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Nizar J. Somji, B.Sc., M.Eng., P.Eng.
President & CEO, Matrikon Inc.


Nizar J. Somji is the founder, president and CEO of Matrikon Inc. (TSX:MTK). Matrikon has been recognized as a North American leader in industrial IT products and services, and a world-leader in web delivery of process information.

Over the last 15 years, Matrikon has grown from a one-person operation to a publicly traded, multinational company employing over 450 people servicing clients on six continents - and headquartered in Edmonton.
A visionary leader, Nizar's ability to identify emerging trends in both business and technology has established Matrikon's reputation as a leading provider of cutting edge solutions. Matrikon's products developed with insight from Industry and Academia include Web-based Industrial Decision Support Solutions; Integrated Alarm Management; Predictive Fault Detection; Condition-based Maintenance for Plant Equipment and Control Assets.

Matrikon has recently taken their successful wireless production data collection offering-SCADANet, and combined it with the power of Matrikon's solutions and industry expertise to deliver Total-Insite. An ASP (Application Service Provider) initiative, the Total-Insite service/solution turns data into action - delivering results to the Oil & Gas Industry with technologies and expertise which were previously inaccessible due to remote location and ineconomies of scale.
www.matrikon.com

 

BRIAN NAPIER, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Director, Market Development, Mobilcom Wireless

Brian has over 24 years of progressively senior management experience spanning the public, private and utility telecommunications and information technology sectors. He has extensive experience in technological and regulatory trend analysis, strategic planning, regulatory development, alliance development and contract negotiation. Appearing regularly in trade and public media, Brian is a frequent speaker at many industry, academia and Government sponsored events.

Mobilcom Wireless provides high-speed end-to-end wireless broadband solutions, traditional two-way radio network services, embedded network computer technology, application engineering and electronics manufacturing. Operating from its Edmonton and Calgary locations, the Company offers full design, engineering, installation, sales and services to both existing and new customers throughout Western Canada. In addition, the Company services clients in North and South America and South East Asia with its embedded network computer technology and electronics manufacturing services.



DAVID KOSC, B.Sc, P.Eng.
Technical Advisor, Syncrude Canada Ltd.

David Kosc is a Technical Advisor at Syncrude Canada Ltd where he is a consultant on Communications Systems Designs and Standards. He earned his BSEE from University of Manitoba. He worked as an outside plant and cable engineer for a Provincial Telephone company, worked 17 years as the Communications engineer for the City of Winnipeg (population 500,000) looking after all City Department communication needs including Police, Fire, Ambulance, Transit, Hydro, Water and Waste, responsible for communications system design and installing equipment in locations varying from Hospitals to Water Treatment Plants, worked part time for 7 years as consultant to a power quality company specializing in mitigating the effects of interactions between power systems and sensitive electronic systems, and has been working at Syncrude Canada Ltd for the past 5 years. He is a member of the IEEE and a Registered Professional Engineer in Alberta and Manitoba.

Syncrude Canada: For compete information please visit website http://www.syncrude.ca/