Meet Our 2024 Speakers

ERIC AGYEMANG

Founder & Managing Partner

Maple Bridge Ventures

NARBE ALEXANDRIAN

Founder and CEO

Define Capital

ANDREW AMARO

Founder and CHSO

Klavan Physical & Cyber Security Services

VALERIE ANKA

Commercial Account Director

EDC

MUHAMMED ANWAR

Staff Applied Scientist

Xero

DAVID APPEL

Global Head, Software & SaaS

Sage

CHRIS ARSENAULT

Partner

Inovia Capital

SAM ARSENEAU

Founder & CEO

SupportMyMac

JANET BANNISTER

Founder & Managing Partner

Staircase Ventures

MANUELA BARCENAS

Head of Marketing

Fellow.app

MARTIN BASIRI

Founder & CEO

Passage

DINA BERDICHEVSKY

Vice President

JMI

NIRAJ BHARGAVA

Co-Founder & CEO

NuEnergy.ai

MICHELLE BROOKS

Chief People and Culture Officer

Security Compass

MARCELO BURSZTEIN

Founder & CEO

Novacene

DRAGOS CADA

Founder

PathPeer

ANDRE CHAROO

Founder & General Partner

Maple VC

SUMERU CHATTERJEE

Founder

TheLaunchMob.com

KATHY CHENG

Founder & CEO

Nexxt Intelligence

MARIE CHEVRIER SCHWARTZ

CEO

TechTO

RACHEL CLARK

Founder & CEO

Skadi Cyber Defence

EMMANUELLE COPPINGER

Managing Partner

Front Row Ventures

TRUE COTTON

Ambassador Program Specialist

Jane.App

SARAH DANIELE

CEO/Co-Founder & Managing Director

Mydoma Inc.

NORM DIAGLE

CEO

Oomple

CINDY DIOGO

Co-Founder

ConSoul

DWAYNE DULMAGE

Head of Tech Financing

BDC

JULIA ELVIDGE

Chair & Co-Founder

SheBoot

CANDICE FAKTOR

Founder & Co-CEO

Disco

RENAE FAROUGH

Co-Founder & CEO

Kicker

APRIL FONG

Executive Editor

The Logic

JENNIFER FRANCIS

Co-Founder

SheBoot

ETIENNE GAUTHIER

VC Investor

Inovia Capital

PARTHO GHOSH

Vice-President, Product

Uberall

MARC GINGRAS

Co-Founder & CEO

Bloks

KATE GRANT

Business Advisor

Fasken

NEIL GRUNBERG

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

Storytime Capital

KELSEY HAHN

CEO & Co-Founder

Monark

RYAN HENRY

Partner

Sand Hill North

APRIL HICKE

Co Founder & Chief Growth Officer

Toast

THE MASKED INVESTOR

CHASE IRWIN

Partner

Dentons

KAYLA ISABELLE

CEO

Startup Canada

ANDREW JACKSON

Principal & CEO

Knowmads Inc.

ADRIENNE JUNG

CEO & Co-Founder

eeva

ROBERT KENEDI

Founder & Host

Decelerator

JOHN KIRKPATRICK

Managing Director

STS Capital

KEVIN KLIMAN

CEO & Founder

Humi

MERYEME LAHMAMI

Principal

Pender Ventures

STEPHANY LAPIERRE

Founder & CEO

Tealbook

LEO LAX

Executive Managing Director

L-SPARK

SABRINA LEBLANC

Head of Customer Success

SurveyMonkey

MIKE LEE

CEO & Co-Founder

Fundica

KAYLEE LIEFFERS (ASTLE)

Co-Founder & CEO

Blanka

MICHAEL LITT

Co-Founder

Vidyard/Garage Capital

ARASH MAHIN

Chief Executive Officer

HygenX AI

KRISTINA MCDOUGALL

Founder

Artemis

CLAUDETTE MCGOWAN

CEO, Protexxa & Co-Founder,

The Firehood

ANDREW MCLEOD

Co-Founder & CEO

Certn

NINO MELIKIDZE

Co-Founder & CEO

Immitracker

KRISTIN MIKKELSON

Ambassador Program Manager

Jane.App

AYDIN MIRZAEE

CEO & Co-Founder

Fellow.app

KAILIN NOIVO

Co-Founder & President

Noibu

NEIL PATEL

Co-Founder

Neil Patel Digital

DAVID PETERS

Founder & CEO

ConstructionClock

KENNETH PHAM

Director

Scotiabank

TONY PIALIS

Founder & CEO

Alphawave Semi

MIKE POTTER

Co-Founder & CEO

Rewind

JAMES POVITZ

Principal

NAventures, National Bank of Canada’s Corporate Venture Arm

DALLAS PRICE

Venture Builder

Forum Ventures

DAVID PRIEMER

Founder & Chief Sales Scientist

Cerebral Selling

GEORGE PSIHARIS

Chief Operating Officer

AlayaCare

NICK QUAIN

Vice President, Venture & Entrepreneurship

Invest Ottawa

MEHRSA RAEISZADEH

Co-Founder

MintList

EWAN REID

Founder & CEO

Mission Control

JOHN RIKHTEGAR

Director, Capital

RBCX Capital

BRICE SCHESCHUK

Managing Partner

Globalive Capital

SARAH SEDGMAN

Founder & CEO

LearnExperts.ai

AASHNI SHAH

Founder & CEO

Hype Docs

KAAVEH SHOAMANESH

Founder & CEO

Plaiced

SONYA SHOREY

Co-Founder

SheBoot

SEAN SILCOFF

Technology Reporter

The Globe & Mail

KRISTA SKALDE-ROY

Operating Partner & Chief Talent Officer

Inovia Capital

DANIELLE SMITH

Director, Tech & Innovation Banking

National Bank

DOUGLAS SOLTYS

Editor in Chief

BetaKit

ISAAC SOUWEINE

Partner

Pender Ventures

PABLO SRUGO

Partner

Mistral

TODD TESSIER

General Partner / CFO

Emend Vision Fund

BRENDA VETHANAYAGAM

Partner

PwC Canada

DEREK VOLLEBREGT

Director of Customer Success

Friendlier

JANE J. WANG

CEO

Optimity

CHRISTOPHER WASSENAAR

Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel

Plooto

DONNA WEBER

CEO & Founder

Springboard Solutions

PATRICK WHITE

Co-Founder & Managing Director

L-Spark

JESSE WIEBE

Community Development Lead

Startup TNT

ISMET X YAZICI

Executive Vice President

Edge Signal

NATHAN YEUNG

Vice-President

Find Your Audience

LAUREN ZANDEE

Ambassador Program Specialist

Jane.App

PETAR ZELIC

Managing Director & Head of Technology Investment Banking (Canada)

Stifel