2023-24 JABC TechWorks Virtual

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
KEYNOTE SPEAKERAnastasia Kiku
Forbes 30 Under 30
Co-Founder, Reusables.com
TERRITORY WELCOME
TERRITORY WELCOMEChris Silver
Council Member, Sumas First Nation
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
KEYNOTE SPEAKERGreg Malpass
Executive Chair,
Uncommon Purpose
STATE OF TECH IN B.C.
STATE OF TECH IN B.C.Jill Tipping
CEO, BC Tech

BREAKOUT SESSION FACILITATORS

Basil Onyia

 Sr. People and Culture Specialist, Redbrick

Emma Andrist

People and Culture Coordinator, Redbrick

Kaylee Lieffers

Founder & CEO Blanka

Anna Stukas

VP Business Development, Carbon Engineering

Kirsten Sutton

Executive Management Consultant, Kirsten Sutton Consulting

Marc Coderre

Director, Customer Success, Trulioo

Kim Halowski

Community Relations Manager, FortisBC

Sonia Singh

Director of Sales, Amazon Web Services

Sarah Spratley

Program Manager, SAP Canada

Mark Radford

Chief Executive Officer, LMI Technologies

Madeleine Bouvier

Marine Project Scientist, Open Ocean Robotics

Sean O’Connor

Chief Executive Officer, 4AG Robotics

Aryan Maghsoud

Systems Lead, RIGID ROBOTICS

Selena Woo

Vice President, Advisory Services – Associates & Operations, Nicola Wealth

Susannah Skerl

Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships + Faculty, Internships and Venture Projects, Centre for Digital Media

Joshua Nilson

Chair – Indigenous Tech Leaders C-Council, BC Tech

Rocky Ozaki

Founder & CEO, NoW of Work Inc.

Tim Huesken

Product Designer, Vivid Solutions Inc.

Megan Moreau

Capture Director, Electronic Arts

William Johnson

Advisor, Vancouver Tech Journal

Jessica Nordlander

Chief Operating Officer, Thoughtexchange

Alexandre Guilbault

Head of Artificial Intelligence, TELUS

Abdul Moiz

Manager GenAI Products & ML Ops | AI Accelerator, TELUS

Julia Sprague

AI Product Manager, Microsoft AI Photo Experiences

Inga Seelemann

Principal Director, Accenture

Nikhil Gupta

Solutions Lead, OnActuate

Michael Artley

Senior Director, Information Technology

Ryan Sword

Acting Head, Innovation, Autonomy and Enterprise Improvement Planning, Teck Resources Limited

David Burns

Associate VP Academic, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Laurie Desautels

Vice President, Digital Transformation, Prospera Credit Union

Steve Banick

Vice President, Enterprise IT Services & Enablement, TELUS

2023-24 JABC TechWorks In-Person

EMCEE
EMCEEAndrew MacLean
Developer Relations Manager, DevCycle
TERRITORY WELCOME
TERRITORY WELCOMERichard Pierre
Indigenous Knowledge Keeper in Residence,​ KPU
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
KEYNOTE SPEAKERGreg Malpass
Executive Chair,
Uncommon Purpose
SPEAKER
SPEAKERRandall Heidt
Vice President External Affairs, KPU
SPEAKER
SPEAKERInga Seelemann
Principal Director, Accenture

BREAKOUT SESSION FACILITATORS

Alan Hadle Hamilton

Management Consulting Principal, Accenture

Alan Hadle Hamilton

User Experience and Visual Designer Analyst, Avanade

Ishu Agarwal

Business & Integration Delivery Associate Manager, Accenture

Bhargavi Chendi

Program & Project Mgmt Associate Manager, Accenture

Matthew Hui

Chief Operating Officer, Belmar Consulting Group

Laxinder Singh

Delivery Team Lead + PMO Lead, Belmar Consulting Group

Tom Kadota

Solutions Engineer, Belmar Consulting Group

Jeffrey Thi

Learning Developer, Finning

Nadia Vinegas

Human Resources Advisor – Onboarding, Finning

Marley Leacock

Astronomer, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre

Michael Hayes

Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Julia Klymenko

Programs Lead, SkilledTradesBC

Sylvia Jordi

Apprenticeship Advisor, SkilledTradesBC

Greg Berridge

Training Department Manager, Sony Pictures Imageworks

Dave Donaldson

Manager, Geospatial Solutions, Teck Resources Limited

2022-23 JABC TechWorks Virtual

FEATURE PRESENTATION HOST
FEATURE PRESENTATION HOSTAndrew MacLean
Developer Relations Manager, DevCycle
TERRITORY WELCOME
TERRITORY WELCOMELen Pierre
Owner, Managing Consultant, Len Pierre Consulting
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
KEYNOTE SPEAKERDarian Kovacs
Founding Partner, Jelly Marketing and PR
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
KEYNOTE SPEAKERDr. Ray Muzyka
Co-founded, BioWare; Impact Investor, ThresholdImpact

