Board of Directors

Gary DuBroc - Chairman

Mr. Gary DuBroc is a seasoned hands-on executive with over thirty years extensive experience in developing highly engineered products and systems and managing global operations, sales and marketing in high tech industries. Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Avantech Testing Services of Houston, Texas. Prior to his tenure with Avantech, Mr. DuBroc was the Vice-President, Global Operations for Emerson Process Management and held positions as General Manager of GHX, Inc. and Tyco’s Flow Control unit. Mr. DuBroc also spent time as an Industrial Engineer with General Dynamics Space Systems in Hammond, LA. He holds a Master of Business Administration, Finance Concentration, from Tulane University and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Louisiana State University. Mr. DuBroc’s current and past board service includes Tulane Energy Advisory Board, Avantech Testing Services, Burlingame Country Club, Green River Equity, Array Coating Technology and Net-2000, Inc.


Carol Hess

Carol Hess is a technology expert and business & marketing executive with over 30 years of experience in the high-tech industry. During her career at HP, Carol has held various executive management positions in Worldwide Workstations, Mobility, PC’s, and Notebooks where she was primarily responsible for business development, planning, launching, and sustaining activity of the numerous product lines. Carol led a multimillion dollar OEM Business and drove the European Server business based in Munich, Germany.

Carol has previously served on the Board of Directors of The Greater Houston Partnership, The Texas Diversity Council, and The Houston Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA). Carol has received numerous leadership, civic and professional honors over the years. Carol holds a Masters of Business Administration Degree in Marketing and Management Information Systems (MIS) from The Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University and a Bachelor of Arts in General Business from Michigan State University.


Jason Grelowski

Mr. Grelowski is a proven business executive and entrepreneur, who has built, lead and advised organizations from start-ups to mature growth over the past 20+ years. He has successfully partnered with emerging and mid-tier firms to stimulate growth, increase profitability, and team effectiveness. As Managing Director of Solvera, he grew revenues exponentially and built a team of more than 75 consultants. The team continues to be recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and one of MediaCorp’s Top 100 Employers. Currently, Jason is CEO of Software Development Experts, creators of Digital Transformation Advisor.

A native Albertan, he has lived across Canada and has developed a strong commitment to his community and the arts. He is a co-chair of Calgary on Purpose, past development chair and board member of the Glenbow Museum. He received his B.A Honors from University of Calgary and his MBA from Dalhousie University.


Matthew Balazsi

AAn entrepreneur with a keen interest in novel technologies applied to the commercial setting, Mr. Balazsi, has been involved in a wide range of projects in collaboration with professionals from very diverse fields of work. His contributions stem from his background in software development, machine learning, and data analysis. Mr. Balazsi is the founder of Medical Parachute, an online tool for medical researchers. And co-founder of Decentralized Art Platform (DAP), a digital service for galleries and art collectors, making the process of selling and acquiring video art highly secure and simple. Previously, Mr. Balazsi has worked as test engineer and Full-Stack developer lead at many technology companies. Mr. Balazsi received both his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in computer engineering and Computer Vision from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.


Ted Clark - Chief Executive Officer

With over three decades of experience in the technology industry, Mr. Clark has demonstrated exceptional leadership and strategic vision. He has been a pivotal figure in steering companies toward groundbreaking success, ranging from Fortune 100 enterprises to innovative startups. His tenure as Senior Vice President at Hewlett Packard Inc., where he led the Global Notebook Business Unit to achieve number one market share, is particularly notable. Mr. Clark holds a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rice University.