated and completed approximately $2.1 billion of development projects. Mr. Anthony Heller has been involved in venture capital financings and has consulted with both privately held and publicly traded companies in which he has invested. He has been an independent director of Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation (TSE:FCU) since 1999. He has invested in and provided guidance to many successful early-stage technology companies including YAK Communications, which was founded in 1998 and sold to Globalive for $80 million in 2006.
DAVID ROFF
Director
Mr. David Roff, CPA, CA is a Partner at Globalive Capital and CFO of Brock View Rentals. He manages Globalive’s real estate development and real estate investments. He also works with Globalive’s nontelecommunications private, venture fund and micro-cap public investments. He has over twenty (20) years’ experience as an angel investor, CFO and director of both private and public companies. He obtained his CA designation at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). His current and past board and advisory positions include Arkson Nutraceuticals (OTC-BB: AKSN), Brock View Rentals, Deep Well Oil & Gas (OTC-BB: DWOG), Samba Days/Rewards, Scene Doc and Vet Success.
BRICE SCHESCHUK
Chairman
Mr. Brice Scheschuk, CPA, CA is the CEO of Globalive Capital , Co-President of Brave Investment Corporation, and CFO of Pragmatic Solutions. He has twenty (20) years’ experience building and operating companies and has led the capital raising and due diligence efforts at WIND Mobile and Globalive Communications. He obtained his CA designation at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Mr. Brice Scheschuk was a director of Globalive Capital, Globalive Communications Corp., Globalive Wireless Management Corp., numerous affiliates of Globalive, Brave Investment Corporation and numerous other private boards.
SRULI WEINREB
Director
Mr. Sruli Weinreb is the founder and managing partner of Plaza Capital Limited (“Plaza Capital”). Plaza Capital supports many North American early stage growth companies with strategic debt placements and equity investments. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Lake Central Air Services Inc., the world’s leading modification and integration partner for the airborne geophysical survey industry. Before founding Plaza Capital in 2013, Mr. Sruli Weinreb was the CEO of eMobile Inc. a telecom arbitrage company with a specialization in international roaming which he co-founded in 2008. His entry into tech investments and finance was proceeded by an extended period of academic immersion with a concentration in Judaic Theology. He received his doctorate ordination in Jerusalem in 2005 and worked in community outreach in Houston TX between 2005 and 2008.