Gerard Hartley:  

Life Gerard M. Hartley CD, MA, BA Mr. Hartley is currently employed as Vice President Business Development with Luxell Technologies Inc. of Mississauga, ON, Canada. Mr. Hartley was born in Dunville, Newfoundland, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1965 and was commissioned through the Officer Candidate Training Plan (OCTP) in 1971. On graduation from the Canadian Forces Officer Candidate School he was trained as an air weapons controller and began a tour of duty as an intercept director at the 22nd NORAD Region, North Bay, Ontario. In May 1972, Mr. Hartley was assigned to the Manual NORAD Control Centre (MNCC) at Goose Bay, Labrador, as a senior director and intercept director. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in April 1974. In August 1974, he was reassigned to St. Margaret's, New Brunswick, where he became an Aerospace Command and Control systems Computer Programmer/Systems Analyst. This speciality took him, in July 1977, to the 26th NORAD Region, Luke AFB, Arizona, where he was the Assistant Director of the Semi-Automated Ground Environment (SAGE) Programming Agency until July 1980. Returning to Canada in July 1980, Mr. Hartley was again assigned to the 22nd NORAD Region as a Senior Director. In 1981, he attended the Canadian Forces Staff School at Toronto, Ontario. In 1982 Mr. Hartley was promoted to the rank of major and selected to attend university for one year under the provisions of the University Training Plan for Officers (UTPO). In May 1983, he graduated from the University of Manitoba with a degree in history and was assigned to Fighter Group Headquarters at North Bay as Staff Officer for Ground Environment Training. In 1985, Mr. Hartley was transferred to Colorado Springs, Colorado, as Chief of Space ...Expand for more