Your main source of knowledge during the weekend. Mentorship is a key part of the Startup Weekend experience - to provide the most value to a participant in just 54 hours. Our coaches, facilitators, judges, and panelists areindustry leaders with diverse backgrounds and experience.
Coaches
Amy Knippshild
Junior Startup Advisor, Platform Calgary
Ana Lokotkova
Junior Startup Advisor, Platform Calgary
Andrea Oh
Chief Learning Officer, Savvy Knowledge
Anes Rachid
Manager, Founder Experience, Platform Calgary
Angela Henders
VP Business Development and Full Stack Developer
Christian Garrovillo
Frontend Developer, Showpass
Emmanuel Oluwatosin
ED, Startupcourt
Jared Dielwart
Principal, Maireado Holdings
Jeff Merkel
Founder, Melon Marketing & Creative
Jennifer FitzGerald
Founder, FitzGerald Associates Ltd
Jeremy Krol
Startup Advisor, Platform Calgary
Lisandro Nunez
Fractional Chief Growth Officer / VP, Business Development
Mario León y León Castañeda
Startup Mentor from Esan School of Business-Innova Esan, Peru.
Martin Montero
Director of Operations, TavernXR Studios
Mina Demian
Startup Advisor, Platform Calgary
Sahr Saffa
Founder, C-Tribe Society
Shahryar Soltanpour
DevSecOps Engineer, Showpass
Shubham Agarwal
Business Coach & Former Entrepreneur
Paula Canas
Startup Advisor, Platform Calgary
Rumaisa Mughal
Pilot Program Manager at Relish Works
Ted Fleming
Founder & Board Member, Partake Brewing
Tim Chan
Principal Fractional CFO – WAI Professional Corporation
Tim Lipp
Producer and Executive Director, The Centre for Social Impact Technology
Facilitators
Danielle Torrie
Manager, Content Marketing, Unbounce
Kari Gordon
Director, Program & People, Creative Destruction Lab
Panelists
Alex Bjurstrom
Project Engineer-In-Training, Watersmart
Shannon Sutherland
Vice President, Marketing, Communications and Events Canadian Council for Indigenous Business
Vincent Dansereau
Head of Design, Technology + Innovation Lab, Enbridge Inc.
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We honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. We respect all Nations who live, work, play, innovate and build things on this land, and in so doing honour and celebrate the territory.