Amielle Lake, CEO, Tagga Media

Amielle Lake is the CEO of Tagga Media, an end-to-end mobile solutions company. The company’s campaign management platform utilizes the mobile device to connect consumers to a brand’s advertising media, and provides detailed insight into consumer interactions. Prior to founding Tagga, Amielle held a range of executive marketing and corporate development roles across the software, financial services and mining market sectors. She currently sits on the boards for Mobile Marketing Association of Canada, the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, NextMedia, and Kids Up Front.

Amir Nasrabadi, Vice President, General Manager, Pixar Canada

During the past 15 years, Amir has held various management roles in the 3D animation field specializing in operations, production and business strategy. He has been with The Walt Disney Studios since 1999, working in live-action visual effects, direct-to-video animation, and theatrical feature animation. Amir moved to Vancouver in 2009 to start Pixar Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pixar Animation Studios.

Dr. Boris Wertz, Partner, W Media Ventures

Dr. Boris Wertz is an Internet entrepreneur and investor. He is CEO of W Media Ventures, a Vancouver-based venture capital firm focussing on early-stage consumer internet investments in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. He is also a venture partner with Munich-based Acton Capital, a late-stage consumer internet fund. Before founding W Media Ventures, Boris was COO of AbeBooks.com, which was purchased by Amazon in 2008.

Brian Ward, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Studios Activision Publishing, Inc.

Brian oversees all product development activities, including product and portfolio planning and product acquisition activities, as well as financial management of the company's studio operations. Before joining Activision, Brian was responsible for studio re-structuring, online gaming and Xbox Live advertising strategies for Xbox Sports. Prior to this, Brian served on the Canadian studio executive team at Electronic Arts where he led the publisher’s partnerships in sports, racing and music.

Bruce Tattrie, Partner, Fasken Martineau Vancouver

Bruce is a practitioner in the telecommunications industry, particularly for transactions involving telecommunications infrastructure and capacity. Bruce has represented 360networks since its inception. He also represents corporations in significant technology acquisitions and with licensing transactions and other technology dispositions. Bruce has a wide range of experience representing both emerging and senior technology companies.

Chris Coghlan, Executive Vice President, Client Development, Blast Radius

Since joining Blast Radius in 2000, Chris has helped the Vancouver-based digital agency grow from 50 to 500 employees across 10 offices globally. Under his leadership, Blast Radius has won accounts with some of world's top brands, including Nike, Starbucks, BMW, NIVEA and Nintendo. Blast Radius was acquired by WPP in 2007.

Dr. Gerri Sinclair, Executive Director, The Centre for Digital Media

Most recently, Gerri chaired the Canadian government’s Telecom Policy Review Panel, advising the Federal Government on the future policy and regulatory environment required to support an advanced telecommunications framework. Other positions include General Manager of MSN Canada, and CEO of NCompass Labs. Dr. Sinclair has also been president of the BC’s Premier’s Technology Council, and was founding director of the ExCITE multimedia lab at SFU.

Greg Davey, Director of Telecom and Technology, Bell Canada

With 28 years at Bell Canada Greg has enjoyed a wide variety of roles including being responsible for all broadcast connectivity for the Olympics, and the design and deployment of North America’s first New York to LA digital video network. Greg is currently with Bell as the Director Telecom and Technology at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

Greg Spievak, Founder and Principal, Reboot Communications

Greg Spievak is the founder and principal of Reboot Communications, a firm that specializes in creating and delivering conferences worldwide. For the last twelve years, Mr. Spievak has worked on conferences with government agencies and international corporations in the areas of: Information Technology, Privacy and Security, Biometrics, Electronic Games, Health, Counterterrorism and Public Safety. For over twenty-five years, Mr. Spievak served in senior sales and marketing positions in the high-technology and telecommunications industries with companies such as AT&T;, NCR, Xerox and 3M.

Harry Chemko, Chief Executive Officer, Elastic Path Software Inc.

Harry Chemko is the co-founder and CEO of Elastic Path Software. Since 2000, he has grown the company to become a leader in enterprise e-commerce software, transacting billions of dollars for its clients each year. As an extension to Elastic Path’s core software business, Harry negotiated the exclusive rights to e-commerce operations for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Elastic Path employs over 180 staff and has offices in Vancouver, BC, London, UK, and San Jose, Costa Rica.

