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Bernadette Lee
Vice President of Distribution
Bernadette is just what you hope for in a partner: smart, collaborative and results-driven. She’s also funny, which is important in a business that connects with people every day. She has a great ability to make you understand that she is on the same side of the fence with you, while keeping her organization’s goals and needs paramount.
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James Michael
Vice President of Sales, North America
It’s fitting that Vice President of Sales North America — and Issuer Direct’s favorite funnyman — James Michael was born in Canada but raised in the United States. “Northern born but Southern by the grace of God!” he shouts on occasion from his desk.

A highly experienced sales professional, James thrives on working with clients and helping them meet their vision and goals. He also finds it quite satisfying when his colleagues do the same in their personal lives: from houses and cars to bratty kids — justkidding.

When not at work, he likes to hop on his motorcycle or spend time with his wife and daughters. If he could play any movie character, it would be the multiple roles by fellow funnyman Mel Brooks.
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Bernadette Lee
Vice President of Distribution
Bernadette Lee is accountable for worldwide media relations and overseeing development of the company’s core newswire distribution as well as its social and digital footprint. She directs the company’s growth strategy and business operations in the Asia-Pacific region and Latin America, and cultivates communication networks in emerging global markets to serve the organization’s growing international capabilities.

Bernadette was recognized in 2013 by the UN Women National Committee Canada for her Contribution to Excellence in News Communications. One of the most prestigious honors the organization can bestow, this recognition celebrates an individual who has contributed to advancing women’s rights and achieving gender equality both in Canada and across the world. She also serves as a member of the Association of Electronic Journalists (RTDNA Canada), the voice for electronic journalists and news managers in Canada.

Through her work with Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Canada, an association of news managers and electronic journalists, Lee volunteers with journalists at all stages of their careers. At ACCESSWIRE, Lee directs the global media relations team in developing and maintaining strategic relationships with media partners, including news agencies, financial content providers and regulators. She was also instrumental in helping ACCESSWIRE create new data delivery models and evolve to become the largest news disseminator in Canada.
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Preston Burnett
Director of Operations
Currently, Preston is serving as our Director of Operations.

Previously at Issuer Direct, he served as the Reporting Disclosure Operations Manager at Issuer Direct Corporation. The Disclosure Reporting segment of Issuer Direct includes EDGAR filing conversions, XBRL conversions, typesetting and overseeing client workflow of both direct clients and reseller partnerships. He maintained the reseller workflow systems under the brand Issuer Services while also managing the XBRL department workflow and production team members.

Preston started at Issuer Direct as an account representative acquiring new clients and maintaining the working relationships.
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Brian R. Balbirnie
President and CEO
Issuer Direct’s CEO, Brian Balbirnie, has his roots in Toronto and Connecticut, where, like any self-respecting youth, he despised Brussels sprouts.

Fast forward to 2006, when, after decades of experience in emerging industries and observing the troubling, multi-vendor disclosure process that many companies had in place, Brian founded Issuer Direct — the first regulatory self-filing platform to the SEC.

Over the years, Issuer Direct has grown to be one of the largest complete-platform plays for the public company marketplace. Along the way, it has garnered numerous awards, including being named a Deloitte Fast 500.

While his company’s growth is incredibly satisfying, one of Brian’s greatest joys is seeing his employees leverage their professional success to create and experience fulfilling personal lives.
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Fred Gautreau
VP of Corporate Strategy
Fred brings his proven success as founder of Filing Services Canada Inc., a provider of corporate compliance, and FSCwire, a major newswire in the Canadian market, to Issuer Direct Corporation. Having steered FSC over the past 20 years, he now applies his past experience and education at the Richard Ivey School of Business in negotiation, crisis communications, investor relations, integrated marketing and business planning to the growth of Issuer Direct.

As a Calgary native, Fred and his wife Nancy treasure their time biking and hiking the Canadian Rockies during the summer, catching rays on a Caribbean beach during the winter, travelling the world and snacking on peanut M&M’s.

Along with the importance of raising family (four grown children along with numerous dogs and cats), as a former Scouts Canada member and leader for 17 years, Fred has always believed in contributing to his community and continues to support various charities in Alberta.
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Dee Brown
Director of Human Resources
Originally born and raised in Turkey, Dee spent the majority of her life in New York where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Cultural Anthropology at SUNY Geneseo, and her Master's Degree, MS, in Human Resources Management from Nazareth College of Rochester. Dee is also PHR and SHRM-CP certified. She has more than 7 years of experience working in the HR field for employers great and small, profit and non-profit. Dee specializes in employment law compliance, training and development, talent management, benefits management and employee relations policies and strategies.

Outside of work, Dee enjoys a healthy lifestyle filled with camping & hiking, gardening, meeting new people, and playtime with her Boston terrier.
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Angie Wright
Vice President of Events
A proud native Texan, Director of Marketing Angie Wright shines big and bright like the stars at night in her role promoting Issuer Direct’s products and services.

Angie holds a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Texas (Hook 'em Horns) and brings years of experience in marketing strategy and the development of successful marketing campaigns and multi-touch, integrated lead-generation programs. She’s inspired daily by her creative, passionate colleagues and the empowering environment they collaborate in.

When not busy with tweets, banners and SEO/SEM, Angie’s even busier keeping up with her three children in baseball, cheerleading, softball and volleyball. When she does kick back, it’s on the beach to a stream of ‘80s tunes. She believes her dog, Bozley Higgens, is the coolest Basset Hound ever, and that fellow Texas native, Matthew McConaughey, was put on this earth to make her happy!
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Tim Pitoniak
Chief Financial Officer
Dynamic Finance executive with experience as strategic member of business and corporate leadership teams with strong track record of building and leading high performing teams, overseeing governance and delivering results. Hands on experience in management, financial reporting, investor relations and working with senior level executives and Board of Directors. Areas of expertise include: Financial Reports, Analysis, and Forecasting, SEC Reporting, Due Diligence and Acquisition Integration, Consolidations and Reporting, Technical Accounting Research, Debt Restructuring, Coordination and Management of Annual Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Reporting, Auditing, Project Management, and Financial Investments/Financial Operations.


EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM

Brian R. Balbirnie
President & Chief Executive Officer
Steve Knerr
VP of Finance / Controller / Interim Chief Financial Officer
Mark Lloyd
Chief Technology Officer
Jennifer Hammers
EVP of Sales & Marketing
Dee Brown
Director of Human Resources
Fred Gautreau
VP of Corporate Strategy
Angie Wright
VP of Events
Bernadette Lee
VP of Distribution
James Michael
VP of Business Development
Preston Burnett
Director of Operations

US Global HQ

One Glenwood Ave, Suite 1001
Raleigh, NC 27603

Tel: +1.919.481.4000

Fax: +1.919.481.6222

info@issuerdirect.com