The Board

Robert Kulhawy

Robert is President and CEO of Calco Capital Corporation, a private venture capital firm. Robert had the vision and idea for the Calco Environmental Group, which he co-founded in 1992. Robert has been involved in the vision and strategic direction and acquisitions, as the active Executive Chairman since Calco’s inception. Calco Environmental group is the largest manufacturer of environmental remediation equipment in North America.

Robert is the Founder, President and CEO of Commerx, a complete internet and telecom services provider, with projects, staff, operations and clients across North America.

Robert is a former International President and the structural architect of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization (now EO); currently a member of Young President Organization International (YPO) and a member of L-3; former board member and Chairman of the Environmental committee of the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA). Robert is a regular judge of the finals of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards held annually in Chicago. Robert and his wife Jill have founded a number of programs including the YPO Homes of Hope program and the YPO marriage Program. Robert advocates businesses donating their excess capacity to charities.

Robert was appointed to Canada’s National Round Table on the Environment and Economy (NRTEE) in April, 2010.

Robert founded HFI Hardwood Flooring Inc., a national distributor of floor covering (sold in 2001). Robert has been featured in a number of publications including Profit magazine, Nikkei, Japan times, Japan Venture, Nation (Bangkok), Calgary Herald, Financial Times (Barbados) and numerous others. Robert has been featured in number of publications and is a featured speaker on the internet, environment, business, entrepreneurship, wine, and business process automation.

Bruce Lounsbury

Bruce Lounsbury co-founded the Calco Environmental Group in 1992. He currently fills the role of President and CEO of Calco and is responsible for the strategic direction for the firm. Bruce is a member of the Calco Environmental Group Ltd. Board of Directors. The Presidents of the Calco operating companies report to Bruce. In his tenure with Calco he has been intimately involved in all aspects of the operation from equipment design and manufacture to sales, sales partner development, field service, operations and accounting.

Prior to founding Calco, Bruce held a variety of roles with Imperial Oil/Esso Resources in Calgary, AB. His early experience was in operations engineering for oil and gas production. He then held roles in business management, culminating with three years in Esso’s small but highly successful mergers and acquisitions team. While in the M&A role, he led the evaluation and acquisition of several smaller oil companies. He then returned to Operations Engineering/Management, where he lead a team that redefined the business model for the large Redwater oil field, turning it from a money losing operation into one of the key revenue generators in Esso’s conventional oil and gas production division.

During his time in Imperial Oil/Esso Resources Operations Engineering, Bruce worked on the development of environmental action plans for Esso’s oil and gas operations. He was also one of the leaders in the efforts to improve the environmental practices in the Calgary head office and developed his keen interest in the environment that contributed to the formation of MLEE.

James Iglesias

James founded Persatt Systems Inc. in Toronto in 2000. The focus of Persatt Systems is to provide organization and planning services to companies to achieve their corporate development and business development objectives. Persatt helps organizations to develop the strategy, align compensation plans with the strategy, develop annual objectives, develop monthly action plans and scorecards, and to execute those action plans. Persatt helps organizations to develop their Leadership Teams to have a culture of execution.

James Iglesias joined the Calco Environmental Group in 2001 as an investor and Board Member. He currently fills the role as Secretary Treasurer of Calco Environmental Group. James is responsible for the leadership process – organizing and facilitating the annual planning meeting to develop objectives, monthly leadership calls to review objectives and scorecards, quarterly board meetings, annual shareholders meeting, and the annual operating plan. James is also a member of the Board of Directors for Advanced Information Services in Washington DC; and a member of the Advisory Board of Maratek Environmental in Bolton Ontario.

James was an early member of the Firepond senior management team in Mankato, Minnesota. In ten years with Firepond, he held positions as Senior VP of Sales, President of International, and Board Member. In this time period, Firepond grew to $50M in sales and 400 personnel. James was directly responsible for sales, marketing, and professional services; as well as international operations in Europe and Japan/Korea. James began his career with Caterpillar Inc. In the twelve years with Caterpillar, James moved through positions in Management Training (Peoria), Application Engineering (Geneva), Dealer Sales Management (Johannesburg), and Marketing Systems Development (Peoria). In this last position, he gained systems experience by leading the team that developed and implemented Caterpillar’s first PC based sales and marketing applications.