Johan Wassenaar is an entrepreneur with a long history in corporate executive management, strategic planning, business development, mergers and acquisitions, as well as incubation of new enterprises. He has been an officer of a number public companies and has founded and taken companies public. He comes from an engineering background with expertise in thermodynamics and substantial involvement in gas turbine marketing. Born and brought up in South Africa where he earned a B.Sc degree in mechanical engineering before migrating to Canada. Professional Experience: 1954-1955:      Orenda Engines Ltd.1, Nobel, ON, Canada - aerodynamic test engineer. [Jet engine development testing] 1956-1957:      Avro Aircraft Ltd. 1, Malton, ON, Canada - aerodynamicist/thermodynamicist. [Aircraft wind tunnel testing, aircraft environment control systems development] 1958-1961:      The Garrett Corporation2, Montreal, PQ, Canada - Engineering Sales Manager. [Aircraft systems engineering and sales] 1961-1970:      The Garrett Corporation, Los Angeles, CA - Long Range Marketing Manager. [Major High Tech aerospace systems engineering, development and sales] 1970-Present: vanAar, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA - President, Corporate Strategy Consultancy.[Client list includes; Boeing, Ford, General Motors, Westland Group (UK), Bunker Ramo, Hyster, Derlan Industries (Canada), FLS Industries A/S (Denmark), Fluor Corp., Smith International., Bucyrus Erie, Dames & Moore, Lucas Aerospace (UK), Microturbo S.A.(France), Union Bank, Holmes & Narver, Figitronics, Planning Research Corp., KPMG and many more. Assignments range from strategic planning to market validation, acquisition and divestiture search, negotiation and consummation.] 1974-1977:      Western Gear Corporation3 Lynwood, CA - Corporate Marketing Vice President. [Diversified high tech manufacturing company turnaround engagement] 1977-1978:      Fugro Inc.4 Longbeach, CA - Corporate Development Vice President. [Geotechnical consulting company restructuring engagement] 1985-1990:      Vidmark Entertainment Inc., Santa Monica, CA - Chairman. [Founding & startup of video publisher and distributor] 1990-1997:      Trimark Holdings, Inc5, Santa Monica, CA - Vice Chairman. [Expansion of video distributor into full motion picture production and distribution studio]   1 Hawker Siddeley Group 2 Acquired by Signal Co's, merged into Allied Aerospace, then Honeywell 3 Western Gear - acquired by Bucyrus Erie, then by Lucas Aerospace (now Lucas Varity) 4 Fugro, Inc. - Now Earth Technology Corp, a unit of Tyco Industries 5Trimark Holdings, Inc. - Merged into Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF)