Adam Dewar
Director, Americas and Communications Technologies
Our Team
Amanda Speroni
Marketing Strategist, Venture Development
Anjan Krishnamurthy
Director, Talent Strategy
Talent
Anouchka Kusaki
FDI Project Specialist, Investor Support
Global Expansion
Breanna Berthiaume
Program Coordinator, Finance and Corporate Services
Corporate Services
Brianna Fraser
Talent Attraction Strategist
Talent
Caroline Croft
Program Manager
Finance and Corporate Services
Chelsea Pengelly
Manager, Market Insights
Marketing & Communications
Crystal Schuder
Manager, Finance and Accounting Operations
Finance and Corporate Services
David Rodas Wright
Senior Sector Strategist, Software
Global Expansion
Divyanshu Kamboj
Strategic Technology and Testing Director, Area X.O
Area X.O
Emily Harper
HR Coordinator
Talent
Emily McKay
Events & Operations Administrator
Infrastructure Services
Erin Kennedy
Electronics Designer, Prototyping Lab
Bayview Yards
Erin Seegmiller
Manager, Early Stage Programs
Venture Development
Evan Blackburn
Systems Analyst
Corporate Services
Gray Brohm
Digital Marketing Specialist
Marketing & Communications
Guillaume Lequertier
System Information Strategist
Finance and Corporate Services
Hendrik Kohler
Building Manager
Bayview Yards
Ines Gomes
Market Director, Europe
Global Expansion
Inzamul Rakib
Marketing & Communications Strategist, Global Expansion
Global Expansion
Jennifer Prevost
Marketing and Communications Strategist
Bayview Yards
Jens-Michael Schaal
Vice-President, Global Expansion
Global Expansion
Joanne Gardner
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Bayview Yards Prototyping Lab
Joanne Hay
Finance Assistant
Finance and Corporate Services
Jonathan Ruano
Business Analyst
Marketing & Communications
Kara Eusebio
Director, Bayview Yards Growth and Success
Marketing & Communications
Kelly Daize
Strategic Market Director, Area X.O
Area X.O
Kelsey Burns
Graphic Designer
Marketing & Communications
Kevin Anthony
Audio-Visual Producer
Bayview Yards
Khaled Mostafa
Senior Manager, IT and Security
Finance and Corporate Services
Kim Ryel
Senior Sector Strategist, Life Sciences
Global Expansion
Kim Van der Horst
Talent Attraction Strategist
Talent
Kirsten Sardelis
Senior Market Development Manager, Americas & Germany
Global Expansion
Lindsay Kavanagh
Senior Manager, Digital Marketing
Marketing & Communications
Lisa Hewton
Senior Manager, Placemaking and Bayview Experience
Bayview Yards
Lotte Wannet
Senior Director, Corporate Performance Management, IT & Systems
Corporate Services
Madison Fisher
Client Experience Coordinator
Venture Development
Marie Ainsworth
Senior Manager, Programs
Corporate Services
Marissa DiNardo
Manager, Community Engagement and Market Insights
Venture Development
Megan Maltby
Manager, Accelerator Programs & Investor Relations
Venture Development
Melissa McMahon
Client Experience Coordinator
Venture Development
Michael Tremblay
President and CEO
Michael Tremblay joined Invest Ottawa as President and Chief Executive Officer in March of 2017. Mike’s mandate was later expanded to include Bayview Yards. Prior to joining Invest Ottawa, he was the Vice President of Public Sector for Microsoft Canada from April 2007. Mike has 34 years of sales, marketing, operations and general management experience, with considerable experience serving public sector clients. Mike has also held senior executive positions with SAP, Fujitsu Consulting, JDS Uniphase, EDS Systemhouse and Digital Equipment Corporation – principally across Canadian, American and Latin American markets. He has an MBA from Concordia University in Montreal and is a graduate of Computer Technology from Algonquin College. Michael completed the Directors Education Program and is ICD.D certified with the Institute of Corporate Directors. Mike was appointed as a director with the Institute on Governance in 2017. From 2004-2017, Michael served as a member of Algonquin College’s Board of Governors and served as Chair of the College’s Foundation Board. Michael is an active member of the Audit and Corporate Services Committee and has previously served on the Advocacy Committee with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
Michelle Younes
Director, Venture Programs
Venture Development
Mila Belokurova
Senior Accounting Analyst
Finance and Corporate Services
Muzzammil Ahmed Siddiqui
IT Support Analyst
Finance and Corporate Services
Nick Quain
Vice President, Venture Development
Venture Development
As Vice President of Venture Development at Invest Ottawa, Nick leads all programming and support for start-ups, early stage and growth companies alike, while supporting Ottawa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem as a whole. Under Nick’s leadership, Invest Ottawa launched the IO Accelerator in 2018. Previously at CellWand, Nick was co-founder and CEO, where he drove all development, strategy and execution, while pioneering the use of abbreviated dialing codes in North America with the award winning #TAXI (Pound Taxi) service and subsequently in the mobile transportation space, with The Ride app. Highlights of Nick’s accomplishments include raising several million in capital, closing industry first deals with every major wireless carrier in North America and architecting a marketing strategy that has created #TAXI as a national brand used over 16 million times, while propelling CellWand to millions in revenue and profitability.
