Management
Martin Sendyk, President & CEO
As President and Chief Executive Officer, Martin Sendyk oversees Ambercore operations, bringing to the position over 15 years of experience in the high tech industry working with world-class companies and award-winning products. His background includes senior level involvement with Newbridge Networks (acquired by Alcatel), Nortel and Motorola. Martin has also held leadership and founding roles with smaller successful companies such as Ubiquity Software, Castleton Network Systems and most recently Centrepoint Technologies. Martin has a successful track record of delivering enterprise-scale software solutions to market, and results for investors. Martin holds both technical and business degrees, from the University of Calgary and the University of Ottawa. He is also a registered professional engineer.
James Ferguson, BSc., OLS, OLIP, President Terrapoint Division
Mr. Ferguson has more than 25 years’ experience in the survey and mapping industry, including extensive international experience. He holds a B.Sc. in Survey Science and Statistics from the University of Toronto. Mr. Ferguson is the co-founder of Terrapoint Canada Inc. and its predecessor, Mosaic Mapping Systems Inc. He is a registered professional Ontario Land Surveyor and Ontario Land Information Professional. As president of Terrapoint, Mr. Ferguson is responsible for the development and implementation of the strategic vision and management of the company and oversees Terrapoint’s business units in Canada and the United States.
Bruce Nelson, MSc., BSc. – President Terrapoint Division USA
Mr. Nelson has more than 30 years’ experience in management, including senior roles in several firms. He holds a Masters of Science in Geosciences from the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Science in Geophysics from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Nelson was President and COO of Houston-based Syntron until 1998, following which he was an industry and management consultant to Pulse Data Inc., before joining Terrapoint in 2004. Mr. Nelson oversees operation of Terrapoint’s U.S. offices and is regional manager for Terrapoint’s U.S.-based concerns.
Jim Cocks, CA , Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Cocks has over 20 years of executive level experience in the technology industry. He holds a B.Comm degree from the University of Ottawa, a Chartered Accountant designation with Coopers & Lybrand and has extensive board and governance experience. Mr. Cocks career has focused primarily in enterprise software and IT services companies, from startups through IPO/public companies, including NewSys Solution Inc., 90 Degree Software Inc. (sold to MSFT), TES Limited (sold to IST International), Zanthe Information (sold to Sterling).
Boris Vorobiov, Ph.D., Vice President R&D & CTO
Dr. Vorobiov brings 26 years of senior scientific experience and an international reputation to AmberCore Software. During his career Dr. Vorobiov has led numerous development efforts, including eight years of oil and gas exploration experience in Northern Siberia, as well as gas processing plant control systems and design. Dr. Vorobiov initiated two successful software development companies, where he held CTO and CEO positions. He has a Masters Degree in Mathematics from Kharkiv State University and a PhD in Information Technologies from the Ukrainian Institute of Water Preservation & Ecology.
Craig Glennie. Ph.D. – Vice President, Engineering
Dr. Glennie holds a Ph.D. in Geomatics Engineering from the University of Calgary (1999). Following this he held positions at several firms, specializing in transmission line engineering using LiDAR and digital imagery. Dr. Glennie joined Terrapoint USA Inc. in July 2004, becoming Vice President, Engineering in January 2007. He manages Terrapoint’s engineering group and activities in the company’s regional offices. He is an expert in the integration of GPS and INS systems, and has led the development of Terrapoint’s proprietary 3-D positioning solutions for its TITAN® and low range LiDAR technology.
Paul Mrstik, P.Eng OLS, OLIP – Vice President, Technology
Mr. Mrstik has more than 30 years’ experience in the survey, mapping and geomatics sector. He was the founder of GEOsurv Inc., a GPS service and software company, and is a co-founder of Terrapoint and Mosaic. Mr. Mrstik holds a B.Eng. in Electronics and is an Ontario Land Surveyor and an Ontario Land Information Professional. Mr. Mrstik assumed his current title at Terrapoint in January 2007. He focuses on emerging technology trends and research affiliations with various institutes, and provides his expertise to Terrapoint’s engineering development programs.
Roger Shreenan BSc.Eng. – Vice President, Operations
Mr. Shreenan has more than 12 years’ experience in the geomatics field, including extensive international experience, and has held a number of management positions in several firms. Mr. Shreenan received his Bachelor of Survey Engineering from the University of New Brunswick, with a concentration in technology management and entrepreneurship. In November 2005 Mr. Shreenan was appointed to his current position at Terrapoint. Prior thereto he managed the firm’s worldwide field operations. Currently he oversees Terrapoint’s operations and production processing activities, and is responsible for its Quality Management System and Health, Safety and Environment program.
