Board of Directors
Mr. Terry Reidel
Chairman
President and Chief Operating Officer, Kuntz Electroplating
Mr. Terry Reidel has served on COM DEV’s Board of Directors since 2007, most recently as Chairman. He also serves on Boards for the Economical Mutual Insurance Company, Linamar Corp and the Board of Governors at Wilfred Laurier University.
Mr. Reidel has had a long and rewarding career. As a Chartered Account he had a successful 39 year career at Ernst & Young which included managing the Kitchener-Waterloo office. He then took on the role of Chief Operating Officer at Kuntz Electroplating, an auto parts manufacturer with over 600 employees at its Kitchener location.
Born and raised in Kitchener-Waterloo, Mr. Reidel has a deep commitment to community involvement and improvement in the area. Most recently he serves as the Executive Director of the Cowan Foundation, an organization that offers ongoing community programs and annual donations to help improve the lives of Canadians.
Dr. Peter Scovell
Vice-Chairman
President, Newlyn Technologies Ltd.
Dr. Scovell is President of Newlyn Technologies Ltd., a management and technology consulting company for the wireless and photonics telecommunication sector. Prior to his position at Newlyn, Dr.Scovell was the Chief Executive Officer of Zenastra Photonics Inc., a fibre-optics company. Prior to his position at Zenastra, Dr.Scovell was the President of COM DEV Wireless Group from 1999 to June 2000. Prior to his position at COM DEV, Dr. Scovell held various senior positions at Nortel Networks Corporation.
James C. Adamson, BSE, MSAE, PE, C.Dir
Jim brings over four decades of experience as a chief executive, NASA Astronaut, US Army Colonel, Professional Engineer, and Chartered Director. He is a senior consultant to the Aerospace & Defense Industry through his own company, Monarch Precision. He serves on NASA's Advisory Committee for the International Space Station, and was the Operations Panel Chairman of the Return to Flight Task Group for the Space Shuttle following the Columbia accident.
Jim has a long and distinguished career in public service as well as the private sector providing strategic direction to leading aerospace companies. Before his corporate retirement he was president of Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. Prior to HTSI, Jim was Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder of United Space Alliance, a $1.5B company, consolidating all of NASA’s Space Shuttle and Space Station Operations Production and Maintenance under a single prime contractor. Before that, Jim was President and CEO of Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company, a $350M engineering products and service company operating and maintaining satellite tracking stations, designing and manufacturing high-tech equipment, and developing and maintaining flight research facilities.
During his career at NASA Jim was an Astronaut and held leadership positions in management, operations and R&D. In the early years of the Shuttle Program he was a research test pilot and flight controller. He was selected as an astronaut in 1984. Following the Challenger accident he was deputy director of Space Shuttle Engineering shepherding many of the design and operational changes during the reconstruction period. In 1988 he was assigned to the flight crew of STS-28, the first flight of Columbia following the Challenger accident. Columbia launched in 1989 carrying Defense Department payloads and operated in space for five days. Two years later, he was back in space again aboard Atlantis. In total, the veteran astronaut has logged over 334 hours in space.
During his 23-year Army career, he held unit commands in Europe, Vietnam, and the United States. He is a graduate of the US Navy Test Pilot School, Army Special Weapons School, Rotary and Fixed Wing Pilot training, Nike Hercules and Hawk missile courses, Airborne School, Basic and Advanced Officers Courses, Command and General Staff School, and various survival schools. During combat in Southeast Asia he earned 2wo Distinguished Flying Crosses, 18 air medals, the Bronze Star, and three Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry for valor. In 2007 he was inducted into the Army Aviation Hall of Fame.Jim completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1969. In 1977 he completed a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. He was certified as a Professional Engineer (PE) by the State of Virginia. In 2010 he was certified as a Chartered Director (C.Dir) by the Directors College, a joint venture of McMaster University and The Conference Board of Canada.
Mr. Kym Anthony
Chairman, DFGIA Inc
Kym Anthony is an experienced capital markets executive with a 28 year successful record in the financial services and investment banking industries. He is Chairman of the Board of DFGIA Corp, a New York based asset manager, and Deputy Chairman of Mackie Research Capital Corporation. He also serves on the Board of Directors of several public and private companies. He is a past Chairman of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada.
Mr. Anthony has held a number of senior positions in the financial services industry including being the Head of Fixed Income and Derivatives at CIBC, Chair and CEO of TD Securities (and Vice Chair of TD Bank) and later the President and Chief Executive Officer of National Bank Financial, the Investment Banking and Capital Markets unit of National Bank of Canada. More recently he was Board Member, President & Chief Executive Officer of Dundee Securities Corporation, Deputy Chairman of Dundee Wealth Management and Executive Chairman of Dundee Wealth Bank.
