Madawaska Highlands Observatory

Premier facility offering an extraordinary experience of the universe, a highly inspirational and profound learning opportunity for visitors

Company Summary

The Madawaska Highlands Observatory will develop one of the top year round K-12 and tourism destinations in Ontario, projecting 125,000 visitors in year two and upwards of 175,000 visitors by year five of operations. We are tapping into the massive K-12 educational market with almost 2 million students in the GTA to Montréal corridor and within a 4 hour drive of the 17,000,000 people living in the Montréal, Ottawa, the GTA and NY State Corridor.

Team

  • Frank Roy
    CEO

    As the visionary and architect, Frank’s extremely deep and broad understanding of the offering and his execution will be key to the success of the project. He is an entrepreneur with more than twenty-five years experience as an engineer and business executive. He has been devoting a all of his time towards moving the project forward. Relentless, Frank is driven by the need to succeed and is extremely committed to the success of the venture.

  • Greg Bell
    Secretary

    Is a successful entrepreneur with expertise in business development, marketing, operations and strategic execution. Co-founded industrial-camera company Lumenera and led as the vice-president of business development and marketing, taking the company to exponential growth into $10Ms. Successfully sold company to Roper Industries. Now recently having acquired ownership of The Door Company, Greg provides day-to-day leadership and execution.

  • Dean Gendron
    Interim CFO

    Dean's experience spans multiple industry sectors where he has demonstrated his ability and passion for new challenges. Dean brings an extensive track record in corporate finance, more specifically to early stage companies in preparing to raise new capital and then leading them through the process. Dean has excellent knowledge of the financial discipline required to provide future investors with the transparency and disclosure they will require.

Advisors

  • Micheal Grantmyre, LaBerge Wienstein
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed

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