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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
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| John MacRitchie |
Assistant Vice-President Zone Learning and Strategic Initiatives |
External Esch Committee Members
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| 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 |
Internal Esch Committee Members
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| Ebrahim Bagheri |
Professor, Big Data & Cloud Computing |
| Vincent Hui |
Associate Professor, Architectural Science, FEAS, Toronto Metropolitan University |
| John Enright |
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, FEAS, Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Martin Croteau |
Professor, TRSM (President and CEO at Aventis Consulting Group Inc.) |
| Joao De Silva |
Consultant, Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Vigen Nazarian |
Senior Director, Business Development and Commercialization, Toronto Metropolitan University |