Mentors

Barry Allen

Serial Founder & Tech CEO, Sonic Incytes

Associate

Mark Andreychuk

Director & Co-Founder, Kobold Completions Inc.

Associate

Jehangir Appoo

Founding Partner, AIoT Health

Associate

Jim Baker

CEO, Cultura Technologies (Volaris Group)

Associate

Dan Balaban

Chief Executive Officer, Greengate Power Corp

Associate

Jordan Balaban

Co-Founder and President, Greengate Power Corp

Associate

Simon Barber

Former Head, Asia Pacific Regulatory and Stewardship, Syngenta Seeds, Singapore

Investigator

Douglas Beach

Chair of the Board, Eavor Technologies Inc.

Associate

Mike Begin

Retired Chair and CEO, Spartan Controls

Fellow

Laleh Behjat

Professor, Department of Electrical and Software Engineering at the University of Calgary

Scientist

Joule Bergerson

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary

Scientist

Mark Blackwell

Partner, Builders VC

Associate

Manon Boisclair

CEO & Founder, InnovID B2; MS, MBA, ICD.D

Associate

Kevin Brassington

President, Alternative Agriculture Inc.

Associate

David Bressler

Associate Dean STEM Research and Professor, University of Alberta

Scientist

Will Bridge

Corporate Director & Advisor, Calgary Housing Company

Associate

Ronald Bridges

Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary

Associate

Matthew Brister

President, Bison Oil and Gas Ltd.

Fellow

Kent Brown

Co-Founder & Partner, Idea Well Capital Partners

Associate

Keith G. Brown

CEO and Owner, Lamont Brown Group

Associate

Linda Brown

Senior Vice President of Global Sales & Marketing, Synaptive Medical Inc.

Associate

Steven Bryant

Professor, University of Calgary

Scientist

Jeroen De Buck

Professor and Chair, Bacterial Diseases of Dairy Cows, University of Calgary

Scientist

Kevin Campbell

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | Former CEO, Policy Works

Associate

Elizabeth Cannon

President Emerita, University of Calgary

Fellow

Vincent Chahley

Chairman, Phyto Organix

Associate

Sylvain Charlebois

Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab

Scientist

Lingyun Chen

Professor, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta

Scientist

Fabrizio (Fab) Chiacchia

VP of New Ventures, Pembina

Associate

Heather Christie-Burns

Vice President Transmission Business Unit, Interface Fluidics Limited

Associate

Marcia Clark

Clinical Associate Professor, University of Calgary

Scientist

Curtis Cook

Investor & Founder, Roda Energy Corporation

Associate

John Cranfield

Associate Dean, Ontario Agricultural College

Economist

Jay Cross

Adjunct Professor, University of Calgary

Associate

Michael Culbert

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | Former Vice Chair & Director, Progress Energy Canada Ltd.

Fellow

Devan Dass

Principal, Fulcrum Capital Partners

Associate

Jim Davidson

Founding Partner, CDL-Vancouver | Retired CEO, FirstEnergy

Fellow

Andrea Drager

Partner, Azure Capital Partners

Associate

Graham Drake

Former CEO, Cervus Equipment Corp

Associate

Keith Driver

Partner, Propel Ventures

Associate

Neil Duggal

Professor, Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario

Scientist

Dale Dusterhoft

President and CEO, Prostar Energy Services

Associate

Lori Ell

Founder & President, Growing Ideas

Associate

Patrick Elliott

COO and Co-Founder, Carbon Alpha

Associate

Lauren Epstein

Principal, Epstein Enterprises

Associate

Judy Fairburn

Co-CEO, Fund Managing Partner, The51

Associate, Fellow

Derek V. Exner, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FACC, FHRS

Professor and the Associate Dean of Clinical Trials, University of Calgary

Associate

Chen Fong

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | C.M., Co-Founder, Pureweb Inc

Fellow

Evan Fraser

Director, Arrell Food Institute

Scientist

Terry Freeman

Head of Investments, ATB Private Equity

Associate

Michael Gaenzle

Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Alberta

Scientist

Fred Gallagher

Managing Director & CEO, Canadian Vitality Pathway

Associate

Arjun Ganesan

CEO, Ancera Inc

Associate

Jeff Gill

Co-Founder and Board Chair, Westronic Systems

Associate

Randy Goebel

Professor of Computing Science, University of Alberta

Scientist

Douglas Gray

President, NOM Investments

Associate

Gary Griffiths

Founder and Managing Director, Wisdom LLP

Associate

Neeraj Gupta

Angel Investor

Associate

Gary Haley

Chair, Haley Family Investment Trust

Fellow

Bettina Hamelin

President and CEO, Ontario Genomics Institute

Associate

Robert (Bob) Hanf

Executive Vice President, Stakeholder Relations and Regulatory Affairs (retired)

Associate

Christopher Hannam

President, C&M Management

Associate

Patricia Hume

CEO, Canvas GFX

Associate

David Hunt

CEO, Ensemble IP

Derrick Hunter

President & CEO, Bluesky Equities Ltd.

