Management

AMIEE CHAN
President and CEO

Dr. Amiee Chan has over 15 years of experience in executive management and research & development in the satellite industry. An accomplished engineer, she has been published over a dozen times, holds three US patents in satellite technologies, and has been involved in high level research teams such as the NASA ACTS Terminal Program. Offering a rare blend of technical and corporate strength, Dr. Chan has achieved great success through her management of numerous business units at Norsat. Prior to her promotion to President and CEO, Dr. Chan served as VP of Operations at Norsat, where she made significant improvements to R&D, Production, IT, Customer Service, Supply Chain and Logistics, Sales and Quality Control. Dr. Chan received her Executive MBA from Simon Fraser University where she majored in Strategy and New Ventures. She also holds a Ph. D. in Satellite Communications from the University of British Columbia. In 2008, she was the recipient of an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. Most recently, she was named as an Influential Women in Business Award honoree by Business in Vancouver.

ARTHUR CHIN
CFO

Mr. Chin rejoined Norsat in 2011, bringing 16 years of professional experience in both public practice and in public companies. Since leaving public practice in 2002, he has served in senior financial positions with several international companies, assisting them in planning and analysis of their financial reporting, handling corporate accounting and tax, corporate communications efforts, and providing corporate development strategies. Mr. Chin was previously with Norsat between 2002 and 2005 and was the Company’s Corporate Controller. Prior to rejoining Norsat, he held senior financial positions mostly in the high technology industry with DDS Wireless International Inc., a TSX listed company that provides wireless mobile data solutions and Ascalade Communications Inc., formerly a TSX listed company that designed, developed and manufactured digital wireless and communication products and also with the Canadian Tourism Commission. Prior to his corporate experiences he was in Big 4 public practice, most recently as a Manager in the assurance practice of Deloitte and originally with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Chin is a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.

MICHAEL SCHEFTER
Director of Engineering

Mr. Schefter has been in the satellite industry for over 20 years and has been with Norsat for 13 years. He has spearheaded a number of advanced SATCOM projects for the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency and has served as the project manager for several satellite terminal developments. Between 2001 and 2002, Mr. Schefter volunteered his services with Medecins Sans Frontiers in Cambodia as a project logistician for a full year. Mr. Schefter holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Queens University and a B.Sc in Mathematics and Engineering from Queens University. Mr. Schefter is also a P.Eng licensed by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C and Professional Engineers Ontario.

CALVEN IWATA
President, Sinclair Division

Mr. Iwata is a hands-on executive with 25 years of operating experience. Prior to Norsat's acquisition of Sinclair Technologies in January 2011, he served as the President and CEO of Sinclair, where he led Sinclair through a formal restructuring process that resulted in profitable operating performance, orderly reduction of debt (all the way to being debt free), and a return to organic growth. Mr. Iwata's other successful corporate turnaround experiences include restructuring distressed public company MusicMusicMusic, which resulted in a successful divestiture and restructuring. Mr. Iwata also was involved in divesting distressed AMEX-listed Cabletel Communications, which resulted in a 100% recovery for the senior secured lender. Mr. Iwata has held a number of senior executive positions including: SVP and CFO of TSX listed Cygnal Technologies where he completed nine acquisitions in three years, creating revenues to grow from $60 million to $141 million and a doubling in EPS; and SVP and GM of broadband systems integrator, Comlink Systems where he was involved with the divestiture to Cygnal (formerly Normex). Mr. Iwata began his career articling with Laventhol & Horwath (now Price Waterhouse) and is a graduate from the University of British Columbia (B.Com.). Mr. Iwata is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Business Valuator.