ProStar Strengthens Management Team

ProStar Strengthens Management Team

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Doxa Energy Ltd (“Doxa” or the “Company”) and ProStar Geocorp Inc. (“ProStar”) jointly announce that Vasa Dasan has joined ProStar’s executive team as Chief Operating Officer and member of its Board of Directors. Vasa will be responsible for building, managing and leading the product management, software development, professional services and customer success at ProStar. He will be managing the ProStar teams in Colorado, North Carolina and British Columbia, Canada.

Vasanthan ‘Vasa’ Dasan is a respected and renowned technology veteran known for driving technical strategy, innovation and execution in cloud computing. Vasa spent more than 15 years of his career at Sun Microsystems where he served as chief technologist for Sun’s Cloud Computing Practice and a decade as Distinguished Engineer and CTO for Sun’s $5.1 billion SunService division. Prior to Sun, Vasa held engineering positions at Intergraph and Hewlett Packard.

Mr. Dasan stated: “My decision to join ProStar was based on how impressed I was with their solution, the number of patents that had been issued to a start-up, and the depth of the development team. Of equal importance is that ProStar’s cloud and mobile solutions provide a tremendous opportunity to address a major global issue of damage to buried infrastructure that impacts the safety of the public and the environment. ProStar’s technology has the potential to change the way we view the world. I am very excited to join the management team and to serve as a Board Director.”

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ProStar Expands Its Colorado Headquarters

ProStar Expands Its Colorado Headquarters

ProStar Geocorp, a pioneer in the development of geospatial technology for the utility and pipeline industry, has moved once again into a new and more expansive office space. The new space, at 760 Horizon Drive, offers class ‘A’ office space, convenient access to the airport, hotel chains and the I-70 corridor.

ProStar Geocorp is planning to add several new employees and expects rapid growth in 2016. “The anticipated demand for our geospatial solutions in the midstream market alone, makes it imperative to have a clear path in place to facilitate the operational needs of this company,” said Page Tucker, CEO. “As we ramp up to commercially deploy our solutions into the market more aggressively in 2016, it quickly became evident that by the New Year we had to secure a working environment that could comfortably cater to expanding operations as well as accommodate for future needs. ”

The new, expansive space offers plenty of room for a fast-growth technology company with all of the expected, modern amenities, including, several breakout rooms, conference rooms, meeting areas and large offices. With the new location, ProStar Geocorp is prepared to accommodate its anticipated rapid growth well into the foreseeable future. “We are excited for our planned growth in the geospatial intelligence industry. In addition to our Colorado corporate headquarters expansion, we are negotiating the expansion of our Raleigh, NC offices at the Research Triangle Park,” said Tucker. “With the expected added resources in Raleigh and successful Masters and PHD ‘Industry Work Experience Program’ with NC State University Geospatial Analytics and Sciences we will need the additional space there as well.”

Read more about ProStar’s new office here at The PR Newswire.

BrightMark Adds ProStar to their Investment Portfolio

BrightMark Adds ProStar to their Investment Portfolio

BrightMark Partners is proud to announce Prostar GeoCorp Inc. as the most recent addition to its portfolio of companies. BrightMark plans to provide numerous executive resources to support ProStar’s rapid growth in both operations and client acquisitions. “The investment from BrightMark will be used to accelerate our commercialization and ramp up our product deployment,” said Page Tucker, ProStar CEO. “BrightMark also provides a very experienced executive resource pool and strategic network throughout the entire energy industry.”

Craig Hurlbert, BrightMark’s Managing Partner, said, “ProStar meets all prerequisites we look for in terms of a winning formula-a superior and transformational product, a dynamic leadership team, large target market with significant product demand and an arsenal of IP. ProStar’s geospatial intelligent technology is a great fit for BrightMark’s portfolio and is a very timely solution for the energy industry given current challenging economics and increasing regulatory environment.”

About BrightMark:BrightMark Partners is a growth equity and management firm dedicated to providing capital and resources to growth, venture phase and middle market businesses. We are noted experts within our respective fields of operation and our strategy is to partner with companies poised to be leaders in market segments in which we are substantially involved. Our portfolio partners gain access to our wealth of industry insight, techniques, and methodologies, as well as vision into other high-growth businesses and sectors through our extensive networks. At BrightMark, helping our partners grow is our passion and we’re always on the lookout for teams who have big ideas and the dedication to see them through.

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ProStar Among Winners at CETI Awards

ProStar Among Winners at CETI Awards

Boca Raton, FL – As a facilitator for productivity through innovative solutions, Fiatech recognizes excellence in the fields of technology research, development and implementation through its Celebration of Technology and Innovation (CETI) Awards.

Winners were announced on April 15th at the CETI Awards Gala during the 15th Annual Fiatech Technology Conference & Showcase at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, a Waldorf-Astoria Resort. Established in 2006 by Fiatech, the awards gala is held annually to promote and showcase significant achievements by both organizations and individuals. ProStar Geocorp in collaboration with Enbridge Pipelines Inc. won the distinguished Fiatech CETI award for the implementation of its Open GIS, Cloud and Mobile Solutions in the category of Life Cycle Data Management and Information Integration. These CETI Awards honor individuals and companies that have implemented new and emerging technologies and are awarded by Fiatech, an international group dedicated to the global development and adoption of innovative practices and technologies.

This year the awards jury included Barbara Migl of Dow Chemical as Chair, as well as Jennifer Garfield of ExxonMobil; Ted Weitzman of Southern Company; Steven Wolf of Target Corporation; Derek Murray of Mott MacDonald; Jim Barrett of Turner Construction; Tom Sawyer of ENR; Tim Embley of Costain; Ming Lu of the University of Alberta; Todd Sutton of Zachry Construction; Ted Blackmon of Construct-X; and Allan Chasey of Arizona State University.

About Enbridge: Enbridge Inc., headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, operates the world’s longest, most sophisticated crude oil and liquids transportation system and has a workforce of more than 11,000 people, primarily in Canada and the United States. Enbridge has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers on 12 occasions, voted as one of the Houston Chronicle’s Top Workplaces in 2013, and selected as one of Canada’s Top Diversity employers for 2014. Enbridge manages several investment options that trade on the New York and/or Toronto stock exchanges, including Enbridge Inc. (ENB), Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (EEP), Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. (EEQ), and Enbridge Income Fund (ENF). Over the past 65 years, Enbridge has become a leader in the safe and reliable delivery of energy in North America and is proud to be recognized as one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. For more information visit: http://www.enbridge.com

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