The Company’s founders, Board of Directors, and Management Team comprise a wealth of expertise and experience in renewable and electrical energy, financial and business management and corporate governance. With a history of accomplishments and successes at senior corporate levels in energy, finance and other fields, the team at the helm of Atlantic Wind & Solar are aggressively focused on establishing the Company at the forefront of technology-led growth in the dynamic Renewable Energy industry.

Pierre Cousin - President and CEO

Pierre is a seasoned senior executive with a Master's Degree in Computer Science (Supelec 1981, Paris) and 25 years of history transforming worldwide high-tech organizations into operational centers of excellence and sales powerhouses. Based on his general management and international background, Pierre has the proven ability to produce quantifiable improvements in quality, market positioning, and financial performance. During his last tenure as Corporate Vice President of StorageTek Corp., a $2.2B company in the data storage industry, Pierre played a major role in the recovery of the company and the commensurate enhancement of shareholder value that led to a dramatic share price increase to $37.00 from $8.00.
At StorageTek, Pierre led an $800M data storage business that he grew by 15% year over year with a 48% profit increase. He also successfully outsourced a full networking, 200-person, operation in India. And finally, as Corporate Vice President in charge of Research & Development, an organization of 1,100 engineers with a budget a $200M, he delivered, on time and at cost, the major engineering software and hardware programs of the corporation.
Previously, in Europe, amongst different executive positions with Bull, a French IT integrator, Pierre led a 400 person sales organization up to $400M with 20% growth in providing system integration and data center solutions in different industries such as manufacturing, utilities, banking and telecom.

Gilles A. Trahan - Chairman of the Board

As Chairman, Mr. Trahan brings a wealth of experience in public markets, capital formation and business acumen. His experience has primarily evolved around investment banking practices. He was involved in real estate as a developer of commercial properties beginning in 1991, and subsequently owned and operated a hotel resort in the Caribbean. Mr. Trahan has served as President and CEO of Lexton Fuller Corp, an investment Banking firm in Toronto, Canada where his responsibilities included the structuring of corporate financing, mergers, and acquisitions. He was instrumental in the creation of Symphony Telecom, Inc. Symphony Telecom under his leadership grew from no revenues to over $16 million annually and created a market capitalization of over 500 million in a few short years.

Over a 5 year period, ending in 2007, he had served in senior officer positions including President and CEO of Geneva Bancorp Inc., an international financial consulting and investment banking company. During his years at Geneva Bancorp, Mr. Trahan advised numerous private and public companies on strategic acquisitions and financing, and assisted numerous client-companies in expanding their shareholder base. Mr. Trahan's extensive contact base spans the globe both personally and institutionally. Mr. Trahan will fulfill a comprehensive, hands-on role in the direction and corporate governance of Atlantic Wind and Solar as it pursues its goal of becoming a well managed growth company in its chosen fields of endeavor. His depth of experience in business development, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions in the public company arena are expected to prove invaluable to MSE as it progresses towards its corporate goals of sustained growth and enhancement of shareholder value.

Martin W. Baldwin – Director, CFO, Treasurer

To his position on the Board of Atlantic Wind and Solar Mr. Martin Baldwin, BSc, BA, BEd, MBA, brings experience and capability in business and finance gained through fifteen years of successful employment in banking and finance globally at senior management levels.

From 1993 to 2002 Martin worked as a trader/trading director for The Bank of Nova Scotia. He traded interest rate products for various currencies in the bank’s operations in Toronto, Singapore, New York, and London as well as served a brief stint in Jakarta with an affiliate bank during the Indonesian currency crisis. In 2002 he accepted the challenge of setting up Scotiabank’s new Caribbean Treasury Unit in Nassau, Bahamas where he remained until joining Atlantic Wind and Solar in 2008. Martin was a teacher for the US Army in Europe and the Middle East. He also lived and worked in Australia, Hong Kong and Japan. His broad educational background, including bachelors’ degrees in Computer Science, English Literature and Education, plus a Masters of Business Administration in Finance and International Business, means he brings a unique perspective to most problems and opportunities.

Venecia Gafter - Director

To Atlantic Wind and Solar Ms. Gafter brings years of international business and sales experience primarily in Central and South America.

After acquiring her degree in Business Administration, with emphasis on International business Ms Gafter founded Center Negocios SA. An Ecuador based company specializing in the sales and distribution of computer hardware and networking solutions.

After the sale of Center Negocios SA she headed International sales, Latin America for Trendware, a manufacturer and distributor of networking solutions.

After a successful stint at Trendware, she then dedicated her time to researching new and existing renewable energy methods to deploy in the Americas.

Charles Mazzacato - VP Atlantic Solar Division

Charles Mazzacato has over 30 years of experience in commercial and industrial power systems, engineering, sales, marketing and business development.

From 2003 to 2009 he served as VP, Business Development for a variety of companies focusing on delivering infrastructure for mission critical data centers as well as power system components aimed at improving energy efficiency in industrial and commercial applications.

From 1996 to 2003, he held a variety of senior executive positions in sales and marketing with Powerware Inc. and also served as chairman of Powerware's global marketing council, providing leadership and strategic direction for its $750 million sales, marketing and product development efforts.

Prior to 1996 Charles served as the national sales manager for the Power Quality of Schneider Electric and as Canadian National Sales Manager for Emerson Electric.

Relevant Experience

75 years combined experience in Technical design and implementation of Solid State power quality, Energy management & Electrical Storage equipment.

55 years combined experience in Electrical and Electronic Design & implementation of Numerous Large scale Data Computing Centers.

30 years combined experience Design and implementation of numerous Medium Voltage Electrical Sub Stations.

40 years combined experience in Design and implementation of systems.