Vice President | Initiatives & Innovations | Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions

Reg has 15 years’ experience in the biotechnology and high technology sectors and has worked with large publicly traded firms, start-ups, and the investment banking industry. His prior experience includes serving as an equity research analyst with Boston-based Leerink Swann & Co., where he covered the life science tools sector. He also spent four years at US-based Invitrogen Corp (now Thermo Fisher) in a variety of roles including licensing, product development, acquisitions, and integration. Reg has also served in a variety of C-level and board positions with local medical technology-based start-ups.

Superintendent

Dale Bischoff is a life-long educator. He has been a successful high school teacher, school principal, university research administrator and is currently the Superintendent of Aurora Academic Charter School. He was educated at the University of Alberta (B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D.)

Director | Innovation and Technology Priorities | Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Stacey Ohlmann oversees the strategic direction and programming for innovation and new venture support services. She joined NAITs Office of Research and Innovation in April 2015, bringing more than 10 years’ experience in company development and growth, partnership building, project and program management, organizational analysis, as well as strategic and operations management with Alberta Innovates Technology Futures, Alberta Ingenuity (Alberta’s Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering Research) and Finning Canada.

General Manager | Student Transportation | Golden Arrow Buses

For the last thirty years, Brian has been in the Student Transportation industry. He is currently working for Golden Arrow School buses as their General Manager. Brian’s previous roles include Director of Student Transportation for Parkland School Division for twenty plus years. He has extensive experience in routing, demographic planning, project management, and fleet management. He has served as a chairman and president for industry-leading committees related to student transportation.

Executive Director | Health Technologies Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures

Lori Sheremeta is a lawyer by training and has a Masters of Law focusing on the regulation of nanotechnology. Lori’s main affiliations are with the University of Alberta, Faculty of Engineering and the National Institute for Nanotechnology. She is the Assistant Director of Ingenuity Lab and Counsel for Strategy and Stakeholder Relations at the National Institute for Nanotechnology. She also has a long-term affiliation with Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures.

Account Manager at Long View Systems

Mr. Teruel Carrasco is a graduate of the University of Alberta with a degree in Political Science with a focus on International Relations and Economics. He’s had a varied and exciting past from working as a stockbroker in Canada and even in Santiago, Chile, to founding many technology startups. He has worked for Fortune 500 companies in key strategic roles.