The Leadership Behind LounGenie.

David Deacon

Executive Chairman

Mr. Deacon began his business career in the brokerage industry as an institutional research analyst. He later spent four years as Vice President of Retail Sales before departing to lead Porsche Canada. He took Porsche Canada from the 13th largest market in the world to the 6th largest and founded the Rothmans Porsche Racing series, the first single marque Porsche series in the world. Since then, as an entrepreneur, he has founded and successfully exited two startups and led three business turnarounds across three different industries, two of which were also successfully sold. David is a past president of the Ontario Liberal Party, a founding director of The Canadian Institute for Political Involvement and former Director of the Canadian Environmental Law Research Foundation. He was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame after a distinguished career that included winning a Canadian Endurance Racing Championship. He competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the BMW factory team and was also part of the first Canadian team to qualify for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, alongside Jacques Villeneuve.

David Berger

CEO & DIRECTOR

Mr. David Berger is CEO, and Director of Pool Safe Inc. He was formerly Director of Operations at Kiddie Ride Entertainment Limited, a company he founded to create fun and exciting amusement rides for children in shopping malls across southern Ontario. Prior to Kiddie Ride, Mr. Berger served as Managing Director at Jodami Enterprises Limited, an engineering company that provided plumbing and electrical supplies across the Greater Toronto Area.

Steven Glaser

COO, CFO & DIRECTOR

Mr. Steven Glaser is Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Pool Safe Inc. He is a financial services executive with a diverse background in corporate finance, communications, and governance for private and public companies. He spent the last eight years working in corporate finance and investment banking, assisting late-stage private and early-stage public companies with strategic planning and capital raising. Prior to that, Mr. Glaser spent seven years as Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Azure Dynamics Corporation. He was responsible for the company’s corporate governance, domestic and international stock exchange listings, and the build-out of its Investor Relations division. Mr. Glaser holds a Bachelor of Administrative Studies degree and an M.B.A. in Finance.

Steven Mintz

DIRECTOR

Mr. Steven Mintz is a Director of Pool Safe Inc. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and obtained his C.A. designation in June 1992. Between 1992 and 1997, Mr. Mintz was employed by a boutique bankruptcy and insolvency firm. He obtained his Trustee in Bankruptcy license in 1995. Since January 1997, he has been a self-employed financial consultant, serving private individuals, private companies, and public companies across a variety of industries, including mining, oil and gas, real estate, and investment strategies. He is currently a director of 22 Capital Corp., Everton Resources Inc., Mooncor Oil and Gas Corp., and Portage Biotech Inc.

Gillian Deacon

DIRECTOR

Ms. Deacon brings over 15 years of integrated marketing experience across brand, experiential, partnership and content marketing. Ms. Deacon is currently the Vice President of Partnership Marketing for the Arizona Cardinals Football Club overseeing the day-to-day operations and direct supervision to the corporate partnership activation and service staff and all related functions. Prior to joining the Cardinals, Ms. Deacon was located in New York City as the Vice President, Solutions and Operations at Oak View Group (Nov 2020 – April 2025), the largest developer of sports and entertainment facilities in the world, with over $5 billion committed spend on new arena developments in various prime global locales. Leading to OVG, Ms. Deacon drove the initial formation and further growth, and development of the Wasserman Experience division in Canada, an industry leading global sports, entertainment and lifestyle company working with some of the world’s most iconic brands, properties and talent.

Mark A. Hopper

DIRECTOR

Mark began his career at Arthur Andersen, working across Chicago, Budapest, and Warsaw from 1989 to 1995. He then joined Harbin B.V. as CFO of its Polish brewing platform, Brewpole B.V., helping scale revenue from $50 million to $175 million in three years and achieve market leadership in Poland, before Brewpole’s merger with Heineken’s Polish subsidiary created a long-term strategic holding in Grupa Zywiec S.A.

As CFO and Managing Director of Harbin B.V. from 1998 through 2024, Mark oversaw a multi-family backed private equity platform with over €2.5 billion in assets under management across Europe, North America, and Asia. He arranged numerous financings and served on numerous portfolio company boards, and managed the full disposal of Harbin’s 35% stake in Grupa Zywiec S.A. to Heineken for approximately PLN 1.68 billion (€360 million), completed in two stages between October 2022 and January 2023. From 2018 to 2020, he concurrently served as CFO and COO of CogniCor Technologies, a Palo Alto-based AI start-up, leading its U.S. market entry. Since 2024, Mark has continued as a strategic and financial advisor to multiple private equity funds.