Richard Godfrey

Director (BPG Werks)
Rich founded Yerf-Dog go karts. In 1998 Yerf-Dog was sold to Cerberus when it had 45% domestic market share and $68 million in revenue. In 2004, Rich started Baja grew the company to 72 million in revenue by 2007. Rich’s primary focus has been on mass merchants and non traditional retailers of power sports. Rich is now bringing his expertise and experience in both manufacturing and distribution to BPG Werks to help commercialize the DTV Shredder.

Brett Wilson

Director (BPG Motors)
With as much energy as the city he calls home (Calgary), W. Brett Wilson never gets tired of bankrolling the right deal. A gutsy negotiator with a surprising eye for detail, this big city player with small town charm helped turn a maverick startup into the energy industry’s leading investment bank, brokering thousands of financing and M&A (mergers and acquisitions) deals worth over $150 billion. Growing up on the Saskatchewan prairie with a mother who did social work and a father who sold cars, Brett became what some would describe as a rare combination: a capitalist with a heart. Touched by his parents’ commitment to give back to their own community, Brett promised to do the same – on a slightly bigger scale. Known for his flair for throwing a great party in support of a great cause, Brett is also one of Canada’s most successful philanthropists, having given – and engaged others to give – tens of millions to nonprofit initiatives.Brett translated his instincts for investing in the right people into major stakes in the energy, agriculture, real estate, sports and entertainment industries. Brett said, “I invested in UNO because it is an exciting project but my investment is also a call on the creativity and genius of its inventor – Ben Gulak. I really do expect UNO to evolve considerably from its prototype to whatever commercialization version becomes – and I am excited to be a key investor in this stage of the evolution of Ben Gulak and UNO.”

Jonathan Seelig

Advisor
As a Managing Director of Globespan, Jonathan sources new investment opportunities, evaluates and negotiates investments, and serves on the boards of portfolio companies. Based in Boston, he focuses on investments in Communications and Internet/Infrastructure companies. Jonathan, a successful entrepreneur himself, shares his company creation and operating experience, technical expertise, and broad international perspective to help the firm’s portfolio companies succeed. Jonathan co-founded Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading global Internet content and application delivery services company. At Akamai, he managed global infrastructure development and deployment, international expansion, and business development in a fast-growth environment. He knows first-hand the challenges of managing a high growth startup. “I love being with entrepreneurs who are building fast paced, innovative and highly responsive companies.” At Globespan, the companies he works with “know that they can ask me for advice on absolutely any issue. I’ve seen many of them before.”

Charles Bombardier

Advisor
Charles completed his Mechanical Engineering degree at the Cole de Technologie SupErieure in 1998. He joined Bombardier in January 1999 and worked 7 years for its Recreational Product Division (BRP) developing new revolutionary vehicles like the Side-By Side Elite Snowmobile and the Three-Wheeled Spyder Roadster. In 206, after finishing the Spyder project (as the Engineering Project Manager), Charles left BRP to devote more time to his personal companies and form his own private Research Center.

Philip Rosedale

Advisor
A tinkerer since childhood and an entrepreneur since he was a teenager, Philip Rosedale was always captivated with the idea of simulated reality and imaginary environments. He worked as CTO of RealNetworks until computing technology caught up with his fancies. Then he founded Linden Labs and built a virtual civilization called Second Life. That environment now boasts milions of citizens and a buzzing economy (currency: Linden dollars) that represents over $10 million in real value.

Second Life may be artificial but it’s hardly trivial, Rosedale says. Its appeal to human creativity is obvious, but beyond the thriving in-world industries and bustling social spaces, real-life businesses (and even some religious organizations) are using Second Life as a platform for meetings, services and collaboration.

Rosedale is the former CEO of Linden Labs, and currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Rosedale had stated that his goal with Second Life was to demonstrate a viable model for a virtual economy or virtual society. In his own words, “I’m not building a game. I’m building a new continent.”