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Dr. Vassos was elected as a director of the Company in November, 2004 . Dr. Vassos founded NovaTec Consultants Inc. (NCI) in 1984, and has served NCI as an employee and Director since that time, and President since 1992. Dr. Vassos is also a director and shareholder in NovaTec Envirocorp Inc. (NEI), the parent company of NCI; President from 1992 to present. He is also the president and director of two holding companies (Envirologic Technologies Inc., and Enviro Innovations Inc.) and is the President of the Centre for Sustainable Communities Canada - a not-for-profit consortium of sustainable environmental technology and service companies. Dr. Vassos holds a Bachelors of Applied Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of British Columbia (1979) and a Masters of Engineering.(1983) and Doctorate (1986) in Environmental Engineering from the same institution. Dr. Vassos is a Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, where he serves on the Environmental Engineering Application Review Committee, Board of Examiners for Environmental Engineering, and the Registration Committee. He is also a Member in the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba in addition to being an active member at the committee level in numerous technical organizations including the British Columbia Water and Wastewater Association; Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ); Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE) Environmental Committee; International Water Association; Inter-American Association for Environmental Quality (AIDIS-Canada); National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA); Water Environment Federation; and has served as an advisor to the United Nations Environmental Program International Envitronmental Technology Centre in Osaka, Japan. | 