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MANAGEMENT
Neil Gordon
President & Chief Executive Officer
 Neil Gordon is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Early Warning, a nanotechnology spin-off company from NASA’s Ames Research Center. He is responsible for leading the business and technical direction of the world’s first pathogen sensor that automatically samples fluids and measures the concentration of a suite of pathogenic bacteria, viruses and parasites in the same test. Neil is a technology business executive with a 25-year track record in starting-up high tech entities, managing a $100 million high growth operation, commercializing first-of-a-kind technologies, raising equity and government funds, managing interdisciplinary teams, and negotiating IP agreements.
Prior to Early Warning Neil participated on 20 diverse nanotechnology projects. As Partner-Nanotechnology at Sygertech Consulting Group he led a nanotechnology business consulting practice for early stage nanotechnology companies, multinationals, venture capitalists and government labs including the Taiwan Government’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). In parallel, he co-founded the Canadian NanoBusiness Alliance, an industry association to advocate for a Canadian National Nanotechnology Initiative and to develop nanotechnology business activities in Canada and internationally. He led the establishment of the world’s first high throughput NanoImprint Lithography Prototyping Center in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada and EV Group. Neil has a Bachelor of Engineering degree from McGill University and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.
Garry Palmateer
Business Development Director
 Garry Palmateer is Early Warning's Business Development Director and oversees new business activities and product applications.
Garry was previously the President of GAP EnviroMicrobial Services, a pathogen testing laboratory and subsidiary of Conestoga Rovers. Garry was a former Regional Microbiologist with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. In this capacity, he worked on microbiological issues concerning water quality, primarily in the areas of drinking water, groundwater, wastewater treatment, and the impact of urban and agricultural pollutants on surface water, including recreational waters. Garry is experienced in microbial and chemical testing for drinking water, and has acted as a consultant and as an expert witness in various water contamination and outbreak situations, including an E.coli O157:H7 outbreak in Walkerton, Ontario where 7 people died and half of the town's 5,000 people were sickened, and a Cryptosporidium outbreak in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Garry earned a Masters Degree in Microbiology from the University of Guelph and has acquired 35 years of experience related to drinking water treatment, distribution, and testing from both surface and groundwater sources.
Bruce Gale, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer
 Dr. Bruce Gale is Early Warning's Chief Science Officer and oversees the technological aspects of biodetection and microfluidics development. He has a PhD in bio-engineering and specializes in the development and commercialization of microfluidics and biosensing devices for environmental and medical applications.
Bruce is the Director of the Utah State Center of Excellence for Biomedical Microfluidics and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. He has led the scientific activities for numerous companies including Wasatch Microfluidics and Espira. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications in the area of microfluidics and has been issued 1 US patent and has 9 patents pending.
Kenneth Berall
Chief Operating Officer
 Kenneth Berall is Early Warning’s Chief Operating Officer. He oversees all operational and financial activities of the company.
Kenneth was previously Vice President Production of Tribal Sportswear, a clothing manufacturing and importing company. Kenneth was responsible for manufacturing, production planning, and setting up and managing domestic and international satellite operations. During his 12 years with Tribal, the company’s annual revenue had tripled. Kenneth has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and also studied at the State University of New York.
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