Steering Committee

Featuring top talent from renowned organizations, our steering committee members bring a wealth of experience, expertise, and a passion for driving innovation forward! They play a pivotal role in shaping the direction of INNOVATEwest through each of our Summits.

HAMED ARBABI

CEO & Founder, VoPay

BRUNO AZIZA

Partner, CapitalG

KYLE BARKER

Co-Founder & CEO, Cryptek Labs

NANCY BASI

Board Of Directors, Liquid Media Group (Nasdaq: YVR)

DAN BURGAR

Co-Founder & CEO, Frontier Collective

CAMERON BURKE

Partner – Technology & Innovation Banking, Fort Capital Partners

PAULINA CAMERON

CEO, The Forum

TIFFANY CHIU

VP Communications, AbCellera

AMANDA COLLETT

Show Director, INNOVATEwest

ROB DAVIDSON

Chief Information Security Officer, [CISO], Pacific Blue Cross & PBC Solutions

CHRIS DAY

Managing Partner, Top Down Ventures

EDOARDO DE MARTIN

Chief Development Officer, DIGITAL

MANINDER DHALIWAL

Managing Partner, Startup Studio – Accelerator & Venture Fund

CHARLES EAGAN

CTO, Blackberry Ltd.

JILL EARTHY

Chief Executive Officer, InBC

BETHANY EDMUNDS

Director of Computing Programs – Vancouver, Northeastern University

AARTI GADHIA

Principal Security Specialist, Microsoft

JACKSON HAMILTON

Director Technology – Deep Tech Venture Fund, BDC

CHRIS HOBBS

Co-Founder & President, TTT Studios

WILLIAM JOHNSON

Founder, Vancouver Tech Journal

HILARY KILGOUR

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Audaxa Ventures

SHIVAM KISHORE

Sr. Advisor, Digital Transformation | Sustainability, UN Environment Program

DARIAN KOVACS

Founder, Jelly Digital Marketing & PR

TREVOR KRAY

Managing Partner & Board Chair, avantage

CHRISTINE KUO

Global Head of SAP d-shop, SAP

SABRINA LIAK

Co-Founder, KITS.COM

KASSANDRA LINKLATER

Co-Founder & COO, Frontier Collective

MARC LOW

Head of KPMG Ignition GVA, KPMG

STEVE LOWRY

Founding Executive Director, AInBC

MICHAEL MATRICK

Vice President, Improving

SHAWN MYRON

GM AWS Analytics, Amazon (AWS)

CYBELE NEGRIS

Co-Founder & CEO, Webnames.ca

CHRIS NEUMANN

General Partner, Panache Ventures

CHRISTIAN NIELSEN

Founder & President, Must:Be:Human

OLIVIA NORTON

Co-Founder, Sanctuary.ai

ELLIS ODYNN

Technology Strategy & Transformation, EY

IAN PATERSON

CEO, Plurilock

GEOFF PEDLOW

Partner, Fasken

TOM PETRYSHEN

VP, Growth & Analytics, Rubberdesk

KERI PHOENIX

Director of Innovation, Vancouver Airport Authority

MARIJA RADULOVIC-NASTIC

CTO, Creative & Development, Electronic Arts

ANDREW REID

Founder, Vision Critical/Alida

YASMINE ROULLEAU

Vancouver Partner of OMNIA, Deloitte

PAMELA SAUNDERS

Director, Communications & Engagement, Microsoft

PREETI SHIVPURI

Executive Director, Deloitte Canada

SEAN SILCOFF

Technology Reporter, Globe & Mail

JASON SMITH

CEO & Co-Founder, Klue

DOUGLAS SOLTYS

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, BetaKit

ROGAYEH TABRIZI

Founder & CEO, Theory+Practice

VIREN THAKER

Lead, Vendor Management, T&I, Teck Resources Limited

MARLON THOMPSON

Chief Experience Officer – CXO, Spring

DEVON THOMPSON

Managing Director, Banking, RBCx

ELIZABETH THORSEN

VP Operations, Foresight Canada

DAVE TYLDESLEY

Producer & Co-Founder, INNOVATEwest

RAY WALIA

CEO, Launch Academy

MARCUS WONG

Manager, Data Practice, Cuesta Partners

GORD ZEILSTRA

Go-To-Market HCM Tech & Sales Advisor

BRANDON ZHAO

Partner, Two Small Fish Ventures

ALON ZVI GOLDBERG

CTO, iON United Inc.

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