international development. These included USAID, the United Nations World Food Program, the World Bank, consulting organizations, and non-profits such as Catholic Relief Services. Her most recent employment was with Africare where she served as the Director of the Food for Development Unit and the Senior Technical Advisor for Food Security.

Frank Daller co-founded Malnutrition Matters in 2000 and is currently Vice President, focusing on technology development and implementation. He was formerly the President and partner of ProSoya Inc., a soymilk technology company, and Executive Director of DuraKit Shelters, a low-cost housing company. Both of these operations had an international business focus, particularly with developing countries. His business experience includes work in Russia, Western Europe, India, the Caribbean, Latin America and the US. For the last 16 years, Frank has also been actively involved in charitable and development work in South Asia and Cuba. He speaks English, French and German and has a working knowledge of Spanish.

Brian Harrigan, MBA, P.Eng. (Mechanical Engineer) was the co-founder of Malnutrition Matters and the main engineering resource behind the VitaGoat development. Brian was most recently the Executive Vice-President and Director of Engineering at a Canadian food technology company with international business. During this time he became an expert in soymilk/soyfood production and technology. He has also extensively researched the development of other "seed-based" food production. His experience includes developments in Russia and the CIS, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa. His background also includes financial management, relations with government and NGO's, and a strong commitment to humanitarian and global nutrition issues. He is fluent in English and French and has a working knowledge of Russian and Spanish. Brian has recently completed his term as Africare Country Director for Zambia.

Hart Jansson is President of Malnutrition Matters and active in its daily operations. Hart is a former executive in telecommunications software, who also has over 10 years of experience with NGO work, including Child Haven International and the Ottawa Friends of Tibet. He helped establish and manage the SoyaCow development project within Child Haven International, a Canadian NGO with childrens' and womens' centres in Nepal and India. The SoyaCow project was co-funded by CIDA. Hart is also fluent in German and has a working knowledge of French.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATES

Carl Bielenberg, inventor and philanthropist, is the founder of the "Better World Workshop" based in East Calais, Vermont. Carl has a Master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but honed his skills at adapting appropriate technologies for Africa by founding a metal fabrication and machine shop in Cameroon in the late 70's and creating technologies that were adapted to local needs. Carl is well-known in the development community as the creator of a hand-operated oilseed press and foot-operated irrigation pump, and is an expert in sustainable energy and power-generation systems. He designed the VitaGoat boiler and is currently designing a vegetable and fruit dryer to run off the same boiler.

Charles Lauzon, B. Eng. Is a mechanical engineering graduate who started his professional work in the commercial sector before joining Malnutrition Matters in 2005 as "Tech Support Manager". Charles is also responsible for installation and training at new VitaGoat projects and liaising with existing and new technology transfer partners. He has traveled in South East Asia, India and Africa. Charles is bilingual in English and French. He is the lead designer and technician for the SolarFlex Fruit and Vegetable Dryer.

Don Mercer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science, University of Guelph. He has a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering and is a Registered Professional Engineer. His main area of interest is food process engineering, with particular emphasis on dehydration and drying. Don spent fourteen years in the food industry as Senior Research Engineer with General Foods Canada, and ten years as a Special Advisor on Food and a Commercialization Officer with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

He also has had considerable international experience, having worked on projects in Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Honduras, and India. He is currently working with the Distance Education Task Force of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) in the development of training courses for food industry workers in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is also a member of IUFoST’s Food Security Task Force. Don has designed and built several prototype solar and forced-air dryers for use in fruit and vegetable drying. He is currently also acting as a volunteer consultant to Malnutrition Matters on the optimization of the SolarFlex dryers.

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