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Esch Committee Members
The current Committee is comprised of internal faculty members from Ryerson, and external advisors who have expertise or direct experience in technology start-up ventures.
Committee Chair
| John MacRitchie | Assistant Vice-President Zone Learning and Strategic Initiatives |
Esch Committee Members
| Alex Angevaare | Chief Financial Officer | Innomotics Inc. |
| Alex Kjorven | Chief Product Officer | Ourboro |
| Andrew Opala | Angel and Board MemberAngel and Board Member | Brampton Angels |
| Balaji Gopalan | Director | Toronto Product Management Association |
| Brian MacDonald | Senior Business Advisor, Ministry of Economic Development, Employment & Infrastructure | Government of Ontario |
| Charles Boulakia | Principal & Patent Lawyer | Smart & Biggar |
| Chris Webb | Assistant Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Initiatives | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Constance O'Brien Nicholson | Industrial Research Assistance Program | National Research Council Canada |
| Dominic Talalla | CEO | Symbient Environmental Technologies |
| Ebrahim Bagheri | Professor | University of Toronto and Co-Founder | Reviewer.ly |
| Hadeer Hassaan | Executive Vice President, Chief Information & Customer Experience Officer | Bell |
| Holly Gardner | Founder & Researcher |
| Joel Liederman | President | ELARAD Venture Management and Director, Corporate Development | IRegained Inc. |
| John Enright | Professor, Aerospace Engineering | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| JP Silva | Associate Director, Zone Learning | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Karen Killeen | Business Advisor | Springboard Management Advisors Inc. and Consultant | Alderpoint Holdings Inc. |
| Leona Banfield | Founder & Principal | Ginomai Consulting & Training |
| Mahir Dheendsa | Program Specialist, Data Integration and Transformation |
| Manfred Koo | Health Care & Hospital Consultant |
| Mark Farrow | Principal | Farrow Consulting |
| Martin Croteau | Lecturer | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Mo Shahin | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Softmills |
| Moatassem Moatez | Founder & CEO | MyCourier Inc. |
| Nicholas Burgwin | Sales Director, North America | Isoplus |
| Paul Hacking | Senior Project Manager, Office of Zone Learning & Strategic Initiatives | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Pushkar Kumar | General Manager | Carrier Abound |
| Stan Ossias | Strategic Partner, Expense Management Practice | Schooley Mitchell and Principal | Wetherfield Greenview Advisory Services |
| Stephen Pumple | Project Manager | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Suresh Madan | Board of Directors | Trillium Health Partners Foundation & The Conference Board of Canada |
| Tony Redpath | PhD (Physical Chemistry), Scientist, Entrepreneur, & Farmer |
| Usha Srinivasan | Founder & CEO | BReady Talent Platform |
| Valerie Fox | Chief Executive Officer | Pivotal Innovation |
| Victoria Ikede | National AIX Design Lead | Architecture49 |
| Vincent Hui | Associate Chair, Architectural Science | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Zohair Khan | Chief Operating Officer | Airfairness |