Leadership Team

Paul is responsible for the expansion of Futurecom’s business and overseeing the complete operation of the business.

Prior to joining Futurecom in March of 2014, Paul was Senior Manager of Research and Development Tax Practice with Deloitte. Paul’s clients ranged from large telecommunications service and equipment providers to entrepreneurial start ups.

Before Deloitte, Paul spent 20 years with Motorola Canada in various senior engineering management roles. Paul managed a design centre of 150 engineers that was responsible for system design, software product and software component development, and testing for Motorola’s ASTRO 25 communications system infrastructure. Paul coordinated software development across six design centres in four countries.

Paul earned his Bachelor's of Science in engineering physics from Queen’s University.

Dave is responsible for overseeing Futurecom’s Product Engineering Teams.  In this role Dave is responsible for new product introduction including working with Customers, Business and Product development to quantify and deliver innovative solutions to expand Futurecom’s footprint in the public safety incident management marketplace.

Prior to joining Futurecom in July 2015, Dave was principal consultant and owner of Solutions Leadership Inc. for 6 years. In this role Dave led a number of organizational change projects, including the definition, development and deployment of a national Network Configuration Management Database and process for one of Canada’s Largest Wireless Carriers. The end result being a tool and process which captured the the design and AS-Built of LTE, HSPA and xWDM infrastructures. Previously Dave spent over 20 impactful years in various Product and Management roles including Manufacturing, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and Product Definition at Motorola in Canada, U.S.A. and U.K.

Dave is a member of the PEO and holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Ryerson University.

Peter Burnside has been involved with radio communications since graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario.  Peter has worked in systems engineering, software design, and product marketing for Motorola Canada and MDSI.   For the past fifteen years, Peter has been focusing on the use of vehicle  repeaters to enhance emergency radio communications.  Peter has helped over 800 police and fire departments deploy this technology.

Brett heads up the Go To Market Team comprised of Business Development, Marketing and Sales Support staff. In this role, Brett is responsible for growing revenue on current products and developing new business opportunities.

 For over 20 years, Brett has been focused on advancing solutions to make first responders safer and more efficient. As Program Director of Project54, Brett collaborated with State Police and academics to help create and deploy an industry first voice-activated integrated vehicle platform. That technology was later commercialized by 54ward, where Brett was the Director of Engineering and Products. The successful start-up that Brett help to found was acquired by Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI). At Motorola, Brett was a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, where he led a remote facility and team that grew new ideas from conception to shipping product.

 Brett holds a Master of Science Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, both from the University of New Hampshire.

Frank is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Futurecom’s financial functions and operations.

Frank graduated from York University with a Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in Accounting and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA).

Prior to joining Futurecom, Frank has over 20 years accounting experience in manufacturing with public and private organizations, with the majority of his career at Magna International Inc, a global automotive supplier. Frank is experienced in financial leadership, financial reporting, business planning, financial analysis, financial process improvements and internal controls, treasury and staff development. 

Mark Townson joined Futurecom in 2007 as a Sales Account Manager. In 2012 Mark was named the Manager - Marketing. Prior to joining Futurecom Mark worked for Kaval Wireless Technologies and Powerwave Technologies in various sales and marketing roles focusing on public safety distributed antenna systems. 

Mark oversees all aspects of Futurecom’s marketing efforts, including branding, public relations and partner relationships.

Mark is a graduate of Seneca College.