Speaker
Meet Desh!
President and Chairman of Sparta Group LLC
Chairman of Tejas Networks
Founding investor in Airvana, Cimaron, Webdialogs and Relicore
Co-founder and Chairman Sycamore Networks, Inc.
Founder and Chairman of Cascade Communications Corp.
Member of the MIT Corporation
Co-founder of the Pond-Deshpande Centre
Gerry Pond
Speaker
What hasn't Gerry Pond done?
He's:
Founder & Chairman of Mariner
Former President of Aliant Telecom & CEO of NBTel
An innovator with Q1Labs, iMagicTV, Brovada Technologies and Radian6
Co-Founder of the Pond-Deshpande Centre
Recipient of the Red Cross Humanitarian Award for New Brunswick
& An inspiring mentor within the community
Whew! What an inspiration!
Cory Hartlen
Emcee
Meet Cory!
AE-Social at Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud
Has over 10 years of expertise in technology marketing and business development
Past Product Marketing Manager at Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Past Marketing Manager of Salesforce at Radian6
Past Community Manager at Radian6
Financial Security Advisor at London Life
Marcel LeBrun
Speaker
Heard of Radian6?
Well meet Marcel.
He's:
CEO of Radian6 Technologies, Inc.
Vice President of Mariner Partners, Inc.
The 1st Entrepreneur-in-Residence at UNB
CEO & General Manager of SalesBridge Canada Corp
VP of of Fixed Solutions Division (FSD) of Paris-based Alcatel
What an accomplished individual!
David Alston
Speaker
Meet Awesome, Energetic David!
He's:
Chief Innovation Officer at Introhive
Sits on the Board of Directors of ScribbleLive
Startup Advisor
Code Kids Advocate
Alternative Energy Backer
Phew David! Don't inspire us too much :)
Jeff Grammer
Speaker
Meet Jeff!
Partner of Rho Canada Ventures
Has over 30 years of operational and venture experience
Worked operationally at Intel, Chips and Technologies, N*Able Technologies and Ember Corporation
Venture capital experience includes Techfarm Inc. and Sigma Partners
Works with young, first-time entrepreneurs to help them build world class management teams
Hamoon Ekhtiari
Moderator
Meet our moderator, Hammon!
He's:
Director of Studio Y at MaRS
Co-founder of CatalystsX
Served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Waterloo
Worked at Family Services Toronto
Can't wait to meet Hammon!
Raj Melville
Speaker
Meet Raj from the Deshpande Foundation in India:
He's:
Got 25 years of product management, marketing and consulting experience.
Senior executive at five technology startups
Doctor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, Cambridge Mass.
An active member of TiE Boston and the India Society of Worcester.
Co-founded the TIE Social Entrepreneurship Group.
That's quite a list Raj!
Karina LeBlanc
Speaker
Meet Karina:
She's:
Executive Director of the Pond-Deshpande Centre
Past Vice President of Operations at Autism Pro
Past president of the Board of Directors of the YMCA Fredericton
Campaign Co-chair of the “Your New Y” fundraising initiative
Brand Manager of Feminine Care at Procter & Gamble
Inspired yet? I know we sure are!
Derrick Fung
Speaker
Meet one of Forbe's 30 under 30
He's:
CEO of Tunezy
Business Developer at SFX Entertainment
Executive-in-Residence at University of Toronto
Former Investment Banker
Music Enthusiast
Top 20 Under 30 in Canada
Top 30 Under 30- Music
He's flying in from NYC just to meet youth!
Callum Mayer
Speaker
Meet Callum
Co-founder of Peanut
Vice President of Fun Intended Inc.
Propel ICT - Launch36 alumni
Memeber of the CEI Working Group at Dalhousie
Recent Dalhousie Commerce graduate with a Major in Finance
Wannabe Professional Fisherman
Jenelle Sobey
Executive Mentor
Do you know Jenelle?
She's:
Social Innovation Manager at the Pond-Deshpande Centre
Program Manager at the Wallace McCain Institute
Independent Consultant in Economic Development
Vice President of the Fredericton Homeless Shelter
Kool Kids Do Make Impact!
Lisa Hrabluk
Executive Mentor
Interested in storytelling?
Well meet Lisa!
She's:
Founder of Wicked Ideas
Co-owner of WordPhoto Productions Inc.
Past Journalist at New Brunswick Telegraph Journal
Founding Director of Next NB & 21 Leaders for the 21st Century
Past Correspondent at Time Magazine
Cheers to Lisa!
Nick Scott
Speaker
Meet Nick!
He's:
Executive Director, NB Social Policy Research Network
Co-founder, Good.Better
Chair, DOC Talks Film Festival
Past Part Time Professor at St. Thomas University
Past Executive Director of AIDS NB
Now that you've met Nick. See him in action at #YES Atlantic!