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Mr. Michelson brings over 20 years of leadership experience to the Chairman position. He is actively involved in the high tech community in Vancouver and around the world, serving on a number of boards. He was CEO of Creo Inc. and a member of the board from 1991 until Kodak purchased Creo for over C$1 Billion in May 2005. Prior to Creo, he was CEO of Opal Inc., a semi-conductor equipment company, and Chief Operating Officer of Optrotech Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of optical and imaging systems for the electronics industry.

Amos Michelson holds a Master of Business Administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. He is a past member of the Premier’s Technology Council and in 1999 was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young. In 2005, Mr. Michelson was named the “BCTIA Person of the Year”, an award presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the technology industry during the year.

David J. Rosa is chief executive officer at Intuitive and a member of the Board of Directors since 2024.

Rosa joined Intuitive in March 1996 and has held leadership positions in engineering, clinical development, marketing, and product development. In April 2011, Rosa was promoted to the position of senior vice president, emerging procedures and technology, and transitioned to the position of senior vice president, scientific affairs. In August 2014, Rosa was promoted to the position of executive vice president and chief scientific officer. In June 2015, Rosa was appointed as executive vice president and chief commercial officer. In January 2019, he took on additional responsibility as executive vice president and chief business officer. In January 2022, Rosa transitioned to chief strategy and growth officer. In May 2023, Rosa was promoted to the role of president of the company.

A holder of multiple patents, Rosa earned a BS in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo and an MS in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.

Mr. Alba was a co-founder, director and President of Galileo Technology from 1994 to 2001, director of Marvell (MRVL) from 2001 to 2004, director of Pixer from 2005 to 2008, director of Annapurna Labs from 2011 to 2015, director of Habana Labs from 2016 to 2020, and director of Banias Labs from 2020 to 2022. During his career, Mr. Alba has worked as a design engineer, technical marketing engineer, technology business executive, and active founding investor. Mr. Alba has also served as a board member of various non-profit organizations. Mr. Alba holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City, Master of Science degrees in Computer Engineering and Engineering Management from the University of Southern California, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Santa Clara.

Ian Ihnatowycz is the President and CEO of First Generation Capital Inc., a private investment holding company. Formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of Acuity Investment Management Inc. and Acuity Funds Ltd., Mr. Ihnatowycz founded Acuity in 1990 to provide discretionary asset management for pension, foundation and private clients as well as mutual and pooled funds. A leader in sustainable investing, Acuity was the first Canadian advisor to the United Nations on the integration of environmental, social and governance factors within investment management, and the firm had won many awards for investment performance. On February 1, 2011, Acuity and its assets of $7.6 billion were sold.

Mr. Ihnatowycz has served on the boards of numerous not-for-profit and professional organizations and private companies, is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Myca Health Inc., Real Imaging Ltd., Fulcrum Management Solutions Ltd., Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation and the Royal Conservatory of Music, is a member of the Ivey Advisory Board, the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership Advisory Board of the Ivey Business School and a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of Imperial Capital Acquisition Fund V.

Mr. Ihnatowycz earned a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto, an MBA from the Ivey Business School, holds the CFA and Chartered Director designations, and recently received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Western University.