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