James Maynard, President, Wavefront Accelerated Commercialization

Mr. Maynard is an accomplished business development strategist, having over 20 years of exceptional performance in a variety of demanding sales and marketing roles. Prior to Wavefront, James was the founder of VST Canada in 2002. He led its growth into Canada's largest digital narrow-casting network until VST Canada was acquired by VST International in 2004. Mr. Maynard also established Sapient Technologies Group Inc. in 1996, a business strategy consultancy for early to mid-stage technology companies. His previous experience also included roles with Wang Labs and Sun Microsystems.

Jason Cohenour, CEO, Sierra Wireless

Jason Cohenour has been President and CEO of Sierra Wireless, Inc. since October 2005. He joined the company in 1996 as V-P Sales, and was promoted to Senior V-P Worldwide Sales in 2000. From August 2004 to October 2005 he was Sierra's COO, leading global sales, marketing and operations. Jason began his wireless career in 1988 with Motorola's Mobile Data Division, helping to establish Motorola as a leader in wireless data.

Matthew Peters, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault Vancouver

Matthew Peters is the Technology Group practice group leader in Vancouver, practicing in the areas of financings, mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, alliances and technology distribution, with an emphasis on complex commercial transactions – one of which was the largest telecommunications transactions in North America. Matthew is active in both industry and community organizations.

Michael Bidu, Chair BC Wireless Health Initiative

Michael is currently the Chair of the BC Wireless Health Initiative and former President of DigiBC. Michael is an entrepreneur, innovator, connector, mentor and an award-winning marketer with more than 25 years of experience in technology, innovation, business and creativity. He was the Executive Producer of the 2010 VX Showcase and Multimedia Gallery at the BC Canada Pavilion during the 2010 Olympic Games. He brings value to various boards as a director or advisor including DigiBC, Canadian Interactive Alliance (CIAIC), Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics (CMMT), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and MPPIA.

Olivier Vincent, President & Chief Executive Officer, Ziplocal

Olivier has spent more than 20 years as a senior executive in the technology and local search directory industry in several continents. He recently was the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Canpages, which was founded in 2006 with HM Capital Partners and sold in 2010 to Yellow Media. In January 2010, Olivier was appointed CEO of Ziplocal, one of the fastest growing local search and directory companies in the US. Olivier also worked for Verizon International in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia for several years.

Owen Matthews, Vice President, Wesley Clover

Owen Matthews is an Executive V-P at Wesley Clover, where he is responsible for strategy and business development, both domestically and internationally. Previously, Owen was founder and CEO of Newheights Software, a pioneer in enterprise unified communications. While there, he established OEM agreements with major enterprise communication system vendors and carrier equipment manufacturers, plus direct agreements with telephone companies.

Par Singh, President, Intellectual Ventures Canada

Parminder (Par) Singh, president of Intellectual Ventures, Canada, has 25+ years of professional experience in building, operating, and managing international businesses for private companies, government clients, and multi-national corporations. In 2007, he was appointed Managing Director of the Microsoft Canada Development Centre (MCDC), in Richmond, BC, helping to establish the Centre’s strategic direction.

Paul Lee, Co-founder and General Partner, Vanedge Capital

V. Paul Lee is Managing General Partner of Vanedge Capital Partners Ltd. Lee is the former President of EA where he was responsible for one of the world’s largest entertainment studios. In 1989, he invested in and joined Distinctive Software, which EA acquired in 1991. Lee has received numerous business honours, including: 1994, one of Business in Vancouver’s "40 under 40" business leaders; 2002, BCTIA Person of the Year.

Pauline Moller, General Manager, Electronic Arts Canada

As SVP and General Manager at EA Canada, Pauline Moller is in charge of production and responsible for managing the studio’s best-selling EA SPORTS franchises, including FIFA Soccer, NBA LIVE, EA SPORTS Active, NHL Hockey, Grand Slam Tennis, and Fight Night. Her role includes overseeing business strategy and product development for many of EA’s biggest global games, and operational responsibility for EA’s largest game development studio.

