Mentors

Purang Abolmaesumi

Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering

Scientist

Barry Allen

Serial Founder & Tech CEO, Sonic Incytes

Associate

Stephanie Allen

Serial Founder & Entrepreneur-In-Residence, UC San Diego

Associate

Milad Alucozai

Head of Life Sciences, BoxOne Ventures

Associate

Dozie Amuzie

Head, Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JLABS Canada

Scientist

Carly Anderson

Investor, Prelude Ventures

Associate

Jehangir Appoo

Founding Partner, AIoT Health

Associate

Ali Ardakani

Founder & Managing Director, Novateur Ventures Inc.

Associate

Geof Auchinleck

Chairman & CEO, Claris Healthcare Inc.

Associate

Michael Ball

Executive Advisor, Canexia Health

Associate

Janet Bannister

Partner, Real Ventures

Associate

Patrick Bedford

Managing Director at weCANreg Consulting Group, Inc & VP, Regulatory Strategy at Artisan Biotechnologies

Investigator

Dawn Bell

Board Director, CEO, Global Pharma Exec

Associate

Reni Benjamin

Managing Director, JMP Securities LLC

Scientist

Keith Bennett

Advisor & Entrepreneur, Hamamatsu Corp

Associate

Hassan Bhatti

Co-Founder & Board Member, Semantic Health

Associate

Glenn Bindley

President & CEO, Redlen Technologies

Associate

Jonathan Bixby

Co-Founder and Board Member, Stanley Park Ventures

Associate

Joshua Bixby

Advisor, Fastly

Associate

Gregory Block

Senior Vice President Of Corporate Development, Notch Therapeutics

Associate

Eve Blossom

Founder/CEO, Material Change Institute

Associate

Hannes Blum

Partner, Acton Capital

Associate

Manon Boisclair

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

Associate

Greg Bonfiglio

Founder & Managing Partner, Proteus LLC.

Associate

Jeff Booth

Entrepreneur and Author of The Price of Tomorrow

Fellow

Peter Bradshaw

Founder and Co-Founder

Associate

Jonathan Bramson

Vice Dean, Research for the Faculty of Health Sciences; Professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University

Scientist

Bill Brown

Chairperson, 8 Rivers Capital, LLC

Associate

Allison Brown

Executive Director, Medicine By Design

Investigator

Steven Bryant

Professor, University of Calgary

Scientist

Justin Bull

Lecturer, Sauder School of Business

Scientist

Stuart Cain

Associate, Science & Business, adMare BioInnovations

Kyle Campbell

Founder, CTO.ai

Associate, Investigator

Mackenzie Chambers

Founder & CEO, Square Root Financial

Associate

Sam Chandola

Founder, First Fund

Associate

Jacques Corbeil

Canada Research Chair in Medical Genomics; Big Data Research Centre; Institute Intelligence and Data; Department of Molecular Medicine

Scientist

Mark Cunningham

Founder, Investor & Mentor, Creative Destruction Lab

Associate

Matthew Dahabieh

SVP and Head of Green Chemistry Solutions, Terramera

Investigator

Anthony Davies

Executive Chairman, Dark Horse Consulting

Associate

Julia Davourie

Partner, PVP Seed Fund

Investigator

Rolf Dekleer

Director, Quantum Gravity Society

Investigator

Shomik Dutta

Co-founder & Managing Partner, Overture Climate VC

Associate

Hani Eskandari

Director, Technology Strategy & Partnership, Postmates Inc.

Investigator

Marc Faucher

Managing Partner

Associate

Jonathan Fink

Director, Portland State University

Scientist

Chen Fong

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

Fellow

Richard Foster

Managing Partner, General Medical Networks

Fellow

Tom Frohlich

Chief Operating Officer, Chinook Therapeutics

Associate

Andrew Fursman

CEO and Co-Founder, 1QBit

Fellow

Paul Geyer

CEO, Nimbus Synergies

Fellow

Maryam Golnaraghi

Director of Climate Change and Environment, The Geneva Association (GA)

Investigator

Danielle Graham

General Partner, Phoenix Fire

Associate

Robert Guldberg

Vice President and Executive Director, Knight Campus - University of Oregon

Scientist

William Hall

Health Economist, Vancouver Coastal Health

Economist

Lu Han

Partner, Lumira Ventures

Associate

Julie Harrelson

Managing Director, Cascade Seed Fund

Associate

Colin Harris

Founding Partner, CDL-Vancouver | Angel Investor

Fellow

Andy Harris

VP Global Markets, Radicle Balance

Associate

Nancy Harrison

Board Member, Knight Therapeutics Inc.

