WedgeNetworks

Hongwen Zhang, Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Zhang has a PhD in Computer Science from the Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary; a MSc in Computer Engineering from the Institute of Computer Technology - Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, PRC), and a BSc in Computer Science from Fudan University (Shanghai, PRC). With more than 18 years of high tech leadership experience, Dr. Zhang was a co-founder of 24C Group Inc., which developed the first digital receipts infrastructure for secure electronic commerce. He was also a principal of Servidium Inc., now ThoughtWorks Canada Inc., a global leader in agile development methodology. Dr. Zhang is a co-inventor on several patents in the area of computing and networking.

Husam Kinawi, Chief Scientist

Dr. Kinawi has a PhD and MSc in Computer Science from the Universities of Calgary, Canada and London, UK. In 1997, he co-founded Mpower Technologies Inc., a wireless telecommunications software company. In 1999, Dr. Kinawi co-founded ActiveIq.com (NASDAQ: AIQT), a Boston-based e-Business applications firm. Dr. Kinawi has over seventeen years of research and development experience working with industry leaders such as Newbridge (Alcatel), Siemens, United Technologies, and Apple in the areas of distributed information systems, embedded applications and wireless Internet solutions. Dr. Kinawi has also spoken at several major conferences, published several research papers, and is the holder of several patents in the area of mobile and wireless devices.

Cameron Schaus, Director of Engineering

Cameron Schaus has a B.Sc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary. He has over 10 years of experience working in the Information Technology industry in IT security services, network infrastructure design, systems development, telecommunication network design, embedded software development and quality assurance. Cameron has also held key positions with Nortel Networks working on the development of cellular communication infrastructure deployed and supported worldwide.

Alexes Hushlak, Director of Sales and Marketing

Alexes Hushlak has spent the last 5 years developing and executing Marketing and Sales initiatives for companies in the technology and non-technology sectors. He has worked directly with Rogers Wireless and Microsoft during the launch of the Tablet PC. Alexes also worked at Young and Rubicam on the marketing communications and advertising of ATB Financial, Calgary Stampede, Enbridge, and First Calgary Financial. In 2003 Alexes founded Calgary Weekly newspaper and grew its distribution network across Canada before selling it in 2007.