our team
Frontier Collective spearheads the advancement of frontier tech sectors, championing global recognition, attracting investment, and nurturing top talent.
Our team is committed to creating an ecosystem where groundbreaking ideas thrive and innovation flourishes on a global scale.
Dan Burgar
CEO & Co-Founder Frontier Collective
Natasha Jaswal
VP, Operations and Events
Steve Lowry
Head of Special Project & Finance, Frontier Collective & Executive Director, AIinBC
Robert C. Piasentin
Head of Legal, Frontier Collective National Co-Lead of McMillan’s Technology and Technology Transactions Group, National Lead of McMillan’s Technology Law Group
Megan Lihou
Programs and Projects Lead
Vivian Chan
Global Campaigns Director, Service Now
Ray Walia
Founder & CEO, Launch
Olivia Norton
Co-Founder, Sanctuary AI
Karm Sumal
Co-founder & CEO DailyHive
Erika Finlay
Head of Social Impact & Community Unbounce
Handol Kim
Co-Founder & CEO, Variational AI
Anthonia Ogundele
CEO, Ethos Lab
Crystal Kwon
Principal, Front + Centre Communications
Tanis Jorge
Co-Founder, Trulioo
Sam Gharegozlou
Co-Founder, Dapper Labs & President , Axiom Zen
Mark Masongsong
CEO and Co-Founder, UrbanLogiq
Greg Twinney
CEO, General Fusion
Kenshi Arasaki
Former CEO, Co-Founder and Executive Chair, A Thinking Ape
Strategic advisors
Jung Lee
Country Manager for Canada, Remitly
Casey Lau
Head of Asia Pacific, Websummit
Lindsay Chan
Vice President, Marketing & Communications, B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE)
Elizabeth Scallon
Director of Incubation Enablement, HP
Jennifer Weng
Design Director & Head of Ventures North America, frog
Claudio Rojas
CEO of NACO, National Angel Capital Organization
Jeanette Jackson
CEO, Foresight Canada Cleantech Accelerator
Ohad Arazi
CEO & President, Clarius Mobile Health
Kate Wilson
Managing Editor, Vancouver Tech Journal
Chris Neumann
Partner, PanacheVC
Dr. Danny Goel
CEO, Founder, Precision OS & Orthopedic Surgeon
Pocket Sun
Co-Founder & Managing Partner VC, SoGal Ventures
Kim Kaplan
CEO, Snack
Carol Anne Hilton
CEO & Founder of the Indigenomics Institute, Author and the Global Centre of Indigenomics.
Annika Lewis
Grants Program Lead, Gitcoin & Investor
Michael S. Tan
VP of Finance Damon Motors & Co-Chair of the City of Vancouver City Council-appointed Chinatown Legacy Stewardship Group
Sylvain Moreno
Special Advisor to the Vice-President Research & International Office, Assoc. Professor at Simon Fraser University, CEO & Scientific Director, Digital Health Circle
Leon Ng
CEO, LNG Studios
Gary Pooni
President, Pooni Group & Board Member, UDI
Chantelle Murnaghan
VP Research and Product Innovation, lululemon, PHD Neuromechanics
Winston Choe
Director of Innovation Business Development at LG NOVA, LG Electronics
Aranka Anema
Director of Science and Innovation, KPMG
Linda Schucroft
VP Innovation and Customer Experience, King Salman Int. Airport and past Director of Innovation at the Vancouver Airport Authority (YVR Airport)
Rogayeh Tabrizi, PhD
Founder & CEO, Theory+Practice
Amy Peck
CEO, EndeavorXR
David Flaks
Management Board Member, Invest Vancouver
Ali Clarke
Communications Leader, Past Director at Talk Shop Media
Walter Pela
Regional Managing Partner, GVA / National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Market Development Lead at KPMG, Chair of Greater Vancouver Area Board of Trade
Nat Cartwright
Director, Strategic Initiatives, Gila AI & Canada's Advisory Council on AI, Past Co-Founder & COO at Finn AI (Acquired)
Armando Matijevich
Founder & CEO, SplitX
Steve Mitobe
Co-founder & CEO at Hexbite Labs and WestCoastNFT
Sonia Kandola
Director of Government Relations, Lime
Jayesh Parmar
3X Founder | CEO of Picatic (Acquired) | Advisor & Mentor
James Rout
Director, Centre for Indigenous Health Leadership, First Nations Health Authority, Adjunct Professor Simon Fraser University, Board Director BC Alliance for Arts + Culture
Creative team
Kirsten Southcott
Brand and Experience Lead
Sideah Alladice
Diversity, Inclusion & Content Lead
Carmilla Sumantry
Digital Art, 3D & Culture
Sonia Chhinji
Partnerships & Brand
