Our Team | North Forge

Des gens passionnés qui font en sorte que l'avenir arrive aujourd'hui, pour ceux qui osent.

Nous sommes motivés par notre passion pour l’innovation et les personnes incroyables avec lesquelles nous travaillons.

North Forge Team

Board of Directors

Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR)

Joelle Foster

President & CEO

Whitney Morgan (Moir)

Director, Operations

Adam Palanuk

Director, Fabrication Lab (FabLab)

Kristine Derksen

Director, Marketing & Communications

Cara Dveris

Director, Strategic Programs

Kelly Sandhu-Voogd

Comptroller

Grace Gyolai

Senior Program Manager

Jeff Stobbe

Fabrication Lab (FabLab) Maintenance Manager

Stephen Harwood

Fabrication Lab (FabLab) Assistant Maintenance Manager

Emelia Nyarku

Fabrication Lab (FabLab) Project Manager

Katja Falconer

Community and Partnerships Manager

Joceline Beltran

Fabrication Lab (FabLab) Administrative Coordinator

Chris Stillwell

ElevateIP Program Coordinator

Yashan Wu

Social Media and Marketing Specialist

Puneet Gill

Program Manager, IP Assist

Conseil d'administration

Dan Belhassen

Board Chair

CEO, Neovation

Carly Edmundson

Board Vice Chair

President & CEO, CentrePort Canada Inc.

Diana Axelrod, CPA, CA, CBV

Board Treasurer

Vice President, KPMG

Chris Schmidt

Board Member

Founder/CEO, Parallel

Jill Knaggs

Board Member

VP, Stakeholder Relations, Reclay StewardEdge

Melissa Cattini

Board Member

Partner, MLT Aikins

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Entrepreneur en résidence (EIR)

Entrepreneur en résidence

Jérôme Conaty

Entrepreneur en résidence

Networking, Social Media Management, Digital Marketing Strategy, Market Research, SME Sales/Operations

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Bethany Wilkie

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Hardware, software, AI-based product design and development; Leadership and Team; Pitching, both for fundraising and public speaking.

Entrepreneur en résidence

Blair Kelsie

Entrepreneur en résidence

Technical Guidance, Product, Tech Teams

Entrepreneur en résidence

Brett Zahari

Entrepreneur en résidence

Market Research, SME Sales/Operations, Product

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Christos Vasilarakis

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Business case development

Entrepreneur en résidence

Daniel Deleurme

Entrepreneur en résidence

SME Sales/Operations, Tech Teams

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Dr. Amir Feizpour

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

AI research Engineering Product Development

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Heidi Neal

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Recruitment and selection

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Henry Floreal

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Corporate strategy and positioning Product strategy, offer design, and competitive positioning Commercialization and Go To Market Strategy

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Joel Wiebe

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Performance management

Entrepreneur en résidence

Julia Slanina

Entrepreneur en résidence

DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Kevin Gordon

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

HR consulting; including governance surrounding recruitment and workplace policies

Entrepreneur en résidence

Kira Kelsie

Entrepreneur en résidence

Digital Marketing Strategy, Social Media Management

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Matt Schaubroeck

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Investor readiness, Market commercialization Strategy development. 3

Entrepreneur en résidence

Rosalie Harms

Entrepreneur en résidence

Financial management Internal control / compliance / operations management Problem solving/critical thinking

Entrepreneur en résidence

Scott Donald

Entrepreneur en résidence

SME Sales/Operations, Market Research

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Teresa Shaver

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Marketing and Digital Marketing Mindset Operations

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Tyson McCann

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

UX & Design, Gamification, Product Strategy & Roadmap Development

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Vivian Escorsin

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Mark Vidal

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Technical Guidance, Product