Mr. Anthony received his BA from Simon Fraser University and his MBA in 1980 from the University of Western Ontario where he was the gold medalist.
Dr. Chris O'Donovan
With three degrees in Physics, Dr. O'Donovan is a member of the Faculty, and Lecturer, at the University of Waterloo.
Mr. Claude Séguin
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development & Strategic Investments,
CGI Group Inc.
Mr. Claude Séguin has been a senior executive at CGI Group Inc. (“CGI”), a multinational technology service provider, since 2003. He currently serves as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategic Investments for CGI. From June 2003 through June 2009, he served as Senior VP, Finance and Strategic Investments.
Prior to joining CGI, Mr. Séguin was President of CDP Capital - Private Equity, a unit of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, a global fund manager responsible for the management of the capital invested by leading Québec public pension funds and insurance plans. From 1992 to 2000, he was Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Teleglobe Inc. (which is currently named VSNL International Canada, a component of India’s Tata Group).
Mr. Séguin also had a successful career in public service, ultimately serving for five years as Deputy Minister of the Québec Finance Ministry. Mr. Séguin has earned a Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies (humanities) from Collège St-Paul in Montréal Québec and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in Applied Economics from École de Hautes etudes commerciales located in Montréal, Quebec. He has also earned a Masters and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Syracuse University.
Mr. Doug Wright
President, Emeritus, University of Waterloo
Douglas Wright was President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waterloo from July 1981 to April 1993. He studied Civil Engineering at the Universities of Toronto, Illinois and Cambridge where he received a Ph.D. Degree. He taught for a few years at Queen's University, until 1958, when he joined the fledgling University of Waterloo, initially as the first Chairman of Civil Engineering, and soon after became the first Dean of Engineering. During his tenure Waterloo developed the largest School of Engineering in Canada. In 1967 he moved to Toronto to become a Deputy Minister at Queen's Park, with responsibilities initially for university financing, and subsequently, for social policy with the Cabinet Committee for Social Development. He continues some involvement in engineering, as a member of technical committees, and was an advisor on the SkyDome in Toronto that features an openable roof. He has served as an advisor to the Government of Ontario and to the Government of Canada. In 1992, he was appointed Chairman of the Canadian Working Group of the Trilateral Task Force on North American Co operation in Higher Education and Research. He is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Waterloo. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 1993 was appointed Chevalier dans L'Ordre National du Mérite de France.
Douglas Wright was President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waterloo from July 1981 to April 1993. He studied Civil Engineering at the Universities of Toronto, Illinois and Cambridge where he received a Ph.D. Degree. He taught for a few years at Queen's University, until 1958, when he joined the fledgling University of Waterloo, initially as the first Chairman of Civil Engineering, and soon after became the first Dean of Engineering. During his tenure Waterloo developed the largest School of Engineering in Canada. In 1967 he moved to Toronto to become a Deputy Minister at Queen's Park, with responsibilities initially for university financing, and subsequently, for social policy with the Cabinet Committee for Social Development. He continues some involvement in engineering, as a member of technical committees, and was an advisor on the SkyDome in Toronto that features an openable roof. He has served as an advisor to the Government of Ontario and to the Government of Canada. In 1992, he was appointed Chairman of the Canadian Working Group of the Trilateral Task Force on North American Co operation in Higher Education and Research. He is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Waterloo. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 1993 was appointed Chevalier dans L'Ordre National du Mérite de France.
Douglas Wright was President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waterloo from July 1981 to April 1993. He studied Civil Engineering at the Universities of Toronto, Illinois and Cambridge where he received a Ph.D. Degree. He taught for a few years at Queen's University, until 1958, when he joined the fledgling University of Waterloo, initially as the first Chairman of Civil Engineering, and soon after became the first Dean of Engineering. During his tenure Waterloo developed the largest School of Engineering in Canada. In 1967 he moved to Toronto to become a Deputy Minister at Queen's Park, with responsibilities initially for university financing, and subsequently, for social policy with the Cabinet Committee for Social Development. He continues some involvement in engineering, as a member of technical committees, and was an advisor on the SkyDome in Toronto that features an openable roof. He has served as an advisor to the Government of Ontario and to the Government of Canada. In 1992, he was appointed Chairman of the Canadian Working Group of the Trilateral Task Force on North American Co operation in Higher Education and Research. He is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Waterloo. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 1993 was appointed Chevalier dans L'Ordre National du Mérite de France.