Fellow

Andrew Haughian

General Partner, Pangaea Ventures

Associate

Khatera Hazin

Director R&D, CarboNet

Investigator

David Helliwell

Co-Founder & CEO, Thrive Health

Associate

Michael Henson

Partner at Aqua Mergers + Acquisitions

Associate

Craig Hughes

Former President, Terramera Inc

Associate

Nick Huzar

Board Director, OfferUp

Associate

Brenda Irwin

Managing Partner, Relentless Pursuit Partners

Associate

Orchid Jahanshahi

Founder, ThinkrBelle

Investigator

Amritha Jaishankar

Executive Director, Cell and Gene Therapy Center, IQVIA

Scientist

Amir Javidan

COO, WELL Health Technologies

Associate

Jacki Jenuth

Partner, Lumira Ventures

Associate

Igor Jurisica

Chief Scientist - Computational Biology

Scientist

Gabe Kalmar

Entrepreneur in Resident, UBC and Innovation Boulevard

Investigator

Vik Kambli

Founder and Principal, Diaspora Capital

Associate

Kimberly Kaplan

CEO and Founder, Snack

Associate

Zain Kassam

Co-Founder, Finch Therapeutics

Associate

Padma Kodukula

Chief Business Officer, A-Alpha Bio

Investigator

Ray Kruck

Founder, Nexgate; Founder, Pointgrey Partners

Associate

Emma Kulow

Associate, AccelR8

Investigator

Meryeme Lahmami

Principal, Pender Ventures

Associate

Lauren Lake

COO & Co-Founder, Bridgit

Associate

Stephen Lake

Product/Business Strategy Advisor & Senior Director of Product, AR Devices

Associate

Lisa LaMond

Founder and Former VP Sales Corporate Systems, Sesen Bio Inc

Associate

Steve Larter

Associate Vice President, Research Innovation, University of Calgary

Scientist

Eva Lau

Founding and General Partner, Two Small Fish Ventures

Associate

Cynthia Lavoie

President & CIO, CCRM Enterprises

Associate

Alicia Lenis

Vice President, Chrysalix VC

Associate

Julia Levy

Founder and Director Emerita, QLT

Fellow

Jen Liang

Investor & Entrepreneur

Associate

David Liu

Interventional Radiologist, False Creek Health Centre

Investigator

Tom Livelli

Vice President Life Sciences, Promega Corporation

Associate

Catalina Lopez-Correa

Executive Director, CanCOGen

Investigator

Patrick Lor

Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Associate

David Lowe

Managing Director, AllosteRx Capital

Associate

Yin Lu

Partner, MCJ Collective

Associate

Matt Lucas

Managing Partner, New Energy Risk

Investigator

Lindsay Machan

Co-founder, Angiotech Pharmaceuticals; Interventional Radiologist

Fellow

Geoff Mair

Angel Investor

Associate

Alexei Marko

Director, Neovasc Inc.

Investigator

Edoardo De Martin

Chief Technology Officer, CubicFarm Systems Corp

Associate

Andre Marziali

Director Engineering Physics; Founder, Boreal Genomics

Scientist

Michael May

President & CEO, Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine

Investigator

Matthew McGraw

Founder & Managing Partner, Anthropocene Ventures

Associate

Christopher McLean

President, Heroic Design Inc. | Adjunct Professor, UBC

Associate

Amit Mital

Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director at National Security Council, The White House

Associate

Kenneth Moch

Senior Advisor, Center for Global Health Innovation and Global Health Crisis Coordination Center

Associate

Pulakesh Mukherjee

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Imperative Science Ventures

Associate

Bill Murphy

Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin

Scientist

Ray Muzyka

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

Fellow

John Nagel

Director of Business Development, Warf Therapeutics

Associate

Chris Neumann

Partner, Panache Ventures

Associate

Corey Nislow

Scientist | Cellular Biology, Genomics

Scientist

Brent Norton

Venture Partner, Lumira Ventures | Director, AFMC & Ortho RTI

Associate

David O’Neill

President, FACIT Inc.

Associate

Ali Ogston

Designer & Serial Entrepreneur

Investigator

Maria Pacella

Managing Partner, Pender Ventures

Associate

Christopher Paige

Senior Scientist, UHN; Professor, Medical Biophysics and Immunology, University of Toronto

Scientist

William Panenka

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC

Scientist

Nicholas Parker

Chairman, Parker Venture Management

Associate

Ali Pejman

Managing Partner, Fort Capital Partners

Associate

Julien Pham

Founder & Managing Partner, 3CC | Third Culture Capital

Associate

Scott Phillips

Founder and CEO, StarFish

Investigator

Adam Pidlisecky

Associate Professor, University of Calgary; Chief Research Officer and Strategic Advisor, Seequent

Scientist

Gary Pigeau

Director, Research & Development, Cytiva

Scientist

Dennis Pilarinos

Technology Executive & Entrepreneur, Apple Inc.

