110+ Collective Yearsof Heavy Industry, EV, and Public Markets
The team that built the Green Ox at 8 airports is now building K9 Defend for Canadian defense. We've already done this — in commercial markets, public markets, and emerging defense technology.
Founders & Officers.
Dean Kneider
CEO & Board Member
Built and scaled EV conversion business (RiiseEV). 30+ years operating P&Ls at Coca-Cola, Labatt, and Intrawest. Has run the exact playbook Hallor's next 24 months require.
Keith Halston
Co-founder, Technical Director
35 years as a millwright and steel fabricator, then ran GSE maintenance at an international airport. The Green Ox exists because he knew exactly what was broken on the tarmac.
James Taylor
Co-founder, Technical Director
40 years rebuilding heavy machinery from the drivetrain up. Hallor's right-to-repair, common-parts design philosophy comes directly from his decades fixing what others built badly.
Terence Lee
CFO & Board Officer
CPA, ex-BDO audit. Currently CFO of a publicly listed company. Brings public-company-grade financial reporting and governance discipline from day one.
The Demand Engine.
Christina Van
Operations & Communications
16 years building go-to-market for EV, charging infrastructure, and sustainable tech. Owns the demand engine that turned 600 trials into a $25M pipeline.
Gary Ogden
Sales & Business Development
35 years in aviation ground ops. Held leadership at dnata, Servisair, Lockheed Air Terminal, Sunwing. Has personally sold hundreds of GSE units to the exact buyers Hallor needs.
Public-Company Ready.
Hallor's Board is structured for institutional capital from day one. Three independent directors with ICD.D certification, public-company audit experience, and cleantech domain expertise ensure CSE and TSX listing governance standards are in place before prospectus filing.
Ashik Karim
Board Chair
Founded UpCapital (EV-focused merchant bank). Instrumental in scaling Cellestial (electric agricultural tractors) to $5B revenue, exit to Murugappa Group. Done Hallor's exit in an adjacent vehicle category.
Mark Orsmond
Strategic Advisor, Capital Markets
Former CFO of Taiga Motors — led $200M Canadian SPAC financing including $50M+ federal/provincial grants. Currently CFO of Electra Meccanica (Nasdaq). Direct go-public playbook experience.
Ken Davidson
Board Member
Former Managing Partner, BDO Atlantic Canada. Served one year as BDO Board Chair during $500M revenue year. ICD.D certified. Brings audit-grade governance for institutional capital.
John Pinsent
Board Member
Has sat on multiple TSX and TSX.V public company boards including Enterprise Group, Hyduke Energy, and Synodon. ICD.D, audit committee chair multiple times. Public-company governance from day one.
Damarys Zampini
Board Member
20+ years building cleantech and circular-economy growth strategies globally. Active angel investor in net-zero transition. Adds the sustainability lens that aviation and defense procurement require.
Scaling to 10 FTE.
Chief Engineer / VP Engineering
C$145K/year
Technical lead. Military spec ownership. DND interface.
2x Senior Mechanical Engineers
C$210K/year
Chassis, suspension, ballistic integration design.
Electrical / Embedded Systems Engineer
C$110K/year
DBW system, CAN-bus, power management.
Systems Integration Engineer
C$115K/year
Platform integration, test protocols, documentation.
Defense BD Manager
C$125K/year
DND relationship, procurement navigator, allied BD.
3x Senior Fabricators
C$225K/year
Chassis build, military-spec welding, system installation.
Ready to Join Us?
We're building Canada's next defense-tech unicorn. If you have the skills and the stomach for it, let's talk.
Dean Kneider
1-604-209-9686
info@hallorgroup.com