Giulio Maffini, Chief Marketing Advisor
Giulio Maffini drives AmberCore’s marketing vision and sales programs as Chief Marketing Advisor. With over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, Giulio has a track record of creating successful startups and profitable business units inside large companies. Amongst other senior roles, Giulio was Vice President and co-founder of the MCI Systemhouse, VISION* Solutions unit. Prior to that Giulio was co-founder of Tydac Technologies, a leading global GIS company and developer of the revolutionary SPANS software. Most recently Giulio established a+i2 Inc. to advise executives on innovation, sales and marketing, partnering and enterprise projects. Giulio is a past member of the United States National Research Council, Mapping Sciences Committee, he is a member, and former Board Member of the Geomatics Industry Association of Canada (GIAC) and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the High Performance Computing Virtual Lab (HPCVL) – an R&D consortium of Queens, Ottawa and Carleton Universities, and the Royal Military College.
Vladimir Khomutov
Vice President, Business Development, Europe and Asia
As Vice President Business Development responsible for business activities in Europe and Asia, Vladimir Khomutov brings to AmberCore over 25 years of senior Oil and Gas Industry experience. Vladimir’s previous positions include General Director of Ukraine’s leading gas refineries, part of the Ministry of Oil Production, now UkrNafta. During this time Vladimir successfully built international relationships with leading companies in the Middle East and Europe. He has a strong track record of delivering innovative solutions for petroleum exploration and production. Vladimir has a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kharkiv Polytechnic University, Ukraine.
Sergey Reznichenko, Ph. D., Vice President, Mining
Leading a combined business and technical team, Dr. Reznichenko brings over 20 years of international mining experience to AmberCore. As an expert in diamond mining, most recently Dr. Reznichenko was responsible for developing the mining research strategy and portfolio of related projects at De Beers Head Quarters in Johannesburg, South Africa. Previously his experience includes production and project work for large diamond, iron-ore, coal and gold mining companies such as Alrosa and Rio Tinto. Dr. Reznichenko’s project portfolio covers different geographic regions stretching from Northern Canada and Russia to Amazon jungles and Kalahari Desert and ranging from open-pit and alluvial surface mining operations to deep-level underground and marine ocean shelf mining. A visionary in leading edge mining engineering practices and operations, Dr. Reznichenko has developed an international reputation in the areas of pit optimization, medium- and long-term planning of mining operations, trade-off between open-pit and underground mining, Beyond strong technical and business skills, Dr. Reznichenko also brings in-depth co-operation with various international mining academic institutions as well as leading suppliers of mining and construction equipment to AmberCore. Dr. Reznichenko holds a Masters Degree from Moscow State Mining University, a Ph. D. in Mining from the Moscow State Geological Academy and business accreditation from Kingston University Business School, UK.
Sergiy Kostrikov, Ph.D., Chief Scientist
Dr. Kostrikov is a world leading researcher in areas of Geology, Geography and Environmental Sciences. He has been working at Kharkiv State University for over 15 years and has been involved with a number of spatial analysis companies. He has also practiced at a number of world class universities and scientific institutes, including: Kharkiv State University in the Ukraine, the Central European University, in Budapest, Hungary, the University of Manchester in the UK, and New Jersey State University, USA. Dr. Kostrikov holds double Ph.D.s, in Environmental Sciences. To date he has published 63 academic papers, including numerous publications in Russian, Ukrainian, and European scientific journals. He has also authored 3 university textbooks.
Ted Reeler, Director, Projects and Technology
Ted Reeler has over 20 years of natural resource industry experience in software development, product support, application design and consulting. Ted’s experience includes 3D mining system design, horizontal directional drilling systems, pipeline planning and data integration, open pit tailings and overburden placement projects. He has held management positions in business development at GeoNet Technologies and in project management at Nortel. Ted was also head of customer support for Caris, successfully supporting a worldwide client base. Ted is a registered professional engineer with a Master of Science degree in Geomatics.
Dmitry Kulakov, Director Software Development
Having more than 15 years of software development experience and being involved in variety of domains, Dmitry Kulakov brings to Amber Core R&D his management expertise and software architectural skills. His recent management roles at Northwood Technologies and Marconi led to the successful implementation of a number of successful products. Dmitry has extensive experience with backend data systems, and system integration projects. Dmitry has a Bachelor Degree in System Analysis from Ukrainian State University and a Master Degree in Software Engineering from the Russian Military Academy.
Barbara A. Bergeron, CA, Director, Finance & Operations
As Director of Finance & Operations, Barbara is responsible for Ambercore’s financial and administrative matters. She has over 20 years of experience in managing financial, accounting control and administrative systems including 9 years of experience in public accounting with KPMG Peat Marwick. Prior to joining Ambercore, Barbara has held senior finance and controller positions with companies in the technology sector. Most recently, she held the position of Senior Manager of the Ottawa operations of Avaya Canada and as Director of Finance for Nimcat Networks. Barbara is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton University.
