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