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Management Team

Nigel Malkin, President:
Nigel Malkin is a seasoned wellness entrepreneur who has founded, grown, and sold numerous companies prior to founding Brand2hand Media. Most notably, Malkin founded The Specialty Gourmet, Canada's largest diet delivery service with operations in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto. Malkin also transformed a defunct ship-building facility owned by the province of British Columbia into Western Canada's largest film and television production studio. Malkin operated the facility as a full-fledged movie studio on behalf of the provincial government for 3 years until the building was sold to a ship-builder in 2004. Malkin's passion for new media was cultivated during his undergraduate studies as a film student at UC Santa Barbara. Malkin founded Brand2hand Media after recognizing an opportunity to help brand-owners who are faced with a need for a 'mobile presence' today in the same way they were faced with a need for a 'web presence' a decade ago.

Allen Lau, CTO
Allen Lau is a technology visionary who has spent his career at the forefront of new markets. Prior to joining Brand2hand, Allen was the CTO and Co-founder of Tira Wireless, the 4th fastest growing wireless company in North America in 2007 as ranked by Deloitte. Under Allen's leadership, Tira has revolutionized the way mobile content is created, adapted and deployed. Its flagship Jump technology has become the platform of choice for many of the world's leading digital content brand owners.

As a highly respected technical innovator and business leader, Allen is often called upon to present at industry seminars and international conferences including JavaOne, ØreDev, GDC Europe, Montreal Game Summit and CommunicAsia. His byline has also appeared in publications such as Wireless Business & Technology, DevX, Fierce Developer and Java World.

Allen has always demonstrated the vision and skills necessary to design and develop industry-leading communications products from conception through to completion. Prior to Tira, he led research and development efforts at Symantec, where he spearheaded the development of Symantec's premier product, WinFax PRO among other achievements. Allen holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Ivan Yuen, VP of Engineering:
With years of experience in mobile and Internet related technologies, Ivan is an expert in wireless technologies. Before joining Brand2hand, Ivan most recently managed the professional services team at Tira Wireless where he successfully helped large media companies including Disney, Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures, to complete their wireless projects. Prior to that, Ivan was one of the key engineers who created Tira's patent-pending, award-winning Jump platform. Before joining Tira, Ivan was an early employee of NASDAQ-listed Delano Technologies, an enterprise software platform provider. Ivan is a graduate from University of Waterloo, with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering.

Hamish Malkin, CFO:
Hamish Malkin oversees the financial affairs of the company. Previously Mr. Malkin has held senior financial positions in the resource, real estate, and entertainment industries. Mr. Malkin is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.

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