Mentors

Shawn Abbott

Partner, iNovia Capital

Associate

Barry Allen

Serial Founder & Tech CEO, PureWeb Inc.

Associate

Susan Anderson

President and CEO, Cannonball Capital Inc.

Fellow

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

Director, Retired Chair and CEO, Spartan Controls

Fellow

Laleh Behjat

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

Scientist

Mark Blackwell

Partner, Builders VC

Associate

Manon Boisclair

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

Associate

David Bressler

Associate Dean 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, Lamont Brown Group

Associate

Steven Bryant

Chief Scientist | Materials Engineering, Emissions Technologies, Nanomaterials

Scientist

Jeroen De Buck

Founder and CTO, Creative Protein Solutions

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

Shuo Chen

General Partner, IOVC

Associate

Heather Christie-Burns

Energy Entrepreneur and Director, Interface Fluidics Limited

Guest Associate

Curtis Cook

Investor & Founder, Roda Energy Corporation

Associate

John Cranfield

Associate Dean, Ontario Agricultural College

Economist

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

Rhiannon Davies

Founding & Managing Partner, Sandpiper Ventures

Associate

Andrea Drager

Partner, Azure Capital Partners

Associate

Graham Drake

Former CEO, Cervus Equipment Corp

Associate

Keith Driver

Partner, Propel Ventures

Associate

Dale Dusterhoft

Retired CEO, Prostar Energy Services

Associate

Lori Ell

Founder & President, Growing Ideas

Associate

Patrick Elliott

COO and Co-Founder, Carbon Alpha

Associate

Lauren Epstein

Principal, Standup Ventures

Associate

Judy Fairburn

Co-CEO, Fund Managing Partner, The51

Associate, Fellow

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

Scientist | Cardiologist, Clinical Trials, Implantable Electrical Device

Associate, Scientist

Chen Fong

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

Fellow

Terry Freeman

Head of Investments, ATB Private Equity

Associate

Art Froehlich

President & CEO, AgriView Inc.

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

Owner, NOM Investments

Associate

Gary Griffiths

Co-founder and Managing Director, Wisdom LLP

Associate

Neeraj Gupta

Chief Strategy Officer, Attabotics Inc.

Associate

Gary Haley

Chair, Haley Family Investment Trust

Fellow

Noel Hall

Co-Director, Machall Investments

Guest Fellow

Bettina Hamelin

President and CEO, Ontario Genomics Institute

Associate

Christopher Hannam

President, C&M Management

Associate

Sara Hastings-Simon

Assistant Professor, MSc Sustainable Energy Development Program, University of Calgary

Scientist

Evan Hu

Co-CEO, OmniLogic

Associate

Patricia Hume

CEO, Canvas GFX

Associate

Derrick Hunter

President & CEO, Bluesky Equities Ltd.

Fellow

Ashwin K. Iyer

Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Scientist

Cory Janssen

Founder, Galt Capital & CEO, AltaML

Associate

Rob Jones

President, F3 Solutions LLC

Associate

Michael Kanovsky

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

Associate

Lina Kattan

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering

Scientist

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 AI Strategy, Hinge Health Inc

Associate

Mike Lake

Founder & COO, Mosaic Integration & COO, Entero Corporation

Associate

Steve Larter

Associate Vice President, University of Calgary

Scientist

Steve Laut

Board Chair, 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 & CEO, 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

Investigator | Data Analytics, Industrial Systems, Mechanical Engineering

Investigator

Lindsay Machan

Co-founder, Angiotech Pharmaceuticals

Fellow

Dion Madsen

CFA, Amplitude Ventures

Associate

Kelly Matheson-King

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Bluearth Renewables Inc

Associate

Mike McCauley

Co-Founder and General Partner, Garage Capital

Guest Associate

Christopher Micetich

President and CEO, Fedora Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Associate

Kristi Miller

Managing Partner, Natural Products Canada Ventures

Associate

Lorraine Mitchelmore

Corporate Director | BMO

Guest 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

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

Board Member, Angel Investor - BASF

Associate

Deborah A. Peacock

President, Peacock Law P.C.

Fellow

Nancy Peters

Owner & Operator, Half Brand Ranching

Associate

Claude Piche

Co-Founder, President and CEO, Locemia Solutions

Associate

Bettina Pierre-Gilles

Founder, President & CEO, Luxeum Renewables Group Inc.

Associate

Ray Price

CEO, Sunterra Group

Fellow

Tom Rand

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures

Associate

Marty Reed

CEO, 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

Lab Economist

Economist

George Shimizu

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Calgary

Scientist

Monique Simair

CEO & Principal Scientist, Maven Water & Environment

Investigator

David Sinton

Professor, University of Toronto

Scientist

Marlea Sleeman

President, Sil Industrial Minerals

Associate

Nancy L. Smith

Retired Director, ARC Financial Corp.

Associate

Anup Srivastava

Canada Research Chair (Accounting, Decision-Making and Capital Markets)

Economist

Jim Stannard

Managing Director, Rundle Consulting

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

Peter Tertzakian

Chief Energy Strategist, CDL-Rockies | Executive Director, Arc Energy Research Institute

Associate, Economist

Venkataraman Thangadurai

Professor and Associate Head (Graduate), University of Calgary

Scientist

Chris Theriault

Early Stage Investor & Deep Tech Startup Advisor,

Associate

David Thompson

President, Northern Cross Energy Limited

Associate

Andrew Thompson

CEO, Proteus Digital Health

Associate

Tom Urban

Founder, Agribusiness Advisors

Associate

Juliana Uto

Director, The Canadian Energy and Climate Nexus

Associate

Neil Wainwright

Founding Partner, CDL-Toronto | CEO, Jim's Crickets

Associate

Cameron Walker

VP of New Models and Partnerships, VF Corporation

Associate

Laurie Wallace

Co-founder & Past CEO, Datum Telegraphic

Fellow

Alexander Whalley

Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary

Economist

Ed Whittingham

Principal Consultant, Whit & Ham

Associate

Dustin Wilkes

President, United Pacific Projects | President at Parkland Pipeline

Associate

Kristina Williams

President and CEO, Alberta Enterprise Corporation

Associate

Jennifer Wood

Chair of the Board, Agriculture Financial Services Corporation

Associate