Speakers

Alan Juristovski

Ben Wasyliuk

James Dean

Rick Perreault

Rob Bartlett

Andrew Reid
/ Founder & President / Vision Critical

Andrew’s vision and leadership established what Vision Critical is today. Coming from a background of Internet advertising and market research, Andrew started the company in 2000 because he saw the opportunity to use the web as a way to improve market research for both the client and the respondent.

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Angel Pui
/ CEO / Weddingful

Vancouver wedding guru Angel Pui has eliminated many of the headaches associated with wedding planning by creating Weddingful, a free online wedding marketplace that offers relevant search criteria

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Bijan Sanii
/ President and Chief Executive Officer / INETCO Systems Inc.

Bijan Sanii has more than 20 years history as a technology industry executive.

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Darrell MacMullin
/ General Manager / PayPal Canada

Darrell MacMullin was appointed General Manager of PayPal Canada in 2008 having previously held the position of Head of Merchant Services for the company.

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Darren Gibbons
/ President & CEO / ThoughtFarmer

Darren Gibbons is the President of ThoughtFarmer, a social intranet software product developed by OpenRoad Communications Ltd.

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Daryl Hatton
/ President & CEO / ConnectionPoint Systems Inc.

ConnectionPoint’s founder and CEO, Daryl Hatton loves the challenge of building software companies from scratch.

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David Helliwell
/ CEO / Pulse Energy

Pulse Energy is led by its co-founder, David Helliwell, whose career has spanned 3 continents and has been focused on the energy sector since 1994.

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David Turner
/ Chief Financial Officer / Lignol Energy Corporation

Mr. Turner is a chartered accountant with extensive business and corporate development experience in a variety of industries. Mr. Turner was previously a Regional Director of a business in Asia engaged in the marketing and distribution of pharmaceuticals and medical device products with responsibility for revenues exceeding $1B.

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Geordie Rose
/ Founder and Chief Technology Officer / D-Wave

Geordie Rose is a founder and CTO of D-Wave.

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Graeme Menzies
/ Former Director, Online Communications, Publications and Editorial Services / Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

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Jan Ulrich
/ Co-Founder / Optemo Technologies

Jan Ulrich is a co-founder of Optemo. Following the completion of his Masters at UBC in Computer Science, Jan started Optemo with a vision to improve online shopping.

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Jason Richards
/ President & CEO / Vineyard Networks

Jason Richards is the founder and CEO at Vineyard Networks, one of BC’s fastest growing technology companies.

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Jeanette Jackson
/ CEO / Light-Based Technologies

Jeanette Jackson is an innovative thinker with broad-based expertise in marketing, operations and business development. She has a proven ability to analyze key business requirements and develop strategies to overcome challenges.

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Jeff Sinclair
/ Co-Founder / Xomo Digital

In 2009, Jeff co-founded Xomo to deliver world-class mobile apps for events.

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Lane Merrifield
/ Executive Vice President / Disney Online Studios

Lane Merrifield is one of three co-founders of Club Penguin, one of the largest and fastest-growing virtual worlds for children.

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Malcolm Man
/ VP of Business Development / Saltworks Technologies Inc.

Malcolm is an experienced clean technology executive. He was a co-founder of Tekion, an alternative energy company, where he developed, negotiated, and managed partnerships with Motorola, BASF, US DOE, and US Army. He also Chaired the US Fuel Cell Council’s Portable Power Group and led a team that advanced airline regulatory changes to assist fuel cell dispatch.

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Mark Cunningham
/ Founder, President & CEO / Indicee

Mark is a thought leader and passionate entrepreneur who’s committed to using technology for good, not evil.

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Maryam Mahdaviani
/ Founder / Optemo Technologies

Maryam Mahdaviani is an entrepreneur and a computer scientist. She has received her MSc from UBC while she was an NSERC scholar.

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Mike Satterfield
/ Co-Founder and General Partner / Yaletown Venture Partners

Mike is a co-founder and General Partner of Yaletown Venture Partners. Yaletown invests in early-stage Cleantech and Information Technology companies.

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Paul Lee
/ Managing General Partner / Vanedge Capital Partners Ltd.
Paul Lee is the Managing General Partner of Vanedge Capital Partners Ltd., a venture capital fund focusing on the interactive digital media space. Lee is former President of Electronic Arts, Inc.

Active Angel
- D-Wave Systems, Bycast, A.L.I. Technologies, Blast Radius, Pacific Bio-Energy.
Board Positions
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Peter van der Gracht
/ Chairman / Wavefront

A successful technology start-up veteran, Peter van der Gracht has over twenty-five years of experience leading companies through multiple financings, operational build-outs, acquisitions, mergers

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Richard Mandeberg
/ CEO / CommonDeeds

Formerly Executive Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Partners at Support.com (acquired YourTechOnline.com)

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Rizwan Kheraj
/ Industrial Technology Advisor / NRC-IRAP

Rizwan Kheraj graduated from Queens University with a doctorate in Industrial Psychology (‘87).

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Ryan Holmes
/ CEO / HootSuite

HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes’ entrepreneurial endeavors include successes in a variety of industries from founding a pizza restaurant chain to building the top online paintball equipment supplie

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Sam Davison
/ Vice President, Finance & Administration / Teradici Corporation

Sam Davison brings to Teradici more than fifteen years of financial and operations experience in the high tech industry, with specific knowledge of semiconductor and embedded software businesses. Prior to Teradici, Sam spent four years with Broadcom Corporation, where he was the Business Unit Controller for the Carrier Access and Mobile Communications business units.

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Simon Blyth
/ VP Operations & Business Development / Spark Integration

Simon has 20 years experience in IT spanning sales, marketing, consulting and operations.

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Steve Wandler
/ Founder / YourTechOnline.com (acquired by support.com)

YourTechOnline.com became the #1 ranked Online Tech Support Company in North America beating out Best Buy's Geek Squad, which lead to the acquisition of the company to support.com a San Francis

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Surinder Kumar
/ President & CEO / Vecima Networks

Dr. Surinder Kumar is an internationally recognized expert in microwave engineering and holds a number of patents in this field.

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Todd Stone
/ President and CEO / iCompass

Todd is the founder of iCompass, a Kamloops-based SaaS company.

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