Directors | TECHLINK

Our Vision

The Vision is a world in which every good idea has an equitable opportunity for success and in which every business, regardless of size, can compete for good ideas on a level playing field. In this world, ideas at varying stages of development are exchanged between inventors, promoters, developers and distributors based upon their needs, interests and capacities, to expedite speed to market and to minimize economic waste. And participants in the marketplace are provided information and tools to make better decisions. At the heart of it all is Techlink Innovation Exchange, a not-for-profit established in 2015, which gathers the data and creates the marketplace by providing, on a sustainable, non-profit and even-handed basis, Marketplace Services to those seeking to part with ideas and Member Services to those able to advance them.

Officers

Directors

Backers

David Carter

David Hobson

David Smith

Gina Funicelli

Gord Truffen

Jay Rosenblatt, B.A., LL.B.

Josie Graham

Larry Di Ianni

Michael Wiebe

Nik Jewell

Paul Kuttner

Shann McGrail

Tom Hogue

Shann McGrail

As the Executive Director for Haltech, part of the Regional Innovation Centre network in Ontario, Shann and her team are focused on the growth of startups and scale up innovation companies. Having run her own software and consulting company focused on talent and creating successful partnerships, she identifies firsthand with the entrepreneurial mindset. Combined with years of experience in sales, consulting and operations leadership roles at Microsoft, she brings a collaborative and strategic approach. Shann is also involved in women in technology initiatives through organizations such as Women in Communications and Technology, #HerHalton, The Innovation Factory’s Accelerator for Women Entrepreneurs and Haltech’s recently announced Beyond Boundaries program to help more women entrepreneurs to think big and go global with their businesses. Ten years of improv training and performing has turned Shann into a big advocate of leading with yes and she loves to introduce these concepts into business.