
Canadian Medical Mobility Device Technology Company
Cheelcare is based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and engineers medical mobility devices from research and development through to commercialization. Our brands include Companion, Curio, and AWARE.
About Cheelcare
Investor Presentation
Board of Directors

Eugene Cherny
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Board Member
Innovator with a proven track record in creating growth for new and existing businesses including over 20 years as Vice-President at Hummingbird and General Manager at OpenText.Eugene has over a decade of C-Suite executive experience within the software development and medical device industry, leading a start-up venture to over $20MM in ARR. His expertise is operational strategy, technology and engineering.

Dima Paltsev
Founder, VP of Finance, and Board Member
Dima has over 20 years of leadership experience in engineering and project development across various industries including automotive and motorcycle design and manufacturing.Dima holds MSc in Automotive Engineering and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. He brings in decades of experience in engineering, manufacturing, project management and finance.

Roy Ellis
Director
Mr. Ellis is a Strategic Human Resource professional with over 35 years of international McDonald’s experience in both General Management and HR. Mr. Ellis partnered with the U.S and Corporate leadership team on the design and execution of multiple transformation initiatives while providing HR oversight for approximately 700,000 employees. Mr. Ellis is a seasoned McDonald’s executive and later through his consulting practice, became a strategic partner to multiple fortune 500 companies spanning the retail sector. Mr. Ellis has participated on many for profit and not for profit boards to include Cheelcare, Economic Development (EDCNS), Huronia Airport Commission, North Simcoe Tourism, and multiple Condo boards both in Ontario and British Columbia.

Sheila Buck
Director
Mrs. Buck is an Occupational Therapist and internationally known speaker, consultant and educator from Ontario, Canada. Sheila has spoken extensively in Ireland, Norway, Oceania and North America on Seating and Mobility concepts for the very young to the very old. Her audiences have included but are not limited to Physio and Occupational Therapists, nurses, doctors, case managers, DME vendors and manufacturers of seating and mobility products.
Her extensive knowledge related to the provision of assistive technology for mobility is reflected in her book, “More Than 4 Wheels: Applying clinical practice to seating, mobility and assistive technology. 3rd edition”. This excellent clinical guide is currently being used as a learning tool around the world with over 1500 copies sold. Sheila is also a contributing author in the publication “Seating and Wheeled Mobility: A Clinical Resource Guide”.
Mrs. Buck is known for her compassion for advocating for her clients and advancing her learning and skills to those she consults with in the Seating and Mobility industry.

Trevor Treweeke
Director
Mr. Treweeke brings over a decade of experience in finance, capital markets, and corporate development, with a strong focus on early-stage and small-cap companies. He has developed expertise in sourcing growth capital for early-stage businesses, including advising on M&A transactions, budgeting, and financial analysis. Over the course of his career, he has been involved in capital raises totaling more than $40 million.
Mr. Treweeke is a partner at Smallcap Discoveries, a leading small-cap investment community focused on uncovering high-quality, under-the-radar companies in the public markets.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Treweeke worked at the Toronto Stock Exchange, where he collaborated with small-cap issuers to ensure regulatory compliance and facilitate corporate transactions. He began his professional journey at VantageWire/Financial Press, a small-cap marketing firm, where he specialized in investor communications and content development for public companies.
In addition to raising capital and advising several public issuers, Mr. Treweeke currently serves as a Director of Departure Bay Capital Corp. (TSX.V: DBC-P). He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Calgary.

Marc Kazimirski
Director
Mr. Kazimirski is the founding partner of KazLaw in Vancouver, British Columbia. The entirety of his practice is devoted to representing injured individuals. This consists of a wide range of cases involving chronic pain, orthopedic and traumatic brain injuries, and psychological injuries, resulting from all types of accidents.
Mr. Kazimirski has been a personal injury lawyer on some of the largest cases in British Columbia. He is very active in the legal community and is the past President of the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia. Mr. Kazimirski has lectured and chaired TLABC and CLE seminars on personal injury damages, trial advocacy, cross examination, expert evidence, and the New (Civil) Rules. Mr. Kazimirski is an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law and is teaching one of the first personal injury courses to be available at a Canadian law school.
Due to Mr. Kazimirski’s passion and ongoing dedication to the law, he was appointed King’s Counsel in December 2023. Mr. Kazimirski’s appointment to King Counsel was not surprising to his peers as the designation is a testament to the exceptional dedication and contributions he has made to the legal field and his unwavering commitment to service and expertise.

Maxime Lemieux
Director
Maxime Lemieux is a skilled capital markets and securities lawyer with a broad practice focused on securities, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisition. He works with clients in the mining industry, as well as emerging companies such as information technology and renewable energy startups.
Representing both issuers and investment dealers, Maxime advises on private and public debt and equity offerings. He has also acted as lead counsel in private and public M&A transactions and corporate reorganizations as well as reverse takeovers, exempt takeover bids and proxy contests.
Maxime provides advice to private and public companies on their ongoing corporate and securities law obligations. He also acts for junior issuers in connection with initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, and listings on the TSX Venture Exchange, the Canadian Securities Exchange and the over-the-counter (OTC) markets.
Management Team
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Allex Laurin, Director of Marketing
LinkTreeOver a decade of senior leadership within B2B2C marketing, executing national and international marketing campaigns with operational experience.
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Allan Boyd, VP of Growth
30+ year industry veteran. Lead early-stage startups from seed to exit including Motion Concepts and brought Permobil to Canada making it the leader in power wheelchairs growing it to over $40M in ARR.
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Gennadiy Lisnyak, Chief Mechanical Engineer
30+ years of Mechanical Design. Led projects for organizations such as the Canadian Space Agency, Magna, and Environment Canada.
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Dmitry Marukh, Director of R&D
30+ years of Software and Mechatronics Engineering for some of Canada’s largest tech Companies including Hummingbird and OpenText.