Manuel Da Silva - CEO and Chairman

Mr. Da Silva, with his strong private sector experience, specializes in mergers and acquisitions, startup companies, public company consulting and international trade. He has put his global vision and profound business knowledge into many companies philosophies.

Manuel was Senior Vice President of Profit Consultant Inc. located in Humble Texas where he was involved with the acquisition and mergers of many private companies including Element 21 Golf Corp. He was also instrumental in the acquisition and creation of Quebec Waters of Canada where he provided consulting and financing for their start up.

Manuel also acted as Executive Vice President of Mailloux Daoust Jenson, a Canadian company which created Le Saye (Society to aid young enterprises) whose goal was to help new businesses to develop by providing them with the resources to do so.

Dan Villenueve - President and Director

Dan is a multi talented individual in the world of business. He has a broad experience consisting of several years with various parts of beverage manufacturing including marketing, advertising, bottling operations, new products, pricing and promotions and business development.

As Founder, President and CEO of Iroquois Water Dan was responsible for establishing the world’s largest privately owned bottling facility on Native land. Dan provided overall strategic management and financial planning for construction, equipment and workforce as well as pre-evaluating the proper marketing of products.

While CEO and President of Iroquois Water, he brought revenues from start up to $100 million in three years. Dan also maintained a relationship with the Board of Directors and under its approval secured a partnership with Cott Corporation, the largest private label soft drink supplier in the world.

Dan's vast knowledge in all aspects of the bottled beverage industry will be a major key to Aquablue International's success in the years to come.

Dave Wassung - Vice President, Director

David brings a variety of experience to the Aquablue International team. He has worked for publicly traded companies for over 25 years. He has held positions varying from inspector of precision aircraft parts to floor manufacturing supervisor with United Technologies to serving on the Board of Directors with Cyber Group Network Inc., a security software company. He has also recently been a consultant for the NASDAQ listed company Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical.

David has been a private consultant specializing in investor relations and promotion of publicly traded companies where he has brought investor awareness and increased share price to many undervalued securities. David has also consulted for private companies where his specialty was attaining the highest revenue return per advertising dollar spent.

David’s vast knowledge of the stock market, proper valuation of companies and his knowledge on how to attain maximum market cap is a major asset for Aquablue International as it goes forward and grows as a publicly traded company. His knowledge of modern manufacturing practices will also prove to be invaluable to the company as it strives to be as efficient and
profitable as possible.

Al Gravelle - CFO

Al brings to Aquablue International 20 years of experience in public accounting, 11 of which have been as a partner in a large regional accounting firm. He is also the President of Welch Business Management Inc., a firm providing consulting in the areas of taxation, corporate re-organizations, wealth management advice and general business advice.

Al's experience with having worked with a large and diverse group of clients has provided him with a skill set that will assist the company in dealing with any multitude of challenges and issues that it may face. He has also successfully completed the in-depth Canadian Income Tax Specialist course with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accounts.

Al's knowledge of financial internal controls, the Canadian accounting and Income Tax landscape as well as his large international network of accounting and consulting professionals will assist Aquablue in developing its markets both locally and internationally.