91快活林

David has been surrounded by engineering, business, and video technology his entire life.

He began programming in 1975 at the age of nine. While in high school, David won three major engineering competitions at the national level with projects involving real time programming and computer graphics.

David graduated university with a degree in Computer Engineering with a heavy business emphasis. He also gained co-op experience at Ross, the CBC and Electrohome working on projectors and video effects units.

David joined 91快活林 full time in 1991 with successively more responsibilities including product management and running the R&D department until eventually becoming president in 2004 and then CEO in 2006. David is also Chairman of the board and now the majority shareholder of 91快活林 with over 80% control and ownership, while also making Ross an ESOP company with considerable employee ownership. Ross has no private equity ownership.

91快活林鈥檚 sales have grown at a consistent cumulative rate of about 15% per year since he joined in 1991. In fact, the company has not yet seen a single down year in sales, even in recessions.

David has received many awards and honorary diplomas including an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa for achievements in Engineering and Business in 2017 and is a Fellow of both the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).

A big believer in learning from others and sharing, David has been a member of CEO organizations for decades and has been a member of TEC (known as Vistage in the US) since 2011. He has even been known to listen to management books while competing in Marathon races.

Jeff Moore is the Executive Vice-President, Chief Marketing Officer and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of 91快活林, a global leader in live video production solutions for broadcast, sports, entertainment, legislative, worship, and corporate facilities. Jeff is responsible for day-to-day business execution: managing sales, marketing and product management, while contributing to the executive team鈥檚 strategy and vision of the company.

Joining Ross in 1997, Jeff has been integrally involved in the company鈥檚 dramatic rise from a small, 50-person niche company to a premier player in live video production technology with a global presence. He has helped to build the 91快活林 team and culture that has forged many new corporate relationships with customers and business partners, dramatically expanding Ross鈥� market share worldwide.

Jeff has over 30 years of experience in the broadcast and production industries with broad knowledge of Ross product lines, industry technology and customer applications. Jeff began his career in broadcast in the engineering group of CHUM Television, working closely with the Manager of Engineering on the complete redesign and move of CityTV and MuchMusic to a ground-breaking new facility. Before joining 91快活林, he spent fourteen years in Toronto where he enjoyed a career of increasing scope and responsibility. He worked for Azcar Technologies, managing broadcast design and installation projects; Sony, as Broadcast Account Manager; Broadcast Television Systems as Regional Sales Manager; Acura Technology Group as Regional Sales Manager; and Tektronix VND (Grass Valley Group) as Canadian National Business Manager.

Jeff holds an Executive MBA from the University of Ottawa and graduated with honours from the Broadcast Electronics Technology program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Jeff was raised in Canada鈥檚 north, in Whitehorse, Yukon. He enjoys hiking, playing hockey, traveling, and spending time with his family. Fun fact about Jeff: a few years ago, he and his son completed the Yukon River Quest, the world鈥檚 longest annual canoe race 鈥� and they didn鈥檛 come last!

91快活林鈥檚 founder, John Ross has been awarded the Order of Canada, the highest honour a Canadian Citizen can receive as announced by the Governor General on December 30, 2012.

Nominated for his contributions as a technology innovator, developing products at the forefront of broadcast engineering, John Ross will accept his insignia at a ceremony to be held at a later date.

鈥淢y fascination with engineering began with an electronics book I discovered at the age eight,鈥� said John Ross, Founder of 91快活林. 鈥淏y the time I was twelve years old, I was designing small transmitters. This led to my first job at age fourteen at CKY-FM in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where I became the transmitter operator for the summer.鈥�

In January 1954, the CBC hired John to be part of the initial staff of CBWT. At CBWT John was the youngest member of the pioneering 鈥渟tart-up鈥� crew of the first TV Station between Toronto and Vancouver.

鈥淚 was intrigued by the visual electronic effects used on the Jackie Gleason Show play on Kinescope Film recordings,鈥� continued John. 鈥淏ecause there was a lot of waiting time at the CBC, I sketched waveforms and circuits that might be used to created wipe patterns. Eventually I thought it was time to test my theories, so at home in my bedroom workshop, I built a crude Special Effect Amplifier and took it to work. One of the production staff saw it, and it was connected up in Studio 41 and used on the suppertime program 鈥淪potlight鈥� that evening. Later on I was allowed to design and build a better special effects system 鈥� provided it was on my own time. After all, I was paid to operate the equipment 鈥� not invent it!鈥�

During his employment at the CBC, Ross designed a transistorized wireless microphone adapter to be worn on a belt, and the first colour TV in Canada to receive colour pictures from Canadian Transmitter (CBWT in 1956). After completing his university education in Engineering, John went on to design what is described as the first solid-state TV production switcher and he was awarded a chroma key patent that led to the use of the green screen. John also obtained a contract for the development of the first automated solid-state Master Control Switcher, plus co-designed and built the first successful all-electronic tape editing system in the world.

