Vikas Gupta, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Prior
to joining TransGaming, Vikas was the founder and President of InterLogic
Systems, a telephony consulting and systems integration firm dedicated to
delivering innovative and creative enterprise solutions to Fortune 1000 clients
in the areas of Computer Telephony Integration, Interactive Voice Response
Systems, and fax processing systems. Under his leadership InterLogic grew to
include offices in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal with a prestigious North
American wide client base. In 1998, InterLogic was acquired by Prima Telematic
and Vikas served as President of Prima Canada and Executive Vice President of
Prima Telematic. During Vikas' tenure, he expanded the client base and doubled
company revenues.
Vikas is a frequent speaker and lecturer at the University of Toronto Rotman
School of Business and Ryerson University's Business and Technology program and
also advises a number of start-up enterprises. He has served as Chairperson of a
not-for-profit corporation where he advised on educational policies and youth
program development. Vikas is a graduate of the University of Waterloo, Ontario.
Gavriel (Gav) State, Founder and Chief Technology
Officer.
As
Founder and CTO of TransGaming, Gav brings exceptional technical
expertise in the areas of portability technologies and significant
engineering management experience. Prior to founding TransGaming, Gav
founded and led Corel's Linux Applications Development team, and later
served as its Software Architect. While he was responsible for Corel's
use of the Open Source Wine project as a solution for moving Windows
applications such as WordPerfect Office 2000 and CorelDRAW to Linux,
Gav also led the CorelDRAW Macintosh development team.
In addition to portability technology and graphics, he has also
worked on development tools at both Microsoft and Metrowerks, as well
as on network distributed virtual reality systems at the University of
Waterloo.
Dennis Ensing, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary.
Dennis has over 20 years of hands-on experience in
corporate finance, operations, planning and reporting. At TransGaming, Dennis is
currently CFO and Secretary and is responsible for corporate accounting,
treasury & finance, taxation, public company reporting, and risk management.
Prior to joining TransGaming, Dennis was a Vice President within the Corporate
Finance practice of Ernst and Young where he provided transaction advisory
services to emerging companies. Dennis has also held various finance and
operational positions, including CFO and COO, for various start-ups and
million high growth companies. He has raised over 50 million dollars in the past three
years through his counsel on strategic transactions, financing and fund-raising
options for various companies - an activity he continues today.
Dennis is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator and holds a
Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University. Dennis
served as Chair of the Selection Committee for the Annual Toronto Venture Fair
in 2002 and 2003 and currently serves on the board of directors of the
TechAlliance of South Western Ontario.