CellWand won numerous business and innovation awards, including the 2010 Canada’s Top 10 Competition for Technology, Named one of the Hottest Innovation Companies in Canada, and one of the top 10 Wireless Companies to watch by IDC. Nick is currently a CEO in Residence and Executive Mentor at Telfer School of Management and has also served as a guest lecturer, business pitch judge and panel member at various business and entrepreneurial conferences and events. Nick graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Marketing at the University of Ottawa in 1993. In 2009, Nick received the Young Achievers Alumni Award from the Telfer School of Management. In 2003, he was named to the Ottawa Business Journal’s Top Forty Under 40 and was a judge for the same award for ten years.
Nishima Malviya
Social Media Specialist
Marketing & Communications
Pablo Arzate
Industrial Designer
Bayview Yards
Patrick Kenny
Senior Director, Marketing and Communications
Marketing & Communications
Paula Hopkins
Director, Entrepreneurship
Venture Development
Petr Maur
Graphic Designer, Videographer, Photographer, Prototyping Lab
Bayview Yards
Rachael Patraw
Business Operations Manager
Area X.O
Randy Gaudreau
Team Lead, Corporate Communications and Mainstreet Marketing
Reba Molotsi
FDI Project Coordinator
Global Expansion
Rebecca Thompson
Senior Manager, Operations
Area X.O
Sara Perron
Entrepreneurship Programs Lead
Venture Development
Sonya Shorey
Vice President, Strategy, Marketing and Communications
Marketing & Communications
Sonya Shorey, Vice President of Marketing and Communications with Invest Ottawa and Bayview Yards, is a communications executive and management consultant with more than 19 years of leadership experience with private and public technology and innovation-based organizations. She specializes in corporate and communications strategy development and execution that achieves results. For example, since 2005, Sonya has led, strategized, authored and/or made a significant contribution to successful funding proposals valued at more than $123 million from municipal, provincial, federal and international governments. These complex, multi-year projects often engage multiple stakeholders from industry, academia and non-profit organizations; leverage additional matching in-kind or cash contributions from the private sector; and enable funding recipients to increase their impact on stakeholders served.
Sonya launched her career as the Manager of Communications and Member of the Vice-Presidential Cabinet with the 10G Organization of Optical Networks for Nortel from 1999 to 2002, and then served as the Director of Marketing Communications for CMC Microsystems until 2007. Building on a decade of experience, Sonya launched her own strategy company in 2008, addressing the needs of S&T organizations, innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development agencies across Canada, and their partners around the world. She volunteers her time as a mentor for MindTrust and TiE Ottawa; as a leader for the Ottawa Women Build initiative of Habitat for Humanity; and as a steering committee member for flagship technology and entrepreneurship conferences such as Impact AI and TiECon Canada. Sonya holds a Bachelor of Arts, Combined Honours in English and Political Science from Carleton University, and has received nine international awards for her work in communications.
Sophie Chen
Market Director, Asia
Global Expansion
Stephen Onions
Senior Sector Strategist, Defence & Security
Global Expansion
Tom O'Leary
Fabrication Shop Technician and Machine Operator, Prototyping Lab
Bayview Yards
Tyler Morton
Investment Analyst
Venture Development
Yoko Cooper
Director, Human Resources, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Culture
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