Meet The Team
CEO
Karl Kottmeier, BA
Karl has over 25 years of experience in venture capital corporate finance, having created and developed numerous companies from inception through to successful listing on the TSX, TSX Venture, and CSE Exchanges where he raised in excess of $200,000,000 for public companies. Prior to his career in private and public company corporate finance and administration, Karl was in retail brokerage focusing on venture capital for 10 years.
CFO
Natasha Tsai, CPA, CA
​Natasha brings extensive experience as Managing Director at Malaspina Consultants Inc. She has been a senior advisor and CFO with companies in a broad range of industries, and specializes in the areas of financial operations and business performance. A graduate of UBC's Sauder School of Business, Tsai received her Chartered Accountant designation in 2007 and has served as co-chair of the Young CA Forum at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC.
CTO
Chris Vassos
Chris has held various positions in the technology industry, including system designer, software programmer and system manager/engineer. He currently manages Hydaway’s rendering operations, having designed, sourced and constructed the computer system that powers the company’s operations. Mr. Vassos has 4 years’ experience in Linux programming, 5 years as a Linux system administrator and 10 years’ experience in computer system/data architecture design and construction, crypto mining and information technology.
Project Manager
Jonathan Kottmeier
Jonny has a strong early entrepreneurial sense, having created and managed several business initiatives in construction project management. More recently he has pivoted into investor relations and marketing in the public markets, Jonny manages and is the editor for NewsAMP Media corp in addition to digital marketing for Hydaway Ventures.
Director
Rob Gamley, BSC
Rob has had a diverse career in corporate finance, investor relations, and leadership roles across multiple industries. He has over 15 years of experience providing corporate strategy and communications services to private and public companies across a variety of industries. Rob has been an executive and board member of several publicly listed companies, leveraging his network of retail and institutional contacts.
Director
Michael Leo, Mkin
Mike has been a senior manager, including corporate sales, for Steve Nash Fitness World Sports Club, and Club 16 Trevor Linden Fitness and She’s Fit – each a chain of fitness centres in British Columbia. He has obtained his British Columbia mortgage broker license from the Sauder School of Business. Over the past decade, Mike has served on a number of boards, including Avanti Helium Corp.