BREAKOUT SESSION FACILITATORS

Andrew Booth

Chief Financial Officer, AbCellera

Iliana Oris Valiente

Managing Director (Partner) | Head of Innovation & ESG (Canada), Accenture

Melissa Dennis

Senior Research Scientist I, Acuitas Therapeutics

Burak Evren

VP Impact and Sustainability – Cleantech Program Lead Alacrity Canada, Alacrity Canada

Sarah Wark

Director Technology Strategy & Transformation, PwC Canada

Aditi Bhandari

Lead Animator, Cold Iron Studios

Hossein Sharifi

Machine Learning Researcher, Borealis AI

Lilian Wong

Borealis AI

Stefanie Menezes

Senior Cybersecurity Specialist, Canadian Tire Corporation

Anna Stukas

Vice President Strategic Partnerships, 1PointFive

Cameron Lust

Manager, Communications & Public Affairs, Carbon Engineering

Diana Barbosa

Director of Business Development, siberX

Eva Dring

CyberStart Canada

Kathryn McCabe

Project Manager, CyberStart Canada

Nelida Carryer

CyberStart Canada

Taiwo Ogunbanjo

CyberStart Canada

Udoka Chiefes

CyberStart Canada

Chris Storer

Solution Architect, Finning

Siraz Dalmi

Fortis BC

Eleanor Hawkins

HR Generalist I, GeoComply

Hannah Ryan

Fraud Analyst, GeoComply

Anita Ali

Grant Thornton

Bryan Beard

Grant Thornton

Christopher Agidi

Grant Thornton

Joseph Erdosy

Manager, Cyber Security, Grant Thornton

Shawna Lee

Biomedical Engineer, HealthTech Connex Inc.

Abdulrahman Abuelarm

High Tech U

Kiara Hosie

Program Coordinator, High Tech U

Miah Shull Olmsted

Founding Executive Director, The Impact Arts Society

Maryam R. Aliabadi

CEO and Cofounder, KIDS’ SHIELD SERVICES Inc.

Ozge Uncu

Partner, KPMG

Julia Sprague

AI Product Manager, Microsoft AI Photo Experiences

James Wood

Animation Instructor, Okanagan College

Garland Perkins

Director of Innovation & Sustainability, The Oppenheimer Group

Nicholas Grant

PlatoTech

Christina Jones

Vice President Operations, RaceRocks

Jaro Malanowski

RaceRocks 3D

Mark Tandberg

Senior Artist, RaceRocks

Conrad Foucher

Director Of Technology, Redbrick

Nicole Peverley

Software Developer, Shift

Reed Mcllwain

Full Stack Developer & Co-op Coordinator at Shift

Anand Somasundaram

Relic

Roelle Kim

Full Stack Developer, SAP

Aron Philippsen

Mechanical Engineer, Starfish Medical

Martin Kellinghusen

Electrical Engineering | Team Manager, StarFish Medical

Athan Müller

Mechanical Engineer III – Analysis and Design, StarFish Medical

Abdul Moiz

Manager GenAI Products & MLOps – AI Accelerator, TELUS

Garrett Stewart

Cyber Security Manager, TELUS

Sam Mercer

President, Vancouver Island Life Sciences (VILS)

Mike Sanders

Principal Product Manager, Workday

Ashley Ramsay

Director, Board of Directors, Innovate BC

Todd Ramsay

Head of Animation, Artists Animation Studio

2022-23 JABC TechWorks In-Person

EMCEE
EMCEEAndrew MacLean
Developer Relations Manager, DevCycle
TERRITORY WELCOME
TERRITORY WELCOMEElder Lekeyten
Kwantlen First Nation, KPU
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
KEYNOTE SPEAKERKristine Steuart
Executive in Residence, Inovia Capital
SPEAKER
SPEAKERBrian Anderson
Director of Performance and Fun Times, Science World
SPEAKER
SPEAKERAbi Coman-Walker
Chief Operating Officer, Acuitas Therapeutics
SPEAKER
SPEAKERRandall Heidt
Vice President External Affairs, KPU

BREAKOUT SESSION FACILITATORS

Alan Hadle Hamilton

Human+AI-Zer + Visual Storyteller, Accenture Song

Nicky Grassick

Associate Manager, Accenture

Yen Ching Tan

Business Architecture Consulting Analyst, Accenture

Jeffrey Thi

Learning Developer, Finning

Kaisha Farkou

Learning Developer, Finning

Shafeeq Weera

Technology Trainer, Finning

Ali Bordbar

Faculty Member, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Peter Doudkine

Entertainment Arts Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Geoffrey Fu

Principal Knowledge Consultant, SAP

Lida Espinosa

SAP

Abdul Moiz

Manager GenAI Products & MLOps – AI Accelerator, TELUS

Dylan Moss

ML Engineer, TELUS

Benjamin Rawles

Senior Designer, Best Buy

Bhupinder Chhabra

Senior Editor, Best Buy

Jen Knight

Social Impact Manager, Best Buy

Laura Mitchell

Best Buy

Mridul Sahni

Category Administrator/ Assistant Buyer, Best Buy

Ryan Luk

Best Buy

Darian Kovacs

Founding Partner, Jelly Digital Marketing & PR Agency

Jeffrey Campbell 

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Ed Ko

Associate Dean, Kwantlen Polytechnic University