Dan Dodge is a true pioneer of embedded systems technology. Together with business partner Gordon Bell, he created one of the world's first message-passing operating systems - the forerunner to the revolutionary QNX^® Neutrino^® microkernel RTOS.

To encourage and support embedded systems studies in post-secondary institutions, Mr. Dodge established the QNX-in-Education program, which offers colleges and universities around the world free software for classroom work and research projects. He also funded the first chair for computer science at the University of Waterloo in 1998.

Mr. Dodge is a passionate advocate of standards for the embedded industry, and in 2001 was invited to sit as a founding steward of the Eclipse consortium, an open-source software initiative. Mr. Dodge has garnered several tributes, including the prestigious J.W. Graham medal in Computing and Innovation from the University of Waterloo, an honor shared by a select group of industry luminaries that includes Bill Reeves (Pixar Studios) and Jim Mitchell (Sun Microsystems). In 2002 Dodge and Bell were acclaimed as Heroes of Manufacturing by Fortune magazine.

Mr. Dodge holds a Master's degree in mathematics.

A chartered accountant, Jennifer Camelon joined QNX Software Systems in 1993 as the company's controller, and in 1998 became its chief financial officer. As a member of the senior management team, Ms. Camelon leads the company's financing and performance measurement activities; she also manages the corporate general and administrative division, including all financial, administrative, and information-systems functions of the company and its subsidiaries. Her prior experience includes financial management at Delta Hotels and public accounting practice at Price Waterhouse.

Ms. Camelon holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) degree from Queen's University, Canada, and belongs to both the Ontario and Canadian institutes for chartered accountants. In 2005, Ms Camelon was named one of Ottawa’s “Forty Under 40” by the Ottawa Business Journal, in recognition of her contributions as a community and corporate leader.

Michael Michalyshyn joined QNX Software Systems in 1998 as general counsel and in November 2000 became vice president of human resources. Mr. Michalyshyn is responsible for the legal, corporate governance, and human resource aspects of QNX Software Systems and its subsidiaries. Prior to QNX, Mr. Michalyshyn practiced Information Technology law with Gowling, Lafleur, Henderson LLP, where he provided legal services to QNX Software Systems.

Mr. Michalyshyn belongs to several professional associations, including the Patent & Trademark Institute of Canada, Canadian Advanced Technology Association, Computer Law Association, Licensing Executive Society, and IT.Can.

Mr. Michalyshyn graduated with distinction from the University of Alberta Law School, and is a member of the Ontario Bar and a registered patent agent. He holds a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a Master's in business administration.

With a proven track record in creating sales strategies, tools, and commission structures, Neil Peterson is responsible for overseeing QNX Software Systems' global sales organization and distributor network.

Internationally, Mr. Peterson has assessed markets, developed partnerships, created country-specific products, localized collateral and pricing, and built distribution networks that worked in tandem with direct sales efforts.

Prior to joining QNX, Mr. Peterson gained extensive entrepreneurial experience in high-growth environments. His experience includes working at NetSilicon, where he served as senior vice president of sales and general manager of the company's Intelligent Devices Division. He also helped launch NetSilicon's core imaging business.

As vice president of engineering, Sebastien Marineau-Mes is responsible for all QNX research and development activities, including software development and quality assurance. Since joining QNX, he has held positions of increasing responsibility, from software architect to director of the operating system group. In 2007, he spearheaded the QNX hybrid software model initiative, a breakthrough approach to embedded development that combines the best advantages of the proprietary and open source software models.

Mr. Marineau-Mes served as the first project lead for the Eclipse C/C++ Development Tools (CDT) project and, in 2002, led the team that created the QNX® Momentics® development suite, the first commercially available Eclipse-based IDE for embedded development. In his role of networking architect at QNX Software Systems, Mr. Marineau-Mes worked closely with Cisco Systems to optimize the QNX Neutrino® RTOS for the world’s highest-capacity routers. He has been a major contributor to the QNX technology portfolio, including multi-core, adaptive partitioning, and development tools.