J. Thomas Beck
President & C.E.O.

L. James Porter, B. Comm ,CA, CPA, CFA
CFO

Raymond Fehr
VP Marketing

James S. Hansen, B.Eng
VP Corporate Development

Neil Mohammed, MBA, B.A.
Director

Donald Spanier
External Director

Pierre Rivard, BSc, MBSc, MBA
Director

About SHEC » Executive Profiles

J. Thomas Beck
President & C.E.O.

Tom Beck founded SHEC in 1996, and has been working steadily to bring cost effective renewable hydrogen generation technologies to market. Tom was passionate about science and technology from and early age, and built his first thermal chemical hydrogen generator while still in grade school. He attended DeVry Technical Institute, and graduated in 1977 with a diploma in Electronics and Computer Controls.

Tom received a High Tech Entrepreneur Award for Innovation and Scientific Breakthrough from KPMG Peat Marwick Thorne in 1990, and was nominated by BMO Nesbitt Burns for Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000.

L. James Porter , B. Comm, CA, CPA, CFA
CFO

Jim Porter joined SHEC in 2004, and has been on the Board of Directors since 2005. Mr. Porter received his Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1987. He received his Chartered Accountant designation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia in 1990, his Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts in 1994, and his Certified Public Accountant designation (State of Illinois ) from the University of Illinois in 1999.

Jim has extensive corporate experience, having served as CFO of Nasdaq National Market, Nasdaq SmallCap Market, OTC Bulletin Board, TSX and TSX-Venture listed companies He is a member of the Vancouver CFA Society, the CFA Institute, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Raymond Fehr
VP Marketing

Ray has been involved with SHEC since their inception in 1996, and is currently responsible for managing SHEC's relationships with both Federal Government departments and targeted global strategic partners.

Before joining SHEC, Ray held a position with a major international automotive aftermarket company, where he was a Marketing Coordinator responsible for corporate development in Saskatchewan.

James S. Hansen
VP Corporate Development

Mr. Hansen received his Engineering degree from the University of Saskatchewan with experience specifically in the fields of project development and construction, cost engineering, and petroleum engineering. He also has extensive business expertise, having spent the last 20 years in business management and corporate development. During that period of time Mr. Hansen has founded, developed, and sold the assets of his company to the largest privately held multinational firm in the United States, in addition to managing the 41 year old family corporation.

Neil Mohammed, MBA, B.A.,
Director

Neil Mohammed is a director of BMO Capital Markets. He joined the BMO Financial Group in 1996 and focuses on the origination, structuring and distribution of private and public high yield securities. Selected public transactions include Lead Managed Pope and Talbot Senior Notes offering, and Co-Lead manager on Compton Petroleum, Kimball Hill Homes and Paramount Resources Notes offerings. Prior to joining the Debt Capital Markets Group, Mr. Mohammed was in the Project Finance and Loan Products Group, where he was involved in debt transactions in a wide variety of industries including industrial, telecommunications, retail and power sectors. Mr. Mohammed received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies from the University of Manitoba and an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Donald Spanier
Director

Don is a director and co-founder of SHEC. He became involved in the company after leaving his position of principal with APEX Concrete Products Limited, and currently also owns and operates several commercial real-estate ventures.

Don has significant expertise in manufacturing and related disciplines.

Pierre Rivard, BSc, MBSc, MBA
Director

Pierre has recently joined the board of SHEC, and brings a vast amount of industry experience to the team. Pierre has served as President and Director of Hydrogenics since the inception of their fuel cell related business in 1995, and has been CEO since 2000. He became Executive Chairman of the Board of Hydrogenics in December of 2006.

Pierre earned a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario, and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada.

From 1994 to 1995, he served as a research engineer at the University of Toronto with the Department of Mechanical Engineering.