Haresh Ved

Haresh Ved is the founder and former chair of TiE Angels Seattle. He is the Managing General Partner of Seattle based Cronus Ventures, a VC firm with a focus on early-stage technology investments. Prior to this, Haresh held key technology leadership roles at Microsoft, and was involved in product development of Table PCs and Windows 95.

Maninder Dhaliwal

Maninder is the founding chair of TiE Angels Vancouver - an investment forum that leverages TiE’s global investor network of 72 global chapters, including TiE Silicon Valley and TiE Angels India. As an angel investor, she invests globally in projects spanning from B2B software to deep tech R&D startups in cleantech, healthtech, and agtech.

Twitter: @dhaliwalmk

Reza Sanaie

Reza was the co-founder and CTO at Beanworks, an accounts payable (AP) automation company which was recently acquired for $106 million. His expertise includes SaaS, fintech, software security, e-payments, bioinformatics and others.

Jacqueline Gustafson

Jacqueline is a Director, Tax Incentives Western region practice at KPMG. Her specialty is SR&ED tax credits and intellectual property documentation assessment. She is a technologist with over 12 years of practical experience in Transportation, Manufacturing, and Industrial Products industries.

Joelle Foster

Joelle is the CEO of North Forge Technology Exchange which is recognized as the innovation partner for the Province of Manitoba. She oversees the incubator and the largest publicly accessible fabrication lab in North America. The programs at North Forge includes an advanced manufacturing program, and a fund for female investors. 

William Johnson

William Johnson is the founder and managing editor of Vancouver Tech Journal which was recently named the top newsletter for technology news in Vancouver. A Vancouver-based writer, he has contributed to local, regional and national publications.

Twitter: @notionport