
Richard Tuttle, Chairman
Rick Tuttle is a graduate of McMaster University with an undergraduate degree Bachelor of Arts. He has over 30 years experience as the CEO of a number of technology and environmental private ventures in Canada and the United States. The following is a brief synopsis of his career:
- CEO of Datapulse Corp, Datapulse Inc., developed from concept 1977 to divestiture to Mitel Corp. for $3.5m February 1983
- CEO of Mindflight Technology, an educational software startup divested to a VSE listed company of the same name 1988
- CEO Assayers Corp mining industry, leveraged buy out built to revenues of 20m. CEO TSL Laboratories environmental, technical lab divested to MDS 1991
- CEO Environmental Auditors built from startup to divestiture to Ausnoram Inc. 1992
- CEO Tundra Environmental ASE listed startup 1992 built to 20m USD in rev. left 1995
- CEO e3 solutions Systems Corp., leading developer of enterprise environmental software, built from concept to divestiture to CDN public company $3.3m 1997, left end 1998. Responsibilities included operational executive management of E2MS energy management systems business unit
- Chairman Norstarmall.ca/ E Vision assisted principals from Jan. 1999 to develop and finance their e-commerce enterprise, divested to TSE listed company SKG Interactive $10m share exchange June 1999
- President & COO, BPS a software company with offices in Toronto and New York City specializing in the development of integrated risk management systems for leading financial institutions including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. BPS was developed from less than 500K in revenues in F2004 to approximately 7 Million in revenues in F2006, projecting 12M in F2008. Mr. Tuttle is a current Director at BPS.
- Chairman Wire IE International Holdings Inc. Toronto, a wimax network deployment company working in the Caribbean and emerging markets
- Currently CEO and Chairman of IronLion Management Ltd. And Temagami Capital Corporation early stage technology and clean technology corporate development specialists
Kevin Coyne, Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Coyne is the Chief Executive Officer of e3 and has over two decades of experience in the software industry. As CEO, Kevin is responsible for the development and execution of the company's strategic vision. Kevin has been a key executive for angel and institutional investors for privately held software technology investments during their high growth periods. His roles on behalf of these investors included executive positions at Blue292, Caribou Systems and BPS. Most recently, as Executive Vice President, Global Sales, at BPS, a developer of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software for the financial services industry, Kevin built the start up into a recognized independent software vendor. During his four-year tenure at BPS, he spearheaded strategic customer closures with Wall Street’s top three investment banks and the world's largest privately held mutual fund company resulting on seven-figure software transactions and a 2000% growth of the company. Kevin also helped companies such as SEAGULL Software and ClearOrbit introduce new technologies using Web Service strategies to early-adopter companies in strategic verticals. He is a frequent speaker on technology applicability in a wide variety of markets, from enterprise application integration to automotive supply chain, from GRC to corporate sustainability. Kevin holds a BA in English and Communications from Western Michigan University.
Julian Moffatt, Vice President, Client Solutions
Julian Moffatt serves as Vice President, Client Solutions at e3 and brings a decade of expertise designing and implementing electronic environmental management systems. Julian has held various product development and client management positions, including VP of Product Development for Blue292 and Product Design Specialist for Caribou Systems. Julian is e3’s principal environmental contact, application designer and system architect. He also plays an integral role in directing future product development, making extensive use of his years as a Pollution Abatement Officer and consultant for Environment Canada and an Environmental Engineer for Petro-Canada. Julian’s key accomplishments during this period include authorship of contaminated site remediation criteria for the Government of Canada (published by the CCME in 1997); the development of water, soil and groundwater testing programs at petroleum refinery sites; and the implementation of environmental auditing programs at industrial facilities throughout Ontario.
David Sharpless
David has had an almost 30 year career as a business lawyer and as a senior leader in international finance. He was born and raised in Toronto and obtained an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School. Upon graduation, David joined Blake, Cassels & Graydon, one of Canada's largest and most prestigious law firms. David spent almost 20 years as a partner of Blakes. He was regarded as one of Canada's leading asset finance and securitization lawyers with extensive experience in international financial services, corporate governance, structured finance and mergers and acquisitions.
David left Blakes in 1996 to join Newcourt Credit Group Inc. (subsequently, CIT Group Inc.). as Chairman. As a key member of the executive team, David was responsible for directing and implementing Newcourt's growth from a small private company to the world's second largest public commercial finance company with operations in more than 25 countries and more than 5000 employees. As Chairman, David's duties included responsibility for Newcourt's overall corporate governance and its relationships with its stakeholders and the investment community. David also assumed direct responsibility, as President International, for operating all of Newcourt's businesses outside the United States. These included operations throughout Europe, Latin America and Asia and in Australia/New Zealand. David sits on the Board of Directors or Advisory Board of a number of private and public corporations. He is also active in several Canadian charities and sits on the Board of the Canadian Lease and Finance Association.
Katie Altoft
An environmental professional for over 13 years, Katie Altoft brings a breadth of experience in government, industry and not-for-profit settings to her position on e3’s board. During her years with the Canadian Standards Association, Katie led the National Technical Committees and Canadian Advisory Committees that wrote standards on a wide variety of issues such as environmental management systems and auditing, as well as the International Standards Organization (ISO)’s largest technical committee, which developed the ISO 9000 series of standards implemented by over 700,000 companies worldwide. In 1995, she and four partners launched the successful environmental consulting company, Environmental Management Solutions, which conducted over 50 phase 1 and 2 environmental site assessments and remediations, and performed energy audits and environmental compliance checks for federal and provincial agencies.
In her current position as Director of Corporate Relations and Director of Education for Earth Rangers, Katie manages a portfolio of programs that target footprint reduction in audiences from kindergarten through college age, as well as industry professionals. She received her Master of Business Administration in Business and Sustainability from Schulich School of Business, York University, and her Bachelor of Environmental Studies with Joint Honours in Biology, from the University of Waterloo. She is a member of several industry organizations including the Ontario Society for Environmental Education and the Society for Technical Communications.