ABOUT AETHER

Aether Catalyst Solutions, Inc. (Aether) was founded in 2011 to develop an inexpensive catalyst for automotive catalytic converters. The company, until moving to new facilities in December of 2018, had been carrying out its research at 4D LABS, a $65 million applications and science-driven research institute at Simon Fraser University, located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. By leveraging in-house catalyst expertise with various university and industry experts, Aether has developed an innovative combination of theory, testing, and material characterization, to facilitate the rapid development of its low-cost technology in order to challenge the existing expensive incumbent technology.

Currently on its 4th generation technology, Aether has demonstrated an ability to quickly overcome performance and aging robustness issues that are typically seen with other low-cost catalyst technology. Aether has developed the rapid testing and aging techniques which allow for evaluations of a large range of catalyst formulations that has led to a unique formulation that withstands high-temperature accelerated aging in a range of environments. 
Target markets are the heavily regulated automotive industry and the unregulated small motors industry.

Management

  • Paul Woodward, President & Director Mr. Woodward is a former investment banker with over 30 years of experience in capital markets and corporate finance, and is an investor in early stage technology companies. Since March 2012 he has been the President of Conation Capital Corp. Since April 2018 he has served as a director, and since December 2018 as Chief Executive Officer and President, of Advanced Proteome Therapeutics Corp. (APC-V),a biotech company focused on simplifying and standardizing the production of antibody drug conjugates to treat cancer, using proprietary site-selective chemistries as protein modification technologies. He is also the Chief Financial Officer and a director of Railtown Capital Corporation, since August 2016. Mr. Woodward is also a director of numerous private companies in which Conation has invested. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Econ) from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. 
  • Derek Lew, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary & Director Mr. Lew is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of GrowthWorks Capital and the President and Chief Executive Officer and/or a director of certain managed funds and operating subsidiaries of GrowthWorks Capital. Mr. Lew is also a Partner with Initio Group, a Vancouver-based early- stage angel investment firm, and is a lawyer with experience in the areas of corporate, commercial and real estate law. He has also been a director of Mobio Technologies Inc., a TSXV-listed company, since November 2012. Active in his community, Mr. Lewis a director of the Frank and Joan Lew Charitable Trust and the FJL Housing Society, which focuses on matters related to social housing in Vancouver’s Downtown East side. He is also an active member of the technology start-up community in Vancouver. Derek holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alberta, and is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia. 
  • Taylor Procyk, Chief Operating Officer Mr.  Procyk has been working with Aether for six years developing their base metal oxide catalyst and is now focusing on adapting and commercializing Aether’s existing technology for the small motor market. Mr. Procyk holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Simon Fraser University.

    Advisory

    • Greg James, Advisor Mr. James has over 25 years experience bringing new technologies to market. In his 20 years at Ballard Power Systems, he rose to the position of Chief of Engineering, where his team was responsible for translating market requirements into product requirements while directing the research goals for future products. More recently, Mr. James was the Director of Business Development of Terrella Energy Systems Ltd. until 2014, and the Vice President, Research, of Carbon Green Technologies from September 2015 until April 2016.  Mr. J Mr. James holds a B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Victoria.

    Board of Directors

    • Paul Woodward, President & Director Mr. Woodward is a former investment banker with over 30 years of experience in capital markets and corporate finance, and is an investor in early stage technology companies. Since March 2012 he has been the President of Conation Capital Corp. Since April 2018 he has served as a director, and since December 2018 as Chief Executive Officer and President, of Advanced Proteome Therapeutics Corp. (APC-V),a biotech company focused on simplifying and standardizing the production of antibody drug conjugates to treat cancer, using proprietary site-selective chemistries as protein modification technologies. He is also the Chief Financial Officer and a director of Railtown Capital Corporation, since August 2016. Mr. Woodward is also a director of numerous private companies in which Conation has invested. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Econ) from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.

     

    • Derek Lew, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary & Director Mr. Lew is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of GrowthWorks Capital and the President and Chief Executive Officer and/or a director of certain managed funds and operating subsidiaries of GrowthWorks Capital. Mr. Lew is also a Partner with Initio Group, a Vancouver-based early- stage angel investment firm, and is a lawyer with experience in the areas of corporate, commercial and real estate law. He has also been a director of Mobio Technologies Inc., a TSXV-listed company, since November 2012. Active in his community, Mr. Lewis a director of the Frank and Joan Lew Charitable Trust and the FJL Housing Society, which focuses on matters related to social housing in Vancouver’s Downtown East side. He is also an active member of the technology start-up community in Vancouver. Derek holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alberta, and is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia.

     

    •  Jason Moreau, Director Mr. Moreau has an extensive background with technology and public markets. He founded and built a SaaS (software as a service company) for 15 years that was listed on the TSX Venture Exchange until its sale to a NASDAQ listed company in 2011. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer (since January 2015)and Co-Founder of Survale Inc., a rapidly growing SaaS recruiting and employee engagement analytics platform. From April 2018 until June 2018 he was the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Parcelpal Technology Inc., a CSE-listed company. Mr. Moreau studied Computer Science Technology at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

     

    • Neil Branda, Director Dr. Branda is currently a Professor of Chemistry at Simon Fraser University. He is also the Executive Director of 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University’s $70 million research facility for new materials and nanoscale devices, and SFU Innovates Director of Technology Readiness & Prototyping. Dr. Branda has been named as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Recipients and a Steacie Fellow owing to his involvement in academic research and innovation platforms. Dr. Branda received his B.Sc. from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow at l’Université Louis Pasteur, then joined the faculty at the University of Alberta before moving to Simon Fraser University in 2001.

    Aether Catalyst Solutions, Inc.
    Unit 104, 8337 Eastlake Drive
    Burnaby, B.C. V5A 4W2

    (604)608-2886

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