ProStar Announces the Addition of Former Managing Director and General Partner of Goldman Sachs, Wayne Moore, to the Company's Board of Directors.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProStar Holdings Inc. (“ProStar®”or the “Company”) (TSXV: MAPS) (OTCQX: MAPPF) (FSE: 5D00), a world leader in Precision Mapping Solutions®, is pleased to announce that Wayne Moore, former Managing Director and General Partner at Goldman Sachs has joined the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). In connection with this appointment, and to keep the size of the Board at six (6) directors, being the maximum number of directors permitted under corporate law, Mr. Jonathan Richards will resign from the Board. Mr. Richards will remain as Chief Financial Officer and will be nominated for election as a director at the Company’s next annual general meeting.
Herb McKim, Chairman of the Board of ProStar, stated, “We are very excited to announce the appointment of Wayne Moore to our board. As a former managing director and general partner of Goldman Sachs’ M&A division, Wayne is a seasoned executive in all aspects of executive management, operations, and capital markets. We are putting together a well-rounded board to help us navigate to the next level, and we look forward to Wayne's contributions and guidance.”
Wayne is a former General Partner and Managing Director of M&A at Goldman Sachs. Wayne started Goldman's dedicated technology M&A practice in Silicon Valley. Today, Wayne is a private equity investor and a consultant at Madison Capital Partners, LLC. He is a principal investor and member of the Board of Directors at EPAY Systems, Inc., a founding partner and board member at PetWell Partners and Sepire, LLC., and serves on the board of Rush Medical Center. Wayne previously served on the Board of Directors at Suncoke Energy Partners (NYSE: SXCP), the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and was a member of Goldman Sach’s M&A Worldwide Leadership Council. Wayne holds an MBA from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama.
“While at Goldman, I worked with some of the most notable technology companies in the world, and I have also been very active as a founding investor and advisor to early-stage companies,” stated Wayne Moore. “What ProStar has developed is a disruptive technology with market potential everywhere in the world. I am excited to work alongside the executive management team to help ProStar succeed and to become a globally recognized brand name.”
The Company granted 500,000 stock options to Mr. Wayne Moore, exercisable at CAD$0.30, and are exercisable for a five-year term, expiring June 29, 2028.
About ProStar:
ProStar is a world leader in Precision Mapping Solutions and is creating a digital world by further integrating the most modern GPS, cloud, and mobile technologies in Precision Mapping Solutions. ProStar is a software development and solution provider company specializing in developing cloud and mobile precision mapping solutions focused on the critical infrastructure industry. ProStar’s flagship product, PointMan®, is designed to significantly improve the workflow processes and business practices associated with the lifecycle management of critical infrastructure assets both above and below the Earth’s surface.
ProStar’s PointMan® is offered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) and seamlessly connects the field with the office and provides the ability to precisely capture, record, display, and manage critical infrastructure, including pipelines and utilities. Some of the largest entities in North America have adopted ProStar’s Precision Mapping solutions, including Fortune 500 construction firms, Subsurface Utilities Engineering (SUE) firms, utility owners, and government agencies. ProStar has strategic business partnerships with the world’s leading geospatial technology providers, data collection equipment manufacturers, and dealer networks.
The Company has made a significant investment in creating a vast intellectual property portfolio that includes several issued patents in the United States and Canada. The patents protect the methods and systems to digitally capture, record, organize, manage, distribute, and display the precise location of critical infrastructure, including buried utilities and pipelines. ProStar’s Executive management team has extensive experience in the management of both early-stage and Fortune 500 technology companies in the private and public sectors.
For more information about ProStar, please visit www.prostarcorp.com.
On behalf of the Company,
Page Tucker on sales / corporate news releases, CEO and Director
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