Brian Cookson, C.A.

As President of RDP, Brian has been assisting a wide variety of companies obtain government assistance for over 20 years. Brian has been practicing exclusively in this area since 1987. Brian has lectured and written extensively on a wide variety of subjects pertaining to government assistance including SR&ED, and has presented seminars to industry groups and tax conferences. Brian is a chartered accountant and worked with Ernst & Young in their high-tech services group from 1982 to 1987. Brian has reviewed SR&ED claims for small to large corporations for over 15 years and currently assists over 200 companies per year with their SR&ED claims. He has participated in workshops, seminars and conferences with Canada Revenue Agency ("CRA") and industry on SR&ED matters.

Arne Luik C.A.

As Vice President of RDP, Arne has focussed his efforts on SR&ED tax credits exclusively since 1999. Arne is a chartered accountant and MBA and has extensive experience in the high-tech industry with IBM as a Systems Engineering Representative, and National Systems Testing Laboratories as a Technical Representative. Arne has written and edited several articles on SR&ED, government assistance and financing.

Arne has also assisted companies with respect to corporate finance, tax matters and strategic planning.