Vic Perry
Member of Board
Vic Perry is the former Vice-President and General Manager of Ductal Lafarge North America in Calgary. Over a 30-year career, Vic has worked as a structural engineer, field engineer, manager and senior executive within the consulting and industrial sectors. He has admirably served organizations such as the Canadian Portland Cement Association, Dalhousie University and Lafarge Canada, as well as Canada’s technical societies and regulatory bodies such as the CSCE where he served as its national President, the EIC, PEO, APENS and APEGA.
Debbie Weinstein
Member of Board
Debbie Weinstein has an equity stake in the company, meets and advices the management team on a monthly basis. Debbie is ranked as one of Canada’s Top Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers in a survey conducted by Financial Post. American Lawyer named Debbie one of Canada’s Leading 500 Lawyers. She has also be named one of Canada’s Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs by PROFIT and Chatelaine magazines and one of Canada’s Top 25 Women Lawyers by Lexpert. Debbie is well respected, has grown a number of start-ups in the Ottawa community and brings a large network of contacts in all sectors to the company.
Jeff Westeinde
Member of Board
Pouria Ghods, PhD, P.Eng.
Co-Founder and CEO
Dr. Pouria Ghods is a professional entrepreneur and experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working in the concrete industry for the application of smart concrete testing technologies. He has more than 20 years of experience in civil engineering practices related to Concrete Materials Science, Corrosion Engineering, and Non-destructive Testing. Dr. Ghods is a recipient of numerous prestigious awards including the 2018 Forty Under 40, 2012 Ottawa’s 100 Rising Stars and 2011 OCRI Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award for his work at Giatec.
Aali R. Alizadeh, PhD, P.Eng.
Co-Founder, President and CTO
Dr. Alizadeh has over 15 years of experience in the development and commercialization of technologies related to concrete materials. He brings unique expertise on the durability of concrete at the nano-level, particularly when it relates to infrastructure exposed to harsh environmental conditions. Most recently, Dr. Alizadeh was honored with the National Capital Region’s Forty Under 40 award, which recognizes accomplished business leaders who are under the age of 40 and give back to their community.