Associate

Kavitha Prasad

Vice-President and General Manager, Intel Corporation

Associate

Robin Quirk

Vice President, Technology Sourcing & Venture Development, CCRM

Associate

Mahdi Ramezani

CTO, ehsAI

Investigator

Marty Reed

Managing Partner, Evok Innovations

Associate, Fellow

Brock Reeve

CEO and Co-founder, Eos BioInnovation

Scientist

Thomas Riordan

Co-Founder & CEO, Aril Inc.

Associate

David Roberts

President, Y Tara Capital

Associate

Jason Robertson

Co-Founder and Partner, Nimbus Synergies

Associate

Robert Rohling

Professor, joint appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering & Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia

Scientist

Val Rubinchik

Founding Partner, DTG Partners

Investigator

Tim Salcudean

Professor, University of British Columbia

Scientist

Kausar Samli

Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Genome British Columbia

Investigator

Reza Sanaie

Former Co-Founder and CTO, Beanworks

Associate

Sue Satyro

Carbon Strategist | NETs, Carbon Sequestration and Removal, Material Development, Circular Economy

Scientist

George Savage

President, Windmill Partners

Associate

Michael Sefton

Professor, University of Toronto

Scientist

Rakesh Sethi

Founder, Entrepreneur, & Director, Medtronic Inc

Associate

Nick Shah

Head of Quantitative Biology, Nura Bio

Associate

Nika Shakiba

Assistant Professor, UBC

Scientist

Leonid Sigal

Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Beam AI

Scientist

Steve Slater

Founding Partner, Naussler Group

Investigator

Andrea Sotak

Senior Advisor, DRI Capital

Associate

Pascal Spothelfer

Director & Investor, Addy

Associate

Bharat Srinivasa

Co-founder and Principal, Amplitude Ventures

Associate

Alexandra Stieglitz

Investor & Entrepreneur, Pluma

Associate

Ted Sum

Partner, Smart & Biggar

Associate

Ali Tehrani

Venture Partner, Amplitude Ventures

Fellow

Allyson Tighe

Co-Founder and Investor, Amplitude Ventures

Associate

Mark Torrance

Principal Engineer, Facebook

Associate

Mark Trevitt

Founder and Managing Partner, Defined Capital

Investigator

Vladimir Tucakov

Founder, Point Grey Research

Associate

Roxanne Tully

Principal, Piva Capital

Associate

Alison Twiner

Digital Marketing & Strategy Advisor

Associate

Michael Underhill

Biomedical Engineering, Regenerative Therapies

Scientist

Phil Vanek

CTO & Partner, Gamma Biosciences

Associate

Livleen Veslemes

Consulting Executive, Veslemes Growth Partners

Investigator

Andrew Warfield

VP & Distinguished Engineer, Amazon

Associate

Dan Wattier

Biotech Entrepreneur

Associate

Stephanie Willerth

Professor and Canada Research Chair; C.E.O. Axolotl Biosciences

Scientist

Mike Winterfield

Managing Partner, Active Impact Investments

Associate

Dan Wong

General Manager of Global Innovation, MTR Corporation Limited

Associate

Lyon Wong

Co-Founder, Blameless Inc

Associate

Ari Wright

Principal, Bison Ventures

Investigator

Chunhua Wu

Assistant Professor, Behavioural Science, Marketing

Scientist

Vikramaditya Yadav

Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering & School of Biomedical Engineering, UBC

Scientist

Jenny Yang

Partner, Panda Angel Partners; Senior Advisor, MaRS Discovery District

Associate

Irene Yang

Investment Principal (Director), BASF Venture Capital

Associate

Amin Yazdani

Co-Founder & CEO, Craver Solutions

Investigator

Jonathan Yeh

Co-Founder and Partner, Saisei Ventures

Associate

Peter Zandstra

Founding Director, University of British Columbia’s School of Biomedical Engineering; Director, Michael Smith Laboratories

Scientist

Brandon Zhao

Venture Partner, Two Small Fish Ventures

Associate

Claudia Zylberberg

Founder & Executive Chair, Akron Biotech

Associate

CDL mentors include accomplished entrepreneurs, experienced operators, and active angel and venture investors. Mentors meet ventures every eight weeks at each site to help founders set objectives over the program’s nine-month duration.