Mentors

Bill Adams

President, JCove Holdings Limited

Associate

Andrew Anderson

Chief Technology Officer (Sonar Systems), Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems Inc

Associate

Toby Balch

Science Partnership Coordinator, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

Scientist

Cathy Bennett

Partner, Sandpiper Ventures

Associate

Michael Brasseur

Co-Chair, NATO Maritime Unmanned Systems Innovation Advisory Board

Associate

Peter Bryant

Senior Program Officer, Walton Personal Philanthropy Group

Associate

Matt Cooper

CEO, Volta Labs

Associate

Todd Crescenzo

Founder & Managing Partner, Clear Creek Investments, LLC

Associate

Kate Danaher

Managing Director, S2G Ventures

Associate

Sally Daub

Founder, Pool Global Partners

Fellow

Gus Domel

Investment Associate, Boost VC

Associate

Joe Dwyer

Founding Partner, Manifold Group

Associate

Malcolm Fraser

Managing Partner, Natural Products Canada (NPC) Ventures

Associate

Spencer Fraser

Co-Founder, MVT

Associate

Øyvind Fylling-Jenson

CEO, Nofima AS

Associate

Ted Graham

Head of Open Innovation and Principal, General Motors

Associate

Jim Hanlon

CEO, Halifax Marine Research Institute

Associate

Erika (Montague) Heine

Chief Technologist, Schmidt Marine Technology Partners

Investigator

Chris Huskilson

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | Former CEO and President, Emera Inc.

Fellow

Ted Janulis

Founder & Principal, Investable Oceans

Associate

Mark Jollymore

President & CEO, InnovaSea Systems Inc

Associate

Savior Joseph

President, Breathing Green Solutions

Associate

Rangesh Kasturi

President, L3Harris Maritime International (L3 MAPPS Inc.)

Associate

David Kelly

CEO, InnovaSea Systems Inc

Associate

David Koweek

Science Director, Ocean Visions

Scientist

Peter Larden

President, ExxonMobil Canada

Fellow

Nicole LeBlanc

Partner, Platform @2150.vc

Associate

Marlon Lewis

Prof. Emeritus/Senior Ocean Advisor

Scientist

John Lindsay

Chairman, Eastport Properties

Associate

Eric Lindstrom

Physical Oceanographer

Scientist

Atle Lohrmann

CEO, Nortek AS Hefring Engineering LLC

Associate

Scott Loong

Partner, Panache VC

Associate

Michael Lyon

President and CEO, Lyon Capital

Associate

Justin Manley

Managing Director, Just Innovation

Associate

Ken Marshall

Director, KTM Ventures

Associate

Matthew McGraw

Founder & Managing Partner, Anthropocene Ventures

Associate

Larsen Mettler

Managing Director, S2G Ventures

Associate

Kristi Miller

Managing Partner, Krystal Growth Partners

Associate

Bernard Mills

Senior Vice President Strategy, Ultra Maritime

Associate

Melanie Nadeau

CEO, Centre for Oceans Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE)

Associate

Robert Orr

CEO & Managing Director, Cuna del Mar

Fellow

Andy Osburn

Principal Consultant, Nymi Inc.

Associate

Thomas Park

Partner, BDC Deep Tech Fund

Associate

Millicent Pitts

Executive Director, Ocean Exchange

Associate

Adam Pool

Partner, Blue Angels Investment Group

Associate

Olivier Raybaud

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Blue Oceans Partners

Associate

John Risley

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | Chairman and CEO, Clearwater Fine Foods Inc.

Fellow

Shally Shanker

Founder & Managing Partner, AiiM Partners

Associate

Ian Smith

CEO, Clearwater Seafoods Ltd

Associate

Matt Stanley

Partner - ClimateTech, BDC Venture Capital

Associate

Toby Stapleton

Managing Director, TXX Strategies Group

Investigator

Richard Stavis

Founder, Stavis Consulting LLC

Associate

Jason Thompson

CTO, Oceankind

Associate

Neil Wainwright

Founding Partner, CDL-Toronto | CEO and Founder, UpHabit

Associate

Anya Waite

CEO & Scientific Director, Ocean Frontier Institute

Scientist

Doug Wallace

Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Ocean Science and Technology

Scientist

Boris Worm

Professor, Dalhousie University

Scientist