Item 5.02-Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Mr. Wilson Russell, Chairman of the Board of Northstar Electronics, announced at
a Board meeting on August 13th that Mr. Piers VanZiffle will be joining the NEI
Board of Directors with an effective date of Aug 27th. Mr. VanZiffle brings
more than 20 years of experience serving as Northstar Electronics Chief
Accountant and has significant governance experience from working with Northstar
and other companies. Mr. VanZiffle was also appointed as Company Controller at
the same time.
Mr. VanZiffle's appointment expands Northstar Electronics Inc.'s Board to two,
but the company expect to be adding other officers in the coming months as it
prepares for the beginning of a new growth phase.
Mr. Russell also appointed Mr. Howard D. Nash as President/CEO of Northstar
Electronics, Inc. with an effective date of Aug 27th. Mr. Nash is a senior
executive who spent much of his career managing a subsidiary of Northstar
Electronics Inc., an Aerospace SME, and building a collaborative network of
Eastern Canada companies for bidding contracts. This concept was successful in
securing high value contracts with several divisions of Lockheed Martin, L3, and
others. Mr. Nash brings years of experience working as a Project/Program Manager
and has a proven track record in business development, risk management and
quality assurance. Mr. Nash worked with Northstar from 2000 to 2011 and had
secured close to $16M in new business for Northstar before he left the company
to peruse other interests.
Howard is a founding member and Co-Chair of the Aerospace & Defence Industry
Association of Newfoundland & Labrador (ADIANL) and the Atlantic Alliance of
Aerospace & Defence Associations (AAADA). He has served on the boards of the
National Chapter of the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), the Aerospace
Industry Associations of Canada (AIAC) and has served on CADSI SME Committee.
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