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Pascal Spothelfer | Chair

Pascal Spothelfer is president and CEO of the British Columbia Technology Industries Association (BCTIA). Born and raised in Switzerland, he moved to Canada in 1994 and has held a number of senior management roles across several industries both in Europe and Canada. Most recently, he was president and CEO at Spectrum Signal Processing, a Vancouver-based provider of advanced wireless communication systems which was recently purchased by Vecima Networks.

Prior to Spectrum, Pascal was the senior vice-president, strategic development at Teekay Shipping (Canada) Ltd. and from 1994 to 1998, served as COO and later president and CEO of NovAtel Inc., a high-tech company specialized in global positioning systems. Before moving to Canada, Pascal was involved first as a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and then as a member of the executive team in the turnaround of Jenoptik AG in Germany.

Mr. Spothelfer holds a Master of Law and a PhD in law from the University of Basel, Switzerland and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.


Amos Michelson | Director

Amos Michelson is Chairman of four high-tech start-ups and Director in an additional four high-tech companies in the areas of life sciences, energy, and Web 2.0. Mr. Michelson was CEO of Creo, Inc. from June 1995 until Kodak purchased Creo for C$1.2 Billion in May 2005. Prior to joining Creo, he was CEO of Opal Inc., a semi-conductor equipment company, and prior to this Mr. Michelson was Chief Operating Officer of Optrotech Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of optical and imaging systems for the electronics industry.

Amos Michelson holds a Master of Business Administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Amos Michelson is a past member of the Premier’s Technology Council and in 1999 was named Entrepreneur of the Year, along with Dan Gelbart, by Ernst & Young. In 2005, Mr. Michelson was named the "BCTIA Person of the Year", an award presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the technology industry during the year.


Lynn Casey | Director

Lynn founded Copperleaf in 2000 to help organizations build world-class Asset Investment Planning (AIP) processes. Under her leadership, CopperLeaf released its landmark AIP product, ESP. Before launching CopperLeaf, Lynn formed a consulting practice in 1993 to help firms achieve financial, commercial, and operational benefits through effective planning. She has also worked with a number of leading utility firms and research organizations worldwide. Trained and qualified as a Certified Management Accountant, Lynn began her career in the corporate finance group of a multi-national corporation where she led a finance team, ultimately transitioning into the mergers and acquisitions group. She has become a highly-regarded speaker in the area of asset investment planning and continues to develop CopperLeaf’s thought-leadership by providing clients with specialty consulting services.


Mark Dance | Director

Mark Dance has spent the past 20 years in the Vancouver high-tech community. For 11 of those years, he was at Creo Inc., where he played central roles in growing the company from 10M$US in revenue to over 700M$US in revenue, and from 100 people to more than 4000 people world-wide. His roles included president, COO, and CFO. Since Creo’s sale to Eastman Kodak Company in 2005, Mr. Dance has been working with several west coast technology companies to improve their strategies and execution. He has also lectured undergraduate engineering classes on business, economics, and product management to help groom the technology entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

Mr. Dance has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) degree in Mechanical Engineering from UBC and holds numerous patents on medical robotic devices.


Glenn Wong | Director

Glenn Wong has been building businesses and brands in markets around the world for more than 25 years. Currently, he is the president and COO of Red Mile Entertainment, a video game publisher and developer. Prior to that Mr. Wong was president and CEO of Apparent Networks, a software start-up company. He also served as president and general manager of Electronic Arts Canada, the world’s largest videogame software development studio. During his tenure, the studio doubled its revenue and grew to over 700 employees. He was also a senior vice-president of Electronic Arts Inc., the dominant player in the interactive electronic entertainment world with US$3 billion in revenue. Before joining EA, Mr. Wong was president of Rogers Cable TV British Columbia and oversaw 900 employees and the first large – scale implementation of a 2 way fibre optic network in Canada. He was also president and CEO of BC Hot House and vice-president marketing for Nabob Foods.

After graduating from UBC, he began his career at Procter and Gamble in brand management and has been recognized over the years with numerous awards for his marketing and business accomplishments. Mr. Wong is active in the community and currently sits on several boards including Coast Capital Savings, the Vancouver Police Board, the B.C. Cancer Foundation as well as UBC’s Sauder School of Business Faculty Advisory Board. His past board positions have included ICBC, Mohawk Oil, and S.U.C.C.E.S.S. (an immigrant community service organization). Through his consulting company Catalyst Solutions Ltd., he has helped local and international companies find their growth potential through strategic reorganization and development.


Robert Inglese | Board Observer

Robert, Vice President of Venture Capital for the BDC, is responsible for the EEEM investment portfolio (energy, environment, electronics and materials) as well as Technology Seed Investments across Canada. He joined BDC Venture Capital in 1994. He built an outstanding team of investment professionals in every technology sector including Biotech, IT, Industrial Tech and Cleantech. Over the years, Robert and his colleagues have invested in some 75 Seed and Early-stage businesses across Canada representing more than $200 million in total investments.

Robert has been involved in venture capital since 1985 when he was at the Agence québécoise de valorisation industrielle de la recherche (AQVIR), the first seed investment fund in Quebec. An entrepreneur who understands both sides of a technology venture, he founded and operated a service-based company, designing electronics and firmware as well as prototyping and pre-production testing for the original equipment manufacturer clients. He has held technology and management positions in other companies, developing, producing, and selling information technology products such as computer graphics hardware, data acquisition, real-time control systems, and mobile communications.

Robert Inglese holds Bachelor's degree in Electrical Technology and Major in Telecommunications from the École de technologie supérieure (University of Quebec).