Mentors

Bill Adams

President, JCove Holdings Limited

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Steven Adler

CEO, Ocean Data Alliance

Oceans

Alice Aiken

Vice-President, Research, Dalhousie University

Prime

Andrew Anderson

Director of Engineering, Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems Inc

Oceans

Christine Apold

Managing Partner, Westhaver Partners

Prime

George Armoyan

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | President, Geosam Capital Inc. | Executive Chair, Clarke Inc.

Prime, Supply Chain

Rob Barbara

Managing Partner, Build Ventures

Prime

Bill Barrett

CEO, Barrett Corporation

Prime

Maren Hjorth Bauer

Managing Partner and Founder, Fynd Ocean Ventures

Oceans

Cathy Bennett

Former CEO, Bennett Group of Companies

Oceans, Prime

Scott Brison

Vice-Chair Investment and Corporate Banking, BMO Capital Markets

Prime

Peter Bryant

Senior Program Officer, Walton Personal Philanthropy Group

Oceans

Chère Chapman

CEO, Ardea Outcomes

Prime

Tom Chi

Investigator | User Experience, Rapid Prototyping, Data Analysis

Climate, Oceans

Todd Crescenzo

Founder & Managing Partner, Clear Creek Investments, LLC

Oceans

Jeff Dahn

Professor, Dalhousie University

Prime

Kate Danaher

Managing Director, S2G Ventures

Oceans

Sally Daub

Founder, Pool Global Partners

Blockchain, Health, Oceans, Prime, Quantum

Rhiannon Davies

Managing Partner, Sandpiper Ventures

Prime, Supply Chain

Wade Dawe

Chair & CEO, Numus Financial Inc.

Prime

Henry Demone

President, Demone Capital Inc.

Oceans, Prime

Julia Rivard Dexter

Co-Founder, Squiggle Park

Prime

Mark Dobbin

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | Founder and President, Killick Capital Inc.

Prime

Adam Draper

Founder & Managing Partner, Boost VC

Oceans

Joe Dwyer

Founding Partner, Manifold Group

Oceans, Prime

Ruben Eiras

Coordinator, Blue Economy Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Investment and Financing, Forum Oceano

Oceans

Pierre Erwes

CEO, BioMarine Organization

Oceans

Geoff Flood

Tech Advisory Leader (Atlantic Canada), MNP Corp

Prime

Malcolm Fraser

President & CEO, Innovacorp

Oceans

Spencer Fraser

Co-Founder, MVT

Oceans

Allan Gray

President & CEO, Port of Halifax

Oceans

Jim Hanlon

CEO, Halifax Marine Research Institute

Oceans

Erika (Montague) Heine

Chief Technologist, Schmidt Marine Technology Partners

Oceans

Trevor Hennigar

COO, Rimot.io Inc.

Prime

Paul Holthus

Founding President and CEO, World Ocean Council

Oceans

Chris Huskilson

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | Former CEO and President, Emera Inc.

Oceans

Mark Jollymore

President & CEO, InnovaSea Systems Inc

Oceans

Rangesh Kasturi

President, L3Harris Maritime International (L3 MAPPS Inc.)

Oceans

Patrick Keefe

General Partner, Build Ventures

Prime

David Kelly

CEO, InnovaSea Systems Inc

Oceans

Jim King

President, CFN Consultants (Atlantic) Inc.

Oceans

David Lang

Co-Founder, Sofar Ocean

Oceans

Eva Lau

Founding and General Partner, Two Small Fish Ventures

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Health, Prime, Supply Chain

Nicole LeBlanc

Partner, Platform @2150.vc

Prime

Paul LeBlanc

Founder & CEO, 7th Wave Capital

Prime

Marlon Lewis

Prof. Emeritus/Ocean Advisor, Dalhousie University/Cox & Palmer

Oceans

John Lindsay

Chairman, Eastport Properties

Oceans, Prime

Atle Lohrmann

Chairman, Nortek AS Hefring Engineering LLC

Oceans

Shannon MacDonald

Senior Managing Director, Accenture Canada

Prime

Jevon MacDonald

CEO and Co-Founder, Manifold

Prime

Matthew MacLellan

President, Atlantic Region, Rogers Communications

Prime

Hector MacQuarrie

Senior Associate, Shell Ventures

Oceans

Justin Manley

Managing Director, Just Innovation

Oceans

Rick Moignard

Former CEO, GEOVIA

Prime

Chris Moyer

Director, Pelorus Venture Capital Ltd.

Prime

Melanie Nadeau

CEO, Centre for Oceans Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE)

Oceans

Carolyn Okeefe

Owner, Bennic Holdings Inc.

Prime

Marc St. Onge

Founder & CEO, Bend Beauty

Prime

Robert Orr

CEO & Managing Director, Cuna del Mar

Oceans

Millicent Pitts

Executive Director, Ocean Exchange

Oceans

Oliver Plunkett

CEO, Ocean Infinity Ltd

Oceans

Irfhan Rawji

Venture Partner, Relay Ventures

Prime

Olivier Raybaud

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Blue Oceans Partners

Oceans

John Risley

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | O.C., President, Clearwater Fine Foods Inc.

Oceans, Prime

Dale Robertson

President, Enerscan Engineering Inc.

Prime

Ken Rowe

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | O.C., Founder, IMP International

Prime

Dipender Saluja

Partner, Capricorn Investment Group LLC

Oceans

Brice Scheschuk

Managing Partner, Globalive Capital Inc

Prime

Mark Schrope

Director, Schmidt Marine Technology Partners

Oceans

Shally Shanker

Founder & Managing Partner, AiiM Partners

Oceans

Mike Smit

Associate Professor of Information Management, Dalhousie University

Prime

Ian Smith

CEO, Clearwater Seafoods Ltd

Oceans

Jeff Smith

President & CEO, DCBank

Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Frank Sobey

Chairman, Crombie REIT

Prime

Rob Sobey

Director, Empire Company Limited

Prime

Vivek Sood

Executive Vice President, Related Businesses, Sobeys Inc.

Commerce, Prime

Jim Spatz

Founding Partner, CDL-Atlantic | Chairman and CEO, Southwest Properties Ltd.

Prime

Matt Stanley

Director (Cleantech), BDC Venture Capital

Oceans

Andrew Swanson

Vice President Research & Development, Cooke Aquaculture Inc

Oceans

Jason Thompson

CTO, Oceankind

Health, Oceans

Anya Waite

CEO & Scientific Director, Ocean Frontier Institute

Oceans

Pamela Winsor

Healthcare Consultant and Creative Strategist

Prime

Sarah Young

Managing Partner, NATIONAL

Prime