– CANADA, Calgary – Acceleware Ltd. (TSX: AXE), a leading innovator of transformative technologies using radio frequency technology, announced the appointments of to its Board of Directors of Pete Sametz as Executive Chairman and Merle Johnson as a Board member, effective June 3, 2025.
to its Board of Directors
The Company also announced that Don Romaniuk and Dr. Peter Neweduk have stepped down from the Board.
About Pete Sametz
His past several years have focused on change management and corporate restructuring. He has extensive experience in the energy sector at both the senior executive and board levels, managing growth from startup to intermediate status. He is recognized as a leader in innovation and an advocate for environmental responsibility in the energy industry. He has been a director of four public companies, as well as a volunteer in the community and with industry organizations.
About Merle Johnson
Merle Johnson was the CEO of Connacher Oil and Gas from late 2015 up until his 2024 retirement and was the longest-serving executive in the company’s history. Prior to Connacher, he worked for EnCana on its Christina Lake and Senlac Projects and for IMC Global at Belle Plaine. Belle Plaine’s potash solution mining technique was the inspiration for SAGD technology. Merle Johnson is a member of the Metis Nation of Alberta.
About Acceleware
Acceleware is an advanced electromagnetic heating company with highly scalable EM solutions for large industrial applications. The Company’s solutions provide an opportunity to electrify and decarbonize industrial process heat applications while reducing costs.
Acceleware’s RF XL is a patented low-cost, low-carbon EM thermal production technology for heavy oil that is materially different from any enhanced recovery technique used today. The Company is also working with a consortium of world-class potash partners on a pilot project using its patented and field-proven Clean Tech Inverter to decarbonize the drying of potash ore and other critical minerals. Acceleware is actively developing partnerships for EM heating for other industrial process heat applications.
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