Chuck Samkoff is currently Managing Director and Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Cypress Partners LLC, an affiliate of Cypress Associates LLC ("Cypress"). Mr. Samkoff has been in the investment banking industry for over 20 years. From 1998 until joining Cypress in 2004, he was a Managing Director in CIBC World Markets' Mergers and Acquisitions Group overseeing the Defense/Aerospace, Communications and Industrial M&A Groups. Mr. Samkoff joined CIBC World Markets as a senior member of a core team of M&A bankers mandated to build CIBC World Markets' M&A franchise. During his leadership tenure, CIBC World Markets' M&A Group ranked as one of the fastest growing M&A practices on Wall Street. Mr. Samkoff has advised corporate and institutional clients on numerous mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, hostile defenses and corporate restructurings in many sectors, while working with a number of the largest financial private equity and hedge fund firms. The value of these transactions would have an aggregate value in excess of US$70.0 billion.
Roger Dent is the Chief Executive Officer of Quinsam Capital Corporation and is a director of Quinsam Opportunities I Inc., The Tinley Beverage Company Inc., Deveron UAS Ltd. and ACUITYAds Inc. He also serves as a Director of California Nanotechnologies Corp., a company founded by Omni-Lite in 2005. From 2003 to 2011, he has held various positions including portfolio manager with Matrix Fund Management Inc., where he managed the Matrix Strategic Small Cap Fund and the Matrix Small Companies Fund. He was formerly vice-chairman of one of Canada's largest independent investment dealers and was managing director and deputy manager of research at CIBC World Markets.
Patrick Hutchins currently serves as President of Staco Systems, a manufacturer of Human to Machine Interface solutions for aerospace and military applications. Prior to Staco Systems, he served as Vice President and General Manager for Lisi Aerospace, a leader in forged and machined aerospace fasteners serving all aircraft OEMs worldwide. Patrick also served in executive roles as Chief Operations Officer of Automated Precision Inc., Satellite Division President and Chief Operations Officer of CalAmp Corp. and President and General Manager of Chloride Systems, a division of Philips Lighting.
For over 35 years, Jan Holland has been a founding partner and a shareholder of many enterprises across Canada. His senior leadership experience comprises the areas of capital markets, stewardship and governance, finance, risk management, business strategy, sales, marketing, brand creation, supply chain development and operations. Jan’s passion for operational transformation and enhanced performance has allowed him to identify niche opportunities to gain a competitive advantage. Thinking creatively, and applying the expertise necessary to develop and implement advanced systems, Jan has led businesses—and progressive, pro-active teams—to maximum growth, reputation and value for all stakeholders. In 2021, Jan spearheaded the formal sale of DP Casting to Omni-Lite Industries Canada, Inc. He was then appointed to the Board of Directors for Omni-Lite.
David Robbins became CEO of Omni-Lite in 2019 to help the company begin a new phase of strategic growth. He is an experienced and successful leader with a track record of growing companies that manufacture high-performance products for the aerospace, defense and advanced industrial markets. He came to Omni-Lite through its acquisition of Monzite, a microelectronics manufacturing firm David co-founded in 2013. Previously he served as CEO of Micronetics, where he advanced from the engineering team to sales and senior management. He became CEO in 2005 and helped grow Micronetics to more than 200 employees. An electrical engineer by training, David has become an effective leader, with a passion for building complex components and delivering results for customers.
