Steering Committees

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.

Exploring cutting-edge AI technologies and real-world applications

AI Technologies & Applications

EDOARDO DE MARTIN

Chief Development Officer

DIGITAL

CHRIS HOBBS

Co-Founder & President

TTT Studios

WILLIAM JOHNSON

Publisher

Vancouver Tech Journal

STEVE LOWRY

Founding Executive Director

AInBC

PAMELA SAUNDERS

Director, Communications & Engagement

Microsoft

JASON SMITH

CEO & Co-Founder

Klue

ROGAYEH TABRIZI

Founder & CEO

Theory+Practice

BRANDON ZHAO

Partner

Two Small Fish Ventures

Harnessing the power of data technology for intelligent insights

Big Data & Analytics

BRUNO AZIZA

Partner

CapitalG

KYLE BARKER

Co-Founder & CEO

Cryptek Labs

MICHAEL MATRICK

Vice President

Improving

SHAWN MYRON

GM AWS Analytics

Amazon (AWS)

CHRIS NEUMANN

General Partner

Panache Ventures

TOM PETRYSHEN

VP, Growth & Analytics

Rubberdesk

YASMINE ROULLEAU

Vancouver Partner of OMNIA

Deloitte

MARCUS WONG

Manager, Data Practice

Cuesta Partners

GORD ZEILSTRA

Go-To-Market HCM Tech & Sales Advisor

Thriving in the Era of Digital Transformation

Digital Business Economy

NANCY BASI

Board Of Directors

Liquid Media Group (Nasdaq: YVR)

DAN BURGAR

Co-Founder & CEO

Frontier Collective

TIFFANY CHIU

VP Communications

AbCellera

BETHANY EDMUNDS

Director of Computing Programs – Vancouver

Northeastern University

DARIAN KOVACS

Founder

Jelly Digital Marketing & PR

TREVOR KRAY

Managing Partner & Board Chair

avantage

SABRINA LIAK

Co-Founder

KITS.COM

MARC LOW

Head of KPMG Ignition GVA

KPMG

CHRISTIAN NIELSEN

Founder & President

Must:Be:Human

KERI PHOENIX

Director of Innovation

Vancouver Airport Authority

ELIZABETH THORSEN

VP Operations

Foresight Canada

Safeguarding the Digital Future

Cybersecurity, Privacy & Trust

HAMED ARBABI

CEO & Founder

VoPay

ROB DAVIDSON

Chief Information Security Officer, CISO

Pacific Blue Cross & PBC Solutions

CHARLES EAGAN

CTO

Blackberry Ltd.

AARTI GADHIA

Principal Security Specialist

Microsoft

JACKSON HAMILTON

Director Technology – Deep Tech Venture Fund

BDC

IAN PATERSON

CEO

Plurilock

PREETI SHIVPURI

Executive Director

Deloitte Canada

ALON ZVI GOLDBERG

CTO

iON United Inc.

Scaling Success

Growth – Startup/Scaleup

ILYA BROTZKY

Founder & CEO

VanHack

CAMERON BURKE

Partner – Technology & Innovation Banking

Fort Capital Partners

MANINDER DHALIWAL

Managing Partner

Startup Studio – Accelerator & Venture Fund

HILARY KILGOUR

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

TheVenture.Fund

CYBELE NEGRIS

Co-Founder & CEO

Webnames.ca

GEOFF PEDLOW

Partner

Fasken

ANDREW REID

Founder

Vision Critical/Alida

SEAN SILCOFF

Technology Reporter

Globe & Mail

DOUGLAS SOLTYS

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

BetaKit

MARLON THOMPSON

Chief Experience Officer – CXO

Future Capital

DEVON THOMPSON

Managing Director, Banking

RBCx

RAY WALIA

CEO

Launch Academy

Where Humanity and Innovation intersect

The Human Experience

PAULINA CAMERON

CEO

The Forum

JILL EARTHY

Chief Executive Officer

InBC

SHIVAM KISHORE

Sr. Advisor, Digital Transformation | Sustainability

UN Environment Program

CHRISTINE KUO

Global Head of SAP d-shop

SAP

KASSANDRA LINKLATER

Co-Founder & COO

Frontier Collective

MARIJA RADULOVIC-NASTIC

CTO, Creative & Development

Electronic Arts

VIREN THAKER

Lead, Vendor Management, T&I

Teck Resources Limited

Our Summits

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INNOVATEwest (IW) features 6 key summits. Each summit is carefully curated to showcase relevant revolutionary content for tech and business leaders.