OUR MENTORS CONTRIBUTE TO OUR RESOURCES, COURSE CONTENT AND
MEMBERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Launchpad Mentors
Alex Chuang
Co-founder/CEO of @shapeimmersive, prev: @launch-academy, Board Director @VRARA Vancouver. Building a decentralized marketplace for spatial data.
Ian MacKinnon
Co-founder & CTO @ Later
Jerin Mece
Co-Owner & Global Head of Sales – Nude Beverages
Alex Price
Chief Marketing Officer @ Symetria
Andrew Lissimore
CEO @ Headphones.com
Kumar Erramilli
CTO @ ACTO
Kyle Campbell
CEO and Founder @ Hack Capital
Sean Xiang
CEO @ Bloombase Inc.
Selena Paskalidis
Co-founder, COO/CFO @ dotstudiopro.com
Taran Ghatrora
Founder of ElleBoxCo.
Turgay Birand
Founder & CEO of EditionGuard
Angela Hamilton
Co-founder & CEO @ Quupe
Bosko Milosavljevic
CEO @ Keeprop Software Inc.
Kolina Kretzschmar
Manager of Special Projects & Business Initiatives @ Argo Mining
Leigh Christie
Founder @ mistywest
Caterina Papadakos
Director @ Espresso Capital
Lloyed Lobo
Cofounder & Chief Strategy Officer @ Boast.AI
Darius Eghdami
CEO @ FansUnite
Khurram Virani
Co-founder & Head of Education @ Lighthouse Labs
Boris Wertz
Entrepreneur turned investor. Co-founder AbeBooks (sold to Amazon), early-stage investor through @versiononevc, board partner @a16z. Husband and dad of 4.
Gary Boddington
CEO at PlayWize Technology Inc. Building teams that license revenue channels globally.
Frans Tjallingii
Co-founder & CEO @ First Coin Capital
Brock Smith
Technology Lawyer and Karate Enthusiast.
Collin Stewart
CEO @ Predictable Revenue. Ask me for help with: finding your first 10 customers, your next 100 customers, building your first sales team, how to grow your company, how to sell…
Ha Nguyen
Associate of McRock Capital
Mike Edwards
CEO @ Creative Labs
Haig Sakouyan
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer @ Assocyate Software
Kimberley Kaplan
VP Revenue Optimization @ plentyoffish.com
Henry Bee
CEO @ CoPilot Advisor. Expert in data-driven growth hacking and marketing.
Jay Heidecker
CEO @ Seekintoo
Bernd Petak
Corporate Director, Investor, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Mentor, Advisor.
Rizwan Kheraj
Industrial Technology Advisor at NRC-IRAP, Entrepreneur, Mentor.
Dave Thomas
Partner – Rocket Builders & Mentor In Residence – SFU.
Alex Black
Founder and CEO of Invoice Simple. Focused on building products for self-employed service professionals to run their business.
Mark Cunningham
Entrepreneur, Consultant, Advisor, Board member and Investor
Charlyne Fothergill
HR Rockstar + Tech Community Connector
Matt Carlson
Investor in technology and real estate. Seeking advisory opportunities at real estate tech companies.
Matt Mickiewicz
Co-Founder, CEO & CPO @ Hired
Monique Morden
CEO @ Judi.ai
Nat Cartwright
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer @ Finn AI
Nicole Murphy
COO @ Grow Tech Labs
Noah Bloom
Head of Growth @ RunGo
Peter Li
Chief Evangelist @ ClearDent
Raphael Titsworth-Morin
Co-founder of éphémère creative
Scott Hirsch
CTO @ TalentMarketPlace
Rob Goerhing
Chief Executive Officer at RewardStream
Alexandra Greenhill
Physician CEO innovator. Leader and public speaker. Focused on tech that 10x impacts people’s health and life.
Ian Bell
Technology Executive, Hockey Player, Author and Marketer
John Koetsier
VP Insights, CEO, Columnist
Josh Nilson
CEO and Co-founder @ East Side Games
Jason Bailey
Founder @super-rewards-1, acquired by AdKnowledge. Founder @growlab-1 Accelerator, Founder and CEO at Eastside Games. Investor in many.
Hussein Hallak
Serial entrepreneur, community organizer, and startup advisor.
Sam Chan
Program creator @launchacademyhq, startup advisor, digital storyteller, and podcast host.
Sunny To
Co-Founder @Latero Labs, Software Developer helping companies create software to transform customer touchpoints through cloud-enabled and mobile experiences.
Roger Patterson
CEO/Co-Founder at Later.com
Jerome Ng
Engineering + Product @HackCapital. Investor + Alumni @500Startups @500Canada
Alex Benjamin
Partner & Founder of Lendful and Ironbarkventures.com. Ideate, test, fail, fail fast, test faster, build and deliver.
Derek Yau
Co-Founder @ Latero Labs
Angel Pui
Creative Director & Co-Founder, DiamondHandBags
Ray Walia
Entrepreneur/Investor & Co-Founder/CEO of @LaunchVC & @LaunchAcademyHQ, Co-Founder @Playwize_inc, Co-Founder @VicSquareTech, Co-Founder @TractionConf_io
Ryan Wang
Founding Partner at Outpost Capital & Chief Business Development Officer at MOAC
Martina Welkhoff
Entrepreneur & Investor, The WXR Venture Fund
Teppei Tsutsui
Investor in emerging tech, VR/AR/MR, computer vision, AI, eSports.
Marco DeMiroz
Co-founder & General Partner at The Venture Reality Fund/The VR Fund
Shafin Diamond Tejani
CEO, Victory Square Technologies
Tom Emrich
Investor & Community Builder: XR – Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality
Dan Burgar
President, VR/AR Association Vancouver
Alex Chuang
Co-founder & CEO, Shape Immersive
Matt Lockyer
Founder / Token Engineering Advisor @ Soloblocks Solutions Inc.
Tony Bevilacqua
Founder & CEO, Cognitive3D
Anne-Marie Enns
Executive Producer, VR/AR Global Summit
Charles Lavigne
Co-founder & CEO, LlamaZOO
Charla Pereira
Senior Designer, Microsoft Hololens
Dhruv Adhia
CTO, H+ Technology
Nancy Basi
Executive Director (Film/Media), Vancouver Economic Commission
Daneil Japiassu
CEO, YDreams Global
Leigh Christie
Co-founder, MistyWest
Eric Hine
VP Strategic Partnership, Archiact
Shivam Kishore
Manager, Tax Incentive Advisory, Ernst & Young
Faye Maidment,
Marketing Specialist, Virtro Entertainment
Leon Ng
Founder, LNG Studios
Lou Pushelberg
Founder, Circuit Stream
Jeffrey Jang
CEO, Immersive Tech
Tarrnie Williams
CEO, Blueprint Reality
Dogu Taskiran
CEO, Stambol Studios
Jessica Glass
Festival Director, YVRFF
Erik Kiss
CEO, Funny Fox
Aaron Hilton
President, Steampunk Digital