President and CEO

Mr. Estey was appointed President and CEO by Kraus Global's Board of Directors in August 2003 after a national executive search.

Mr. Estey began his career as a Project Engineer with Imperial Oil Limited and held positions of increasing responsibility in Esso's Engineering, Distribution, Wholesale and Retail Departments. He later joined the Propane Division of Inter-City Gas as Director of Market Development. Advancing to the position of Marketing Vice President, he coordinated the Canada Government Competition Bureau's approval of Petro-Canada's 1990 acquisition and integration of ICG's propane business. Working for Petro-Canada, Mr. Estey was General Manager for their Retail Propane Division and then became Vice President of Supply and Operations. After Superior Propane purchased the Propane operations of Petro-Canada, Mr. Estey spent five years working in the United States, first for Independent Propane as Vice President of Operations, and then with Amerigas Propane Inc as Director of Business Process Improvement.

Mr. Estey graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a B. Sc. in Civil Engineering, and from the University of Western Ontario's Executive Management Program.

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Vice President, Finance & Admin

Mr. Ross De Visser obtained his chartered accountant designation in 1992 while employed with KPMG to 1993.

Ross joined Kraus in 1993 and in less than one year he held the top financial & administration position in the company.

In 2002, Ross was a key stakeholder in the Management buy-out of Kraus and is the Management Shareholder representative on the Board of Directors.

As with many companies, Ross has the overall responsibility for all financial, treasury, information technology, and human resource functions. He has gained many years of extensive industry experience and has been an integral part of the innovative and flexible business approaches.

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Vice President, Marketing & Sales

Mr. Scott Bailey was appointed Vice President, Marketing & Sales in August 2004.

In 1997, Mr. Bailey began his employment with Kraus Group as a Mechanical Designer. In 1999, Mr. Bailey was appointed as Project Leader for CNG station design and production and was promoted to Supervisor of Mechanical Engineering in 2000. In 2001, Mr. Bailey was promoted to the position of Engineering Manager where he remained until he assumed his current role as vice President, Marketing & Sales.

Scott graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and has obtained his CMA designation. He is currently a member of the Project Management Institute and is also a member of the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Manitoba (APEGM), and of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

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Vice President Product Development

Mr. Damiani was appointed Vice President, Product Development in October, 2007.

Mr. Damiani began his career in 1995 with Unisys Canada in the Manufacturing Engineering department. In 1997, Mr. Damiani began work at Phillips & Temro Industries, and in 2001, he joined Kraus as a Mechanical Designer. Mr. Damiani assumed various roles of increasing importance at Kraus before becoming the Vice President of Product Development, including responsibility for the North American CNG market (2004), and the role of Business and Product Development Manager (2005).

Mr. Damiani obtained his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (1995), and an M.B.A with a major in Finance (2004), both from the University of Manitoba. Mr. Damiani is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Manitoba.

Mr. Damiani is a member of the Manitoba Hydrogen Steering Committee, and is also the Chair of the Executive Steering Committee of the Red River Valley Clean Cities Coalition. He is a member of the interface working group of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) fuel cell standards committee, and CSA America's HGV4.3 (Temperature Compensation) standards committee.

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Vice President Operations

Mr. Manny Mandilaras was appointed Vice President Operations in October, 2006.

Mr. Mandilaras started his career with KGS Group in 1996 as a junior designer. He became a Design Engineer-in-Training at E.H. Price in 1999 and moved to Kraus Group in 2000, as a design engineer. Between 2000 and February 2003, Mr. Mandilaras held the positions of Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Production Planner and Manufacturing Engineering Co-Supervisor. In May 2003, Mr. Mandilaras became the Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor and in early 2004, Mr. Mandilaras became the Product Manager for the Alternative Fuel Systems Cell. In October of 2004, Mr. Mandilaras was promoted to Product Manager for all Kraus Global product lines and in December of 2004 Mr. Mandilaras briefly assumed the role of Operations Manager before being promoted to his current position as Vice President, Operations.

Mr. Mandilaras obtained his Bachelor of Science with a major in Mechanical Engineering in 1996 and his professional engineering designation in 2001. Mr. Mandilaras graduated from the MBA program in 2005.

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