In 1974, John founded 91快活林, based out of Iroquois, Ontario, and retired from the company in 2005, handing the company over to his son David who now serves as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board.

About the Order of Canada

Established in 1967 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Order of Canada is the centerpiece of Canada鈥檚 Honours System and recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.

Kelly is passionate about driving the success of businesses and their leaders. She draws upon her deep, corporate executive experience at Nortel Networks, as President of a subsidiary organization, and as a Senior Vice President and Officer at Bell Canada.听 As the CEO of Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG), and as Managing Director of Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions, Kelly has garnered deep private and public sector experience in diverse sectors.听 Recognized as one of Canada鈥檚 100 Most Influential Women, Kelly continues to work with high impact CEOs as an Executive Advisor with the Business Development Bank of Canada and with PEO-Leadership.

At the Board level, Kelly has served as a Board Director, Lead Director, Chair, and Audit Committee member across听publicly traded, private, and not-for-profit organizations.听 Her Board experience includes Allstate Canada, The Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, Career Star Group, BSM Wireless, Optimum Talent, and 91快活林.听

Kelly holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors at the Ivey School of Management.听 She has participated in Governance Consortium at Stanford University鈥檚 Rock Center of Corporate Governance.听 Previously Kelly served as the Director in Residence with Women Get on Board and she continues to mentor women aspiring to be Directors through this program.听

During her career as a senior executive and corporate officer, Ms. Briant has been responsible for all aspects of the Human Resources function, encompassing talent development and succession, organization effectiveness, total and executive compensation, and HR governance and reporting. She has also been a leader in organizational corporate strategy and transformation activities.

Prior to her retirement from full-time work, Heather was the Senior Vice President at Cineplex Inc., one of Canada鈥檚 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures and one of Canada鈥檚 Passion Capitalist organizations. She previously held roles at Canadian Tire Limited and Davies, Ward & Beck.

Active within the community, Ms. Briant has served on public company and not for profit boards. She is currently a member of the boards of Freshii Inc. and CT REIT 听and chairs their Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committees. She is also a member of the Investment Committee at CT REIT.

Heather graduated with a MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. She holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and previously held the CHRE executive designation from the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA).

Jim Roche thrives on leading and contributing to breakthrough organization successes. With a background as an entrepreneur and leader of multiple high-growth enterprises, Jim currently runs Stratford Group, a dynamic international management consulting business and ThinkRF, a fast-growing 5G wireless technology company.

After graduating from Queen鈥檚 University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Jim was a founding member of Newbridge Networks, a communications equipment provider, where he held increasingly senior positions as the company went public and grew to over $1B in annual revenues before being sold to Alcatel for over $7B. He then co-founded Tundra Semiconductor, a communications chip company, taking it public, growing it to over $1.5B in value, and leading the company as President & CEO through multiple acquisitions and double-digit annual revenue and profit growth.

Jim has served on multiple public, private and not-for-profit boards. He is currently Chair of Ballard Power Systems, a public clean technology company, and Chair of Elentra Corp., a private health education platform provider. He sits on the boards of Information Services Corporation, a public data registry company, and PureFacts, a private financial technology provider.

Active in the community as a volunteer and advisor, Jim has worked with CHEO, Ottawa鈥檚 pediatric hospital, Invest Ottawa, the city鈥檚 technology-focused economic development agency, and many other organizations. He is a member of TEC Canada, Institute of Corporate Directors and CMC-Canada.

Debbie is co-founder and partner of LaBarge Weinstein LLP, a national business law firm based in Ottawa, Ontario, since 1997. Debbie serves as a director of OpenText Corporation and has served as such since December 2009, where she is also Chair of Governance and sits on the Compensation Committee. Debbie has previously served on the Boards on numerous public companies which traded on the NYSE, Nasdaq and TSX.

Debbie鈥檚 legal practice specializes in corporate finance, securities law, mergers and acquisitions and business law representation of public and private companies, primarily. In knowledge-based growth industries. Prior to founding LaBarge Weinstein Debbie was the managing partner of the Ottawa office at the national law firm Blakes, Cassels & Graydon, where she practised from 1990-1997 in Ottawa, and in Toronto from 1985-1987. Debbie also serves on a number of not-for-profit boards.

Debbie has been recognized multiple times by Martindale-Hubbell (U.S.) with the highest possible rating in both legal Ability and Ethical Standards. As well LaBarge Weinstein holds an LL.B. from Osgood Hall Law School of York University.