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Instructors and Management Team

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Lesley de Repentigny

President & CEO

Lesley is a recognized industry expert in simulation and advanced learning environments training. She brings to DriveWise over 20 years of simulation experience to the team. Prior to founding DriveWise, Lesley was VP of Simulation at Adacel, an air traffic control simulation software company, where she was instrumental in creating industry market dominance from the Company's start-up position to 80% market ownership in under 5 years. Prior to Adacel, she was a distinguished officer in the Canadian Forces.

Martin de Repentigny FMA, P.Eng.
Chief Operating Officer

Martin is an accomplished facility manager and senior leader. A retired Air Forces officer, Martin has extensive experience in the implementation of multi-million dollar services group and has managed facilities. Prior to co-founding DriveWise, Martin was responsible for the implementation of an advanced learning program for the United States Air Force (USAF).

Alan Masters
Director Business Development

Alan is a highly experienced professional. His passion for the trucking industry is evident. His expansive career has included a long and prestige relationship with Hino Canada where his last position was VP of Sales and Marketing. Alan brings his expertise, visionary attitude and passion to lead the DriveWise team.

Sagar Shetye
Director of Simulation and Instructor

Sagar Shetye is a seasoned advanced learning designer, developer and MTO certified driver instructor. In this former position, Sagar was instrumental in developing advanced courseware for such leading universities as Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and the University of Alaska. He has tremendous experience in designing and developing high-fidelity computer based instruction and in the integration of virtual reality simulation to a learning environment.

Ron Hood
Master Instructor

Ron is responsible for driver training standards and for developing the curriculum for DriveWise. Ron's 20 years of driving instruction expertise stems from Young Drivers of Canada, where he held many senior positions. During this time, Ron worked with a number of trainees, and he was active in training and evaluating novice and experienced drivers in safe driving techniques. In addition to his many years of experience of in-car and in class instruction, as one of the few Master Instructors in Ontario, he trained, developed and examined other instructors. His solid experience is complemented by an academic background in teaching and a passion for the development of the best driver training curriculum Furthermore, during his tenure at Young Drivers of Canada, he also was the proprietor of the Metro Niagara School of Driving.

Ron holds an Honors Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Guelph, a Bachelor of Education degree from Brock University.