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Executive Management

 > Vari Ghai, President and CEO, DDS Wireless International Inc.
 > Steven Juliver, President, Digital Dispatch Systems Inc.
 > Mike Nienhuis, President, StrataGen Systems Inc.
 > George Lipski, President, DW Digital Wireless Inc.
 > Raymond D. Fast, President, DDS eFleet Servicee Inc.


Vari Ghai, President and CEO, DDS Wireless International Inc.

Vari Ghai has been actively involved in the wireless mobile data industry for over 20 years and is the founder of DDS Wireless™. Prior to founding DDS Wireless™, Mr. Ghai held a number of positions at Mobile Data Wireless™ Inc. (now Motorola Inc.) starting in 1985 as President, Taxi Division. From 1986 to 1988, Mr. Ghai held the positions of Business Manager for Application Products and Director of Marketing at Motorola Inc. for the transportation industry. Mr. Ghai was Vice-President of Engineering (Mobile Data Division) for Glenayre Electronics Ltd.("Glenayre'') from 1989 to 1991. From 1978 to 1985, Mr. Ghai was employed by Datap Systems (a software engineering company) of Calgary, Canada, where he held several positions, including Senior Project Manager. Mr. Ghai has an Electrical Engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India, and is a registered Professional Engineer.


Steven Juliver, President, Digital Dispatch Systems Inc.

As the President for our Taxi business, Digital Dispatch, Mr. Juliver is responsible for providing strategic leadership to that unit’s market and geographic diversification. Mr. Juliver joins Digital Dispatch from EOS Technologies Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of electro-optic technology-based sensors, space debris tracking stations, commercial telescopes and remotely-controlled weapons stations to aerospace and defense markets, where he held the position of Executive Vice President. He brings to Digital Dispatch over 25 years of management experience including driving strategic and financial plans, product and business development and operations. He started his career with Motorola Inc. and is a co-founder and former -Board Chair of the Southern Arizona Institute of Advanced Technology, and member of the Arizona Governor’s Council for Workforce Policy. Mr. Juliver has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Montreal and will be based in Digital Dispatch’s headquarters in Richmond, British Columbia.


Mike Nienhuis, President, StrataGen Systems Inc.

Mike Nienhuis leads DDS Wireless’ Transit business unit, StrataGen, as its President. He has over 10 years of executive operations and general management experience in high growth, multi-location corporations. His most recent position was the General Manager of Sports and Giving at The Active Network, a provider of technology solutions and marketing services and recognized as one of the 500 fastest growing companies in the U.S.A. In his 14-year tenure in The Active Network, Mr. Nienhuis held several other senior management positions including Vice President of Operations, General Manager of Community Solutions and Vice President of Services. He has a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Simon Fraser University and will be based in Kirkland, Washington.


George Lipski, President, DW Digital Wireless Inc.

George Lipski provides strategic leadership in the development of our wide range of wireless devices. His team oversees the complete product cycle from conception to delivery of finished product for all our wireless devices. Mr. Lipski has more than 20 years of extensive experience in developing technologies and products primarily for the telecommunications industry. In 1995, Mr. Lipski co-founded Starvision Multimedia Corporation (re-named Convedia Corp. in 2001). During his 5-year tenure as the President and CEO, the company grew to 130 employees and became the 18th largest high-tech company in British Columbia. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Lipski was pivotal in leading Newbridge Networks Corporation into the ATM, ADSL and LMDS markets. He was initially the General Manager of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and later, the Assistant Vice President of the Residential Broadband Networks (RBN) emerging business unit. From 1984 – 1992, Mr. Lipski held several positions with MPR Teltech Ltd. and pioneered the development of the ATM switching technology that became one of the leading products worldwide. Mr. Lipski has a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Warsaw Technical University in Poland. He is bilingual, fluent in both English and Polish.


Raymond D. Fast, President, DDS eFleet Services Inc.

Mr. Fast is President of the Application Service Provider division of DDS Wireless™. He oversees the eFleet™ business unit which provides web-based wireless dispatch and fleet management services to DDS Wireless™ customers. Mr. Fast has 24 years of management experience in engineering, business development and business operations. He specializes in wireless/satellite communications, location-based services, and web-based applications. Prior to joining DDS Wireless™, Mr. Fast was a founding member of Guardian Mobile Monitoring Systems Inc., a location-based service ASP in Vancouver, BC. Previously, Raymond was the Vice President, Telecommunications Strategy and Business Development for webBASIS Inc. in California, a unified-communications ASP with an estimated 15 million subscribers. Prior to that, he held positions as Chief Operating Officer for Image Power Inc. and Cyberion Networking Corp, both in Vancouver. Earlier in his career, Mr. Fast held several engineering and management positions, including Director of Engineering and Business Development Manager at Norsat Wireless™ Inc., and Senior Design Engineer at Microtel Pacific Research Ltd. Mr. Fast holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from LeTourneau University in Texas and is a professional engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC. He is the inventor or co-inventor of 6 patents for electronic control systems, satellite communications equipment, and GPS security systems.