Entrepreneurs in Residence

Karen Boodram's 30-year+ career has focused on the commercialization of new medical technologies to improve patient health outcomes.

With sixteen years of experience in social impact entrepreneurship, Angela Hamilton is always on the lookout for ideas that can change the world.

Tiffany Hamilton has experience in technology, digital media, energy, the future of food and innovative materials including signals identification, trend scouting, futures scenarios development, product development and marketing, market strategy,

Chang Han is an entrepreneur, consultant-investor, and professor, specializing in entrepreneurship, startup growth strategy and market entry.

Jonathon Jafari has over 20 years’ experience in biotech strategic marketing, business development and venture creation.

Dr. Gabe Kalmar has co-founded a number of companies, including Kinetek Pharmaceuticals. He was also with Genome BC for a decade in a number of executive roles, including operations, business development and commercialization.

Cam Melvin is an experienced entrepreneur, consultant, advisor, and coach.

Andrea Mendoza is a Physiotherapist and the Founder of The ScoliClinic who embarked on her entrepreneurial journey with a strong desire to improve the support ecosystem for individuals with scoliosis, focusing on inclusivity and accessibility.

Fraser Pogue is the founder of Fraser Instruments and co-founder of Popul8. He is an adjunct professor at UBC, teaching Entrepreneurship and helping students from ideation through to first revenue.

Michelle Sklar is a performance driven marketing and communications leader with over two decades of comprehensive achievements in digital marketing, PR, strategic partnerships, community management and numerous entrepreneurial endeavors.

Francis Steiner is a specialist in building early stage companies from idea identification to team building through to business development and sales.  He has launched 4 companies with the last one exiting to Phillips.

Tom Urban is the Founder of Agribusiness Advisors and has worked in the agriculture and start-up world for 30 years.

Michele Wallcraft is a passionate and creative sales driven professional with an extensive track record (+20 years) in direct sales, business development and integrated marketing for both startup and Fortune 500 technology companies.

Peter Wong is the CEO of Riot Micro, a cellular IoT company developing wireless chipsets. A tech industry veteran, Peter has held senior management roles at PMC-Sierra/Microchip, LSI/Broadcom and HP.