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Chair - Lorne Babiuk joined the University of Alberta as Vice-President (Research) on July 1, 2007. Dr. Babiuk has published over 500 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 100 book chapters or reviews and is a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America, the Royal Society of Canada, and the European Academy of Sciences. Prior to moving to the University of Alberta, he spent 34 years as a Professor at the University of Saskatchewan where he was associated with building a very successful research institution - VIDO (Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization) which became internationally recognized as a leader in novel vaccine development. He has served on numerous industrial and governmental scientific advisory boards and committees and is a consultant to numerous companies. Dr Babiuk is the holder of more than 28 issued patents. |
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Vice Chair - Ron Gilbertson, President & CEO of Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC), was responsible for forest products, advanced materials and sensor research at Alberta Research Council. He also restructured the technology commercialization division and investment fund. Prior to joining Alberta Research Council he was CEO of Lacent Technologies, which grew from an early-stage company into a leader in factory automation technology.
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Chris Lumb is currently the CEO of TEC Edmonton, a technology and business accelerator, and a joint venture between the University of Alberta and Edmonton Economic Development Corporation. Previously he was the CEO of Micralyne from 1994 to 2009, a micro-electro-mechanical systems developer and manufacturer. He was involved in all aspects of Micralyne's development, including leading its transition from a university-owned not-for-profit to a privately held company, generating long-term revenue growth of 20% per year for the last 10 years, and delivering long-term profits and return on equity to its shareholders. Chris is Board Member and Former Chair of CMC Microsystems, Board Member for ACAMP, and Board Member for Radient Technologies. Overall, his career has been centered around building commercial success for advanced technologies, and management of technology organizations to ensure they are profitably focused on addressing market needs.
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Alan Fair is the Manager of Research & Development at Syncrude Canada Ltd. Mr. Fair graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.A.Sc. in Geological Engineering, and also obtained an MBA from the University of Alberta. During his more than 30 years at Syncrude, Alan has held several different engineering and operations management positions within the mine, extraction and technology areas.
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Oleh Hnatiuk is President of Connect Capital Corporation. He has been a senior executive of both technology and venture capital companies. Mr. Hnatiuk P. Eng. graduated with a B. Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering and a Certificate in Management Development from the University of Alberta.
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Bruce Johnson retired from Intuit in 2004 after 12 years of building the Canadian and UK organizations into market leaders in consumer and small business financial software. During his time with Intuit, Mr. Johnson grew the business from a small team to a successful venture with 450 full-time employees and around 200 seasonal staff.
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Wayne Karpoff was the Co-founder and CTO of Edmonton-based YottaYotta. Mr Karpoff is founding chair of the Alberta ICT Council, and Co-Chair of both the Digital Solutions Alliance and the Edmonton ICT Cluster. He holds a B.Sc. and MSs in Computing Science from the University of Alberta.
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Bob Teskey was the Managing Partner with FieldLaw LLP, an Alberta-based legal firm with 85 lawyers and 200 staff. Mr. Teskey is an active member of the Edmonton community and served as a legal advisor to the University of Alberta.
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Doug Maley was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister for the Alberta region of Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) in August 2001. Mr. Maley joined WD in 1988 and held director general-level positions in the areas of agriculture, economic policy and strategic initiatives, and transition planning. He also served as the Assistant Deputy Minister for the Saskatchewan region from 1997 to 2001. Prior to WD, he spent many years as an economist in other provincial and federal government departments. He currently serves on the board of several organizations, including the National Institute for Nanotechnology, the ASTech Foundation, Calgary Technologies Inc., and TEC Edmonton. |
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Allan Scott, Advisor to the Board, was the former President and CEO of the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation. Mr. Scott was a partner in Riverview Venture Partners and served as President and CEO of EdTel and then TELUS Communications. He has a B.Sc. from the University of Alberta and an MBA from York University.
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