Toronto, ON, Canada - Augen Gold Corp. establishes an advisory board and appoints James Sbrolla as new chairman.
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r. Sbrolla is a 1990 graduate from University of Western Ontario with a BA in Administrative and Commercial Studies.
He also has a Graduate Diploma in
Management Studies from Wilfrid Laurier University and is an Entrepreneur in Residence with MaRS and the Ontario Center for Environmental Technology
Advancement since 2008.
Mr. Sbrolla is a veteran of both the financial and environmental industries.
He is Chairman of Environmental Business Consultants, the manager of a small private equity fund and serves on the boards of WE Communications, Actual Media and Green Students Fundraising.
Mr. Sbrolla is also a widely-published journalist in business media, Mr. Sbrolla has written on a variety of topics including a multi-national study on finance, the environment and sustainable development.
Since March of this year Mr. Sbrolla has been Lead Director of Augen Gold.
The appointment of Mr. Sbrolla as Chairman provides a knowledgeable business consultant for the role and separates the function from the present CEO position.
J. David Mason steps down as Chairman and remains a Director and Chief Executive Officer.
Dr. Jozef Straus has appointed chair of advisory board.
Dr. Straus brings a lifetime of extraordinary achievement in technology innovation, business success, in the telecom
industry.
After having retired as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman in August 2003, Dr. Straus held the role of Founder Emeritus of JDS Uniphase Corporation, a worldwide leader in optical technology and fiber optic communications until December 31, 2005.
Dr. Straus was appointed CEO of JDS Uniphase in May 2000, subsequent to having served as President and Chief Operating Office of the company.
Dr. Straus co-founded JDS Fitel in 1981 and was instrumental in its merger with Uniphase Corporation in 1999 to create JDS Uniphase Corporation.
Prior to JDS FITEL, Dr. Straus held various research and management positions with Bell Northern Research and Nortel.
Dr. Straus holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Alberta, University of Ottawa, and from Touro College in New York.
He currently serves on the Board of various private high tech companies and was active in the Ottawa Hospital's Legacy Campaign, serving as its Co-Chairman.
Dr. Straus is a past Board Member of Group Telecom, Photonics Research Ontario, and the Alberta Information and Communication Technology Advisory Board and the University of Ottawa's Science Advisory Council.
Dr. Straus has numerous patents, publications, and other honors to his credit, notably the 2004 NRC/CATA Alliance Innovation & Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award as well as the 2001 Engineering Management Award from the University of Southern California. ■