Successful entrepreneur and senior executive with 35 years’ experience and a proven track record of developing new businesses, leading digital transformations, and innovating new products, services, and experiences. Demonstrated ability to lead change, inspire teams, and deliver results in complex and matrixed organizations. A strong focus on digital and emerging channels, emerging technologies, and developing 3rd party ecosystems.

With a diverse technology career under his belt Michael offers a unique multi-faceted voice to any project. He has worked as a consultant for some of the largest companies in the industry such as IBM and EDS, and also assisted small to mid-size companies as their needs expand.

Michael has worked with a wide range of programming architectures and platforms including Unix, Linux, Windows, Mac OS 6.x – 10.x, SQL Server, DB2, Oracle, MySQL, Postre

IP StrategyPeter Cowan is Senior Innovation and Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy management consultant.  He has created and lead the growth of technology innovation and IP programs in companies from new start ups to large multi-national companies.

Mark Longo has worked in corporate finance, M&A, and technology law for 20 years. During his career, he has served in General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and senior executive capacities for a number of private and publicly traded technology companies

Randall Marusyk is a partner at MBM Intellectual Property Law and has been certified as a specialist in all areas of Canadian Intellectual Property Law (Patent/Trademark/Copyright) by the Law Society of Upper Canada. Randall specializes in designing strategic intellectual property portfolios in light of clients’ business and marketplace needs. He has extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting a variety of patent applications before the Cana

In addition to this experience doing collaborative R&D with large industrial players, Rob’s work over the past decade as an Industry Technology Advisor (for NRC’s IRAP program) has given him insight into the specific market, finance and management challenges confronted by early stage technology SMEs.

his technical background, he brings digital media, design, and customer interaction skills to the team.

Alex has experience in a variety of areas, including web development, game development and database management, and enjoys exploring new techniques and technologies he is focusing on functional programming techniques and investigating new ways to bring recommended content to customers..

Technology, deals, finance.
I advise both early and later stage technology companies on finance, growth strategies and mergers & acquisitions. In the recent past I have co-founded, invested in, managed, advised and exited from a number of successful Vancouver-based technology companies. Together with three partners I run an angel fund that invests primarily in post-seed stage British Columbia based technology companies.

20 Years in Marketing Technology, 10+ years in personalization, 5+ years in AI; led Canadian sales at ExactTarget, Sailthru & Dynamic Yield.