Dr. Arthur Younger

(416) 446-0376

ayounger@ignyt.com

Dr. Younger advises clients on business strategy, corporate finance, applied economics and negotiation strategies. He has international experience with turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions in Europe and Asia and has provided interim management services to difficult startups. Dr. Younger has a strong background in North American private equity markets -- preparing companies for fundraising, developing new ventures and conducting due diligence for institutional investors. An expert in business modeling, forecasting and risk analysis, Dr. Younger was the primary designer of Ignyt’s Enterprise Diagnostic Assessment process. He holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in Social and Political Thought from the Sorbonne as well as a Ph.D.-stream M.A. in financial economics and econometrics from the University of Toronto. He has taught economics at Glendon College and the Schulich School of Business, York University as well as being an economics commentator on radio, television and in print.  Dr. Younger is fluent in English and French, can struggle through Kant in German and practises Egyptian hieroglyphics as an aid to deciphering financial statements.

Jack Bryar

(802) 843-6033

jbryar@ignyt.com

Jack Bryar is one of North America’s top competitive intelligence experts. Bryar conceived and built the Knowledge Management practice for NewsEdge, a leading US-based provider of online business news solutions where he helped high tech firms, energy companies, traditional manufacturers, and even the US Senate learn “what they need to know about”. He has also developed efficient strategies to develop that information through competitive intelligence, field research, data mining and content management techniques. Bryar is the founder of Ignyt's Technical Due Diligence Practice which he developed for a number of venture firms in the early 90's. Bryar has written for a variety of publications on subjects as diverse as information architecture, data mining and taxonomies; enterprise and wide area network architecture, open source and traditional operating systems, telemetry and system monitoring designs, political and technical risk in the energy business, nanotechnology and molecular engineering...even the role the role electric power producers will play in the hydrogen economy of the future. His client list includes many of the largest technology, telecommunications, health care and energy companies.

John Howard, C.A., C.F.E.

(416) 446-0376

jhoward@ignyt.com

John Howard is an experienced chartered accountant and and forensic investigator. John was previously a partner at Ernst & Young where, for many years, he directed the firm’s financial institutions practice. During his career he has provided business consulting, audit, litigation support, and fraud investigation services to a wide range of clients in both the public and private sectors. He has worked with companies in the financial, manufacturing, real estate, travel, hospitality and transport sectors and recently completed a long-term assignment for the Government of Canada. John has worked in North America, Europe, Africa and has assisted the Canadian subsidiaries of Asian and Indian companies.

David Terry

(416) 446-0376

dterry@ignyt.com

Dave Terry is an experienced senior sales executive with a focus on international business development, marketing, sales process management and planning.  David has a wealth of global market experience developing business throughout Europe, Asia, Latin and South America in addition to Canada and the U.S..  David has worked both for major international companies and venture-funded technology startups.  He was a co-founder of Open Text Corp. and Managing Director of Open Text U.K. Prior to the OpenText adventure, David spent many years in the publishing business, most recently as Vice President, International Sales & Marketing, for Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.  Raised in the U.K, David also speaks French and Italian.

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