Leadership Team
Dean Rockwell, CEO
Dean is responsible for the company’s strategic direction and business operations, and brings more than two decades of international leadership experience in the areas of general management, strategic planning, research and development, product management, marketing, sales and operations to the In Motion Technology team. Prior to joining the company, he was COO of Pulse Energy, CEO of the British Columbia Innovation Council and Vice President and General Manager of the worldwide Digital Media Networks business unit within Cisco’s Service Provider Video Technology Group based in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to his time with Cisco, Dean and his family lived in Brussels Belgium where he was Vice President and Managing Director for Scientific-Atlanta’s European Operations.
He sits on the Advisory Boards of the Faculty of Applied Science at Simon Fraser University and the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of British Columbia. Dean graduated from the Electrical Engineering Technology program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, the Management Skills for Advanced Technology program at Simon Fraser University and more recently the Harvard Business School, Cable Television Association of Marketing University program.
Rob Pilz, Chief Financial Officer
Rob is responsible for leading the company’s financial strategy, investor relations, risk management, financial reporting, and internal controls. He brings over 20 years of business experience in a broad range of areas, including finance, partnering, and strategic and operational planning with both early stage technology and large industrial companies. Previously he assisted in the development of a number of private start-up companies and served as the chief financial officer of TSX listed and U.S registered Response Biomedical Corp., one of North America’s fastest growing technology companies during the period. Prior to that he was vice president, finance of Class Software Solutions Ltd., a market-leading software company. Rob has a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of British Columbia and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
Tony Morris, Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Tony is responsible for sales and marketing strategy, and execution to best serve In Motion Technology’s various target markets. With more than 20 years in the data communications industry, Tony has a proven track record of successfully positioning and delivering products to market while focusing on the bottom line. Previously, Tony was vice president of sales – IP solutions for MetaSolv Software, Inc., where he managed all IP-related product sales in North America, South America and Asia Pacific. Prior to MetaSolv, he served as director of systems engineering and business development for Laurel Networks. He has an honor’s degree in cybernetics and control from Reading University in the United Kingdom.
David Birarda, Vice President, Business Development
Dave is responsible for accelerating In Motion Technology’s development of new market opportunities. A veteran of the communications technology industry, Dave has worked extensively in product development, marketing and sales of systems used by the telecommunications carriers and private radio network operators. Dave has held sales, business development and operations positions at GTE, MPR Teltech, M/A-COM and IPMobileNet. Dave is a graduate of the electrical engineering program at Carleton University in Ottawa.
Larry LeBlanc, Chief Technology Officer, Founder
Larry is responsible for the company’s technology vision. Prior to co-founding In Motion Technology in 2002, Larry held several senior positions at Acterna which included designing, implementing and deploying carrier-class operational support systems for tier one telecommunication service providers including Telecom New Zealand, TELUS, Sprint and AT&T. Larry’s technical expertise spans more than 20 years in software engineering, networking, customer support and staff development. He is a distributed communications systems expert and has led the architectural design of many innovative systems including the world’s first distributed Java fault management application for MCI/Worldcom. Larry has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Manitoba.
Ed Ho, Vice President, Operations, Founder
In this role, Ed is responsible for engineering and operations. Prior to co-founding In Motion Technology in 2002, Ed served as director of engineering – Software Systems for Acterna, where he managed the overall product development in the Service Fulfillment product line and site operations of the Burnaby facility. Prior to that, he was director of engineering – Software Management Systems at Applied Digital Access. With more than 20 years of experience developing advanced data and telecom service management solutions, Ed has a proven track record as a results-oriented leader with strong organizational and analytical skills. Ed has successfully deployed systems for companies including Time Warner, Citizens Communications, Williams, Nextlink, Verizon, GTE, NASA and the Vancouver Stock Exchange. He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia.