Fellow

G. Kee Jim

Global Head – Animal Health and Agriculture, TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods (formerly Feedlot Health)

Scientist

Rob Jones

President, F3 Solutions LLC

Associate

Mike Kalisiak

Co-Chair of the Board, Halo Health

Investigator

Michael Kanovsky

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | Founder & CEO, Sky Energy Corp

Associate

Zain Kassam

Co-Founder, Finch Therapeutics

Associate

Wilf Keller

Vice President of Outreach, Agri-Food Innovation Council

Scientist

Lawrence Korngut

Neurologist and Director of Innovation and Commercialization, Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Scientist

Heather Koshinksky

CEO, Investigen

Associate

Ray Kruck

Founder, Nexgate; Founder, Pointgrey Partners

Associate

Paul Kruszewski

VP Deep Technology, Hinge Health Inc

Associate

Mike Lake

Founder & COO, Mosaic Integration & COO, Entero Corporation

Associate

Steve Larter

Associate Vice President, Research Innovation, University of Calgary

Scientist

Allen Lau

Co-founder & Venture Partner, Two Small Fish Ventures

Associate

Steve Laut

Board Director, Canadian Natural Resources Limited

Associate

Paul Lee

Founding Partner, CDL-Vancouver | Managing Partner, Vanedge Capital Partners Ltd

Fellow

Ian Lewis

Assistant Professor

Scientist

Steve Liang

Founder & CTO, SensorUp

Scientist

Michael Lipsett

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta; Ernest & Gertrude Poole Chair in Management for Engineers

Scientist

James Lochrie

Founder & Managing Partner, Thin Air Labs

Associate

Marcos Lopez

Executive in Residence, iNovia Capital Inc.; Former Co-Head, Morgan Stanley at Work; Former CEO, Solium Capital Inc.

Associate

Patrick Lor

Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Associate

Matt Lucas

Managing Partner, New Energy Risk

Investigator

Lindsay Machan

Co-founder, Angiotech Pharmaceuticals; Interventional Radiologist

Fellow

Dion Madsen

CFA, Amplitude Ventures

Associate

Kristin Martinez

Founder, Sound Point Ventures

Associate

Kelly Matheson-King

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Bluearth Renewables Inc

Associate

Christopher Micetich

President & CEO, Fedora Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Brass Dome Ventures Ltd.

Associate

Martin Molyneaux

President & CIO, Molyneaux Asset Management

Associate

Pulakesh Mukherjee

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Imperative Science Ventures

Associate

Ash Munshi

Founder, Pepperdata, Marianas Labs

Associate, Fellow

Ray Muzyka

Founding Partner - CDL-Global | CEO & Founder, ThresholdImpact

Fellow

Lenore Newman

Director, Food and Agriculture Institute; Canada Research Chair, Food Security and Environment

Scientist

Michael Owens

Board Member, Absorb Software

Associate

Azita Owlia

President & CEO, Connell USA

Associate

Ed Pajor

Director, W.A. Ranches; Anderson-Chisholm Chair in Animal Care and Welfare; Professor, Animal Behaviour and Welfare

Scientist

Deval Pandya

Director of AI Engineering, Vector Institute

Investigator

Niki Panich

Board Chair, Physician, Clinical Consultant, Mosaic Primary Care Network

Associate

Christopher Paterson

Venture Partner and Angel Investor, BASF

Associate

Rob Peabody

President & CEO (Retired), Husky Energy Inc.

Associate

Deborah Peacock

President, CEO, Peacock Law P.C.

Associate, Fellow

Bettina Pierre-Gilles

Founder, President & CEO, Luxeum Renewables Group Inc.

Associate

Ray Price

CEO, Sunterra Group

Fellow

Rob Quinn

Professor, Cumming School of Medicine & Department of Community Health Sciences; Nephrologist and Clinical Epidemiologist, University of Calgary

Scientist

Marty Reed

Managing Partner, Evok Innovations

Associate, Fellow

Kristina Rinker

Professor of Biomedical Engineering University of Calgary; Chief Scientific Officer Syantra Inc.

Scientist

John Rossall

Director, Pipestone Energy Corp.

Associate

Barry Sanders

Scientific Director, Quantum City

Scientist

Scott Saxberg

CEO, Icebook Investments Corp

Fellow

Remi Schmaltz

General Partner & Founder, Koan Capital Corp.

Associate

Blake Shaffer

Adjunct Professor, University of Calgary

Economist

Monique Simair

CEO & Principal Scientist, Maven Water & Environment

Investigator

David Sinton

Professor, University of Toronto

Scientist

Anup Srivastava

Canada Research Chair in Accounting, Decision-Making and Capital Markets

Economist

Myron Stadnyk

Independent Director, Various public and private companies; Former CEO, ARC Resources Ltd.

Associate

Jim Stannard

Founder and Principal, BlueX Energy

Associate

Alison Sunstrum

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | Founder, CEO CNSRVX-Inc.

Fellow

Naweed Syed

Chief Scientist | Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Scientist

Chris Theriault

Partner, Material Impact

Associate

David Thompson

President, Northern Cross Energy Limited

Associate

Tom Urban

Founder, Agribusiness Advisors

Associate

Juliana Uto

Early Stage Investor; Founder & Managing Partner, The See Be Group; Founder, Wealth Bravery

Associate

Ruchika Verma

Machine Learning Scientist, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII)

Scientist

Laurie Wallace

Co-founder & CEO, Datum Telegraphic

Fellow

Dustin Wilkes

President, United Pacific Projects | President at Parkland Pipeline

Associate

Kristina Williams

President and CEO, Alberta Enterprise Corporation

Associate

John Zagula

Founder and Managing Director, Ignition Capital

Associate