The Team

SunCentral has assembled a small team of entrepreneurs, scientists and lighting experts to bring the vision of cost effective natural lighting systems to reality. Our management team has many years of experience both with respect to development of new technologies and companies and it has specialized experience in the commercial and architectural lighting industry. Key members include

Mark Grist, President

Mark is a business development professional with over 20 years experience growing new ventures in clean tech and energy markets. He has successful startup experience as VP Business Development & Marketing for BrightSide Technologies – a Vancouver based startup that achieved success in the field of high dynamic range imaging technology and was later sold to Dolby Laboratories. Mark’s additional business development experience includes companies such as C-I-L, The Marmon Group, Methanex and QuestAir. He holds an MBA from Queen’s University and a B.Comm from UBC.

Michele Mossman, Technical Director

Michele is an accomplished scientist with previous success in bringing technical innovations to market. She was a co-founder of BrightSide Technologies – a Vancouver based startup that achieved success in the field of high dynamic range imaging technology and was later sold to Dolby Laboratories. Michele holds a Ph.D. degree in Physics from UBC and has numerous patents and scientific publications to her credit.

Lorne Whitehead, Founder

Lorne is a serial inventor with over 100 patents to his name. He has founded numerous successful spin-off companies from his work within the UBC Structured Surface Physics lab and he has 10 years of experience as a senior university administrator. In addition Lorne had 10 years of experience as a corporate CEO and has developed a 25 year partnering relationship with 3M.