People

Karmanya Ratra

Founder of Techneeq, hardware startup out of UW. Intern at Apple, BlackBerry. (University of Waterloo, Mechatronics Engineer 2013)

Matt Rae

Founder Tripzaar • Studied at @university-of-waterloo (VeloCity resident) - Founder MattRae Photo - Employee with Toyota, Ontario Power Generation, Cargill

Neel Lukka

Co-Founder and COO @gata-labs. Former Investment Banker. CFA Charter Candidate. Queen's Commerce Alum.

Olivier Mayrand

Graduated Dawson College & OCAD University in Industrial design, worked for Interaxon, Steve Mann, Maxtech, Feature Walters, Wildeye design and more.

Paul Dowman

Founder of OK GROW! where I help startups | Past Director of Technology at GigPark (acquired 2009), developed v1 of TurboTax Online (Canada) at Intuit in 2001

Stephen Noone O'Connor

Co-Founder of @classvantage with a successful exit of my first startup — Cadee. I have experience in bus dev, marketing and customer support.

Sunny Shao

Entrepreneur, marketer & DIY investor | Currently freelancing & hustling, Advisor at the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada).

Temi Kolarinwa

MBA Grad, obsessed with the future of digital entertainment media (and how to properly monetize it), part-time rapper

Zaki Hasnain Patel

Abhinav Ajgaonkar

Founder @crowdriff • Worked at @amazon-web-services, @manulife • Studied at @university-of-waterloo

Alex Wheldon

Founder @kanary. @seedcamp alumni, making data work for smarketers.

Brendan McBride

Director of Operations at @shopcaster ; Kensington Capital Partners (Former)

Chris Greenfield

EVP Global Client Growth @buzzstarter, marketing and innovation guru, advisor and accelerator, driven by results!

David Kapitany

Founder/CEO Guideally • Traveler by heart • Photographer by passion • Entrepreneur by ambition • Dog person by choice

Dessy Daskalov

Co-Founder & CTO at Greengage Mobile • Web and Mobile Developer • Worked at Eloqua, The Working Group • Studied at Queen's University

Gustavo Melo

I lead Product Management @viafoura - Passionate about Strategy, User Experience, Business Analysis and Product Development. Avid gamer and aspiring thinker.

Jeremy Wright

Kris Coward

Data Scientist with a solid track record in predictive modeling

Michael Lerner

Software Engineer, Creator, Entrepreneur. CTO & Cofounder at Dirt (thedirt.co). Previously the creator of Neatly, Tiny Tanks and Memory Master Kids.

Michael Serbinis

Founded and sold Kobo, founded and sold DocSpace, rebuilt Critical Path, worked at Zip2, sold to Altavista. Worked at Microsoft, built propulsion systems 4 NASA

Peter Newhook

Co-founder in the 5th wave of Start-Up Chile. Runner. Above-median.

Rebecca Garber

Robin Whittall

Worked at @mars-discovery-district • Studied at @mcgill-university

Sumit Arora

4+ years of experience in web applications. Strong architecture skills very fast learner and innovative. Worked at Atendy, Cognizant and NetsolutionsIndia.