Rick Griffiths, Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Rick Griffiths is a CA and an incorporated partner in the Technology, InfoCom, Entertainment and Media Group in PricewaterhouseCoopers, Vancouver. He has a strong knowledge of developing industry issues, nationally and internationally, and is sought out by Canadian and foreign governments considering economic development in those industries. His clients include start-ups, venture capital funds and public and private commercial enterprises.

Rick Mischel, Senior Vice President, Satellite Production, Sony Pictures Imageworks

Rick Mischel is Senior Vice President, Satellite Production for Sony Pictures Imageworks. Mischel serves as the General Manager of the new animation facility for Sony Pictures Imageworks in Vancouver, as well as having operational authority over Sony Pictures Imageworks’ other satellite facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Novato, California. Sony Pictures Imageworks is the division of Sony Pictures Entertainment that produces Sony’s feature-length CGI animated motion pictures, e.g. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, as well as visual effects for feature films.

Rob Simmons, Vice President, Finance and Business Affairs, Atomic Cartoons Inc.

As Atomic’s VP Finance and Business affairs, Rob utilizes his years of experience in animation finance and business affairs to steward the fiscal health of the company and its growing library of intellectual property rights. During his career in the animation industry, Rob has structured and executed multiple international treaty co-productions and joint ventures, always with an eye to building collaborative partnerships that can be repeated.

Robert Forget, Director of Product Management, Vecima Networks

Robert Forget started in the business development group at Vecima Networks Inc. in 2004 and is currently Vecima’s Director of Wireless Sales. Robert ran his own consulting firm from 2000-2004, specializing in electronics design and systems implementation. Mr. Forget has been active on the boards of many organizations from such diverse areas as housing developments, politics, and the church.

Sandy Fleischer, Senior Vice-President, Managing Partner, Dare

Sandy has been working in the digital marketing industry pretty much since there was one. In 1996, Sandy co-Founded Peachtree Network, Canada's first national online grocery shopping network. In 2003 Sandy joined Fjord West as General Manager, and over the next 7 years, turned it into Western Canada's fastest growing digital shop. In his secret other life, Sandy goes by DJ Pescatore, and has played to crowds across Canada, the US and Italy. On a good day, he can juggle four tennis balls.

Steve Wandler, Founder, YourTechOnline.com; Co-Founder, Karackter

Founder of YourTechOnline.com that became the #1 ranked Online Tech Support Company in North America beating out Best Buy's Geek Squad. The company was acquired by support.com, a San Francisco Bay Area company (NASDAQ: SPRT) in 2008. After living in the Bay Area, Steve returned to Canada and became active in the Canadian technology startup community by starting Metabridge in Kelowna, an initiative designed to provide small Canadian technology startups direct connection and access to capital and key technology players in the Bay Area. Steve has recently co-founded a new startup called Karackter, a 3D animated security product for social relationships.

Tom Nyberg, Director, Nokia Vancouver

Tom has held various senior product leadership roles with Nokia since 1998. He started as a Product Manager for in-car telematics products in Germany from where he moved to US to head regional product management for early entertainment focused smartphones. Since 2004, he has lived and worked in Vancouver. During these years his global team has been instrumental in building the Nokia Nseries range of smartphones with some industry icons like the Nokia N95. In 2009, Tom was part of the management team that transitioned Nokia Vancouver to become a leading SW development site for Nokia's application store and application ecosystem.

Vincent Yen, CEO and Co-Founder, airG

Vince co-founded airG in 2000 and has been instrumental in creating the company vision, strategic direction and technology transfer that has brought a highly successful mobile social entertainment product line to market. He has led the product integration team in over 200 seamless integrations with more than 100 mobile operators worldwide, and managed the architectural design of billing systems and operational processes for product development and deployment. Vincent is an SFU grad and is also a director of Wavefront – The Canadian Centre for Excellence in Wireless Commercialization.

Warren Franklin, CEO, Rainmaker Entertainment

Warren Franklin has over twenty years experience managing studio operations and film production at Lucasfilm Ltd, Colossal Pictures, Cinesite, and Pinnacle Studios. He was a key member of George Lucas’ creative and management team for more than a decade, where he created Lucasfilm Entertainment Group and served as its V-P. He was named CEO of Rainmaker in July 2006, after joining the company in June 2005 to oversee its visual effects division.