Judges
Darren Frew
Donna Bridgeman
Donna Bridgeman has 30 years of financial management experience in a wide range of industries. Most recently she worked as a venture capital investor for nine years with GrowthWorks Capital. Previously, she served as CFO in both the financial services and not for profits sectors. In addition, Donna has served on the boards of the BC Technology Industries Association, Vancouver Enterprise Forum as well as several not for profits.
Donna is a chartered accountant and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Hans Knapp
Pamela Giberson
Research and Innovation Development Officer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Pam is the Research and Innovation Development Officer at Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)’s regional office in Vancouver. She obtained her PhD in Toxicology from the University of Saskatchewan then continued her postdoctoral training in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.
Prior to joining NSERC in 2006 Pamela worked for a decade in the biotechnology sector in a variety of roles, including corporate development at a drug discovery company spun out of the University of British Columbia, as a founder of a bioreagent company, and consulting to the local biotech sector.
Robert Lewis
President, Techvibes Media Inc.
Rob Lewis is the President of Techvibes Media Inc. and editor of its flagship property Techvibes.com. Rob was most recently the Director of Marketing at Webnames.ca, Canada’s largest domain name registrar.
Prior to joining Webnames.ca, Rob founded eBusiness Connection – a non-profit resource center and website focused on educating entrepreneurs about the benefits of integrating Internet technologies into their small businesses.
Rob diverse background includes business development stints in International Trade Finance, Web Development, and Enterprise Software. Rob is a graduate of the University of British Columbia, BCIT, and Simon Fraser University.
Tony Wanless