Team

Akash Sahai
Director
Mr. Sahai began his career as a lawyer before embarking on an international corporate career in consumer services, with successive leadership roles at several multi-national corporations such as United Airlines, The Loyalty Group, Capital One Bank, Fingerhut Direct Marketing, and Aimia Inc. At the Loyalty Group, Mr. Sahai, managed the reward program for Air Miles, Canada’s largest loyalty program. As the initial Chief Marketing Officer for Capital One Canada, Mr. Sahai helped build a $2B portfolio. At Aimia Inc. Mr. Sahai led international business development for the world’s largest loyalty management company, and the acquisition of a $100M analytics company. Mr. Sahai also sits on several boards including serving as Chairman of the Board for Enchanting Travels (a global bespoke luxury travel agency), from its founding to the recent sale of Enchanting to one of the world’s largest travel companies. In September 2016, Mr. Sahai joined the Posera team as an advisor, and now serves as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. Mr. Sahai has a law degree from the University of Toronto and an MBA from INSEAD in France.

Dan Poirier
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Poirier is the Chief Executive Officer of Posera Ltd. and previously served as Chief Operating Office of the Company. Mr. Poirier is an accomplished International Technology leader and was previously Sr. Vice President, Networks and Devices for ORBCOMM Inc., from January, 2015 to June, 2016. Prior to that he was the Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Operations for Skywave Mobile Communications Inc. (“Skywave”) which was acquired by ORBCOMM Inc. January, 2015. Mr. Poirier holds a Bachelor of Science (Engineering) degree and an MBA both from Queen’s University.

Tom McCole
Chairman and Director
Mr. McCole, has had an accomplished career as a payments technology executive and brings a broad range of industry experience to the Board of Directors at Posera. Mr. McCole currently employed by Infinite Peripherals, Inc. as their Mobile Commerce Strategy Director. Previously, Mr McCole was a special consultant to Bob Carr, the Chairman and CEO of Heartland Payments Systems, where he was charged with developing Heartland’s integration strategy for Restaurant Management Systems (“RMS’s”) and for creating a multi-product margin stack model for the Company. McCole also served as a principal for Atomic Mobile Payments in Dawsonville, Ga., and was a vice president of Hypercom Solutions Group in Scottsdale, Ariz. Based out of Atlanta, Georgia, Tom has a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Florida Atlantic University.
M. McCole a eu une carrière accomplie en tant que cadre dans le domaine de la technologie de paiement et il offre une vaste expérience de l’industrie au conseil d’administration de Posera. M. McCole est actuellement employé par Infinite Peripherals, Inc. en tant que directeur de la stratégie de commerce mobile. Auparavant, M. McCole était conseiller spécial chez Bob Carr, président et chef de la direction de Heartland Payments Systems, où il a été chargé d’élaborer la stratégie d’intégration de Heartland pour les systèmes de gestion de restaurants (« RMS ») et de créer un modèle de marges commerciales multiproduits pour l’entreprise. M. McCole a également joué le rôle de directeur d’Atomic Mobile Payments à Dawsonville, en Géorgie, et a été vice-président de Hypercom Solutions Group à Scottsdale, en Arizona. Établi à Atlanta, en Géorgie, il a obtenu un baccalauréat ès arts en histoire de la Florida Atlantic University.

Gary Figueira
Director
Mr. Figueira is retired as the Business Unit Executive for IBM’s Retail Systems Division for Canada and the English-speaking Caribbean. In this position he was responsible for IBM’s sales, marketing and support teams in these areas. Previously he was General Manager for Siemens Pyramid Canada and Director of Retail Systems for NCR Canada, with similar responsibilities as above.
M. Figueira est à la retraite après une carrière en tant que responsable de l’unité d’affaires pour la Division des systèmes de vente au détail d’IBM pour le Canada et les Caraïbes anglophones. Dans le cadre de ce poste, il était responsable des équipes de vente, de marketing et de soutien d’IBM dans ces domaines. Auparavant, il était directeur général de Siemens Pyramid Canada et directeur des systèmes de vente au détail pour NCR Canada, avec des responsabilités semblables à celles mentionnées ci-dessus.

David Del Chiaro
Director
Mr. Del Chiaro built and operated grocery stores from 1983 to 2009 and was a director on the board of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers for many years, serving on the Executive and as Chairman.Mr. Del Chiaro served on the board of the Peoples Telephone Company for eight years until its sale in 2006. Mr. Del Chiaro also served on the board of the Agriculture Adaptation Council of Canada. Mr. Del Chiaro has been involved in several businesses and is currently developing retail commercial properties in Ontario.
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