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Management Team

  • Michael Betts, Founder
    Michael founded fotoglif in the hopes of stopping all this fighting between pro photographers and bloggers. Having run a photography studio for several years Michael is passionate about photography and obsessed with the Internet. As the fotoglif “business guy”, Michael sleeps for one hour a night, and prides himself on being accessible to anyone and everyone using fotoglif. He rock climbs for sanity and resides in Toronto with his son, bulldog Tully, and wonderful, patient, wife.
  • Steven O’Reilly, CTO
    Godfather of all things technical at fotoglif, Steven is the man that keeps the wheels turning in the development team. With 15 years in the computer science and engineering world, Steven brings a Hugh Laurie from House style approach to development at fotoglif. A devout workaholic Steven spends very little time doing much other than building fotoglif and what else he does, is none of your business.
  • Shoji Adachi, Director of Product Management
    After working with Michael for 4 years and his insane 24-hour a day demands, Shoji is the only person up for this task at fotoglif. He started his career working with Michael in the studio and continues the tradition of managing and overseeing all product management for fotoglif
  • James King, Director of Engineering
    Responsible for all things back-end development at fotoglif, you will almost never see what James does at fotoglif but rest assured it’s important. James started writing BBS text adventure games when he was 11, and the rest is history.
  • Gerald Chan, Senior Application Developer
    Is the man who does all the JavaScript. If a light-box appears on a page, an image dynamically resizes, or a page shifts seamlessly from one image to the next without that annoying wait of a full page refresh, that is Gerald’s doing.
  • Tim Chau, User Interface Design
    The house artist, Tim is the one who makes the whole thing look good. Before Tim, Steven wanted to make the whole thing run in command line alone. A talented designer with a unique ability to make complicated things simple and intuitive, Tim is the reason you can easily find your way around fotoglif.

Board of Directors

  • Douglas Betts, Chairman of the Board
    Mr. Betts is Chairman of the company and is also currently the President and CEO of Kingsway International Holdings Ltd., a TSX listed company with operating and investment assets in Asia, North America and Australia. He is also the President and CEO of Kingsway Capital of Canada, Kingsway Group’s North American operating subsidiary, which is engaged in investment banking and asset management. This division has been very active in the natural resource sector. Mr. Betts was also recently the Chairman and CEO of Golden China Resources Corporation, a TSE listed China based natural resources firm and a company created by Kingsway Group.

    Before joining Kingsway in 2001, Mr. Betts co-founded and served as Managing Director of Borealis Capital, a major private equity infrastructure fund, where he was responsible for sourcing and structuring significant equity and debt investments by the fund in North American energy and transportation infrastructure projects. Prior to this, Mr. Betts was a partner with Tory’s, one of Canada’s leading law firms, where he focused on commercial law with a particular emphasis on securities and real estate. Mr. Betts sits on the boards of several corporations, and is a member of many professional associations including the Canada China Business Council, the Canadian Bar Association, and the Law Society of Upper Canada. After graduating from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts in 1972, Mr. Betts went on to obtain his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Ottawa in 1976. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1978.
  • Samir Zabaneh, Director
    A highly experienced financial management executive, Mr. Sabaneh is currently the CFO at Moneris Payment Solutions and was a Managing Director of Fortress Investment Group and the CFO of Northcastle Trust, an investment fund managed by Fortress in Canada. Prior to joining Fortress, Mr. Zabaneh was CFO of Q9 Networks Inc., a company he joined at inception and helped guide to the industry-leading position it enjoys today.

    Among his accomplishments, Mr. Zabaneh played a lead role in helping Q9 Networks to raise equity capital in excess of $150 million and in taking the company public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2004. Mr. Zabaneh’s background also includes significant experience in investment banking and mergers and acquisitions, which he gained in roles with Newcourt Capital, PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities and Ernst & Young Corporate Finance Inc.

    A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Zabaneh holds an MBA from Suffolk University, a Master of Science in Finance from Boston College and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Northeastern University
  • David Charnock, Director
    He is currently Executive Vice President of Kingsway Canada. From August 2006 to April 2007, Mr. Charnock acted as the Chief Financial Officer of Golden China Resources Corporation (GCRC), a TSX listed company engaged in the precious metals mining industry in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). GCRC’s predecessor corporation, Golden China Inc., was formed by Kingsway International to take advantage of investment opportunities in the PRC. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Charnock provided consulting and advisory services to clients within the financial services industry. Before 1997, Mr. Charnock was Vice President of Special Lending with Mortgage Insurance Company of Canada, reporting to the President and Board of Directors. Mr. Charnock’s professional experience also includes positions with Lloyds Bank of Canada/Continental Bank of Canada and Coopers & Lybrand.
  • Michael Betts, Director, Founder